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Sri Lankan Family Life in Singapore · 7 episodes

Sri Lankan Family Life in Singapore — Work, Parenting, Food & Everyday Moments

Between the trips, Ceylon Rainbow is a Sri Lankan family building a life in Singapore. These episodes are the everyday side of the channel — work, parenting, food from home and the moments in between.

Follow a day in the life of a working mom balancing a graphic design career with family, reflections on two years of parenting a toddler and a new baby, what Singapore's lockdown really looked like, cooking traditional lamprais with family, flying home between Colombo and Singapore, and a few personal milestones along the way.

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Our tips

  • Singapore's MRT and buses are good enough that many families live comfortably without a car.
  • Little India — around Tekka Centre and Mustafa Centre — is the place for Sri Lankan and South Asian groceries, spices and banana leaves.
  • Hawker centres make eating out affordable for the whole family, and most have plenty of mild options for kids.
  • Infant care and preschool places can fill up quickly in popular areas — join waitlists early.
  • Sri Lankan temples, community associations and online groups are a great way to find friends and celebrate Avurudu and Vesak far from home.

Frequently asked questions

Do you have videos about living in Singapore as a Sri Lankan family?

Yes — this page collects our family-life episodes: a working mom's day, parenting reflections, lockdown life in Singapore, cooking Sri Lankan food and our flights home to Colombo.

Where can you buy Sri Lankan food and groceries in Singapore?

Little India is the best starting point — Tekka Centre and Mustafa Centre stock many Sri Lankan and South Asian ingredients, spices and banana leaves.

Is Singapore a good place for Sri Lankan families?

Many Sri Lankan families find it a comfortable home — it's safe, close to Sri Lanka by air, with good public transport and an active Sri Lankan community.

සිංගප්පූරුවේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පවුල් ජීවිතය — සිංහලෙන්

ගමන් අතරතුර, Ceylon Rainbow කියන්නේ සිංගප්පූරුවේ ජීවිතයක් ගොඩනගන ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පවුලක්. රැකියාවක් කරන අම්මා කෙනෙක්ගේ දවසක්, දෙමාපියන් විදිහට අවුරුදු දෙකක අත්දැකීම්, සිංගප්පූරුවේ lockdown ජීවිතය, ලම්ප්‍රයිස් හදන හැටි සහ කොළඹට ගිය ගමන් මේ වීඩියෝ වල තියෙනවා.

  • ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සහ දකුණු ආසියානු බඩු, කුළුබඩු සහ කෙසෙල් කොළ Little India වල Tekka Centre සහ Mustafa Centre වලින් ගන්න පුළුවන්.
  • සිංගප්පූරුවේ MRT සහ බස් හොඳ නිසා බොහෝ පවුල් කාර් එකක් නැතුවම ජීවත් වෙනවා.
  • ළදරු සහ පෙර පාසල් ස්ථාන ඉක්මනට පිරෙනවා — කලින්ම waitlist වලට නම ලියාපදිංචි කරන්න.

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