I hope this is going to be one lazy Sunday for me. H (hence forth Hubby will be called H, as he doesn't like "hubby") is making lunch, and he has promised we will go out for dinner! I'm so excited at my mini-break. Next week daughter will be home the whole week as her school is closed for half-term.
We have been eating out at the same restaurant at Cinammon Grand since coming here, whenever we have been eating out. There are lots of anomalies in Colombo which no one can figure out. Like it costs more or the same to eat at Mc Donald's than to eat at a 5 star hotel! Prices of groceries is extremely high. I am so missing my last home, where food was plentiful, available in the greatest variety, clean and untaxed!
Over here, I am no longer enjoying cooking so much. One reason being the kitchen here is not properly stocked. For example there is no draining board. I don't have a strainer. The other day I made macaroni, and while draining it without a strainer, half the macaroni spilt out on to the sink!
Apparently there is nothing much of interest to see in Colombo. Everything interesting is outside of Colombo. The sea is there ofcourse, but there doesn't seem to be a beach, plus it is cordoned off here, as the military does some of their formal functions there.
Yesterday we went to a curtain shop to choose curtains for our new home. Daughter went crazy running around the shop. We went crazy trying to stop her running around, and getting hot as the sweat will probably make her cough worse.
H was wanting to rush her to the hospital first sign of cough, but I told him not to as they are just likely to be full of sicker people than her, and with swine flu going around, that's not such a good idea.
We had tea yesterday with a new friend and her hubby who live in this building. Unfortunately they will be leaving Colombo in 6 months' time. I will have to get used to the concept of friendships which are for a short time thanks to our new nomadic lifestyle.
We have been eating out at the same restaurant at Cinammon Grand since coming here, whenever we have been eating out. There are lots of anomalies in Colombo which no one can figure out. Like it costs more or the same to eat at Mc Donald's than to eat at a 5 star hotel! Prices of groceries is extremely high. I am so missing my last home, where food was plentiful, available in the greatest variety, clean and untaxed!
Over here, I am no longer enjoying cooking so much. One reason being the kitchen here is not properly stocked. For example there is no draining board. I don't have a strainer. The other day I made macaroni, and while draining it without a strainer, half the macaroni spilt out on to the sink!
Apparently there is nothing much of interest to see in Colombo. Everything interesting is outside of Colombo. The sea is there ofcourse, but there doesn't seem to be a beach, plus it is cordoned off here, as the military does some of their formal functions there.
Yesterday we went to a curtain shop to choose curtains for our new home. Daughter went crazy running around the shop. We went crazy trying to stop her running around, and getting hot as the sweat will probably make her cough worse.
H was wanting to rush her to the hospital first sign of cough, but I told him not to as they are just likely to be full of sicker people than her, and with swine flu going around, that's not such a good idea.
We had tea yesterday with a new friend and her hubby who live in this building. Unfortunately they will be leaving Colombo in 6 months' time. I will have to get used to the concept of friendships which are for a short time thanks to our new nomadic lifestyle.
Oh have added a picture of what H made for lunch, along with Rice. It's cauliflower and potato "bhaji" or Alu gobi as the Punjabis call it. It was good! We had it with mango pickle and some Keema curry I had made earlier. As I always suspected H seems to have a natural flair for cooking. This is the second time in his life that he made a proper dish on the stove from scratch!
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