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I went off to Ambalantota a few days ago (21st June 06 to be precise) to do our Linux training thing. It was good to be out of Colombo again, even if we had to deal with a metric assload (as opposed to the Imperial Arseload) of stuff t…
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A bomb blast in Pannipitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo killed Major General Paramai Kulatunga at around 7.45am today. Early reports filtering in state that at least two to four people are believed to be among the dead. No further reports were immediately available.
I grew up in Negombo & did my A/L’s @ Maris Stella College, Negombo. After my A/L’s i was attached to the University & successfully completed my Bachelor of Science Degree in Statistics & Computer Science. Now i am working as a Assistant Networ…
I was looking forward to the races at Katu this weekend. However, a discovery in the middle of the week changed all that. A movie, which I came across accidentally while casually searching for something to watch in the weekend (after the races of cours…
I wonder how many of you were fortunate readers of the astonishing piece of literature that appeared in the column titled ‘This is My Sri Lanka’ in the Daily News of June 19. The following is my own response:
Dear Editor, I write with reference to the column titled ‘This is My Sri Lanka’ by Bandula Jayasekera, that appeared in the Daily News issue of June 19, 2006. I was both
As I see it, the primary role of government is to maintain law and order. If a government is incapable of doing that, then it’s worthless already.The situation in Sri Lanka makes it obvious that the situation in terms of law and order in Sri Lanka le…
The death is announced of PEACE: Dearly beloved wife of Harmon(y), loving mother of Happiness, sister of Prosperity. Beloved mother-in-law of Uncertainty (Norway), darling grandmother of Freedom. Passed away after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be notified later. No flowers by request. Sri Jayawardenapura, Kotte/Kilinochchi, Wanni.
Cover Designs of the Talents souvenire books Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura is the youngest medical faculty of Sri Lanka established only in 1993.With the heavy burden of studies, medical students only rarely ventu…
I didn’t blog about Kebithigollewa massacre, because I didn’t think I had anything new to say. But now, with the increase of terrorist activities has led many, including acclaimed journalists to believe that we are indeed heading towards yet another war, so I am compelled to write something on a potential way forward, if again (god forbid), all hell breaks loose
I believe, if there is a resumption of direct hostilities between the LTTE and the government then the government must make a paradigm shift towards how it view the conflict. In the past any resolution of the ethnic conflict was tied with negotiations with exclusively, the LTTE. Now it’s time the people and the government tries to go around the Tigers if that’s what’s required to achieve progress.
What this means in essence is the Sri Lankan government must take steps to create a legitimate and acceptable political solution to the ethnic conflict even while fighting a war against the LTTE.
The CFA, despite its shortcomings (I’ve yet to come across a document without) resulted in a climate which created unique situations that didn’t exist before. For the first time there are a few groups which can claim to effectively represent the Tamil people other than the LTTE; from Karuna’s followers to Mr. Anandasangaree, to other anti-LTTE Tamil voices in Europe. There is now, new room to take a new view of the process.
So the government must, in the event it fails to re-start negotiations with the LTTE form a sort of a council given full authority to come up with a draft constitution to bring a lasting political solution. The council must comprise of the willing Tamil academia, other interest groups including the Karuna faction, and of course representation of other ethnicities via representations by political parties.
If the LTTE continues to refrain from engaging in talks and continues to engage in violence like in Kebithigollewa, or tries to blow up the whole coastline, as they seemed to be doing now this may be the only solution we are left with.
Reports indicate that busses will be leaving Melbourne, Australia for the federal capital of Canberra tonight, carrying Sri Lankan lobbyists who are expected to lobby the Federal Government to ban the LTTE. Lobbyists are expected to stage a protest rally outside the Federal Parliament tomorrow, against the human rights violations of the Tamil Tigers. According to reports, efforts are being
It feels like I’ve been spending too much time trying to hide and trying to operate undercover, that the very thought of taking any sort of lead in public freaks me out. The slightest bit of attention thrown my way, cripples me, paralyses me and even…
Retaliatory air strikes on Sampur and Mullaitivu was the ‘measured response’ by the Government, in the aftermath of the heinous massacre of Singhalese civilians in Kebithigollewa yesterday. Undoubtedly, the GOSL was presented with the unenviable task of dealing with this latest surge in sporadic violence, that claimed the lives of as many as 64, including 15 children, raising the number of
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I finally finished doing it! (I meant my A/Ls you sickos…) lolz! Now I’m kind of bored and all, without it….lolzzzz!! I know, I know, WEIRD ha? (BTW, A/Ls SUCKED BIG TIME!!!) Yes….but life goes on now! Yaaaaaaaay! I don’t even mind goin back to t…
I sometimes wonder what it must be like to be the idiot people voted in as president. I mean lets face it, the man’s a moron.
He claims he has no idea of economics, he doesn’t know about governance, all he knows is how to wear that fucking red scarf a…
I had a pretty jobless couple of days, so finally got around to give my blog a much needed face lift. Nothing major, just a little editing of colors, and a little image here and there, at least it doesn’t look like, I donno, millions of other blogs anymore.
Also, got around to creating these Kottu and Moju buttons. A little something to have on your blogs and stuff if anyone would care to use. No licensing or any shit like that. Just go ahead and use them if you want to, a zip file with all the buttons can be downloaded at :
http://www.box.net/public/8qc1qq0ak4
Or just right click and save these..
Does anyone know a good, Free direct link file host btw?
Cheers,
Deane.
Mary’s Road, BambalapitiyaMary’s Road is a narrow street that starts at the Galle Road, almost opposite to Kensigtopn Gardens , and ends at the railway tracks.Right next to Coomaravels Auction Room on the right was a plot of land with a large Kotta…
1956 Harry P. Nightingale Cup (HPN) & Mt Lavinia TrophyL-R Allie Bartholomeusz, Tony Williams (Olympics Rome 1960), Ian Kellly (2nd Place, Two Mile Swim), Sydney de Jong, Desmond Templar & Henry Perera
1955 Harry P Nightingale Cup & Mt Lavinia TrophyL-R Allie Bartholomeusz, Desmond Templar, Vij Kulatunga (Club Capt), Henry Perera, Rattan Mangharam, & Tony Williams
Being a hero is not something that can be achieved very easily.But ofcourse I took a bold step today…Yeah, became a volunteer blood donator. I always wanted to donate blood, but couldn’t take that inaugural step.Yesterday was the (14th of June) World…
It’s 5 a.m Sunday Morning and I haven’t had proper sleep for the past two weeks. Of course this is God’s humble way of telling me “Judy Poody, you got a lil issue I need you to fix”. And here I am wide-awake and trying to figure out the best …
After almost 03 months of hibernation, I thought I’d write what I’ve been tormenting myself with. We’ve been talking of Islamic fundamentalism for about three decades or more for now. Iran, after Shah Palavi is perhaps the first fundamentalis…
Well…….. The Lit paper is finally over. Unfortunately it was too good to be true…..in other words it was a deceptive, seemingly easy paper…. *SIGH.. Oh well…Life goes on… I’ve also finished my 1st and 2nd Geography Papers………Unfor…
There is nothing prettier than a lighted Atapattam lantern against a dark sky. Driving from Rajagiriya to Battaramulla the streets are lighted up by pairs of yellow, orange, green lanterns. There is street lighting along that road but no lights. The contractor is Sumal Perera, I have been told. He lives in the neighborhood on […]
Almost 6 months ago Yours Truly bought his first laptop. An IBM ThinkPad r50e. It is an ugly black box of a machine, I spent more on it than I would on a more.. powerful laptop by another company, and I love it. Its an IBM.. it feels SOLID.. it feels l…
Well…. I finally got my blog! After days of struggling hard to find the perfect name for it…I finally found a name which was not TAKEN!I’m doing my A/Ls right now….yeah I Know that you are all wondering what Im doing posting stuff here without cr…
I had a great time at the Sri Lankan Dapper launch party last Saturday at The Excel World. I sincerely believe that ‘Ubuntu’ will be the Linux distribution that made Linux mainstream among the desktop users. With the Dapper release, they have improved …
I decided to go to Orchid with some of my friends for my birthday last night. I’ve always had a good time whenever I went to Orchid and last night was no exception! 
I was quite pleased with the turn out. This was the first time I mixed my old school…
With all hopes of watching the Da Vinci Code flushed down the toilet, I’m wearing an ugly scowl on my face for a reason I simply cannot fathom. I read a Christian site harping about why one shouldn’t go watch the movie with motives of enjoying it. …
I finally worked out the lyrics to Blur’s Song 2- but I cheated by googling. Damn and blast. Googling is great though isn’t it? Most of the links in my posts are done with google to find something interesting. Apparently, we’re all doing it these days….
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