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The Tainted ruby of the 7 Seas

2009-05-07T20:56:00.002+05:30

The Scandinavians today were the mighty nomads ages ago, who could not stop ruthless massacre. The scotts today were a breakaway of the mighty Vikings who would do anything for money or resources, but till date not fought for themselves. The English were once the largest in slavery. The Romans were the greediest who preach on the sanctum of peace today. The Americans are a break away who felt they could not live in Europe and the Australians convicted criminals.

The funny part is that we have all these nations claiming responsibility towards a better Sri Lanka. How pathetic.

We belong to the original Dravidian crème, who believed in peace, love, harmony. This is what has pushed us from our rightful Mohan/Harappa civilisation zone down to South India or Sri Lanka. Why? We were too humble to fight for ourselves against newcomers, but ever ready to kill for a penny’s worth within our own race / creed. This is who we are. This is who we shall be, and this will remain as the advantage for the rest of the world.

We talk about the government, LTTE, and bull crap...true. The problem started because the minority Tamils wanted more seats in parliament. The Black July in 1983 thanks to JR. The assassination of Rajiv followed by Premadasa, Lalith, Dissanayake and so on. We have lost more talent per square area than any part of the world. We have lost our self respect. We led the form of human bombs. We showed the world ruthlessness in its smartest way.

For what?
Parents without kids, kids without parents, raped women, massacred men, brainwashed humans, epileptical children, mind blogged elders and the list goes on. Genocide at its best as I would call it, be it Sinhala, Tamil muslim or whoever you are.

One part thanks that the war is coming to an end while the other thinks about the anger brewing within those who lost loved ones. The last 30 years has shed so much of blood that the vengeance shall remain for a while...hope not forever. Thanks to those filthy retards a generation back who never thought as much of the consequences of the pen, our country is in turmoil.

Will this be the end or the beginning? Time will answer. Hope it proves to be the best healer.

Ive always wanted the pearl of the Indian Ocean and have been gifted with the Tainted Ruby.

The war is over...I hope. The ethnic conflict is over...I hope. The differences between the sinhalese and Tamils are over ...I hope. The new generation is born...I hope. I hope, that hope itself would cease to be a dream.

Lets wait an see...thats what we could do at the most...!

Rgds
K!

India's New National Anthem

2009-01-04T02:49:00.004+05:30

I being educated in India, have always had this patriotic feeling whenever the Indian National Anthem was Sung. However, this video today, gives me the similar one or should I say a better one. For those who feel remorse towards staying back in India or even creating an affinity towards India....Eat this..!
Check this out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLnDwLmVIyY

Change is eminent. Its your choice to either take it.

Inspiring....!

Chalo.
K!

The Rickshaw Run 2008/09

2008-03-04T23:40:00.002+05:30

When someone talks about this, or even if I point this out to my friends in a casual manner, they are confused as to what this is all about. When I do mention that this is a Trishaw drive from South India to the Himalayas, the first expression on their faces are astonishment or the look that is given towards a retard. However, further explanation always draws them into this adventure filled event.

However, the disgust was when we had known that the applications were on a lottery. This meant that we were kicked out of the first round. Our morales are at an all time low as this did not get through, which we were all ready for and keen to participate. I for a matter of fact was thinking on re starting the Hindi lessons that had been put on hold for my mere inability to manage time aka utter laziness.

Well, anyways, if any of you are keen on knowing more on this, go on to www.wayne.net and search for winter rickshaw run. You will be amazed to see as to how wacky we as humans could get.

Hoping to get in through the second round. My bro Dilip who is my partner i hear has started praying to be selected..!

Wacky we are and wacky we want to be....!

Rgds
K!

Life....uncertainity...predicament..!

2008-01-25T13:33:00.000+05:30

Christmas in Goa, was my intention with Cocco Niro and Amma Sada. Apparently, during my travel within India, news had hit that my Grandmother had an Annurism attack. I had at that instant not even know what an annurism was. But on studying further, to my astonishment found that a simple tumourol block of blood within blood cells in or around the portion of the head having a tendency to break thereby giving way to comatose, or even death due to hemorrhage.

Thank God, She survived and although is bedridden, we expect her to cure on her own.

What perplexes me is that she is an extremely active, healthy lady with no disorders or complications, alas had to go through such a difficulty.

A learning curve for the young ....Life...uncertain....predicament...!

K!

T 20 - A New Era

2007-09-12T01:34:00.000+05:30

The tests were less preferred to the 50 overs, which then slouched slightly towards the 6 a side and now, a totally new era of T 20 a.k.a twenty twenty. Personally, I would say that after looking at duckworth's rule which at times seems to be such a great gift towards the batting team, The T 20 is the cricketers nightmare come true for each mistake committed be it bowling or bating ,wherein the rules imply that a simple no ball could result with sparing life to the batsman in line.

The rules are so much to look at that one has to really see the match to comprehend the game. After all, it's the same game, same players, same equipment, but with a different time, restricted rules and a fun filled spicy venue.

We start today, Lets see how the T 20 scores in comparison to the legendry Test's, innovative One day's and quick 6 a sides....!

Enjoy T20, Its a new era of cricketing.....!

K!

Sloppy Nose

2007-09-10T23:00:00.001+05:30

Its great to have a wet nose once in a while as you feel so miserable that the worst days in your life become nothing in comparison to right now. I just wish i could have a glass of cold water or maybe a cup of ice cream or some warm chocolate fudge or.....or...., but you just can't can you?

Thats the best feeling one could have: to learn how great it is to be fit and strong. Not that i am though, but still, not far away.

Wish the rainy, sunny, windy, stormy climate would just become one firm solid one and make my nose dry. It may not be long after which i shall stop bloggin due to a dripping nose...

how gross can that get...! sheez!

Sneeze

Aah......Bless me...

K!

Steve Does it again.

2007-09-09T22:57:00.000+05:30

Well, its hardly an hour ago that I had mentioned as to how much of an Apple fan I have become. Steve has released his latest iPods out. If you were looking for some good stuff, Let me encourage you to go for either of the following:

The iPod Classic ( http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/ ) an external HD for your Mac's
The iPod touch ( http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/ ) for the miniature PC feel.

Just two words....!

simply awesome...!

K!

Online again

2007-09-09T21:46:00.000+05:30

Its been a hard time to survive without a PC, internet and blogging. Since July, when my old PC had taken revenge on me by distorting her display, thus making me incapable to work, i was deprived of my usual 24 X 7 online life. I had to shift to my old PC that has another issue with 'working times' where she goes into her moods very often thereby shutting down and not restarting until i cool her. The available option was a desktop at office which was common to all.

Thank god to this all in one time screw-up, I had the option of Shifting to the Mac's. Updated the ome PC to an iMac and my laptop to the MacBook. Each day, working on them and discovering them further, i regret not changing over much earlier.

Steve and Woz, have made my online life even more memorable.

K!

Ceylon

2007-06-04T20:54:00.000+05:30

Sri Lanka is indeed the pearl of the Indian Ocean. I have just returned from the Thai beaches and was so impressed because they have been marketed in such a manner whereas Sri Lanka has not. Now is high time we do it. To just have a glimpse of it...check this link out. You would know what i mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sM9vcAIYyc

Paradise Isle it is and shall be no matter what happens to the country. I just hope all ppl within the country just heed my advice and reserve this place for out future kids so that they could keep the pearl alive.

If you are plannin on comin home...then follow the link below.....youll be destined for what you desire...

http://www.smallislandbigtrip.com

Enjoy my motherland

Serendib................Ceylon.................Sri Lanka..!

K!

Swadeeka'

2007-06-04T19:52:00.000+05:30

The Thai's love to greet any person they meet. The way they do it is....Swadeeka.....and it is extremely linguistic. Thailand is a place which has so much in similarity in tradition to Sri Lanka. A buddhist majority, warm n friendly people, frolic lovin tourists, endless beaches, excellent climatic conditions and coconut based products in their staple diet. However, what gets most of the tourists there undoubtedly, is the bustling sex trade. I mean, no offence, i was offered an opportunity every other minute by either the tuk-tuk guy, the taxi driver, the door man or even ppl i meet on the road and request for help. However, this is only in areas where there is a high number of Farangs (foreigners). Bangkok is a great place to shop, exclusively for women as large malls such as MBK, Robinson; night markets such as patpong, leama and markets such as pratunam in which the women have 70% of products. However, its a paradise for men who love shoes. Damn...i was so fascinated that i ended up getting 4 more.

The beaches in Thailand range from crowded to untampered. The best till date being Koh Samui and the dirtiest being Pattaya the names keep going. The majority tend to go to Pattaya being just 2 hrs travel from Bangkok and the next preferred being Phuket which is 6 hrs from Bangkok. I apparently was in Pattaya and explored the beaches, nighlife and the nasty bargain merchants. They could sell shit at the price of gold if you do fall for it. The catch is that they have part naked beauties at the job. If you are drunk...then you are in for it.

Shopping. Some places respect you if you do or dont buy stuff. some may whack you if you bargain and dont buy. The last will kill you if you dont. So you better choose the right place for the right type of purchasing. We apparently got most of our stuff from Bangkok's Pratunam market where most deals were closed at 40-60% lower then the opening price. If you wanna practice to bargain...this is the place to be. For example, cufflings priced at Bhat590 was closed at 195. which had a 66% discount? Unbelievable?....go and check it out for yourself....maybe youll make it 75%....!

The temples of Thailand. If you ever go there...you should visit the temple within the Grand Palace that holds the jade buddha within. The lord buddha is a 'must see' like our Dhaladha Maligawa. you should be there to feel it.

Thailand is the worlds largest producer of rubies and saphires. This is another similarity with Sri Lanka, although we mine the lighter shades of these semi precious stones. Would you believe that every taxi driver and tour guide is requested to take all their tourists to the Gem merchants approved by the Govt to facilitate a purchase? I dont recall even one person doin that in sri Lanka unless it is requested......!

Coming to the sex trade. Man...this is one country that just practices budhism to its simplest form. Sex is so liberal that sex crimes seem to be so low in comparison to other countries that bar them. However the negativity is that STD is at an all time high. Contrarily, the Thai reports do say that they have countered this ....to what extent???? .....i really dont know. Whatever said ........For those who long to get laid......this is one country that offers it in a silver platter......!!!!

Go-Go Bars, night shows, strip clubs, and the list just goes on. to add further, homosexuality is at its peak. I would clearly call it the Gay's paradise as i could hardly make out the difference between a female and a shemale. Credit goes to the Thai specialist surgeons. ......ah now i remember...i just wanted to visit one of the local hospitals to check on the surgeons......hehe.

The trip was a 4 day tour of relief. No work just a vacation to Thailand with a few friends going shopping, club hopping and relaxing by the beach checking out Thailand. However, there was one thing that me and my close friend Sada regret........we did not taste snake in Bangkok and crocodile in Pattaya. Maybe we shall do it another time.....if the Thai Bhat stops going strong against the US Dollar.......hehe

Till then
Lagao......(Thai for good bye)
K!

Shocks 45 feet away

2007-05-25T14:23:00.000+05:30

Yesterday morning by around 0851hrs a thundering explosion was heard. Apparently it was just 45 feet away from our head office. An army bus had been targetted by a suicide cadre; which was later revealed to be a remote activated bomb. Casualties are reported to be in the range of 5 members but we feel its much more. The whole area has been cordoned off and we had shut the office for safety. No fire was reported. The driver of the bus seemed to be in bad shape but sources said he will survive. The inability to access further info was due to the fact that; the area of the incident was just 100ftt away from the harbour and thus the forces were immediately in the scene to clear matters. There was also some rapid firing taking place to scare all away from the explosion area.

The bike used by the supposed suicide cadre is beyond identity (kuduvela). However on further investigation it was revealed that the person who tried this attack had used one of our wharf clerk's bikes to hang the bomb. The wharf works from 0700 to 1800 and his bike was utilised.

I apparently had the opportunity to have a sneak peak as Ms/ Bakshani's who are right opposite to us; who has(had) a wall at the rear which is no more due to the impact and is thus open to the reclamation road. On just looking through, i had found quite an amount of blood on the patch i could see from where i stood. However no bodies or flesh was to be seen.

Further on my return back to the office, certain other members who had gone in after me to view the incident had been taken by the police for questioning. Pity them. But thats life in Sri Lanka aint it?

The rest shall be followed in the news which shall be masked. My gut feeling is that there would have been around 8 casualties. The bomb was a claymore; although none of the windows close by have been damaged. However, i once again repeat that it IS a high impact device.

Whats very astonishing is that; the reclamation road is used by any person coming through mattakkuliya/grandpass to connect through fort/colpetty. And this area being a target seriously puts our safety in question.

Today, the site seemed to have returned to normalcy.

Until when?...thats the question....!
K!

Delhi heat

2007-05-25T13:26:00.000+05:30

The ovation 2007 needed me to test as to how robust my tummy was. And it was indeed a great experience as i tried most of the clean street vendors. Astonishingly i had found that none had an effect on me. I guessed that the heat was doing the digestion on behalf of my tummy.

This provoked me to eat at a rate never before. And the mouth-feel with the new found taste added to the intake. Little did i know what was coming up.

3 days of fun, frolic, food and zilch excercise i returned to Colombo with a heavy stomach and light heart. Monday morning was fine. Tuesday morning i felt the tummy grumble. The rest of Tuesday was a killer. Wednesday was murderous. My system had been bugged by delhi food and the Heat. Whow, even now thinkin about it i am getting stomach cramps.

Thank god to moms home made medicine and grandma's tummy rescue tips, i recovered in less than a day.

Today i pen this down with a well regulated system. Phew....what a close call!

Delhi heat....now...thats a killer.....!
K!

Ovation 2007

2007-05-25T13:15:00.000+05:30

The toastmasters of district 82 which consists of India and Sri Lanka held the annual conference at the heritage club in New Delhi, India from the 18th till the 20th May 2007. The event attracted 93 Sri Lankan toastmasters and many families from all over India. Although heat was unbearable, the atmosphere within the premises was great filled with joy, excitement and the warmth of getting to know more people.

The highlight of the event was the speech contest for Impromptu speaking, prepared speech session and the humour. Sri Lanka came out with flying colours by winning all three competitions and also bagging a second spot for the prepared speech session. I am proud to say that our fellow toastmaster CTM Dananjaya Hettiarachchi the VP Education was the person placed second in the prepared speech although i seriously felt his was far superior to any other of the day.

To just brief, Toastmasters is a personality development programme which is targetted at effective communication and thus leadership. I have seen some tremendous improvement in the past year since i had joined and find that it encourages you with lots of options available. Every meeting is a learning proces. Any out there who is willing to test this out, feel free to check http://www.toastmasters.org and check the club that meets nearest to your place; talk to them and get yourself invited for a demo meeting. you will get addicted undoubtedly.

The Ovation 2008 is planned to be in Bangalore, and im sure that its gonna be another session of great speeches.

So lets start toastmastering....!
K!

The Eye - Corrects itself

2007-05-11T08:28:00.000+05:30

I have been wearing spectacles since the age of 10 if i recall correctly. The power has been a constant negative 2.5 indicating a very stable short-sightedness.

As usual i had wanted to change my 2 year old frames and had a testing done with optometrist Benjamin Yoga who also happens to be a member of the Rotaract club of Colombo Uptown. I was shocked to find that my power had decreased by a 0.25...corrected!

Maybe...finally...my body has thought in the lines of my mind and is putting its effort towards correcting itself.

I just hope my tummy and tongue get together and follow suit...lol!

Lets hope for the best.
K!

Spidey 3...

2007-05-08T09:03:00.000+05:30

According to studio estimates, "Spider-Man 3" took in a record $148 million in the United States in its opening weekend, breaking the previous all-time high of $135.6 million set last summer by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

With $59.3 million on opening day Friday, "Spider-Man 3" also broke the single-day box-office record in the United States, which has also been held by "Dead Man's Chest," with $55.8 million on its first day.

Sony Pictures, the studio behind the "Spider-Man" franchise, also reported Saturday that the movie took in an additional $45 million overseas on Friday for a worldwide total of $104 million, a record for single-day grosses globally.

"That's why they call him the amazing Spider-Man," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "Just five years ago, these are numbers we thought we'd never see."

Well, on my personal view, it has always been the case that the sequels are never as good as the originals. Hope spidey proves it wrong again. I just cant wait to see this movie no sooner i make time.

The web is spun.....for the third time?
K!

Catalunya.........5 days to go!

2007-05-08T06:59:00.000+05:30

3 races allready done with Mclaren reigning on the constructors points. Mclaren, indeed the best of all the cars had been having sluggish years since Mika Hakkinen's departure and is now very much on track with Alonso and Hamilton. Catalunya last year was a sweep and shall be the same this year where Alonso shall reign for 4 continous races from there on.

5 days to go and we shall see as to how the race turns events.
Mclaren leads the constructors with 44 while Alonso and Hamilton cap 22 points each to reign the drivers points tally.

for further info log on to www.f1.com

Catalunya.....here we come.
K!

Aerial Attack

2007-05-08T06:22:00.000+05:30

Last week we had seen or heard of aerial attacks in colombo which were retaliated by tracer bullets. I had the oppurtunity to view them and even take a couple of snaps. However, whats very astonishing is that, we, the people living in Colombo were more in danger with respect to the tracer bullets returning down on firing than the bombs dropped by the LTTE. Isnt that so weird?

Let me explain the same in detail.
The red lines you see are the tracer bullets. Each tracer has around 5 to 6 bullets. The red colour is due to the outer chemical in each bullet combusting on friction.
Now, whatever goes up has to come down, so does these bullets that do not contact with the target. It is then that the Colombo public are in grave danger. It was seen that 4 people had been severly injured and had later succumbed to injuries, purely because of these tracers.

So the next time you see this, dont stay out like me to take pictures. Remain indoors at the bottom most floor, use underground carparks or if out, remain out under shelter looking for any suspective material falling from the sky for quick recovery.

Eitherways, this pic seemed to be the best fireworks seen in reality, but it is indeed the beauty of the face of death.

Beauty.......does kill!
K!

Roxy Pit

2007-05-07T15:10:00.000+05:30

This is the pit mentioned under "Wesak Rains". Its 15ft in depth.

Fly we can - but no more at night

2007-05-07T12:32:00.000+05:30

The shock to the travellers to and from Sri Lanka, has changed and taken a turn of astonishment. The Sri Lankan airport authorities have informed that from the 9th May until further notice the BIA (Bandaranaike International Airport) shall remain closed from 2200 hrs till 0400 hrs daily. This shall see to it that all carriers have to alter their schedules to fit with the BIA regulations.

Now, the good news is that Emirates who had pulled out fully is flying in again during day times. However the flight fares shall see a rise of upto 40% owing to security measures and higher flying costs at day. Following the emirates decision even SQ is looking for a similar option.

BIA had come out of a worser situation when a dozen crafts were bombed within the Sri Lankan airport. This gives faith that the BIA shall come out of this situation again.

We shall revive......!
K!

Wesak Rains

2007-05-07T12:20:00.000+05:30

Summer generally sees some rains in Sri Lanka. This year was not far away. Wesak; which happens to be the Sri Lankan festival of lights has the myth that, it shall always be followed by rains. This year, the myth turned to be true yet again. Not only was it true, also it saw tens of thousands becoming homeless, organisations closed, transport hampered and a huge pit on one of the Lankan main roads. This time it was not a rain, but a 40 hour continual storm flooding most of Colombo!

After all, mother nature has her way of passing the message. We are not living our lives to her satisfaction. I guess the war, corruption, disgraceful deeds are all to blame. Its time for the long awaited change for a better future both for us and our younger generations.

I am ready for the change.....are you?
K!

Fly - We cannot

2007-05-01T14:02:00.000+05:30

Sri Lanka being an island has only 2 options of travel abroad. The first being by air and the other being by sea. It is the latter that is not preferred due to tedious factors.

However, the recent incidents in the country have contribued to the instability of the security and thus has resulted in the largest carriers operating in Sri Lanka as a transit destination such as Cathay, Singapore Airlines and our owen Sri Lankan code sharer Emirates pulling out until further notice. Aint that great....!

What happens to all who have moved out on their journey? What happens to those who have come in to Sri Lanka? And what happens to people like us who are looking forward to the trips to be made in weeks to come?

The situation grows grave on a daily basis with no remorse. Why? we know...! Can we corect it....? Yes we can...! Do we want to....? Yes very much...! So what in heavens name is the fault.......?
"Those who need to be interested to get this going are not."

I am seriously looking at options of going out. Profesors may call it brain drain. Bu after all, dont i have to look at my life wih perspective to the brighter perspective? But what keeps me in Sri Lanka, is the country itself. I just want to do so much for my motherland....but remain unable to just because I JUST CANT!

I firnly believe that we are very close to the snap thast gonna change us forever either for the good or the worse. Just pray its not the latter thats in God's mind.

I regret not being able to help my motherland.......Damn!
K!

Fireworks

2007-05-01T06:56:00.000+05:30

The moment Jayasuriya Played a four i saw an amazing range of fireworks. It was so gripping as the work looked so different. Then a few more minutes and more works for a single, continued by a blackening power failure. Thenit all set in place in my mindset.......Colombo is being atacked again. This time it was reported that 4 places were targetted of which 2 were hit and damages done although not to the LTTE's expectations.

But the simple fact remains as....Why is it that 'we' the Sri Lankans are being penalised of the simple independant facets of life. I just cannot grip this. A world cup failure, disgusted and panicked citizens, presidentless country, chaotic ginfire....all resulting in an economic downturn.

I just wish that the Pearl remains the pearl and the ppl within do not tarnish its image.

God...do you mind savin us?
K!

The Land of The Lions

2007-04-27T23:03:00.000+05:30

Initially 4 in a row, then the ferrocious bowling and now the ultimate prowl of the Lion. Give way for the Lion...Malinga....

K!

Lions out to Roar

2007-04-27T22:54:00.000+05:30

The World Cup has seen bismal performances, great records, hard retirements, convicted murders, heartsinking inquiries, great sportsmanship and poor umpiring. The list does not end there but keeps going...on and on!

We have now stepped into the grand finale to be on show tomorrow between the Sri Lankan Lions and Australian Kangaroos. It is indeed told that the 'Roos have not lost a match for the whole event, but they lack in spiritual leadership that the Sri Lankans have shown. May it be loss or victory, they have enjoyed the game. Played it to perfection. Kept the audience in par with great entertainment. Is that not what sports is about?

Its keeping that in mind, looking at the greatest Saturday cricket shall see for this year, I wish the best of the teams to win. Being a Lion myself, would like to see them prowl and roar the victorious triumph.

Go Lion...Go!
Roarrrr!
K!

Cathay Pulls Out

2007-04-27T22:46:00.000+05:30

It is hardly a month since the so called "LTTE" had attacked the airbase in the vicinity of the Sri Lankan airport causing immense tension, which amounted to Cathay Pacific, the national carrier of Hong Kong pulling out. The good news was that the same carrier had resumed duties as of the 20th of April just to look at pulling out again today on hearing the insecure position of the Air port on hearing of another possible attack which had been avoided.

Cathay happens to be one of the most competitve carriers that help Sri Lanka economically facilitating travel to the eastern sectors. Them pulling out means that players like Thai, Sri Lankan and singapore would take up high fair pricing thus penalising the low budget traveller. Hope it all works for the best as i myself am looking forward for a trip on Cathay with a couple of my friends to the easter sector on vacation.

Mr. God...do you hear me? If so..pls reply by email acknowledging receipt of my request.

Keep hoping....
K!

बीन a लॉन्ग व्हिले

2007-04-27T22:40:00.000+05:30

Well, i should say as a matter of factly that work has been drowning me relentlessly avoiding me from contributing towards this blog. After so many days of trials, successfully i return to the glory of penning down my thoughts.

Sometimes, i do wonder as to why, we as humans neglect the petty happinesses in life for much not wanted rigmaroled work. I guess its the rat race. When are we going to stop, think and just have the cheese without concentrating on the race 24/7...thats when we become humane.....and i look froward to that day.

Im pretty sure that you...are on the same boat.

Chal!
K!

Fuel Price Hike

2006-08-01T12:33:00.000+05:30

Firtst the strike, then the hike, such is the Sri Lankan government's strategy to increase prices of products in Sri Lanka. I guess this is a drama that the other coutries could follow too. Hah!

Today morning, thanks to the authorities of Sri Lanka, the prices go up by Rs.5 per litre. Nothing bad but they could rather do it without the strike and chaos involved by the same.

I really feel it is high time the floating price sysytem is followed for fuels in Sri Lanka, thus providing the option of the consumer making the decision with no strings attached. This will also lessen the burden on the government due to the problems with respect to the subsidies. Thus at least for once we shall have a positive balanced budget.

The wierd part is, how come the politicians cannot think like what the rest of the public do. Are they so thick headed? Damn. The future of Sri Lanka ..which i cannot see is in the hands of such thick headed so called Sri Lankan politicians who convey themselves as Elite people of this so called flourishing community.

God save the thick heads!

Tension amongst Lankans

2006-07-31T07:00:00.000+05:30

The last few weeks since the final crack within the cease-fire agreement between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE, the situation had been constanlty deteriorating. The latest was the break up of Denmark and finland from the SLMM which now looks as an encouraging option for the other countries to pull out too. Further since January 2006 the death toll due to incidences within the country has crossed 700 and ruching to 800.

The situation in Colombo may be carm even after the Army commander was targetted but esacaped and joined the force again last week, and no3 was in fact assasinated, the colombo people seem to be digesting these matters well. However, deep within, there is a thought which voices in each and every person head " We are heading towards something big and disastrous from which we may not be able to turn around" ! Hoping for the best for the generations ahead i sincerely hope that the parties concerend would do something to make this island a peaceful nation as the others percept!

Lets hope for the best!

Fuel Strike

2006-07-26T09:36:00.000+05:30

The coutry is known as the Pearl of The Indian Ocean. "POTIO". But this Pearl seems to be having problems for the past 30 or so years thus becoming tarnished in its colour and fame. The latest is the fuel strike. Would you beleive that since Monday the 24th there has been no fuel? The traffic has come to a stand still.

However it had been sorted off last evening after the final talks and negotiations had taken place and all expect the fuel to be distributed by the Colombo fuel stations but i find that until now 0930 hrs not a single drop is available.

If you think the country is going to the dogs...my friends..you are mistaken. It's the turn of wolves to take over now! And all of us are being hunted down!

Let the Run begin!

Pranap turns to the Aussie's

2006-07-25T15:05:00.000+05:30

There are two times in life that one would seperate from the loved ones. One is for education and the other being work. Pranap, my cousin, followed suite to check on his career in the line of finance by taking up his undergraduation in Sydney Australia. Good for him. Hope he gets his goals oriented to become one whome we all would be proud of.

However, I have my reservations. Australians, no offense, but your country aint great for education in comparison other colleges and markets in the globe for the field of finance UG. However, yours is a very tempting and alluring destination for vacationists. This is one matter which should be considered by any person planning to take up his educational career there. Would you believe that i have a few friends in Australia who did say that at times graduates from NUS Singapore are given a better job offer within the country whereas other australian degree holders in finance dont have the same, or even worse not even the offer!!

Whatever said, a destination of paradise for love, friendship, travel....Aussie is the deal. So brothers n sisiters..you know where to party when it comes to fun...!!

Karthik

2006-07-21T22:11:00.000+05:30

Nithya at home

2006-07-21T22:10:00.000+05:30

A group shot - Gone hay wire due to Mavi the Fatty having an extra dose of ice cream

2006-07-21T22:09:00.000+05:30

Mavi in action at Carnival. Nithya looks on.

2006-07-21T22:08:00.000+05:30

At the ice cream parlour Carnival with Nithya!

Losing your beloved helpers!

2006-07-21T19:27:00.000+05:30

I am one of the most priviledged or rather the unlucky human being in the society of mankind to be blessed with 36 teeth. I guess god had given one look at my appetite and thought of 4 extra teeth to help the suffering of the rest of my body. However, i guess he had forgotton to defy the size, hence the overcrowding had made me to remove them in 2 stages.

The initial set of 4 was removed in the front in order to give me ample space to use the brazes to set my teeth fine in order. this was around 10 years back. it took me 4 long years of suffering pain which increased every time i went to the dentist due to further tightening of the braces. The worst part of it was that after tightening the braces, i had a hard time even biting into bread. I spent 2 days every month on porridge.

When you think of it, i never imagined on getting my swim teeth extracted. For those who do not know; Swim teeth are teeth that grow horizontal due to no space for upward growth. They are so close to the tonguesills that they appear buried within the gum and come out very late, just shooting a small head out. The problem is that, they give way for harmful bacteriological growth as well as offer no use at all. the next problem is that, the teeth right above them, tend to drop down in days to come due to non availability of a proper resistance below. this is a very rare case scenario. And Lo......I had 2 of them. Each on one side. The first set was extracted 2 years ago and the last 2 yesterday.

The pain is amazing. I cant eat, can open my jaw, cant sneeze, not even cough. To make it even better, i am down with a cold, tonguesills, cough and a slight fever. My body is having a Gala time yeh?

However it is now time for dedications. These 2 swim teeth and its oppostite neighbours have been with me for the past 10 years, working fearlessly, to keep mt stomach and the tongue happy. Parting with them means that the tongue and my stomach are gonna have a hard time as i am still gonna eat the same at the same time no matter what happens. Therefore i would like to dedicate 2 days of my life to thos lovable sisters who had helped me throughout my activities involving my mouth (90 % of my life has been that..no wonder im over weight..hehe) . Ive become a total vegetarian as well as on a liquid diet. These lovely pretty ladies are lying at the backyard. We had given them a full ceremonial burial.

My Teeth, May you Rest in Peace!

Nithya - Back on track

2006-07-18T22:26:00.000+05:30

Life is full uf suprises. Some good and some bad. But if you analyse these fully, it is the bad that really stick to you so hard that you tend to talk about it, or at least think about it more often. Such was an incident in my life around 13 years back.

My dads younger brother passed away due to an undetected, or should i say rather lately detected cancer, which could have been cured if the proper diagnosis was done. This resulted in my Sithi, her son Mowly and daughter Nithya leaving to Canada for good. Its been 10 years since i had seen her. This week Nithya was back with us for a couple of days on a vacation home away from home. We had our memories flowing, tears rolling and laughter keeping the neighbours awake.

We had an evening out at the new joint Anjappar with Raji Athai n family where we talked about the place, cried having the soup, relished eating the meal and fished out for a spot for desert. Lastly we ended at The Carnival's Parlour to enjoy some Sundae's. I still regret not being able to devour a portion of the well known Anjappar Briyani..Damn!

Time flew fast, however Nithya is planning to be back in Sri Lanka for 2 days enroute to Canada. Hope to catch her then. Maybe we could patch life more than we would ever think of.

Time shall take its turn. After all - it is the best healer.

Eye sight

2006-07-18T21:41:00.000+05:30

People have a variety of weaknesses with regard to their health. One of the most common is eye sight. At my tender age of 12, wearing a pair of spectacles made me, or should i say thought that it made me to look mature, studious and splendid in my looks as a school boy. However within 2 years the pleasure and priviledge of wearing a pair of glasses turned out to be a pain.

Now at my age of 26, after nearly 3 years of planning to perform the LASIC surgery which corrects the weaknesses in the eye, I have finally made a tentative booking at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, South India to correct my vision. The range of surgeons and optometrists that visit this place are supposed to be the top of the world and to make matters even better, this is the only house in the world that has a 100 percent success rate in this surgery.

The booking has been made on the 8th of August. Hope nothing comes in at the last moment to change my plans again as usual.

So the next time you see me without glasses, i have not forgotton them, rather avoided them forever!

Karthik - A new look dawns finally.

A dull 'weak' end

2006-03-06T12:27:00.000+06:00

When one falls sick, it seems as though all the living and non living items hate you. I am down with tonguesills, cold, cough, indigestion, soar throat and a neck ache. Sounds like a one time free to all package doesnt it?

My idea was to clean my room, wardrobe; check some new furniture; do some marketing; get the laundry done; wash the vehicles and have a healthy diet last weekend. Now, none of these been done i have to get back home on a sickening Monday after a very heavy day to do the pending chores. damn!

To add thinks worse Monday has become the better of the best ones; my files are flooding with work; emails dropping like rain.Being sick to the stomach, thought of taking a couple of mins off my regular work, blog this and get back to being the workaholic i am.

Dad is 59 Now!

2006-03-01T11:48:00.000+06:00

Surprise Party

Surprises once in a while do work. The last surprise which we had was when Dilip had come home all the way from Philadelphia which none at home knew about. Since then which has been more than 2 years no suprises were seen at home. The planning was so short; which took place only on Saturday for the party three days later on Tuesday. As a matter of fact dad had wanted us to have a small get together at our place two days before; which was put down by me excusing that it would not be appropriate as the next day being a working day would keep the children awake late evening; the lie was taken up. Preperations all were going well.

Tuesday morning was regular; early visit to the temple; hard days work and the return home. Totally unexpected a group of 7 were waiting to shock him. Taken aback walking in to the dining he finds an array of preperations; the highlight being the cake sent to dad by diloo from Philly. Rushani had done some suprise blasts and balloons. Mom had baked some excellent snacks both veg n non veg; along with a couple of desserts. She had wanted me to post the pics of the food online too. The evening was filled with fun and frolic where families of Nagalingam uncle, Bala Sithappa and Kumar mama were there for the small event. Diloo-thanks for the cake. It was delicous; missed you. We missed the others; especially Sundar Sithappa and all who had called dad at office to wish him for his "59th" birthday.

The next one gotta be a stunning one. Await for that exactly in 365 days.

2006-02-23T21:15:00.000+06:00

Bala Sithappa's Dinner; Just before sunda's Engagement.

2006-02-23T21:11:00.000+06:00

The young generation; tried somethin innovative; did come out somewhat close.

2006-02-23T21:08:00.000+06:00

At Home on the eve of Anjavi's party on the 14th Jan.

2006-02-23T21:07:00.000+06:00

At Rajan Sithappa's Residence with Vichoo and Raja

2006-02-23T21:06:00.000+06:00

Me; after a tired day of work caught off the cuff

The beginning

2006-02-23T19:35:00.000+06:00

Ive been wanting to do this now for the past 2 years or so, eversince i read the first blog of my close buddy shanmu's. However my other part of my mind always promted some excuse one or the other to avoid me from doing it. One could say that the laziness in the blood; the horrendous thought of putting your life 'on-line'; sharing ideas either good or bad; made me rethink. Although i was not a great thinker, believe the main reason was the heavy ass.

But then, the unbelievable fact is that i had created blog pages both in Yahoo and Msn; the earlier being my most preferred. My entries had started flowing in within the past few days although the first was somewhere in August 2005. As people may call it fate, yahoo's 360 cannot be accessed for the past 3 days. MSN spaces seems quite a formal page. The urge to put the notes down after the amazing trip we had the last weekend has no option but to open a new blog with the initial 'Blogger' and here i am writing my life line down. I call this the life line coz i am planning to break down the blogs in 3 different classes. The regulars with Blogger; Official with Msn spaces and the most entertaining with 360. the blogs in all three go out as kar79j thus shall not be difficult to find.

I shall write soon. Keep your thoughts pouring...if you have any!
Karthik