Our Annual Trip to Diyathalawa 2016
Hi guys, it's me Santhisi. now it's 12.51 pm and I'm at home. Today is a school day but I stayed at home because I got bored. now Ayana must be scolding me with Umahsa, definitely she's scolding me! never mind. like to say things going good. Dad is.....mmm..... I can't see him. Mom is now at the ICT branch, Aunt is having a chat with some one, and I'm writing the diary entry. actually, I'm not writing, but typing.
Today I'm going to tell you all, how I spent last December Vacation. (this entry is from my old diary.) the entry starts with the moment that I woke up in the morning at my Uncle's house.
21/12/2016
Last night I slept alone in my bed. actually, not alone Colomba aththamma ( grandma from Colombo) was also there but I was all alone in my bed. At the whole night I thought about my grand parents. ( when they were alive they lived here. so at this moment my mind went to my old memories with them.) Around 12.00 am my mom came to sleep with me after packing our baggages. She slept but still I'm looking at the ceiling. then after 5 or 6 minutes I think I slept. but for some reasons I woke up again. I don't know what the reason is. again I started starring at the ceiling. from there onward I can't remember anything. I think I slept again.
next morning I woke up early about 4.00 am with a big head ache. (because I didn't slept much time last night) so I thought "never mind! this is not the time to think about this stupid head ache!". so I jumped from the bed, brushed my teeth,washed my face, and wore my dress. after that I went to the place that I sat and wrote my diary entry yesterday. ( I think you can remember that place? no? can't remember? OK OK, after arriving to our uncle Sisira's house i wrote a diary entry mentioning that " we arrived at this time blah blah. actually I wrote this while sitting on the sofa.) so this is a photograph of that entry. If you can read this that's better cz' I don't want to write this again right? so read this!
About Xi Xi- her real name is Binuri Yulara Perera. she is still 3 months old. she looks cute when she smiles. but her face looks like a chopped tomato when she cries.
Xi Xi Maru
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When I revealed that nick name Xi Xi Maru, they looked at me weirdly. ( according to the story still I haven't revealed that nick name.) "what? is it a name? what does it mean?" *punchi asked. ( the word PUNCHI means " mom's younger sister" in Sinhala language. she's Yulara's mom. that's why she asked a question like that.) " that doesn't mean a bad thing! if you don't like it I'll change!" I replied. " no no....I asked what the meaning of it?" she said. I got shocked guys.... I really don't know the meaning! ( at this point I want to be genuine to you all. the idea about that nick name was not an idea of mine. all the credits of that idea goes to my friend Chama, cz' she is the one who gave me that idea. so i'm very thankful to her giving me such a nice name.)
At the moment I have nothing to say but at last I told that " oh.........mmmm....Xi Xi Maru means.....oh that means very thankful." "what? thankful? Punchi replied. "yeah! according to the Chinese language Xie Xie means thank you!" I replied. "then what about Maru" punchi asked. "um......." I thought. "tea time!" that's Grand ma! (uncle Indika's mom.) "I've made you tea!" she said. Oh thank you grandma! you saved me from a big trouble!
After drinking the tea I started playing with Janu. After that both I and Janu started baby sitting. after that's there's nothing to say. I enjoyed the day.
At the night time:- after watching TV I again started playing with Janu. time flied...... now it's about 10.15pm and it's the time to go to uncle's house. ( we have decided that after taking the dinner it's better to go to uncle Sisira's house.) I ate quickly and wore a new dress. When I was about to leave Janu's mood began to change. "where are you going? aren't you staying in our home today?" Janu asked. "oh I should go now! we can meet us tomorrow on the trip. bye! zaijian! wan an! kan dao ni xinqi si!" ( all these sayings are in Chinese! zaijian- bye, wan an- good night!, kan dao ni qinqi si- see you on Thursday!) I replied while waving her. I waved her till I see her little hands waving through the palm trees. so we arrived our uncle Sisira's house. we had a chat with them. that's the end of Janu's story.
now it's the time to talk about next day. (to the present) while I was thinking about the hours with Janu, my mom called me saying that we are about to leave. so i went. After getting in to the car, I just looked out from the window and looked at uncle Sisira's house. I saw my Grand parents photographs through the window. I starred at it till we reach the house. we went on. we had our breakfast at the Rathnapura new town. That moment is my favorite moment. my dad did a wonderful joke and all of us started laughing . we enjoyed that moment. then we went Nuwara Eliya. we didn't went to the to the town but we visited Lipton's seat. It was a long route. we saw thousand and thousands of tea plants. the bad thing is that little creature started dancing the devil.
After a little while we saw a block. (traffic block). so our driver just asked "what's the matter? what's happening over there? is there an accident? what the hell going there?" "the wasps are out of their hive. don't shout. close your windows and keep quiet! " the man who was giving advises to the driver said. so we closed the windows. then we went on! here are some photographs that I took while watching the beauty of the nature.
a little video clip....
At the Lipton's seat - We got sooooo many photos. Also my dad scolded me cz' I put my hands over the Sir. Lipton's shoulders. "we should respect such a gentleman! If Lipton was not here....no tea estates.... remember to respect such people.!" my dad said. so I took my hand away from his statue. these are few photos that we took at the Lipton's seat.
at there, I mean from 5 or 6m away there's a observatory tower. when I climbed there, It feels like I'm next to heaven. so, i videoed the view. this is it.
that's my dad and mom. the little one is Janu. the view is nice right? here are some photos that we took there.
Janu that little creature
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At the same moment.......OH NO! A BIG PROBLEM! I want to go to the wash room. oh no....that's bad...... so I asked from a laborer, "where is the wash room?" "oh, mam there are no sanitary facilities here." she replied. oh no.......
MY FACE AT THAT MOMENT
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what the hell? If Sir. Thomas Lipton can make biiig estates like this, WHY CAN'T HE BUILD A WASH ROOM, for people like me? So, I managed it by sitting on the seat inside the car. After appreciating the beauty of the Sri Lanka, we arrived to our Bungalow. here are few photographs of our circuit Bungalow.
At there we had our lunch. we also had a little tea party in the evening! Next is my favorite part. We had a BBQ party. for my luck BBQ machine was near my chair. because of that I didn't got cold. we had a nice time. we sang some old English songs. ( my father hates these stupid songs in the present, he always want to become an old Englishman.) so we sang
🎵 she'll be coming down the mountain when she come 🎵
🎵 stuck on you - Lionel Richie's song 🎵
🎵 Candle in the wind - Eltern John's song 🎵
🎵 Temple of the king - Rainbow 🎵
🎵 Yesterday - Paul MaCcartneys song 🎵
🎵 Sacrifice - Eltern John's song 🎵
actually most of the songs were sung by I and my dad. I supported him and played the guitar. the party continued til the midnight. like that it ended.
Next day I woke with a big sound of my moms voice. "omg! what is this? hey, mom we came here to enjoy our vacation. not to disturb others when they are sleeping." I told. "oh really, enjoying the vacation means sleeping like a cow? you stupid child, can't you see the clock?" mom replied. oh no! it's 12.15 pm?!?! never mind! I'm just enjoying the Vacation!
ENJOYING THE VACATION MEANS
SLEEPING!
After being scolded by mom, that little creature jumped to me and started dancing the devil. see....what a bad thing? then I went to have a wash. after that I went to the dinning room. we had a tasty meal. after having the meal both I and Janu started playing. there are two gardens in our bungalow. one is in front and one is back. the garden which was behind our bungalow got some leaches. so mom told us, not to go there. but our dad told," if you like go there. if a leach bites you, we'll put medicine." so Janu ran but I stopped her. "hey wait little creature, dad gave us the permission! but what about mom. she'll scold us. we'll make a plan." I told. but the thing is these plans doesn't work with Janu because she's too small and she can't understand this. so I forgot about entering the garden. both of us played till noon. after that we had our lunch. At the evening we went to see the Gregory lake. every vacation we visit Gregory lake. because of that now I can remember the faces of villages. never mind.
There were some stalls arranged near the lake. so we went to check it out. I saw a Chinese fan. I bought it. Janu bought a barbie camera which displays the photos of barbies when we click the button. dad bought some boots. I don't know about others. oh...wait...Xi Xi got a cold, so punchi bought some sweaters and stuff. At there we ate some pasta dishes that we've ordered today noon. I had a pony ride. Janu also tried to have a pony ride but she's too small for that. All of us had boat ride at last. I took some photographs. at the same time I did a video. this is it. silly right?
Some photos......
At the night we went to fox hill. It was found at 1815, the year that the British government conquered the Kanda Udarata Kingdom. OMG guys, our uncle has arranged a Camp Fire. oh! what a great experience we had. we sang, Danced tribal dances. only two dancers. Me and Janu. all of us enjoyed that day.
that's all for that day. we went to our bungalow and slept. and that is the last day that I'm sleeping in that bed. Tomorrow we'll be going back home. so I felt sad about that. I should wait another couple of months to come here. bye bye my dear bed!
Next day morning I woke up about 10.00 am. I saw both my mom and dad were packing our baggages. I felt very very sad. after taking the meal I went down stairs. all our relations were there. I saw Xi Xi Maru. so I went there and asked from punchi, "punchi can I have the baby for a minute?" then she gave Xi Xi. when I was carrying the baby, that stupid little creature came and hugged her. Xi Xi Maru don't like, other people touching her. omg! she began to cry. so I scolded Janu. OMG! ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM! she also began to cry! so I gave the baby to punchi and went out. that little creature followed me! I didn't cared about her. I started videoing the view. dad came and told me " don't get angry with little ones!" so, after few minutes both I and Janu became friends again.
When we were about to leave the bungalow, I turned and looked at bungalow, wishing that "MAY YOUR YEARS GO LONG!" At the moment uncle Sisira told us his car was not there. ( now don't think the car was robbed by someone. the whole bungalow was guarded. so no way of robbing!) I think the driver took the car to an Eco test. after a while the car came. then we went. oh guys.....I forgot to tell you all something! when I was having my meal, our uncle Sisira told us before going to home we are going to visit World's End. sorry guys. I really forgot to tell you all that.
Like that we went on. during the way to the World's end, I made a phone call my ICT Master, Mr. Ranasinghe. so I told everything happened to us. after the phone call I started videoing the view. at the same moment Janu said "oh, Santhisi I'm so bored! say something!" "OK I'll ask some questions from you!" I said. " when talking about friends or your relations, who's the person that you hate most?" "mmmm......oh...santhisi!" she replied while laughing. "oh really? I'll throw you out from the car!" I replied anxiously. then I asked few questions about her. when we came near the entrance, my dad went to buy some tickets. after getting the tickets we went on. we saw some coniferous plants. again I started videoing the view.
here are some funny photos of Janu
Here's a little video clip that I took at world's end.
At there both I and Janu started playing. at that moment my mom fell down. but nothing happened to her. she just smiled at us and said, that's OK! next we had our lunch. my dad gave some food to stags. when I saw them eating, I felt very sad about that. I videoed that.
after taking our snaks we had a little party. next is the last moment that we are together. OH NO! what a sorrowful moment! now all of us are going to put the full stop to our memory. At that moment I reminded a saying which was printed on one of my bag "time flies so fast, in busy daily life" that's true guys. we can't stop the time.
When I get in to the car, Janu was still there. "Janu, now you should go out. go to your car. now we are going to our homes.it's the end of our trip." I said. "sniff...sniff" Janu began to cry. "I want to go with Santhisi. I want to go to Kandy. I'll promise. I'll come back Colombo tomorrow!" she said. (Janu and all our other relatives lives in Colombo. I live in Kandy.) At last aunt told her "if you come with us I'll give you some biiig bags of candy stuff!" "no, I'm not coming! I want to go Kandy with Santhisi." she replied. At last punchi came and carried Janu to their car while she's screaming.
We can't build walls to defend from our destiny. Time goes on. life changes time to time.We can't do things that we like always! At this moment I and Janu left apart our joyful time, I felt sad and about to cry. but if both of us can wait few months ( i mean till the vacation time) both of us can meet again. again the joyful hours may come.....never mind! I'll wait.
After that we came back to our home. mom made a phone call to punchi and asked how is it going? "she settled her mood!" she replied. but....me.....still I'm not settled. now, today is the 28th of December.....still I'm sad......like that I put the full stop to our Annual trip to Diyathalawa 2016.
At last I want to say 💜 U CHINA, KRIS AND WEN TIAN.
Here's the full trip........
On our way......
At Gregory Lake......
our boat ride
← This stone indicates that, now you are in the highest place in Sri Lanka...
In this story, I haven't mentioned about some places we visited because there's nothing special things happened there. So kindly note that........
These are the original pages that I wrote these.
2016/12/27
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