Pride, Bride and Prejudice

Irritable Towel Syndrome

Alright put yourself in this situation. There's a great Sinhalese Baila musical show coming up in August...2 popular Sri Lankan singers named Bhatiya and Santush are coming to Sydney and they will be performing for us just for $25 per head. So we (a Sri Lankan group of friends) all plan to go cos we love to dance. And then a Bollywood dinner and dance cruise in the Sydney harbour is coming up too. It's in September and the tickets are $55 per head. My Indian friends are calling me for it and they just rang me to book tickets. Now I want to go for both as the prices of the tickets aren't too high and I enjoy both Sinhalese and Hindi music, and ofcourse dancing. But my sister suddenly drops a bomb on me...she goes "we can't waste money on both, we can only go for one..I have to think". HELLO waste?? Who's wasting money here? I don't call going to an exciting musical show that we will most probably enjoy a waste. And neither do I think $25 + $55 is a big amount for 2 shows cos usually the concerts/dinners/shows we go to cost more than that. How can you judge the quality of a show to be a waste without really being there in the first place? I don't know what got into my sister's head suddenly cos I really don't think saving either $25 or $55 would put someone in a position to buy a Ferrari or a castle tomorrow (rolling eyes here)! Also, they are both shows that we are really going to enjoy and they don't take place every year either. This reminded me that once I booked for Lion King at the Sydney Capitol theatre and tickets were like $120 each, and then my sister backed off. So I had to cancel that too. Sounds like I suffer from Throwing In The Towel disease ha? Giving up each time accepting Defeat, when it's not even a case of Defeat. So hang on a sec. What would you do in this kind of situation? This time I'd go without her. Cos I can't wait all my life for people to agree with my likes and dislikes, and neither are they gonna wait for me - they always have it their way. I'm always in some function that someone else wanted to go to or I'm always doing something for someone else. So for a change, I'm gonna retain my self-pride. This time I wanna do it my way and I will go for both shows.

City Of Brides

To calm myself down, I will put up some pics of Sri Lankan Sinhalese (namely Kandyan-style) Brides. This is what I'd have to wear if I get married to a Sinhalese man - Buddhist that is (Hindu wedding gear is different). Whether I marry or not, I'd love to put this gear on and take few pics just for the heck of it :). That last pic is of a friend of mine from school. She's a famous model/actress in Sri Lanka now. It's not a wedding pic...it's a modelling pic of her in the traditional Sri Lankan Kandyan-style saree. I have worn it too as a friend's brides-maid few years ago - it was a Peacock blue saree and I had all the traditional jewellery on as well - it was sooo exciting to walk around feeling like royalty LOL! Enjoy the pics.

Today's music is an old, famous Baila song from Sri Lanka titled Yanna Rata Wate (means Going around the country). It's about Sri Lanka and it's natural beauty. This is one song I love to dance to. This music video shows some of the most beautiful places in Sri Lanka - the hills in Kandy, the Tea plantations, the waterfalls, beaches, temples, the ever famous Sigiriya, the stupas and the frescoes, the wild ponds where beautiful Lotuses grow etc etc. I love my motherland and I miss the place very much! I love Australia too but you can only feel at HOME when you're in your motherland. Strange ha. Don't forget to check out the video to have a look at where I come from. La la la la la laa la la la lala laaa! Come dance with me :).

Current Music: Yanna Rata Wate (Sinhalese Baila song)