Archive for June, 2008
Character: What Every Person Ought To Know
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Over the weekend I was reading The 21 Indispensable Qualities Of A Leader by John C.Maxwell. This book is loaded inspirational gems, and there was a specific chapter on character, which led me to write this post.
1. Character goes beyond words
Anyone can say that he has integrity, but action is the real indicator of character. Your character determines who you are. Who you are determines what you see. What you see determines what you do.~ John C.Maxwell
In other words, your thoughts and actions create habits, which become your character.
2. Character is a choice
We have no control over a log of things in life. We don’t get to choose our parents. We don’t select the location or circumstances of our birth and upbringing… . But we do choose our character. In fact, we create it every tie we make choices to cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price. As you live your life and make choices today, you are continuing to create your character.~ John C.Maxwell
However big or small, be conscious every day of the decisions you make. These decisions shape you to be the person you really want to be.
3. No one can steal your character
Your character is one of the few things in life that no one will ever be able to forcefully take away from you.
4. Character is much easier kept than recovered
Once we let our actions tarnish our character, the recovery process is tedious and will no doubt take a long time to build.
5. No amount of wealth can compensate for a lack of character.Period!
6. Your character is unique
It’s yours! While there may be others with similar characteristics, your character will not match entirely with anyone else.
Related Posts
- Give Yourself An Attitude Tune-Up
- Six Sources Of Procrastination
- 21 Golden Rules For Everyday Life
- Good Deeds Get Rewarded (Even Here On Planet Earth!)
Degas’ Fourteen Year Old Little Dancer
Monday, June 30th, 2008
For a museum freak like me some pieces stick in your mind and become eternal favourites. Degas little ballerina is one such piece. So many years later it stirs in you such emotions as you see this statue and read the story behind the work . …
“At the sixth impressionist exhibition in the spring of [...]
Sri Lanka in the top 20!
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace have recently released their 2008 failed states index, and the good news is that Sri Lanka came in at number 20. Congratulations all round people, sterling work.
How it works is that each country is scored from 1-10 (10 = bad) on twelve different indicators. The [...]
ෂෙල් ගෑස් මිල ඉහළට - හොඳ වැඩේ ජනතාවට
Monday, June 30th, 2008
ෂෙල් ගෑස් සමාගම විසින් අලෙවි කරන ගෘහස්ථ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩරයක වත්මන් මිල රු. 1737 කි. - - හොඳ වැඩේ ජනතාවට
Meta: online writing
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I’m a sucker for all things meta: the stuff that’s about the “about” rather than about the “stuff”. If you see what I mean.
Those other bloggers amongst you who like to think about why and how you do what you do, should go read this essay by Caleb Crane about writing online. I came to [...]
The Flower of Love: Bennie meets Manel
Monday, June 30th, 2008
As told by Bala Malli
Amma and Prasanna Aiya were just about to leave for Colombo early morning, when Thatha still in bed shouted “Wait, wait I have a letter for Chulie.” Prasanna Aiya puffing on his cigarette raring to go rolled his eyes upwards. Amma grumbling, but ever indulgent went to collect the letter muttering under her [...]
Patriotic Marriage Proposal II
Monday, June 30th, 2008
(courtesy a forwarded mail)
This is probably funnier than the last one. The guy wants a girl who doesn’t watch Sirasa TV, but he is also ready and willing to leave beloved motherland behind and fly off to another country. An awesome example of the cognitive dissonance seen in patriotic fucktards.
[...]
The 23rd Mile
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The other day I was watching a TV show that came to an end in the most fascinating way. A pair of lovers who’d been separated by people and circumstances time and time again for a period of eight years, finally find each other after they’ve lost their lives. As I watched this last episode [...]
How udu born
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Udurawana goes to his father and asks
“Daddy, how was I born?”
The father answers:
“Well son, I guess one day you will need to find out
anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then
I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We
sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download
from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that
neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit
the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said:
You got Male! 
සිංහල බසින් Blogging
Monday, June 30th, 2008
මින්පසු සිංහල බසින් අමතමි…පුලුවන් තරම් සිංහල ලියන්න තමයි හිතාගන ඉන්නෙ.. තාම Key board එක දන්…
அவலை எனக்கு ரொம்பப் பிடிக்கும்
Monday, June 30th, 2008
கடந்த பல நாட்களாக நிறத்தில் எந்தப் பதிவையும் புதிதாக பதிப்பிக்க முடியாமல் போனதையிட்டு எனது வருத்தத்தை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன். எம்மிடமிருந்து ஒருவர் ஒன்றை எதிர்பார்க்கும் நிலையில் அதனை வழங்காமல் அவர் காட்டும் அத்தனை ஆக்கபூர்வமான முன்னெடுப்புகளுக்கும் எமது அதிருப்தியைத் தெரிவித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தால் பொருத்தமாக இருக்காது என்றே சொல்ல வேண்டும். அப்படித்தான் நிறத்தில் புதிய வர்ணங்கள் நிரம்பி வழியும் என்ற எதிர்பார்ப்பு கடந்த சில நாட்களாக உங்களுக்கு ஏமாற்றத்தே தந்திருக்கும். அதனை நீங்கள் எனக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்த மின்னஞ்சல்களிலிருந்து [...]
Dragged out of the Drag Show
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Pride Week officially kicked off last night at the Lionel Wendt with faggulous drag show. It was one of the most entertaining 15 minutes of my life until I was literally dragged off to office. These are the things I hate about having being in the one of the most unpredictable industries in town. I [...]
Confessions of a peak dodger*
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I joined FOGSL’s annual birding pilgrimage to the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary from 20-22 June. This is the only wilderness area in Sri Lanka with attitudinally-graded rain forests ranging from lowland rain forests-up to 1,000m, sub-montane forests from 1,000-1,500m & montane aka cloud forests above 1,500m. These pristine rainforests covering an area of 224 sq.km envelop the Adam’s Peak (2,243m), which is the 4th tallest mountain in Sri Lanka. According to the local Buddhist tradition, a footprint atop this lofty peak is believed to be the foot print of the Buddha. Hindus on the other hand believe it to be their god; Shiva. Other traditions assert that it is the footprint of Adam, left by his first entrance into the world. Net result of all these is this is a pretty important site of pilgrimage in Sri Lanka. It brings together peoples from various faiths in their thousands during the peak pilgrimage season from Dec-April.
FOGSL’s visit to this important bird area (IBA) is done in the off-season to avoid the crowds & chaos. On the previous trip that I took part, we stayed overnight at the ambalama (free lodging shelter) at the Seetha Gangula (colder creek – translation mine) about half way up. This was quite exciting as it made us climb at least half way up towards the Adam’s Peak to earn a warm meal. It is rather cold at night at this camp site. So, we had to lug our sleeping bags & ’stuff’. These ground realities made this annual trip earn a reputation as a tough one out of the calendar of birding trips put together by the FOGSL. And unsurprsingly, the arm-chair birders in us happily eschewed this trip.
Things were different this time. The lodging was arranged at the ambalama at the Palabaddala village, which is a base-camp situated at one of the three main gateways to the summit. We could drive our coach right up to the point where we stayed overnight. This was viewed by many to be a ‘very convenient’ option. We had tasty home cooked meals at a village house nearby with village vegetarian food such as Crape ginger Costus speciosus shoots aka Thebu kola mallung, which we rarely get at home. So there was absolutely no worry of missing out on a warm meal and/or having to do a compulsory survival challenge on day-1. Two new sets of common toilets have been put up for men and women at the site. So, there was absolutely no problem in that department either. There was an ‘almost attached facility’ for ablutions for the lazy types and a dragonfly-infested fast flowing rain forest stream for those prepared to walk for 5 minutes. So, that department was also very much under control. Our mobiles had signals. So, we could stay in touch with the loved ones. There was electricity at the house we ate at. So, we could charge our mobile phones, camera batteries & laptops after sweet-talking the girl in da house. And if we had really pushed, we could have even downloaded our e-mails and checked the feeds of our favourite blogs using their fixed-line telephone. There was also a TV at the house. So, some of us could watch our favourite soaps & have our daily dosage of news. At the end all these spoils coalesced to give this year’s Peak wilderness trip the essence of a full board holiday in a fine nature resort! And it positively exposed the peak dodgers of the group.
The weather during the daytime was a mix of sunny, overcast & rainy - often heavy, with no particular order. Spoiled by the luxuries of our nature resort, swayed by the fickle nature of rain forest weather & tempted by the riches within easy reach, I decided to stick to the verdant lowland forest patches instead of scaling too far up along the well-trodden steps leading to the Adam’s Peak.
Birding highlights:
White-faced Starling Sturnia albofrontata — After a few ‘heard only’ records, I was able to scope two individuals of this scarce endemic to give all the participants with excellent views, which proved to be a lifer for some. I observed one individual peeking into cobwebs high up in a tree. The same behaviour was observed by me in Sinharaja in December, 2007. I couldn’t see clearly whether it was to drink dew drops off them or to prey on the any occupants. I will keep an eye on this to ascertain this in the future.
Sri Lanka Myna Gracula ptilogenys – A vocal pair was observed well in an alien-invasive; Deviltree Alstonia macrophylla . This tree is known in Sri Lanka as Havari-nuga meaning ‘wig banyan’, because of its distinct pendulous casings of its dry fruits, which look like a woman’s long wig. I observed one of the individuals flying away with these long ‘wigs’. Since it is a tree-hole nester as shown in this picture taken on a previous tour, this may be nesting material to cushion their nest holes; indicating breeding activity.
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora – Regular sightings especially in a fruiting fig tree.
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis — A common bird found in open & dry patches.
Other birding highlight included Green Imperiel Pigeon, Yellow-fronted Barbet,Sri Lanka Small Barbet, Orange-billed Babbler, Square-tailed Black Bulbul, Black-capped Bulbul, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Orange Minivet, Sri Lanka Crested Drongo, Black Eagle, Southern Hill-Myna, Crested Serpent Eagle, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Tawny-bellied Babbler & Indian Swiftlet.
Dragonflies & damselflies:
When I labelled the following and sent them to my Slovenian Odonata mentor; Matjaž Bedjanič, he got back to me with a moral boosting line reading “…Your determination skills are very good so I didn’t have much to add”.
Asian Skimmer Orthetrum glaucum — The common name sounds like a racist euphemism that Geoge Carlin would have taken the mickey out of. We encountered this Libelluid a few times along the open trails close to water. The picture below is of a male.
Indigo Dropwing Trithemis festiva –This was found actively flying around the fast flowing stream at midday. It often settled on the exposed rocks in the stream to oblige for me.
Wall’s Grappletail Heliogomphus walli –This endemic Clubtail was a lifer for me. It was found in the edge of the forest close to shallow steam that was bordering a tea field.
Shining Gossamerwing Euphaea splendens – A truly gorgeous damsel that frequents streams & lures passerbys with flashes of iridescence.
Dark-glittering Threadtail Elattoneura centralis — Found sharing the same riverine habitat with the Black-tipped Flashwings & the above.
Black-tipped Flashwing Vestalis apicalis nigrescens –This fine looking adult male was associating a few old ladies in a shallow stream.
Black-tipped Flashwing Vestalis apicalis nigrescens — Adult females of this pretty damsel is just like the male shown above but without the black tips to the wings. Like many other females, they get obsessed with gold when they grow older and wears gold - going for that rich look.
More fetching ladies this time of Butterflies:
Cruiser Vindula erota –This is simply an elegant lady. Sightings of her is quite rare. No wonder Bernard D’Abrera wrote this about it in his Sri Lankan butterfly book “Whilst the males are shy and thus not so visible, the sighting of the female in flight always causes my mouth to go dry and my reflexes to become confused”. No wonder its species name is erota! This individual frequented a patch of shrubs in the middle of a tea field when we found it. This picture shows it while resting on an alien-invasive; Clidemia hirta plant. The male was photographed by me previously and you can see it here.
Sri Lanka Birdwing Troides darsius — The female form captured in the picure below is the largest butterfly in Sri Lanka although some dry season forms of the female Blue Mormons in the dry zone in Sri Lanka can rival its size in the wing area. This enigmatic forest lady descended like an angle to a shrub of Mussanda frondosa in search of nectar, when I was alone in a spot. It was an orgasmic sighting! It didn’t linger on for too long in one spot and soon melted away into the greenery making my day.
So here’s a yet another euphemism explained:
Peak dodger 1. A lazy person who doesn’t like uphill walks. e.g. My husband is a typical peak dodger and went golfing. So, I went hiking up to the cloud forest with the resort guide. 2*. A smart naturalist who eschews climbing up to forested peaks during awful weather and explores the forested lowlands in search of familiar pleasures. e.g. It was cloudy when were about to start our climb. Luckily our guide was a peak dodger and we did a great alternate walk just before the rains and saw loads of birds in real quick time!! 3. slang An extremely selfish person who suppresses knowledge of birding/ natural history to other people - especially to tour guides/naturalists, paranoid that they will overshadow him/her one day/earn a living out of it. e.g. That lepidopterist in Sri Lanka is a dead-set peak dodger! He thinks the whole world revolves around him!
The above post is my contribution to IATB #80 hosted at The Hawk Owl’s Nest
To visit the IATB HQ click on the logo below
Confessions of a peak dodger*
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I joined FOGSL’s annual birding pilgrimage to the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary from 20-22 June. This is the only wilderness area in Sri Lanka with attitudinally-graded rain forests ranging from lowland rain forests-up to 1,000m, sub-montane forests from 1,000-1,500m & montane aka cloud forests above 1,500m. These pristine rainforests covering an area of 224 sq.km envelop the Adam’s Peak (2,243m), which is the 4th tallest mountain in Sri Lanka. According to the local Buddhist tradition, a footprint atop this lofty peak is believed to be the foot print of the Buddha. Hindus on the other hand believe it to be their god; Shiva. Other traditions assert that it is the footprint of Adam, left by his first entrance into the world. Net result of all these is this is a pretty important site of pilgrimage in Sri Lanka. It brings together peoples from various faiths in their thousands during the peak pilgrimage season from Dec-April.
FOGSL’s visit to this important bird area (IBA) is done in the off-season to avoid the crowds & chaos. On the previous trip that I took part, we stayed overnight at the ambalama (free lodging shelter) at the Seetha Gangula (colder creek – translation mine) about half way up. This was quite exciting as it made us climb at least half way up towards the Adam’s Peak to earn a warm meal. It is rather cold at night at this camp site. So, we had to lug our sleeping bags & ’stuff’. These ground realities made this annual trip earn a reputation as a tough one out of the calendar of birding trips put together by the FOGSL. And unsurprsingly, the arm-chair birders in us happily eschewed this trip.
Things were different this time. The lodging was arranged at the ambalama at the Palabaddala village, which is a base-camp situated at one of the three main gateways to the summit. We could drive our coach right up to the point where we stayed overnight. This was viewed by many to be a ‘very convenient’ option. We had tasty home cooked meals at a village house nearby with village vegetarian food such as Crape ginger Costus speciosus shoots aka Thebu kola mallung, which we rarely get at home. So there was absolutely no worry of missing out on a warm meal and/or having to do a compulsory survival challenge on day-1. Two new sets of common toilets have been put up for men and women at the site. So, there was absolutely no problem in that department either. There was an ‘almost attached facility’ for ablutions for the lazy types and a dragonfly-infested fast flowing rain forest stream for those prepared to walk for 5 minutes. So, that department was also very much under control. Our mobiles had signals. So, we could stay in touch with the loved ones. There was electricity at the house we ate at. So, we could charge our mobile phones, camera batteries & laptops after sweet-talking the girl in da house. And if we had really pushed, we could have even downloaded our e-mails and checked the feeds of our favourite blogs using their fixed-line telephone. There was also a TV at the house. So, some of us could watch our favourite soaps & have our daily dosage of news. At the end all these spoils coalesced to give this year’s Peak wilderness trip the essence of a full board holiday in a fine nature resort! And it positively exposed the peak dodgers of the group.
The weather during the daytime was a mix of sunny, overcast & rainy - often heavy, with no particular order. Spoiled by the luxuries of our nature resort, swayed by the fickle nature of rain forest weather & tempted by the riches within easy reach, I decided to stick to the verdant lowland forest patches instead of scaling too far up along the well-trodden steps leading to the Adam’s Peak.
Birding highlights:
White-faced Starling Sturnia albofrontata — After a few ‘heard only’ records, I was able to scope two individuals of this scarce endemic to give all the participants with excellent views, which proved to be a lifer for some. I observed one individual peeking into cobwebs high up in a tree. The same behaviour was observed by me in Sinharaja in December, 2007. I couldn’t see clearly whether it was to drink dew drops off them or to prey on the any occupants. I will keep an eye on this to ascertain this in the future.
Sri Lanka Myna Gracula ptilogenys – A vocal pair was observed well in an alien-invasive; Deviltree Alstonia macrophylla . This tree is known in Sri Lanka as Havari-nuga meaning ‘wig banyan’, because of its distinct pendulous casings of its dry fruits, which look like a woman’s long wig. I observed one of the individuals flying away with these long ‘wigs’. Since it is a tree-hole nester as shown in this picture taken on a previous tour, this may be nesting material to cushion their nest holes; indicating breeding activity.
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora – Regular sightings especially in a fruiting fig tree.
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis — A common bird found in open & dry patches.
Other birding highlight included Green Imperiel Pigeon, Yellow-fronted Barbet,Sri Lanka Small Barbet, Orange-billed Babbler, Square-tailed Black Bulbul, Black-capped Bulbul, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Orange Minivet, Sri Lanka Crested Drongo, Black Eagle, Southern Hill-Myna, Crested Serpent Eagle, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Tawny-bellied Babbler & Indian Swiftlet.
Dragonflies & damselflies:
When I labelled the following and sent them to my Slovenian Odonata mentor; Matjaž Bedjanič, he got back to me with a moral boosting line reading “…Your determination skills are very good so I didn’t have much to add”.
Asian Skimmer Orthetrum glaucum — The common name sounds like a racist euphemism that Geoge Carlin would have taken the mickey out of. We encountered this Libelluid a few times along the open trails close to water. The picture below is of a male.
Indigo Dropwing Trithemis festiva –This was found actively flying around the fast flowing stream at midday. It often settled on the exposed rocks in the stream to oblige for me.
Wall’s Grappletail Heliogomphus walli –This endemic Clubtail was a lifer for me. It was found in the edge of the forest close to shallow steam that was bordering a tea field.
Shining Gossamerwing Euphaea splendens – A truly gorgeous damsel that frequents streams & lures passerbys with flashes of iridescence.
Dark-glittering Threadtail Elattoneura centralis — Found sharing the same riverine habitat with the Black-tipped Flashwings & the above.
Black-tipped Flashwing Vestalis apicalis nigrescens –This fine looking adult male was associating a few old ladies in a shallow stream.
Black-tipped Flashwing Vestalis apicalis nigrescens — Adult females of this pretty damsel is just like the male shown above but without the black tips to the wings. Like many other females, they get obsessed with gold when they grow older and wears gold - going for that rich look.
More fetching ladies this time of Butterflies:
Cruiser Vindula erota –This is simply an elegant lady. Sightings of her is quite rare. No wonder Bernard D’Abrera wrote this about it in his Sri Lankan butterfly book “Whilst the males are shy and thus not so visible, the sighting of the female in flight always causes my mouth to go dry and my reflexes to become confused”. No wonder its species name is erota! This individual frequented a patch of shrubs in the middle of a tea field when we found it. This picture shows it while resting on an alien-invasive; Clidemia hirta plant. The male was photographed by me previously and you can see it here.
Sri Lanka Birdwing Troides darsius — The female form captured in the picure below is the largest butterfly in Sri Lanka although some dry season forms of the female Blue Mormons in the dry zone in Sri Lanka can rival its size in the wing area. This enigmatic forest lady descended like an angle to a shrub of Mussanda frondosa in search of nectar, when I was alone in a spot. It was an orgasmic sighting! It didn’t linger on for too long in one spot and soon melted away into the greenery making my day.
So here’s a yet another euphemism explained:
Peak dodger 1. A lazy person who doesn’t like uphill walks. e.g. My husband is a typical peak dodger and went golfing. So, I went hiking up to the cloud forest with the resort guide. 2*. A smart naturalist who eschews climbing up to forested peaks during awful weather and explores the forested lowlands in search of familiar pleasures. e.g. It was cloudy when were about to start our climb. Luckily our guide was a peak dodger and we did a great alternate walk just before the rains and saw loads of birds in real quick time!! 3. slang An extremely selfish person who suppresses knowledge of birding/ natural history to other people - especially to tour guides/naturalists, paranoid that they will overshadow him/her one day/earn a living out of it. e.g. That lepidopterist in Sri Lanka is a dead-set peak dodger! He thinks the whole world revolves around him!
The above post is my contribution to IATB #80 hosted at The Hawk Owl’s Nest
To visit the IATB HQ click on the logo below
Sexy Sexy!
Monday, June 30th, 2008
(There is basically no point to this post)Sitting on my chairI’m dirty and bare naked,I have lost all my flair, shouldn’t have faked it Her death was not my fault, she asked for itI held her by the throat.My love was full of despair;Her heart was h…
Feeding and addiction
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Families living in Ingiriya driven by poverty turn to illicit liquor as a means of surviving
The quality of life for the 40,000 people in and around the estates of Perth, Anduru, Raigam and Anduragala in Ingiriya are nothing to brag about.
In some homes as many as five families including the married children live in [...]
Hambantota
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The district of Hambantota is home to many talented and enterprising women who use their skills and talents to engage in self employment, helping them to support their families or supplement earnings of their spouses.
For these women it’s a life of many obstacles to contend with. The Hambantota
‘Women’s Action Committee’ has 35 active members. [...]
G
Monday, June 30th, 2008
G ROUND V IEW is a bi-monthly publication in Sinhala, Tamil and English that reflects the socio economic issues that have a direct impact on the quality of life and the aspirations of all communities who live outside the Western Province and those marginalized sections of the populace within the Western Province
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Residents who gave up homes for Norochcholai plant left helpless
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Text and Photographs – Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
“We donated our lands to the Thermal Power Station. But the Government cheated us,”
lamented the crowd who were gathered near the main entrance of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant that was being constructed, in the scorching sun holding their children.
In March last year, the Government, relocated residents from [...]
Are YOU proud?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Last night I dragged the BF to watch ‘I Have a Dream’ - the show put on by Equal Ground to kick off Pride 2008 in Sri Lanka. The show was timed to coincide with the gay pride parades taking to the streets across India, in a unified initiative to celebr…
Misery knocks yet again….
Monday, June 30th, 2008
So with my mum not being well and giving me a hard time at home, I feel like I’m beginning to lose it somewhere… and that more and more gets added onto life and I just don’t know what to think anymore…. I’m trying to think positive and hope that e…
හිමි අහිමි
Monday, June 30th, 2008
අඳුර අරා පායා එන සදිසි සොමීසසර පුරා නිති මා හා බැඳුණු හිමීඅතැර ගියා එහෙයින් උණු කදුලු බොම…
Continuation of the Hilarious???..
Monday, June 30th, 2008
13. Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.
14.Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father’s fault
15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don’t know what size she wears.
16. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the [...]
A Bit About Poo
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Sometimes a Monday morning demands a poo post and not one that involves Christopher Robin and Eeyore.
There are many different types of poo in the world. We all know them and probably have different labels for them. For example the McPoo, the field salesperson’s favourite, probably doesn’t exist as much in Sri Lanka as it does in England purely because there are less MacDonalds around there.
In case you hadn’t realised a McPoo is when you’re out on the road and the need takes you. You dash into a MacDonalds and head straight for the toilet, without buying anything, not even a Big Mac. Then you’re done and you leave, simple as that. No fries, no burger and no apple pie.
But the international gold standard of poos, the one that must be everyone’s favourite, has got to be the ghost.
And I had a spectacularly good one the other day, which has prompted this post.
A ghost, aaah, just the thought makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
What is a ghost?
It’s when you sit down on the old porcelain, you strain for a couple of seconds, just pleasant straining, not serious weight lifter straining or anything, then “voodoom” and out it flies. On rare occasions there might be another strain and another “voodoom” but there are never more than two.
Then you look down into the pan and see no evidence whatsoever of the log. It’s gone, whisked away like it never even happened. Yet you know something big, something satisfying came out. You heard it, you felt it and you may have smelt it.
The arsewiping adds to the experience and is vital in the judging process. One sheet of paper is all that’s needed and it’s only needed to prove that there’s no residue. You wipe and there’s no residue at all, no mess, no stickiness and nothing visible at all. A ghost isn’t a ghost if you see smearing or have to go onto another wipe.
A true ghost happens in a flash, or in a “voodoom”. It’s gone, there’s nothing to show, just immense satisfaction and the knowledge that you’ve had the perfect poo. For a few seconds you scratch your head with a “did that really happen?” feeling. Then you know it was a ghost and you get on with life.
That my friends is what a ghost is. Everyone’s old favourite.
Have a great week.
Next week….the clingon - everyone’s worst poo.
Spanish Delight: Spain are the new Champions of Europe
Monday, June 30th, 2008
QUE VIVA ESPANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spain finally ended their 44 year wait for a major trophy with a 1-0 win over Germany. And whats more, it was Fernando Torres who scored the goal that won the game for Spain. I got the score wrong, but at least I got the goal scorer right!
I’ve seen three World cup finals [...]
closure?
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
hey. haven’t been here for quite a while. i haven’t missed this place, how could i , i was stuck in my own little drama..but i am thinking, i need to practice closure. so even though this is not good bye, at least until i gather myself up and can think without fog in my head, i am going to take a break. i think i will have to hand over my FB account to someone too. i hate it when my pet hotties,
“Alcohol. Know your limits (You wouldn’t start a nights like this so why end it that way?)” – My best from the lot.
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Rage against the IE 6
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
I recently started on this project to develop a site for the Electrical Engineering Society of the university. And all was going well, I tested the site out on Firefox, and it looked cool. But when I tried it out on Internet Explorer, it looked pretty half baked. The reason? I used purely standards compliant [...]
පොල් කටු පාපන්දු
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
“මගේ සටහන” මේ ලියන්න සූදානම් වෙන්නෙ තිස් දෙවන සටහන. වෙනද වගේ නැතුව ටිකක් වැඩ අස්සෙ තමයි ලියන්න පටන් ගත්තෙ. කරන්න වැඩ ගොඩ ගැහිල තිබුනත් සුපුරුදු ඉරිදා හැන්දෑවේ ලියල දාන්න කල්පනා කලා. එහෙමනම් ඉතින් “මගේ සටහන” මෙතැන් සිට ආරම්භ කරනවා.
ගිය සතියෙ සටහන නම් ගොඩක් ප්රතිචාර ලැබිල තිබුනා. මම හිතන්නෙ ඒකට හේතුව වෙන්න ඇත්තෙ අර බෙදිල්ලෙ තිබුන [...]
Human Meat For Sale
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Sometimes advertisements could be really creative. I found this website which has a great collection of creative advertisements. This one is so striking. Its about killing animals for meat.
Ravana Ella
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Ravana Ella on the Wellawaya road. This waterfall is located in a very beautiful setting of huge mountains. The famous story of Ravana and sita are connected with this Ella. The water pours down in 3 levels and then spreads along. This wonder of nature is priceess gift that we,Sri lankans are rewarded with.
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