Monday 2^nd November 2020

Emilka’s friend Amber, who she goes horse riding with, is 11 today. Her planned birthday party of outdoor activities is not going to happen due to total lockdown of western province with Colombo as part of it, so her parents had to be creative and organised a Zoom party for her with other 9 of her friends as a surprise. 

“Prepare a snack and be on internet at 16.30 – don’t tell Amber.”, was the message. Emilka prepared herself a special birthday snack and was patiently waiting for a call. Talking with friends, quiz, and a movie to watch, was a great way of using technology bringing people together. Amber apparently said, that she had the best birthday party yet – I am on that with her, cheep and not a lot of mess to clean up afterwards. Year 2020 is a historic year in all aspects.  Now we have to figure out how we are going to get the birthday present to her.