Archive for December, 2006
Sri Lanka 6th in Human rights list? I PROTEST!
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Sixth of seventh… if I was not this mathematically impaired I could probably do some amazing things with numbers that left you gasping in sheer awe at my prowess with numbers and the sheer hopelessness of coming in sixth of seventh… please imagine …
Community Service - Birthday Bash and Christmas Party
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
(click for larger view) This project was initiated by our Parent Club the Rotary Club of Colombo, in conjunction with all the Rotaract and Interact Clubs within its purview. Each month, on one Sunday, we throw a party in honour of the children who are …
Community Service - Kalpitiya Visit
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Rtr. Manesha, Husna, Harsha and Imran visited Kalpitiya to assess the progress of the on-going English Language Teaching Project. This was funded by last year’s “Arabian Night” Theme Party. Working in conjunction with the Humanitarian Brotherhood Found…
Community Service- “Aids Walk” Stop Aids Keep the Promise
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
The Rotaract Clubs of Battaramulla, Colombo Millennium City and the Rotaract Club of Colombo, organised a joint walk in an attempt to create Aids Awareness. Unfortunately the walk which had been originally scheduled for the 2nd of December got postpon…
~ Merry Christmas ~
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Hey peeps, just a line drop to wish all the fellow readers a MERRY CHRISTMAS & A GREAT YEAR AHEAD. hope your dreams and wishes come true in the new year, blessed with good health and prosperity. regards to you’ll and your loved ones. Have a blast and drop a line about how you spend your season…. have the best!.
P.S DONT DRINK & DRIVE!!! wht are friends for, don let them drink, cos they got to
Seasons Greeting from Colombo Critic.com
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We are currently testing our new theme and working out a few bugs. Any comments and suggestion are welcome. We are also looking at the feasibility of creating a user forum so that our users may communicate better with us and each […]
Heathrow Fog means Doha Coffee, Wireless internet and the pondering of Gender
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
And so…. I’m in transit between Colombo and Heathrow…… and this fog stuff is causing havoc by all accounts at Heathrow, so I’m delayed…. for me it means extra time here in Doha, Qatar in what is a very nice airport with lots of free coffee and …
How to change the world
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
If there ever was a book on the subject you would think it would be a best seller, there is one – and it isn’t a best seller. Partly because no one wants to change world, and partly, because the book is about social entrepreneurs; a set of stories …
seasonal office cheer
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Secret Santa is a crazy concept.. I pushed for it mercilessly in office and somehow became the chief organiser. How hard could it possibly be? Just mix up the names and tell em to buy gifts for each other right? How wrong I was…. I didnt reckon with …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows???
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
The Deathly Hallows? ok that has to be the lamest title yet… what in the world is a deathly hallow???? read the story here… I wonder what she was thinking.. deathly hallow… is it me or does that sound pretty pretentious? It could just be the fact…
Gaiman!!!!
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Lately I find myself wavering… my fidelity to Terry Pratchett is on the line. Reason? New man in my life. Neil Gaiman…. who has moved me enough to want to write about the depth of feeling he invokes in me. What does one do? Will Terry understand? N…
morning glory
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
ah the beauty of a hung over work morning…. the thing is I havent even got the chance to GET the damn hangover.. my body is still in the process of realising that its really quite drunk. Ofcourse my body also still tells me that theres no way this ca…
If Your Life Was A Movie, What Would the Soundtrack Be?
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
It’s time to hit the shuffle button again.Here’s how it goes:1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)2. Put it on shuffle3. Press play4. For every question, type the song that’s playing5. When you go to a new question, pres…
Who was the Real Super Star of Season 1 ?
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Many people said Ajith was not the real Superstar. Many believed it was Shihan. To see what Sri lanka really think about this matter, we have started a vote to see “Who was the real Super Star of Season 1?” So far, Shihan leads the poll with malit…
(Finally) Theena’s Music Q
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
1. CD or Vinyl?Is this really relevant anymore? I can’t remember the last time I used the former and I’ve never had the pleasure of using the latter. Ultimately, I’m not much of a purist so I’ll go with CD.2. An Album You’ve Been Meaning to Listen To?F…
Want to live longer? Toss back a few cocktails
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol — up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women — reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, researchers have found.
Reaching Out
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
One of the concerns at the start of blogging is, even though you keep writing, how do other people get to know that things are being written on this blog.Reading on how blogs really work in the practical scenario explained to me that more through frien…
How many Humans killed for Eelam?
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Do you know exactly how many humans killed for Eelam in all three parties (Tamils, Muslims and Sinhalese)? Do you know the exact number?
I don’t know.
All I know is rounded number to last 3 digits. I don’t know how we round number of human lives to last thousand. Are Sri Lankan lives that worthless to round up to last thousand? Is my life not even worth of counting?
Here is the closest figure
The Fish in the Fish Tank
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Removed: dramatic and deranged and i refuse to remember.
Sharing (and certainly not caring)
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Testing..1..2..3..meka wada karanawada?? doi..of all lame ways to start a blog! ok so i’ve decided to start blogging since there simply is not enough RAM in my wonderful head… aaaand i’m home alone AGAIN..i think its beginning to become a habit now…..
Sasani starts blogging
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
My wife, Sasani also started to blog last week.http://sasanijay.blogspot.com/
High at Hikkaduwa – Stigmata performing at Amaya Reef on the 23rd…BE THERE!!!
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Join Stigmata on the ’Silent Chaos Serpentine Tour’!Stigmata to raise hell in Hikkaduwa… Yeah you ain’t stoned… You read it right!Greetings Friends, Good Citizens and Lady Conquests…Team Stigmata presents an event that will turn the seas of…
Our Wishes for the season
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
We would like to take this opportunity to Wish the subscribers of Comet Cable, the management of Comet Cable, and all our fellow readers a Very Merry Christmas and we hope that you will be able to enjoy this festive season to the fullest.We are taking …
Old year, New year, Decisions and Consequences
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
I apologise for my being silent for a while now.I came back to Sri Lanka and have been enjoying being at home! So before I even begin to look back at my year, I have to try and make a decision - a big decision - that will determine which way my 2007 wi…
a kiss…
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
So ladies and gentlemen, after a long absence, and well deserved vacation in Sri Lanka, I am back. I have a whole bunch of posts lines up detailing my trip etc… but till I post that, I came across a really nice saying today and absolutely had to share it with all of you here.
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Hindi Movie Songs by Open Maze
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Who loves to hear Hindi Movie Songs and all types of Hindi songs, classics, remix, Telugu, Malayalam etc? www.raaga.com is the best place. You know why, I found number of songs including an Index for Hindi movies, different categories of songs etc in R…
With who lies the blame?
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
WARNING: Bit of a serious postI just finished watching the movie ‘Shooting Dogs’ with Hugh Dancy and John Hurt. The movie revolved around the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This movie repeated several main factors that were also shown in the movie ‘Hotel Rwand…
Love this poem…though Krystyna will think I’m obsessed…
Monday, December 18th, 2006
http://www.writeclique.net/work.php?ID=760
The Cradle to the Grave - A sure path for us all..
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Just as a flower blooms and slowly withers away, all of us who are born into this world are compelled to traverse through the same phases in life. Nevertheless, most of us who are able bodied tend to forget the realities of old age oblivious to the fac…
BA Role is gathering momentum
Monday, December 18th, 2006
10 years back, no one in the IT industry understood the importance of the Business Analyst role, but time proved that software projects need someone who can interpret business and business needs and work with the development teams to build a system tha…
Sarvodaya Response to the Present Escalation of Violence
Monday, December 18th, 2006
It is with deep regret that Sarvodaya note the worsening security situation particularly in the Eastern province which has resulted in a large of displacement of civilians. As it has always done in the past, the respective Sarvodaya field centres and staff responded quickly to the emerging crisis by working with other humanitarian organizations to […]
Blarg
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Just set this up. Hmmm. Wonder whether this’ll be a waste of time.
Making Fun of Myself (or My Job Rather)
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
If you can’t make fun of yourself, then who can you make fun of? Well…everyone else I suppose. Hmmm…anyway… I got a couple of emails this week from friends making fun of consulting. I thought they were hilarious, so I wanted to share. Enjoy! 
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Muttiah Muralitharan - The living Legend of Cricket
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Another 10-wicket haul for the Legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan. It will boost his total to 674 wickets in the test cricket arena, if im correct. And also he is the most 10 wicket holder in a match, do u know how many? 19 times in 1…
Happy Birthday Dragons Of Eden…Two years of Blogging!
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Oh my!!! I’ve been doing this for two years and I still SUCK at it!I don’t know why I started blogging…I read about Blogger.com on yahoo one night, read a few blogs and thought to myself “Hey I can do this too”. There was no purpose, no impor…
Started Swimming
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
We started to go for swimming from yesterday. We went to a close-by pool maintained by the city council, which is located in nice area surrounded by park lands.The decision to go for swimming was almost sudden and accidental! We were watching the Aussi…
Is it worth remaining in a Loveless Marriage??
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Ralph Fiennes and together with Julianne Moore who played the leading roles in the movie “The End of the Affair” brought the plot to life with an electrifying performance. This movie was about a passionate woman who was trapped in a loveless marria…
Things that Catch the Eye
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Saturday morning and things potter along as usual. Fresh bread made an appearance, warm and delicious. Work raised its head as we finalise a grant to revitalise some local markets or ‘pola’ and Lara Croft will jump, hurrumph and jog her way through arc…
A Dream!
Friday, December 15th, 2006
“Its the world famous Kodak Theatre, sitting mightily in the fame of Hollywood. Home to the Oscars for the last few years, so as today. I walk through the red carpet waving at people I hardly know and dodging camera flashes into my eye. I a…