This christmas break I decided to go back to my homeland, Sri Lanka. Soon after I finished my finals on the 12th of Dec, I took the 13th off to pack up and I flew home on the 14th. My flight path was Chicago - London - Colombo. It was an approximately 24 hours of flight in order to reach my end of the world which is basically the furthest end from the United States.

Once I touched down at Colombo Bandaranayake International Airport, the feeling, 'Its good to be home" began to run through my body. My dad was there to pick me up from the air port, and as I saw him it was nothing but tears of joy streaming down his face, to see me return home after 18 months.

Most had changed a lot ever since I left. Specially the economy. The civil war was still in process and the economy was still crashing. There had been a huge inflationary change witch shocked me. For and example, I used to by a loaf of bread for 15Rs, but these days is contains a value of 60Rs. However what hadn't changed was the weather. Sri Lanka is a country located just above the equator. In other words, it's always summer for the pearl of the Indiana Ocean. My body made no hesitation to sweat ever since I walked out to the hot weather.

Once I arrived at home my family was there to welcome me. Since it was about 7am, we all had "Milk Rice", an authentic Sri Lanka breakfast dish prepared in order to celebrate a happy moment. I was tired and going through jet lag but how ever i managed to stay up and hit the sack at around 6 in the evening.

I got up the next day and began to do thing. Meeting up with family and friends, spending time out doors, playing cricket in the rain, etc. It was a superb time. All these started to fill me up with sweet memories.

At this moment it is becoming a bit hard to explain everything I did within the 2 weeks, but I must add that I went through an unhealthy situation due to climate change.

My visit to Sri Lanka was amazing. Coming back to the US was a heartbreaker, but you and I both know, time flies so fast it will once again be time for me to fly back to the pearl of the Indian Ocean.