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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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How about elevated Sri Lankan cuisine that's beautifully plated, tastes as good as it looks, and portions are not colossal? Would you pay to eat at a restaurant that serves that kind of cuisine?
Last night, I was chatting with a new hire and explained to him why I prefer to write my own shit as opposed to allowing AI to write things 🤡 – at Sri Lanka
It's birthday month for the two brats!!!
And this week is birthday week of another close friend and I've already attended two celebrations. – at Sri Lanka
The most exciting time of day for me is when I get to go to the gym - new achievement unlocked! – at Sri Lanka
Fried egg, 75g Skyr yogurt, 75g smoked salmon, 50g sliced cucumber, sichimi togarashi & salt to taste!
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1) Airbus provided Sri Lankan investigators with documents indicating that Namal Rajapaksa communicated directly with Airbus during the 2013 procurement of 10 aircraft for SriLankan.
2) An Airbus email dated March 23, 2013 reportedly states that the “President’s son” would present Airbus’s case for the aircraft sale to Cabinet through President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
3) Airbus representatives visited Sri Lanka and gave statements to investigators in support of the local probe.
4) Then Civil Aviation Minister Priyankara Jayaratne submitted a Cabinet paper on March 27, 2013, seeking approval for SriLankan Airlines to purchase the 10 Airbus aircraft.
5) On April 13, 2013, Mahinda Rajapaksa, then also Finance Minister, told Cabinet that SriLankan Airlines did not require Cabinet approval because it was a Companies Act-registered entity with an independent board empowered to make decisions.
6) Police told court that Namal Rajapaksa met Airbus delegations visiting Sri Lanka to discuss the deal.
7) When Airbus offered to establish a training centre in Sri Lanka as part of the large aircraft order, Namal reportedly asked that it be located in Hambantota, his electorate. Emails allegedly corroborate this.
8) Nimal Perera affidavit says Namal Rajapaksa had requested from him a foreign bank account number to receive money from a foreign consultancy, at which instant he had provided the Sabre Vision account.
9) Once the money was received by the Sabre Vision account, Nimal withdrew it and paid Rs 100mn to Mr Rajapaksa “in cash”, the affidavit states.
10) Namal maintains that he did not get this payment and that there is no physical or scientific evidence corroborating the alleged cash handover. His lawyers also questioned the credibility of Mr Perera and his statements.
Namal Rajapaksa has been in remand since September 4 in a CIABOC investigation into an alleged Rs. 100 million bribe connected to the SriLankan Airlines aircraft procurement.
Important: This case is still at the stage of reporting facts to Court.
sundaytimes.lk/260913/news/a…
Had the privilege of chatting to the co-owner of Nutri-Max yesterday while on the treadmill at the gym.
He was passionate, well-informed and had such a refreshing world view.
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Next time you drink a cup of tea, remember this:
That humble cup didn’t just shape Britain. It distorted Sri Lanka beyond recognition.
Under British rule, forests in the central highlands were cleared for plantations, replacing rich ecosystems with a single export crop and worsening soil erosion and landslide risk and desertification.
Tea also demanded cheap labour. Workers were brought from South India under coercive recruitment systems. They endured poverty, disease and brutal working conditions, creating a landless plantation underclass whose descendants remain among Sri Lanka’s most marginalised communities.
After independence, many were even denied citizenship and voting rights.
Tea gave Sri Lanka the world-famous “Ceylon Tea” brand, export income and infrastructure. But it also locked land, labour and national identity around a colonial commodity, while much of the profit from packaging and retail was captured elsewhere. Sri Lanka earns <1% of word tea revenue.
And there is a bitter irony.
Tea may have helped Britain move away from gin, yet alcohol remains a serious problem among Sri Lankan men, especially in the central hill country and plantation communities shaped by the tea economy.
So next time you see “Pure Ceylon Tea,” remember:
Behind that comforting cup are cleared forests, exploited workers, colonial fortunes and a country still wrestling with tea’s complicated inheritance.
Next time you drink a cup of tea, remember this: That humble cup helped change Britain and rescue the nation from alcoholism.
In 1700s London, cheap gin was everywhere. The notorious Gin Craze caused such widespread drunkenness and social problems that it became a national concern. Then Britain fell in love with tea.
By the 1800s as the British Empire was rapidly expanding, tea imported from India had become a defining drink and was increasingly promoted as a refreshing alternative to alcohol. There was even a hidden benefit: making tea meant boiling water, important in an age when contaminated drinking water could spread disease.
Slowly, London moved away from daily gin drinking and onto daily tea drinking. And those tea leaves also contained something Londoners knew nothing about:
Catechins and polyphenols, powerful antioxidant plant compounds.
L-theanine, associated with calm focus.
Caffeine, providing alertness and energy.
So next time you have a cuppa, remember: tea isn’t just the second most consumer beverage in the world after water. It has centuries of history— and some fascinating chemistry inside every leaf.
Here’s my video on the extraordinary health benefits of tea: youtu.be/bJ3dBpbVQFM?is=WTGz…
Followed a few youngsters from the gym on IG hoping their content would motivate me, instead, I see photos of them in almost next to nothing 😫
Woke up early and was super productive, it's only 10am now and it's so hot that I cannot function...
Where can I get a full English breakfast in Colombo? Half the places listed as having it on the menu have from 2 to several components missing. I can forego the blood sausage aka black pudding but everything else isn't difficult aye?
