Edwin Futa, General Secretary and K.R. Ravindran, Trustee, the Rotary Foundation.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Distinguished R.I General Secretary Ed Futa address Rotaractors and Interactors during his visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Archive for March, 2007
My first tamil wedding experience Yesterday, on…
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
My first tamil wedding experienceYesterday, one of my newly found office friends got married.. Yes, she’s tamil and when i got the wedding invitation, I must say that I was really excited coz I had never been to a tamil wedding before. The picture isn’t very clear coz I got it from my phone as […]
will loss to south africa cost us dear?
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
short answer is yes, for the long answer read onsri lankan team showed lot of character in not giving up, but it was only due to malinga’s near miracle that match was so close.it would have been better if our tail enders scored. they were after all 208…
getting bigger and bigger……and bigger
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
scary bugger… its body is almost the width of mine….This one put up quite a big fight and as i was alone it took quite some effort, but managed. the fishermen actually shook my hand for this one! it is my record golia and i have now entered the 20…
Woodpecker’s headache!
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
These are a couple of Red backed Woodpeckers or Black-Rumped Flamebacks (Dinopium benghalense) I saw in my backyard. I got their attention because of the characteristic hammering sound they generate while searching for insects in tree barks.When I did …
ROBO CUP
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Robo Cup is an international joint project to promote AI, robotics, and related field. It is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. …
Apologies!!
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Apologies for my absence!!! Been very busy actually living life as opposed to writing about it which I normally do! Anyways, missed my blog and figured I must at least have another post before March ends. No, I haven’t been abducted by the aforemention…
KBG in Sri Lanka
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
KBG in Sri Lanka
Kawa (Ate)
Nana’s – Devilled cuttle-fish, fried prawns, tandoori chicken, mutton curry and egg roti. Scrumptious and did not get bad stomach.
Galle Face Verandah – High Tea. Quite disappointing.
Mt. Lavinia Terrace – Freshly fried fish patties. Yum, Yum, Yum.
Refreshers, Hikkaduwa – Devilled crab, prawns, cuttle fish and fried rice. Wow!
Pilawoos – Cheese roti, lentils,
KBG in Sri Lanka
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
KBG in Sri Lanka
Kawa (Ate)
Nana’s – Devilled cuttle-fish, fried prawns, tandoori chicken, mutton curry and egg roti. Scrumptious and did not get bad stomach.
Galle Face Verandah – High Tea. Quite disappointing.
Mt. Lavinia Terrace – Freshly fried fish patties. Yum, Yum, Yum.
Refreshers, Hikkaduwa – Devilled crab, prawns, cuttle fish and fried rice. Wow!
Pilawoos – Cheese roti, lentils,
Richard M Stallman visiting Sri Lanka
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Further to an invitation by the ICTA, Richard Stallman has confirmed that he will be visiting Sri Lanka in January 2008.Exact dates are yet to be finalized, but it will most probably be in the 2nd week of Jan. ICTA expect him to stay 2-3 days and may b…
Got a life on secondlife.com ????
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Ever tried www.secondlife.com?? with over 5 million registered users this ‘online digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents has got a little bit of something for everyone. Far as I can understand the structure its like the matrix in re…
7th SLLI overruns Kokkadicholai LTTE base
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Advancing troops of the 7th Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) captured the main LTTE base in Kokkadicholai, yesterday night. Kokkadicholai was one of the few main rebel bases remaining in the embattled eastern province. LTTE cadres who were manning …
திறந்தவெளி சிறைச்சாலையாகும் திருகோணமலை
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
-நாரதர்-இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிச குடியரசு என்ற இலங்கையில் இன்று எந்தளவு அது நிலைத்துள்ளது என்பதன…
Will Rain Interrupt Sri Lanka’s First Outing in the Super 8 round?
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Everybody’s eye on the Georgetown Guyana weather forecasts, with few hours to go for the super 8 match between Sri Lanka and South Africa. There have been rain continuously for 3 days, and according to reports, there were a bit of sunshine yesterday. (So hope for good cricket!) The match is important to both the teams, but mostly for South Africa who are yet to open the account in the Super
அல்லைப்பிட்டியும் விசாரணையும்
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
எஸ்.நயனகணேசன்நான்கு மாத குழந்தை உட்பட ஒரே குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஐந்து பேர் யாழ் குடாநாட…
FOSS project: Sahana wins an FSF award!
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Sahana project, a large scale disaster/relief management software developed soon after the Asian Tsunami and subsequently used during several other disasters, has won an award titled “2006 social benefit award”, from the Free Software Foundation (F…
Comet Cable’s silence is suspicious
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Comet Cable has not answered any of our questions on the questionnaire (see post on March 9th 2007) that we emailed them. We were able to get replies from LBN and Dialog TV for some questions that we emailed them and they were posted in their respectiv…
BBC to launch two more channels
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
BBC has being granted permission to launch another two channels in addition to their present BBC World channel. Out of the two new channels one will be focusing on entertainment and the other will be focusing on children.Downlinking permission has been…
BBC to launch two more channels
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
BBC has being granted permission to launch another two channels in addition to their present BBC World channel. Out of the two new channels one will be focusing on entertainment and the other will be focusing on children.Downlinking permission has been…
Black Coffee
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Black as the sky it was that nightthe coffee smelt nice maybe cos i was highI sipped it slow and smiled for a whileuntil i felt my insides crymy insides now outdown on the floorwhat are you looking at?No, this aint a show!I walked out with shameand fel…
Minor sound problems
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
We have received some unconfirmed reports that sound quality on certain channels on LBN Digital are not up to the standard and the quality of the sound is varying from channel to channel. This may be due to the fact that LBN maybe still fine tuning their digital operations and we believe that it will be rectified soon.
It looks like LBN have resumed full commercial operations and have carried out a soft relaunch and have already issued bills to their subscribers.
We are unable to confirm when LBN will be introducing the channels such as HBO Hits, HBO Family, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Discovery Travel & Living but we feel that these channels will be available once all the fine tuning of the digital transmissions is completed.
If anyone is able to confirm the date of the launch of the above channels please post a comment in the comments section of this blog.
With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns…
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Not this time, but it could easily have been(Reposted due to disappearing posts:))It was bound to happen sooner or later.I said bye to my mum around 11:30pm. She was heading to the airport to fly off to Hong Kong. She must’ve got to the airport around …
Happy Birthday Nim - March 26th & 26y old :))
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
It’s hard to find a greeting,nice enough to dedicate to youfor you’re so very specialthat the usual ones won’t doBut this one seems just perfectfor it really makes it clearthat you’re close in thoughtnot now and thenbut all throughout the year!Happy …
The age of zombification has begun!
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
First we have the swiss feeding [wasting] weed to [on] cows, and at the same time we have mother nature running around a little crazy causing all kinds of trouble. Just when you though it cant get any worse we have this!
I’m reading a story about a woman from the UK who trusted her GPS […]
world cup Cricket watch for Free
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Cant believe how much people love to talk about ICC world cup (though they are out of country). When I’m on the University shuttle bus after my work at International Office, when I get on to it, Driver asked me “where u from?” I said Sri Lanka. So he w…
“Ten Squadron” flies again
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) launched massive airstrikes over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam positions in the eastern and northern provinces of Srilanka today. Airstrikes resumed after the LTTE carried out a surprise aerial attack on SLAF’s main b…
Camera Phone Photography
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
A few manufacturers (Samsung, Nokia and Sony in particular) are attempting to make better camera phones with megapixel sensors and proper lenses. The big question is, can you take useable photos with these phones?
cricket, character, and super 8s
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
cricket is not a ‘gentleman’s’ game, but it is a game of ‘character’. most memorable and pleasurable games of cricket are the ones where lot ‘character’ is shown. to excel at cricket it is not enough to be fit athletes, have oodles of talent, or master…
The Wiz
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Once upon a time there lived in Kansas a little girl named Dorothy, who liked nothing better than to play around with her little doggy Toto. One day a great big Tornado came and whisked her away into the magical world of Oz, where she met a bunch of mi…
Tigers and Monkeys
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Well, its been a rough week for the country and therefore to me as well (what ? I’m patriotic unlike some other bloggers) Air Monkeys of tigers managed to drop uh.. 3 or so bombs on to the engineering wing of the Katunayake Air Base and get away withou…
An ode to Influenza
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
An ode to InfluenzaBy Undivine Intervention, Suds and KJ……Influenza, Influenza, Influenza divineYou are so slimeyYou resemble aged swineYour nature is whineyAnd so is your hineyThis is because you talk out of your assAnd it’s mildly disturbing that…
I would if I could, but I’ve got a boyfriend back home
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Once again, I am grateful to those of you who sent in comments and emails in relation to my previous post.
What you are about to read may not be as easily palatable as you may prefer. However, it is a life scenario which needs to be confronted with the highest level of care and maturity […]
Goodbye Bob, Goodbye Inzy?
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
I mean REALLY. Did they think that the front page of the world cup supplement looking like this would make divert attention from the fact that India is out of the super 8?
the big oh 2
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
on the 21st of march, two years ago, i made this post. and this was my first post ever. a year ago to the date, indi celebrated the Kottu evolution and we had our first, and only since, blogger’s meet up at barefoot. i went to it feeling like this, and woke up the next […]
My iPod now runs Linux…
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Inspired by my favorite Linux podcast, “The Linux Action Shooooooooow” (thats how its pronounced), where each week Chris would talk about some new cool gadget that supposedly runs Linux. On the same spirit, I’d like to announce, the above.I managed to…
MPlayer - The Movie Player (http://www.mplayerhq.hu)
Monday, March 26th, 2007
I have listed the MPlayer’s most useful Keyboard Control keys for its users quick references.General control Seek backward/forward 10 seconds. up and downSeek backward/forward 1 minute. pgup and pgdownSeek backward/forward 10 minutes. [ a…
Maybe Sri Lankan Cricket team Should Defend the Country.
Monday, March 26th, 2007
As any citizen supposes to do, I support our military no matter what.
We civilians may not the best supporters, I know we cannot afford best
infrastructure our military need, but we do our best. We scarify our education
budget, healthcare budget, we pay double the price for petrol, and we do best as
we can. But at the end of the day is Sri Lankan military doing their
best?
I’m not a
MiG27 fighter jets bomb Mullaithiv
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Putting an end to wild rumors which surfaced after the LTTE airstrike on Katunayake Air Base (KAB) , Air Force MiG27 fighter jets pounded pre identified LTTE sea tiger base locations in the rebel held Mullaithiv area today evening. Few pro rebel media …
what if?
Monday, March 26th, 2007
The Road not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because […]