{"id":89860,"date":"2022-04-06T10:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=89860"},"modified":"2022-04-06T10:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:19:28","slug":"a-migrants-story-by-ron-pieris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-migrants-story-by-ron-pieris\/","title":{"rendered":"A migrant\u2019s story &#8211;  By Ron Pieris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><strong>A migrant\u2019s story &#8211; By Ron Pieris<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89861\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/A-migrans-story.jpg\" alt=\"A migrant\u2019s story -  By Ron Pieris\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I was preparing to migrate to Sydney from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1974. I was invited to a home in Moratuwa for a meal. I remember it was a sunny day in the summer of \u201874. I took a bus from Bambalapitiya to Moratuwa and walked down to my friend\u2019s home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I was greeted at the entrance by his wife and children who warmly welcomed me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After a bit of small talk, I was requested to move to the dining room. This was a Sinhalese family from the provinces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I noticed that on the dining table was placed a bowl of rice with a saucer for serving and three vegetable curries, and on the centre of the table was placed a single egg. We all served food onto our plates. And all of those present were staring at the egg! I was confused. Then they said please take the egg, it is for you. So, I finished the lovely meal and left well satisfied!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I have eaten in street markets and at high class restaurants in Jakarta, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam. Thailand, The Philippines, India, China, Taiwan, Canada, USA and in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But the finest meal I have ever eaten in my life was on the sunny day in Ceylon in 1974 at the humble home of that family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I know that I will never find a finer meal\u00a0 or better hosts than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ron Pieres<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A migrant\u2019s story &#8211; By Ron Pieris I was preparing to migrate to Sydney from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1974. I was invited to a home in Moratuwa for a meal. I remember it was a sunny day in the summer of \u201874. 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