I never really thought much about Buying a private jetThought I’d be happy flying commercial,Maybe I sound a bit unambitiousBut I am not apologizingIf this is the way I choose my life to be:I’d rather eat at McDonald’s There’s more my life has …
Trip – part 2 Let me now talk about the fun we had coz “trip-part 1” was just pictures. … My team is a collection of indescribable souls who are closely knit and very caring. They are also loads of fun and create a culture that cannot be e…
its august
and its quite a busy month
not a cool way to start the month - ‘cos i’ve got this stomach flu and everything i eat gets converted to methane!!
there is a gasifier installing going on in kanapola
my cus is here… with
and there is a lunar eclipse on 28 august -> read more…
the eclipse is visible during moon rise… if you’re in colombo… get to the beach and look west… lets hope that the sky will be clear!!!
The manual was launched on the 30th of July at SLIDA. Sri Lanka Journal of Development Adminstration (Special Edition on Anti-Corruption) was also launched on same day.
Sri Lanka lacks a strong in built operative mechanisms for transparency and accountability. Further Sri Lanka requires structured national anti corruption strategies together with the clear absence of any […]
With nobody taking responsibility for anything, the Chief Justice and his team seem to be formulating policy at a rate. The latest is the formula recommended by the courts for Grade 1-admissions.
The Courts ruled sometime back that the admission criteria are unconstitutional. Guarding the constitutions is their business. Good job, hats off. What did […]
Its midnight here in tinsel town… the stars are blurred with their glow hidden in the depth of distance…the depth of time…the bars lay across a window looking beyond to the freedom of absolute darkness …it’s a different world here…the sharp…
The Tenth death anniversary of the late Professor Nandadasa Kodagoda falls tomorrow.
Emeritus senior Professor in Forensic Medicine, Professor Nandadasa Kodagoda was a former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, and was later appointed its Vice Chancellor. He was the Chairman of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board and the […]
I’m looking at changing my car. I’m not 100% sure yet, so don’t be disappointed if I don’t. I have a history of changing my mind about large transactions at the last minute. Also I’ve got attached to the little thing so I might not let go just yet.
Having said that it’s a Suzuki Zen. […]
I walked into the toilet at work the other day and saw Marc, one of the guys, standing at the urinal doing a pee. Nothing unusual there.What impressed me was this; he was on his mobile, with the handset cradled between his head and shoulder, in that ha…
The last computer literacy survey done by the Census and Statistics Department in 2004 puts the IT literacy of the 5-69 yrs population in Sri Lanka less than 10%. (See graph)
Of course, one has to take these figures with a pinch of salt. The life expectance in Sri Lanka is not 69 years (It is 72 for […]
check this site -> http://www.badvista.org
its about these gnu/linux guys bitching about vista
the above is kinda true isnt it? i mean you cant run vista properly without some expensive hardware…
so if you want to run vista you have to get a new computer and get rid of the old one by selling it or throwing it away…
most of my friends are running ubuntu… and they windows apps such as… calculator and clock on wine 
i’m a mac user so i dont have these issues windows users have 
Festival of Paal Kudam (Milk Pots) and Kaavadi of the Arulmigu Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Ginthupitty was held on July 29 th 2007 in the morning. Six hundred devotees have fulfilled their vows by carrying Paal Kudam (Milk Pots) on their heads,…
A large number of events were organized recently, to commemorate the Black July 1983. It is said to be the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship in this country, and many people cite it as the “nearest” reason for the ongoing Eelam war.
If it is the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship, what can we (Sinhalese and Tamils) gain by commemorating such a dark incident? How can the
Thoppigala conquered: and everybody lived happily ever after. As much as being proud about the valor of our soldiers and as much as being disgusted about the conduct of the politicians following this victory, nothing makes me even more disturbing …
Last night Sirasa News brought a story about the UNP’s “mega coconutsmash” at Kali Amma Kovil in Modara. Chief organizer of the “smashbash” was Kandy District MP Thissa Attanayake. After smashing couplehundreds of coconuts in front of Kali Amma statue, Thissa and the clanplead for bringing down the cost of living, oil prices etc in SriLanka. They made a complain to the goddess Kali Amma, about
The recent furore over the sale of duty free vehicles by the JHU. There are several versions to this. The Ven. Rathana thero asserts that the vehicles were sold to strengthen the coffers of the JHU. Also of the JHU, the Ven. Medananda Thero then asserted that the vehicles were not in fact sold. […]
From “ICT in Education” of UNESCO Bangkok.
In rural Sri Lanka, a school is focusing on training students in computer skills – giving youth in a remote area an opportunity to expand their horizons.
Students of Horizon Mahavilachchiya Central College (Horizon Lanka Academy) in Anuradhapura study a variety of subjects, with an emphasis on computer […]
Visit here to see the Best Global Brands of 2007. This is an annual survey done by the BusinessWeek.Some of the IT/Computer related brands in the list are given below.Microsoft-2IBM - 3Intel…
Top Employer Web Benchmark has conducted a survey to find the Best Corporate Career Websites. First 5 are as follows.1. Deutsche Bank 2. Microsoft 3. BCG 4. Merrill Lynch 5. AccentureSource and Full List at : Link
by J.B. Muller
The Island of Sri Lanka in South Asia is inhabited by many different communities of people. These differences range from ethnicity to language spoken to religious affiliation to culture and a broad spectrum of other intangibles.
These differences all contribute to a cosmopolitan society and that means that it is multi- this, that, […]
To YATV and Sharmini Boyle for providing the projector, screen and player thereby making film night at Barefoot a gratis event.
Suggestions for future screening of films are gladly received.
Crossroads - the devil, the deep blue sea and me…
Reached a kind of cross roads this summer. It’s been a hell of two years but finally I see light at the end of the tunnel. Got my indefinite leave/permanent residency. So basically can come and go as I please. Defended my thesis that could have been a saga but went smoothly.
Got the house last november, kids well settled in, so is the wife.
There are increasing no.of visitors to the TechnoVillage.Today,a teacher came to see me from Galgamuwa Primary School,Inginiyagala,Ampara and he is asked how things are happening at TechnoVillage and how they are organised up to now.He asked us to help him to develop even his school through ICT.He has shown his unlimited enthusiasm on ICT.Even he […]
a_169.jpg (JPEG Image, 746×800 pixels)answer to the comment on my previous post.
Bait Baus is a village on the crest of a hill. A few miles out of the City of San’a', this beautifully built & well located collection of houses is now nearly totally abandoned. A few familes still live there. If you would like to see more Yemeni photo…
These days articles about Harry Potter are overflowing. Mostly they discuss Harry Potter and the fights and analyze the book, the characters, the public frenzy it has created. But I came across a rather unusual article about the world’s hottest book in…
First e-village in Ruhuna Nihiluwa_ evillage
Battaramulla, LK (AP) Area resident and celebutante blogger Indi Samarajiva has the Sri Lankan blogosphere up in arms over the latest controversy to grip democratic Sri Lanka: A man’s constitutional right to wear the national dress.
Piumal, a final year mechanical engineering student passed away after suffering from serious cancer. We are very sorry about him. Our friends did lot of thing to save his life. But this is the world’s nature. “May he attain to NIBBANA.”**. This is a Bu…
It was Java’s idea – this whole trip that got me using those words to tell the tale of Winston and his adventure in the ‘Bazooka Bar’. I didn’t think much of the idea at first, as folk may have to refer to that earlier post for the definitions and that is sure to be […]
By Major -Gen A. M. U. Seneviratne (Rtd)
It is encouraging to note several articles by professionals as well as journalists appearing on the above subject in the aftermath of the successes in the Eastern Province. If anyone proclaims that the East is devoid of terrorists, it is a wrong assumption. The Karuna fraction which […]
According to unconfirmed sources it has come to our notice that Comet Cable has revealed their digital plans along with their August schedule. We are however unable to confirm this and we request any Comet Subscriber to scan the information and email i…
Compared to last month my schedule’s almost empty for August:
11th August: Young Soloists Concert (Ladies College Hall)
As before the review will be out the next morning. (…)
Eliminate Pro Terrorist Media Campaigning and Political Campaigning (White collar terrorism)
All the LTTE terrorist acts are followed by intensive media campaign by tamilnet.
Sri Lankan government must promote one single website targeting media campaign against LTTE terrorism.
- Currently Sri Lankan government maintains too many sites. It should be a single web site targeting international community and news agencies.
- Improved professionalism in the site.
Defeat NGO backed rotten Marxist politicians with ‘package’ (federal) mania.
- Defeat in public political debates
- Question and defeat federalism in public media (Radio/TV) programs. As viewers we should participate as a caller and question if these rotten maxis (communist/samasamaja party) or NGO members have any mandate for fedaralism
After each and every LTTE terrorists attack, cunning feeble foxy politicians who even does not
have guts to call LTTE as terrorists come and try to have their share. We must defeat all the foxy politicians’ attempt on take advantage of LTTE terrorist attacks.
Summary:
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Private television broadcaster Sirasa TV has bagged the rights for the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup that will be held in September.Sirasa TV has successfully televised cricket tournaments before and were also the channel that broadcast the Athens Olymp…
Noah: [humming] Bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,bum. Allie: [laughing] You’re a terrible singer. Noah: I know. Allie: [laying her head on his shoulder] But I like this song.
And I’m finally in on the secret. Stuck at home, sick since Friday, I was looking at a very boring and very long weekend with nothing to do that lounge in bed and be bored. The Best Friend very sweetly offering to tell me how it ends for the Boy Who Li…
Having political leadership
- Elect only correct leaders
Terrorists and its supporters love Muppet leaders because only Muppets that can be danced to their tones.
Having military leadership
- Correct military leadership
- No political agenda and time tables
Willpower and support of people
- Moral support to the forces
- Extra vigilance to prevent terrorist activities
- No backlashes !
Poseidon’s Dive Log has some details on this barge which has a link to the Daily Mirror article on it.
It looks like something used in a seaborne invasion accept its quite huge. The lack of a human in the picture makes it hard to convey the size. Took […]
Two of my friends and I decided to take a much deserved break from the daily grind, so we took a road trip to Nuwaraeliya over the last weekend. It’s so refreshing to get away Colombo and to at least spend a couple of days without the smog, dust, dir…
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) faces a severe security threat, which it has a legitimate right to mitigate. Lack of lawful interception capability in Sri Lanka hinders the forensic investigation as well as helps perpetrators to escape. I have enoug…
අපේ දෙමළ යාළුවෝ
ආනන්දි මගේ පැරණි විශ්ව විද්යාල මිතුරියක්. ඇගේ උපන් ගම වවුනියාව. ඒත් දැනට අවුරුදු 5ක විතර ඉඳන් ඇගේ මුළු පවුලම ජීවත් වෙන්නෙ ගම්පහ. ආනන්දිට විශ්ව විද්යාලෙදි වැඩිපුර හිටියේ සිංහල යාළුවෝ. සාමාන්යයෙන් විශ්ව විද්යාලෙ දෙමළ මාධ්ය සහ සිංහල මාධ්ය සිසුන් අතරේ ලොකු සම්බන්ධයක් නැහැ. (මේ මං දන්න විදියට…මං විශ්ව විද්යාලෙ හිටපු කාලෙ නං එහෙමයි. දැන් […]
TER + ROR + ISM
Only those who have guts to name terrorists by name have ability to eliminate it. 
Identify and elect leaders and political parties which can call terrorism by name.
Identify and reject so called leaders and political parties which does not have enough guts to call terrorism by its name. With this type of feeble clowns country can only dream of co-habitation with terrorists.
I’d like to call it the definition of two people wanting two extremes of the same thing.
Ok so maybe it’s slightly complicated but doesn’t make it any less true now does it? Happens all the time, we enter into relationships, partnerships and collaborations - the outcome of each of these things maybe the same, but […]
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