What a disappointing way to go about a relaxing weekend. Me sitting back and listening to mellow music, dullness overpowering the mind whenever the mind reverts back to the images of “Golden Kangaroos” holding the world cup aloft or the striking and sh…
As a Sri Lankan cricket fan I’ve really enjoyed the tour of Sri Lankan cricket team of Caribbean. They have played wonderfully, with great vehemence against best cricket nations and came top on most occasions or gave a dead fight in the only 3 games they were defeated for the whole tournament.
The final match at [...]
Since number of blog entries have raised up, I thought it’s more user friendly to arrange the entries under different categories. So, following are the categories I have at this stage together with the number of blogs under each category.Business Analy…
When I was a child not so long ago there is something someone said that I will never forget…that I am very lucky to be born in this country…we don’t have freezing winters nor burning volcanoes. Our lives are based on strongly rooted religion, may…
SicenceDirest is one of greatest web site for intellectuals & students who engage in science subjects. It offer magnificent database of articles on thousands sciences subjects. We can easily find any article within few second using their search tool. I…
The streets in Kandy went empty since the eve, fewer vehicles on the road, and even a lot of shops were closed. Firecrackers were heard everywhere since the dawn of the day. Everyone in Sri Lanka, from north to south built in to a crescendo on the 28th…
Well can hardly call it that. I’m just sitting here in front of an HP Compaq cause all my schedules got postponed until late afternoon. Pathetic.., but atleast I’m not alone. And being Sunday, you can’t do any serious shopping too or else I’d have gon…
Yesterday was my brother’s birthday – couldn’t even call him :(So we have lost the finals, but Sangakkara made sure we win the hearts. All a different story. Prabath has made his blog a cricket blog. So better stories on cricket is there. But wh…
Aussies sealed their third consecutive world cup win this morning. Sri Lanka finished as the second best. Congratulations to both teams! It is a big achievement to come to the final, so Sri Lanka should be happy with the result. Even the creators of Cr…
While the Sri Lankan cricket team battled it off with Australians in World Cup finals, woke up to news of the unbeatables of Tamil Tiger Rebels’ Air Wing launching another air attack on Colombo in the early hours of today morning. As usual, defense.lk …
The Sirasa Kumariya Organizers have decided to offer one million rupees for their Sirasa Kumariya program winner. I think this is the largest price ever make for beauty pageant which held locally. Another five girls who selected from five categories, intelligence, personality, talent, smile and skin will be received 20,000 for each. The winners will [...]
sri lankan cricket team, which did a great job in proudly flying the sri lankan flag on the way to the final, did the same in the final even though they lost. they showed great character in never giving up to last.great work and thanks.congratulations …
WTF? Was watching the match at CH and suddenly the lights go out. The screens go up and everyone starts to settle down and watch the match under moonlight. Sri Lanka is scoring well with Sanga and Jayasuriaya when some dude comes near our table, crouch…
I’ve never been through anything more surreal.I was at the CH & FC watching Sri Lanka bat when suddenly we heard what sounded like a couple of explosions. The electricity was shut off. 1500 people were stranded in the dark. No one was let out. No o…
Update on the current situation in Colombo (exactly here in Wattala). Still nothing is yet to confirm and moments passed by were filled with fear and uncertainity.
We got electricity back in few minutes ago (around 3.50 am) and now the whole city seems calm and quiet. Still there is no any official update on what [...]
There were tracer bullets in Colombo. They called the World Cup for Australia early, declared them victors and forgot there were 3 overs left. SL played the rest limping, Colombo was submerged in darkness, gunfire and rumours. Something is wrong with my head. It must be my head. It rained on the pitch in Barbados. It rained in Colombo. Driving back to CH to see the rest of match. See strange flashes. The light disappears. It’s a blackout, but I kinda just roll with that lately. Get in, screens are running on generator. She’s looking over my shoulder, sees tracer bullets. We huddle. Make phone calls.
so Where exactly were these bombs? well, according to the testimoney of local Wellampitiya ear witness Kusumawathi* “ayyo madam honda welaawata api beruney. Light niwwe nisa unta tena hoyaganna barry vela , apey geval pitipasse wela ta vatilane bomba tika.”Losely translated – thank goodness we alive madam lights off so tigers not finding oil corporation [...]
Right now Australia are 249 for 2… Malinga is bowling…. 3 more overs left…. I still have hope that Sri Lanka will win because its one hell of a batting wicket! But that doesnt take away anything from the magnificient innings ever played in a worl…
“Akshaya Tritiya”, the third day of the new moon, It is considered one of the most sacred days of the year. The word `Akshaya’ means that which never diminishes: More Pictures
It’s a season for variety of fish in Sri Lanka: More Pictures
Ethan Zuckerman has a thought-provoking draft paper on Mobile Phones and activism that echoes much of my earlier writing on this blog. He notes,
Ask an activist from the developing world the same question and you’ll get a different answer: the most important activist technology of the last five years is the mobile phone. The reasons [...]
No its not the sodding World Cup.
LTTE attacked Colombo for the second time by air. And what did we
manage to do? Open fire. I dont know, but may be its good for starters, for
both sides.
It’s the day all the cricket fans awaited. Even the ones who are not so enthusiastic about the game awaited this day. Roads were deserted by 6.30 PM. Every one was in front of their TV set. And then.. it rained in Barbados where the world cup finals …
So, here I am, sitting here surrounded by parents, waiting for the rain in the West Indies to stop and for Sri Lanka to beat the Aussies in the final. It may be a long wait! There must be people around the world feeling just like this household does ri…
today on TNL i saw this JHU monk… rathana hamuduruwo saying that being politically liberal tends to embrace western values… where ppl eat well… get drunk etc..it was a political debate… they were debating some act passed by the parliament on ha…
World Cup Final in three mins - I can’t wait.I can see a proper post a moi is LONG overdue!x
NetSquared has a very impressive collection of websites that in one way or another seek to secure and support social transformation. A PDF file lists all of them, but far more convenient and useful is to browser through the projects on the site itself.
There are a couple of known gems such as Martus, TakingITGlobal and [...]
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Action on the night of the World Cup Cricket finals between Australia and Sri Lanka: Brass bands playing the baila on the streets… Supporters waving flags from car windows… Quite a festive atmosphere and I was loving it..!Rain delayed the start; so…
Just got back after trying to get into Colombo in 3 routes. It was a mess. Nothing was moving beyond Nawinna, Rajagiriya or Nawala. Then on the way back I saw a check point in Maharagama checking each person on each bus.
On the verge of a good evening where we are taking on challenge of [...]
Mahela has apparently kept Ponting waiting for an hour for a photo shoot… Good one… That should get Ricky all worked up…Read the full article on:http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/sri-lankan-skipper-stands-up-ponting/2007/04/27/1177459958952.html
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Canada’s Francophone majority province of Quebec went to polls a month ago on March 26th to elect a Provincial government . The Quebec Liberal party running Quebec since 2003 came first as expected. In fact Quebec premier Jean Charest called an election a year before it was due in anticipation of a major [...]
Today also got caught in one of Mahinda’s painstakingly time-eating but totally useless security checks. I first wondered whether World Cup finals have been shifted overnight to Premadasa Stadium from Barbados. The whole Galle Road was literally block…
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sweat dust and pluckscent of blood … blue david roarswarm night rumblesbefore i get too ‘civilized’ or something for my own good;ඇර ලංකා, ඇරෝ !කැංගරැ මස්, කනෝ ! :-)෴prediction: mcgrath will get the man of …
Across the subcontinent countries there is what seems to be a cultural barrier towards proper sex education, although in some places information about the reproductive system and STDs are found in official school syllabuses, very often these chapters (or pages) are skipped by tutors to avoid an uncomfortable situation as perceived by them.
Although things have [...]
I was watching the NZ vs. SL semi-final the other day, Sanath was out but Tharanga was going well, he cracks a four on the off-side and dad mentions “shah.. this tharanga fellow is pretty good ah..” just few hours ago he was calling for tharanga’…
A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Mi-24 helicopter gunship was seriously damaged when it performed a ‘4th landing’ due to a technical fault. The pilot and gunners managed to escape unharmed. The gunship was engaged in a search operation when the technical f…
Tomorrow, 28th April 2007 is the much awaited cricket world cup final. The Sri Lankan team led by captain Mahela Jayawardene will be taking on Ricky Ponting’s mighty Australian team. 11 years ago in 1996, the same teams met in the world cup final in Pa…
Tomorrow, 28th April 2007 is the much awaited cricket world cup final. The Sri Lankan team led by captain Mahela Jayawardene will be taking on Ricky Ponting’s mighty Australian team. 11 years ago in 1996, the same teams met in the world cup final in Pa…
These days Somalia often figures in world news due the conflict and sea pirates operating in the seas near Somalia. Coupled with the poverty prevalent in that country I wouldn’t think it as a likely place for a Alien landing because Aliens are very cho…
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