“විදේශ්ගත ශ්රමිකයිනි,
අපි කරපු මෝඩකම් නුඹලාත් නොකිරීමට වග බලා ගන්න.”
What I meant by this was,
• We paid for half of the protracted war effort by sending money home, and our leaders siphoned off the majority of that money by issuing exaggerated invoices and claims.
• In exchange, we received nothing tangible, unlike others claiming to be professionals and politicians and receiving duty-free car permits, etc.
• We have been subjected to unnecessary inconveniences, beginning with boarding an aircraft and continuing through customs, immigration, and even taxi stands.
• We were treated as if we were worthless even at local banks.
That is why I suggest these to you:
• Send the smallest amount of money possible home, just enough for the family back home to live comfortably.
• Make as many savings as possible.
• While working abroad, obtain a trade or technical certificate that will allow you and your immediate family members to legally migrate to a developed country.
•Go to one of those places and live a good life.
Do not think about the land you have left.
Do not believe the nonsense about mythical figures such as රාවණා, දිය සේන, and coming to make this land the envy of the rest of the world.
It is not going to happen ever.
Remember the old Sinhala saying “තමන් හිසට තම අතමය සෙවනැල්ල”.
You control your own destiny and be the master of your own life and not a slave of someone forever.
අපි කරපු මෝඩකම් නුඹලාත් නොකිරීමට වග බලා ගන්න.”
What I meant by this was,
• We paid for half of the protracted war effort by sending money home, and our leaders siphoned off the majority of that money by issuing exaggerated invoices and claims.
• In exchange, we received nothing tangible, unlike others claiming to be professionals and politicians and receiving duty-free car permits, etc.
• We have been subjected to unnecessary inconveniences, beginning with boarding an aircraft and continuing through customs, immigration, and even taxi stands.
• We were treated as if we were worthless even at local banks.
That is why I suggest these to you:
• Send the smallest amount of money possible home, just enough for the family back home to live comfortably.
• Make as many savings as possible.
• While working abroad, obtain a trade or technical certificate that will allow you and your immediate family members to legally migrate to a developed country.
•Go to one of those places and live a good life.
Do not think about the land you have left.
Do not believe the nonsense about mythical figures such as රාවණා, දිය සේන, and coming to make this land the envy of the rest of the world.
It is not going to happen ever.
Remember the old Sinhala saying “තමන් හිසට තම අතමය සෙවනැල්ල”.
You control your own destiny and be the master of your own life and not a slave of someone forever.
We made a very big mistake by investing in the motherland, thinking that we would have an easy life after returning home.
And it was a near-fatal decision.
Now we are stuck in a hell hole until we breathe our last breath.
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