ERANDATHIE

Hello. I’m just going to write a small record of my annual family trip which began on 23 rd . Day 1:- It was only my parents, mother’s mother, father’s parents, aunt and Kaushalya mama. We started off at about 6:00 am. We ate breakfast halfway. The road we came along was natural beauty at its peak. Yeah, nature is quite unpredictable and its beauty can increase the next minute, but it was just as amazing. The wind, the sounds of the animals, the view, seeing and listening to that was a great feeling. As we reached Jaffna through the sea, we got a glimpse of the ever blue and amazing sea. There were solar panels along the road, used for street lights. Why don't we see this throughout the country? This country doesn't lack sunlight. I would like to see such methods of energy management used all around. Not to brag, but I took a really good picture. Eventually, we reached our destination, Old Park Villa,the hotel we stayed in last time. It's a really nice hotel (Holy...

Hi, I’m back after 3 years. I have finished my Ordinary level exams and am waiting for my results. I’m still 15, though. Yes, I reached my teens and I have to say, I had quite an adventure. First of all, myself. I had some rough times with myself during these few years. Let’s just say, I was battling against myself. How? Well, as I reached my teens, I began to care about how others saw me, I started to compare myself with others and ended up hating myself. I knew I was different, but I saw it in a bad way. I used to stay isolated, away from everyone, almost invisible. I was scared, “If talked the way I do, if I showed what I knew and who I am, would I be accepted as a friend?” This was a question which circled my head every day. It kind of got confirmed on a school day. Well, I didn’t post it but I know quite a lot about mythology. Hindu and Greek, mostly. So I knew the story, Ramayana. One day at school, a friend of mine was interested in listening to the story, so she asked m...