Dewni De Silva

Don't sugar coat. Shower thought/// Since I couldn't post in a while, I decided to talk about everything we are going through, given that everyone has embraced the situation as it is, and is staying at home to make the best out of it. I have noticed several posts saying that they honestly can't remember what they used to talk about before the Chinese Virus - (at least that's what Trump said) And I spiraled back into Kobe's death, Australia's fire scandal, the Megxit and the volcano eruptions - 2020 has so far been a game of minesweeper and we have been stepping on a mine every single time, this is why they decided to lock-down everything so we would avoid stepping on a mine before it all blows up. The worst part of this isn't what you think it is, it's panicking unnecessarily, forget panic buying and filling up inventory, I'm talking about the circulation of false information which takes up the form of anonymous WhatsApp threads and...

Last Edited - 15.28 So one of my really close friends asked me to write this up, I've always had a diverse group of friends because I've been schooled at an International school, I was taught to respect and think about everyone's believes and values and not to take religion as a weapon to down-size others. In fact some of us loved hearing different opinions, learning something new and unique, sometimes, we'd even find how difficult their lives are, and we'd tell our dark times and know everyone has their own issues to address, despite religion, culture, gender or race. I think the ones residing in Sri Lanka has a lot to say, we've been through a lot, we've survived through nearly 30 year-wars, we've survived through Easter attacks, we've been through marches and protests, but tell me this; We've longed for that Christmas cake that our christian friend owes us every December. We bully all our Tamil friends to bring whatever the food their ...

Believe me when I say,,, Spongebob : 'What if I break your trust someday? Patrick : Trusting you is my decision, proving me wrong is your choice.' Surface There is something about trust. It's not what everyone defines it as. In fact it has no specific meaning. 'Trust' is a prodigious word, to us it meant keeping secrets, guarding one another, defending somebody when they do wrong what not. That's basically 'trust' in a nutshell when we were kids; but correct me if I'm wrong, I feel like there's a vast meaning behind, and we are just touching the surface of an ice-burg that has more depth.  Digging deep, I understood that trust began with family, passed on to those who you're close with, friends, even strangers who are overly extroverted. So trust has nothing to do with secrets. How many of y'all were challenged to say the truth at all the dare games? Haven't you ever, and by this I mean EVER been in a situation where you ...

Smaller the circle, better the vision I had to say this today,  Had some friends say 'Hey this is so great! You're finally learning how to let go of yourself' and I really felt it. I know that maybe not everyone can relate to the above spam posts I randomly share about various 'off-tone' topics because I really need to write these thoughts off my lungs, then I can breathe in peace. Few years back when I used to train kids for one of the examinations, I came across a quote that said 'If you're rowing a boat with your friends, make sure everyone's rowing and not drilling holes when you aren't looking' and whoever came up with that knew that there are people out there clapping their rusty hands, licking their disgusting lips, waiting till you miss an opportunity, waiting till you fall flat on your face just to pretend that that they could 'offer' you a 'helping' hand. And since nothing can be trusted, if you are to take the...

The medium is buffering, please wait Highs Noticing some sort of ecstasy in ourselves sometimes is rare but when we do, we just wish we could feel that way for a life time. So when we are happy, we tell it, we communicate it, our happiness sometimes just radiates in different forms and if a mirror was placed in front of you, you'd be confused to see yourself the way others do, wow I'm glowing. I've been told a couple of times that when I surpass a peak point of my life no one will be happy for you genuinely' After couple of lessons I decided to let that sink as a fact. We were fed lies to as how everyone will offer you the opportunity, to be heard, "if you work hard enough the spot light will shine on you my friend" In some cases yes because I literally see a hard-worker who just got up from his 23 - hour study routine frowning at my comment. I'm sorry, I hope you continue to read this. Lows No one talks about how hard it is to open up. No on...

Pitch an opinion  I'd love to vent my anger on this so called 'golden century', from the posts about 'where are all the millennial babies at?" to all the Reddit posts about humiliating the abilities of different people from different generations. At first we laugh along-side but the insults do hit deep. Not everyone who is born after 2000 is a mess, we are indeed cleaning up messes the previous generations left us with. They say we don't communicate, that we are on our phones 24/7 - guess who is fighting to save Amazon forest by establishing online campaigns and making an effort to collect signatures for petitions? They say we aren't creative because we are not using our brains, but why do we have better pass rates than you do? Why do they say that we don't think ahead but we exhaust ourselves for beach clean-ups? How do you dare to say that our lives are a complete waste - We have more equality and freedom for education. I live in a society where a...

#defined yet persuasive Dated - 08th of March 2020 21.33 pm - Last edited Speaking about today, most say that it is dedicated to women. when I was small, I used to be really proud that an entire day, absolutely one entire day is just 'reserved' for us girls/women. And now all grown up, I realize how absurd and ridiculous society takes this day into account. In a separate era, we were fed with various thoughts. 'only to be seen but never heard' "It's okay to have ambition but not too much ambition" "You are not allowed to sit like that" "Take up a teaching job, it suits for a girl " "I don't think you should talk too much, they are going to get the wrong idea" "You can dress like that, but the rest is up-to you" "don't travel alone" How many times have you driven past a slow vehicle expecting the driver to be female? Is it really necessary for you to 'man-splain' everything...

I'd tell you to count the stars, but we were too busy for that then. Before Story  What caused you to pull up your socks today? most people either say that it was a mere obligation, or mostly your alarm indicating you're either late for something and you just had to do it. I know for a fact that some of you drove past so many red lights to be where you are today. Along the way you've been pulled up, interrogated and even got fined for speeding up. Just a taste of life. They say; before hitting 20's your life is like a buoy that is unattended and the fact that you're suddenly considered an 'adult' makes everything more difficult, so are we now supposed to remove our seat belt? just because the road got a less bumpier ? whats even more contradicting is that we are still not free from the work stress. The peer pressure. The infinite imbalance between wanting to have a social life Vs the requirement to stay in and get your life together. Then you get ...