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I felt odd clicking the publish button. As my last post was way too back in time. A big no in the blogging arena. The guilt that I had abandoned my blog was way too much than I could take. Life moves on bringing with it new challenges and changes. You have to make way for those and that means pushing certain things aside for some time. I have started working from home. Between raising the

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Let me tell you something about my new found addiction. If you can call 6 months new,that is. Oat bran . I have it everyday. Almost. Around 5 to 6 times a week for breakfast. It has become my go-to-done-in-5 minute breakfast. I have never got bored of it so far. And I hope I never will. I detest regular wholewheat rolled oats now,it tastes bland ,very gooey and I thank God I didn't

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What you see above is a totally unplanned shot of our lunch last week. I wasn't planning to shoot anything that day but when I plated the meal it looked photogenic and I had beautiful early afternoon light streaming through my kitchen windows that was just perfect.I had to click. It all happened too fast,with this dish. I had almost half an hour to cook lunch before I dash out the door to

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2013 had dawned. A very happy new year to all my readers ! May this year bring you joy, happiness and the best of you ! May you have the will power to stick to your new year resolutions all throughout !  I wish the same for me,when it comes to sticking with new year resolutions. I don't have many. The usual diet and exercise. I hope to make exercising regularly a priority. Now that my kids

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' It's December already. The end before new beginnings. The weather is very pleasant and I'm loving most of it. The mornings are cold and it's hard to get the kids up from their cozy beds. Afternoons are bit warmer,though. But the warmth doesn't come alone,it brings the cold breeze along with it. And you wish you could be that little girl again,playing outside until you're tired. In the

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It's not that time of the year to post about love cakes. Not that I celebrate Valentines Day,anyways. But it was my birthday last month.I stepped into my thirties leaving my twenties behind. A decade filled with life changing experiences and so many lessons. Though,there was the slightest twinge of sadness,I was prepared to embrace this new chapter in life,with a piece of cake. Not just

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I get hit by serious sugar cravings in the evenings sometimes. Those are the days when I take an average breakfast as opposed to my tummy-loading ones. And when I wake up after dozing off trying to get my kids to nap. According to healthy mantras,I don't stock anything for myself except some nuts and bran crackers. But I keep some chocolates and cookies around for kids. So,when one of

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Meet a fellow food blogger and lovely lady behind the gorgeous food photography blog Cemplang Cemplung,Tika Hapsari Nilmada who is guest posting on my blog.A foodie friend I met in the blogging world I was instantly drawn towards her lovely food photos as we share the same passion for food and photography.She has won many DMBLGiT awards and had a been a host for the same. We share the love

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It's been a while since I posted on this small space of mine. It was an unintentional break.When I first started the blog,I thought it was all smooth sailing. I was excited and enjoyed the experience,the novelty it brought me.It was supposed to be a hobby,occupying my leisure time.But I didn't expect it to take over most of my time,the time I should be spending with my kids and looking after

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It's no myth that blogosphere has so many wonderful things to offer.Recipes that has amazing and an uncommon list of ingredients to the mouthwatering and saliva drooping food photos,you name it,you got it all. The most wonderful thing that offers, according to me is the hand of friendship.  Isn't it amazing to find a friend who has the same tastes,similar opinions towards life and above

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March being the beginning of spring,everyone in the household except me has got a spring in their steps.That is,hubby and kids practice steps,sway their bodies in a rhythm to every dance-able song. The reason being that  they are having dance rehearsals everyday in their respective institutions. Coming Thursday we'll be attending the Annual Day organized by S's company in a plush

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When Tika asked me to do a guest post on her site Cemplang Cemplung about a traditional Sri Lankan dish,I was thrilled. I met the talented Tika in Facebook and instantly drawn to her site.Her food photography is amazing and her passion for it shines through each and every one of her photographs.She has won several DMBLGiT awards,a monthly food photography contest recognizing the best of

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This month has been hectic so far. My elder son Ammar,one of the twins,came down with the fever. I should have expected this,with the weather change. We were sand blasted for a couple of days. The winds scattered copious amount of sand in to the roads and to our balcony too. A sign that chilly mornings and nights will be changing into warm ones. When that and it's opposite happens-that is,warm

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I recently fumbled upon Bee's site RasaMalaysia.Being a Srilankan I was so delighted to find many names I was familiar with like Sambal and Roti.Did you know that "Rasa" means taste in our local Sinhalese language?  Bee was gracious enough to accept my request to do a guest post on her site,to introduce her readers to a bit about Srilankan food. Lankan food is a mix of many Asian cuisines,

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I first set eyes on Paulo when I was at a surprise birthday party thrown by my one of my husband's friends wife. A couple of families including us unlocked ourselves into the house with the key she gave us and began making the arrangements to surprise her husband while the couple was away. The place was new to me and I couldn't help glancing around and immediately drawn towards the bookshelf.

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They say that when you don't have anything to start a conversation with,talk about the weather.The weather is playing havoc these days. Just yesterday our car read the temperature as 24 degree Celsius outside. It wasn't much cold in Dubai this time. Kids weren't wearing any extra clothing other than their usual summertime shorts and pants. Even the AC was running throughout the night for a few

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Happy New Year to all of you! I wish you a happy 2012 filled with lots of love,joy and laughter.Here's to new beginnings with a traditional Coconut Milk Rice or Kiribath,the way we Srilankans celebrate new year, be it  Roman or the traditional Sinhalese new year.Kiribath makes it's way into every important event or auspicious moment in a Lankan's life. Be it a wedding,a graduation,a new

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This is my signature dish nowadays and features as a guest post on Jabeen's Corner.Do check her lovely blog. Hoping you all are enjoying the holiday season and spirit.My kids were on winter break and their mornings are spent sleeping till eight or nine.Which gives a much needed me time without the hustle and bustle of waking up in the wee hours of morning cooking and trying to get the kids to

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Isn't this the season of festivities ? Every time I go out to a mall the colors that surrounds me from the adornments,the reds,the whites,the greens are wonderful and mesmerizing.Every blog I go through has some delicious gift idea to offer,from cookies to logs and cakes.Even though I don't celebrate Christmas there's an event I look forward to every December since the last ten years. That's

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I feel bad for not posting regularly even though I want to,circumstances simply doesn't allow me to.So pardon my intermittent absences from blogging.The winter has finally dawned on Dubai.You wake to chilly mornings that makes you curl up on the bed some more wanting to forget about the all the chores ahead.And specially on the weekends I just love to whip up something quick and hearty

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On a trip to the grocery store the other day Ammar picked up a frozen chocolate cake as though to  remind me to bake one,which I haven't done in a long,long time.The last time I baked a chocolate cake,the kids didn't even taste it.They were not fond of cakes that much and I'm to blame for not introducing them to cakes,cookies and and ice cream earlier.Now they've started exploring these new stuff

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Who doesn't love mint ? I know I do.I still pick the mint flavored gums among-st all the other visually appealing flavors.Now mint in a custard pudding ? You must have tasted it with the addition of chocolate,the chocolate mint pudding,but no,without any chocolate,just plain ol' refreshing mint,with the crunchy bite of nuts and sugar called nougat.That's something new,right. Not for me.  

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That was a lovely Saturday morning,a weekend.The early risers,me and my little one,the younger of the twin,Ahi,were having our breakfast on the balcony while he was playing with his blocks.After having built the roof to his house,I went onto finishing my porridge while feeding him.He took the remainder of blocks and started stacking it up on top of the roof till he used all the pieces.He

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Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid this week.The festival of sacrifice.It is one of the two most important Islamic festivals, Eid al-Adha begins on the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja, the last month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Lasting for three days, it occurs at the conclusion of the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid Al-Adha commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to obey God when

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Sometimes you wish for uninterrupted "me time"- the most precious word and activity in the world of motherhood.Oh yeah..! .To cook the food,to shoot some pictures,to blog about it,you need peace.But Alas! when I have all the uninterrupted time in the world now that the kids are asleep,suddenly I realize it's too late at night and I'm dozing off,that I have a whole lot of shopping and cooking to

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