Tuesday 12th June 2012 - Colombo, Sri Lanka

I have sensed that Gayan and Shiran are getting upset with the amount of time that I am spending with Anjali and to be honest, I feel I probably am too! So today I made a promise that I would spend some time with Shiran. He was on the early shift at work so when Anjali started rolling out the plans for the day i just had to tell her that I was going to be at Chocoluv. I did arrange with her for me to cook tonight though to make sure the ingredients don't go off.  I chilled around Chocoluv waiting for  Shiran to finish and then we headed to Cioconat to have shisha. We spoke about Anjali and it turns out that he thinks that the reason I haven't been hanging around them much anymore or speaking to them on the phone is because he was under the impression that Anjali had told me not to be friends with them anymore. I felt it was completely ridiculous for me to be having to defend myself or even play up to the nonsense but I explained to him that it was far from the case. I was honest with him and said that yes Anjali had her reservations seeing as I am a single female and they are males and the problems she had experienced in Sri Lanka with men but I had defended them and said they were good guys. I think that perhaps she was expecting me to drop them but they had been so good to me so that was not going to happen. Anyway, it was really nice hanging with Shiran. We left around 7pm because Anjali wasn't answering her phone and I didn't have keys and then I went to Gonuts (a doughnut place like say krispy kremes but nowhere near as nice!) and bought doughnuts for Anjali and I for dessert after my meal.  The spaghetti bolognese came out ok but because Anjali doesn't eat beef I had to use chicken which I don't think tasted as nice.  After food Anjali and I were just talking about my plans and I told her that I was in two minds about visiting Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage based on some bad things I had read on the internet including sitings of caged elephants. I was really overwhelmed with how strong she came across in informing me that this was a lie because she had been there and not seen any such thing. Despite me saying that I had read it in various places she shut me down which resulted in me acting out a big yawn and saying that I was going to bed. I realised that I can't spend too much time with her because nothing I say is right and I can't deal with it. I really want to leave like now but I have a wedding to go to with Gayan on Sunday and want to be here for it. After that though I am gone! I would still work with her if I was given the chance though because it is completely having to deal with someone that is your boss and someone who is a friend. I could keep in professional and then say goodbye at the end of the day.