 “I earn foreign exchange”
  There is neither exact evidence
nor records to reveal the origin of my ancestors. The Mahavamsa the
greatest chronicle records from the time of king Dutugamunu in the 5th
century B.C., my ancestors have been in close association with the royal
families, even during the Kandy era. However, I was born in a village
called Boyawalana in Alawwa which is little beyond Warakapola in Sri
Lanka.My parents are cultivators and they cultivate many crops in their
home garden.
The most popular crop is known as betel. There are growers of betel
who own at least three acres and earn lucrative incomes. So my father
was a betel grower who earned a good income.
I was the eldest in my family and my father looked after me well and
groomed me to be a good trading partner in this lucrative business.
Betel is a creeper which grows along a pole or a tree. From my tender
age, I was subject to acute problems in weather conditions and rising
price of fertiliser which retarded my growth.
However, as I was looked after well by my parents, given good food
and plenty of water, I became healthy and bloomed into a beautiful
woman.
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