Getting enrolled in a university and continuing my higher education was the biggest dream I had when I was schooling, mainly because of external motivation: the norm that you can’t get a proper status in society without a university education. However, as I grew, I became aware of the significance of getting into a university, and mostly a state university, specifically after discovering the subject area in which I excelled. I should say that it was during my time in the AL class that I found my talent and had a greater enthusiasm for my studies. Before that, I was just a hopeless girl who did her education because of the push of her parents. Hence, the University of Colombo…
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Our Kinda Universe
I have always thought that my life is just a continuation of second options… When I passed the grade five scholarship exam, I never got into the school of my choice - well,my parents’ choice to be exact, for my kid self had no idea what was going on, I never got intothe school my friend and I hope to enroll together after O/Ls. For me, it has always been thesecond option, never the first. So, when I did not get selected for the university that I had alwaysdreamt of enrolling in, it was just another “oh” kind of situation. Nothing to do about that, justthink of what you got not what you lost. It didn’t affect me much and…
The Universe of the University of Colombo
University of Colombo was a fever dream. Stepping through those gates knowing anyone but myself was a challenge I quietly yet gradually overcame with time. The first two weeks were the hardest, I am not your typical extrovert who would strike up a conversation with a passers-by, (I’m not, Uvinya. You can sit down) it took me time to settle into the routine, and understand the lectures and meet my clique, I guess. To add to that, I was miles away from home, staying in a random place and the homesickness that takes you over in the first few days, with no homemade meals and just you in a small room you rented is not just lonely, sometimes a little…
365 Days at the University!
පිනි පොද වැස්සක් බිම තෙමන හවස් වෙලාවක ඒ හැගීම විදගෙන පොතක් කියවන එක හරිම වෙනස් හැගීමක්. අද හවස මං හිතුවා ඒ වැස්ස දිහා බලගෙන මේ වචන ලියන්න. අනධ්‍යන වැඩවර්ජනය නිසා කැම්පස් එක වහලා ගෙදරටම කොටුවුණු 49 වෙනි දවස අද. සහ වැදගත්ම දේ මේ මාසේ වෙද්දී මං කැම්පස් ඇවිත් හරියටම අවුරුද්දක්! සමහර වෙලාවට නිවාඩු තියෙන එක හොදයි කියලා හිතුණත්, මේ මගහැරෙන්නේ කැම්පස් එකේ ලස්සනම දවස් කියන එකත් හිතෙන්නෙ නැතුවම නෙමෙයි. කොහොමහරි මගේ කැම්පස් ජීවිතයේ මෙතෙක් ගත වුණු ලස්සන දවස්, නරක දවස් මේ වචන අස්සේ ගොනු කරන්න තමයි මං මේ හදන්නේ. කැම්පස් යනවා කියලා මං ඉස්සෙල්ලම හිතාගත්තෙත් 9 වසරේ අගෝස්තු වගේ කාලෙක. ඒ පේරාදෙණිය කැම්පස් එකෙන් කරපු තරගෙකින් දිනලා ඒකෙ සහතික ගන්න ගියපු දවසේ. එදා මං පේරදෙණිය කැම්පස් එක දැකපු විදිහ දැණුනු…
Daydreams and Detours
When the UNI Verse project launched its second phase, I wasn’t too interested in writing anything,thinking who would be interested in a narration of my routine university experience so far. Yet, I had nochoice but to write. Interestingly, an Instagram post shared by a friend flicked something in my scatteredmind to streamline memories from my first year at university, and I began to realize that university life isquite the rollercoaster. Before delving into reflections, I’ll backtrack a bit. Securing a spot at the University of Colombo waspretty much what I always desired, mainly for wanting to continue to take comfort in the city that hasalways been home. That Instagram post, though - it struck a chord. The post shared by…
A Place of Hope and Depression
On my very first day at university, I ended up lost. It was quite a memorable day and became the very first day of many where I would end up being lost in university or on a journey back home from the place. Suffice to say, ending up in Slave Island, of all places. without knowing a thing about Colombo was quite the experience. This was followed by the very first day of orientation, where I ended up being late because I had to get off the train early due to certain complications, and ended up spending Rs. 2000 on a taxi to university. I knew that I was in for a very long ride. I entered the Faculty of…
වචන ගළපන්නෙකුගේ හදවත
රොටරැක්ට් කතුවැකියේ දෙවසරක මතක ඉන්න තැනක ඉන්න බව දැනෙන්න සලස්වන එක මගේ සාමාන්‍ය ජීවන ලක්ෂණයක් බව බොහෝ අය දන්නවා . මං එහෙම කරන්නෙ ම ඒ ස්ථානයෙන් හරි ඒ අවස්ථාවෙන් හරි උපරිම ප්‍රයෝජනයක් ගන්න මට තියෙන ආසාව නිසාමයි . ඒ නිසා ම විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ජීවිතයේත් උපරිම ප්‍රයෝජන ගන්න පළවෙනි දවසෙදි ම මම හිතාගත්ත . ඒ නිසා අධ්‍යයන කටයුතු වගේ ම විෂය බාහිර කටයුතු ගැනත් මට ලොකු උනන්දුවක් තිබ්බ . සිව් වසරක උපාධි අපේක්ෂක ජීවිතයේ දෙවසරක් අවසන වෙමින් තියෙන මොහොතක් මේ ගෙවෙන්නෙ . ඉතින් ඒ දෙවසර පුරා ම සරසවි ජීවිතයේ වචන හා බැඳුණු රොටරැක්ට්මය මතකය ඔබත් එක්ක බෙදා ගන්නයි මං මේ සූදානම් වෙන්නෙ . රොටරැක්ට් කතුවැකියේ ඒ ගෙවුණු කාලය පිළිබඳ මේ මතක සටහන කතුවැකිය වෙනුවෙන් ලියැවෙන අවසාන සටහන බවට පත්වේවි . කවි ,…
Twinkling Watermelon: A Time Slip to the Past
I’m sure everyone, at some point in their lives, has wondered: “What if I could turn back the time, change the course of events, and maybe relive some moments for a second time?” The Korean TV series ‘Twinkling Watermelon’, directed by Son Jong-hyun, seamlessly blending elements of time-travel, coming-of-age, family and love, delves into the idea of rewriting the past. However, the approach is different as the main leads Ha Eun Gyeol (Ryeon) and On Eun Yu (Seol In-ah) are, in fact, trying to rewrite the lives of their parents, ultimately leading to a restructuring of their own life. This drama reminds us that our parents were also once teenagers with their own hopes, dreams and inner struggles. That there…
Parasite (2019): A Film Review
You know, when I first got to know the project Cinematic Review series, Parasite (2019) was my instant decision to write a review on. I was forced to watch the movie when I was having a sleepover with my cousins. When I first heard the word, I did not like to watch, but when the movie continued, I was showing interest and was into the film. Parasite is a 9/10 for me when considering its practicality to society and how the director skillfully showcases every single emotion in a frame. Enough of my rambling! Let us move into the movie summary. Summary Parasite (2019) which was directed by Bong Joon Ho, revolves around a poor family of parents, son, and…
Barbie: A Pink Menace
Almost every little girl had a Barbie doll at some point in her life. Whether you wanted to or not was a different matter. Barbie managed to impress our parents with her pink glitz, so Barbie invaded all our homes. Now, was Barbie treated well? Well… (looks at my old Barbies with broken legs and missing arms, crying in the corner)…that depends on if you were a civil child or not. In 2023, Barbie swept the world by storm with the release of the new live-action movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and the whole world became infested with pink ribbons and bows. Directed by Greta Gerwig, it was beloved by women and girls alike; everyone wanted to hop…