Hira

I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka many moons ago. My family moved to Geneva, Switzerland when I was 10, and that is where I lived until I graduated from school and went to University in London, England.

After an undergrad politics degree and a masters in law I returned to Geneva, worked for a bunch of years, quit, traveled for a year, and eventually decided to move to the US (and totally re-invent myself).

After two years in Philly I moved to Washington to work for the World Bank... which is where I still am. I live in Cleveland Park in a kickass apartment that backs right up into Rock Creek Park.

I am what they call the ultimate die-hard true romantic. I can't seem to settle down with just any nice boy. I can't give up now. I am still waiting for the one true love of my life.

But its not like I am going to go out looking for him. I am generally lazy, I love to spend hours under my duvet, eating cookies, reading books, and surfing the internet. I used to be a bar-fly but now I am a coffee-shop girl.

I have two parents who are still married and still in love. They are co-dependent and bicker all the time but do not like being apart. This is precisely the relationship I am looking for, and I refuse to settle for anything less.

Mom and Dad call me every day from wherever they are in the world (mostly Switzerland or Sri Lanka) to remind me to be careful when I cross the road and to take an umbrella when its raining. I also have a brother who is very clever and handsome. He is currently enjoying a colonial lifestyle in Sri Lanka with his wife and baby daughter. Said daughter, who was born on 24 Jan 2007, is a total Rock Star and has usurped my role as the resident 'apple of everyone's eye'.