My name is Nelitha.
I am a boy. I go to school. I am six years old. I live in Moratuwa. I like to play. I like to eat cake. I like to drink juice. I love pets.
What home is to me
By Kaveesha Jeyanthan (Grade 6),
Bishop’s College
Home is the safest place to live. All people do not have homes and I think that the people who have homes are very lucky.
A house is a basic need like food, water and air.
If you live happily in a house it becomes a home.
My home is located in Maharagama. It is
peaceful and calm. We do not get disturbed when we are studying. Our garden is full of trees, so we get more and more oxygen.
I think that my house is a real home because we are protected from natural disasters, sun’s heat and wind and we live a
peaceful life. I am proud of my happy, healthy and comfortable home.
Sinhala and Tamil New Year
By Randhula Gajadheera
(12 years),
Willesden College Int, Battaramulla
This is a grand festival that occurs in Sri Lanka in the month of April. Before this date, people start preparing for it especially by painting the houses, putting up new curtains and buying new clothes for themselves and their relations as well. People living away from their families, buy presents and visit them on the Avurudu day. Grandparents love to see their grandchildren since this great festival is held only once a year.
When the days are nearer they make kevili like kevum, athirasa, mung kevum, kokis and more sweets. The houses are filled with the good smell. All the kevili is put inside different pots and kept to be taken out on Avurudu day.
Breaking cobwebs and washing the windows before the Avurudu day, the whole house is washed and all the dirt put out before the ‘Nonangathe’. On the Avurudu day all the ‘Sirith Virith’ are done and people visit their relations. Some go to the Dalada Maligawa and also to Katharagama. Everyone gives blessings to each other wishing “a prosperous and a Happy New Year”. Usually the youngsters worship the elders by giving them betel leaves and exchange gifts.
These days are wonderful!
Fashion
By Aamina Ifthikar (11 years),
Daybridge Int. School, Dehiwala
Fashion is a word that defines clothes and other body ornaments as a form of non-verbal communication. It also indicates occupation, rank, gender and class. It is a form of speech because it not only embraces clothing but also accessories, jewellery, hairstyle, beauty and of course body art.
Fashion is a prevailing trend in things that are subject to change in form or style. When we consider clothing, it may differ from halter tops to tank tops or from a vintage cocktail dress to leather jackets and blue jeans. Fashion can be anything from a particular lipstick to a shimmering body gel.
Fashion fads reach everyone and everywhere. Fashion items such as designer labels Prada, Gucci, Gabbana, YSL and Fendi to name just a few, can be found all over and can be yours within days, without trudging the stores.
If you are not dressed trendily or in the current sense of fashion, this would be considered odd and eccentric. We being cultured Sri Lankans should treat our fashion with the utmost caution. The modern generation is very conscious of the necessity of being trendy and fashionable. But we all must remember that “Beauty is but skin-deep”.
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