I generally don't blog the emails I get. But I found this one exceptional. So I thought I'd make an exception just for this once. Give it a try. Hate Maths? So do I dudes. Who don't? Try this one for size!At the end of this message, you are asked a question. Answer it immediately. Don't stop and think about ...
My wife and I were returning home along the Kandy Road in our Toyota Townace Van. Only two of us were there that day because our two kids had preferred to play with their cousins as they rarely get that chance. And we had left for Dambulla around 5.00 am and it was 155 km trip one way. So on ...
I smoke like hell on every 31st December because of my usual new year resolution to quit smoking from 1st of January. I stick to the plan the whole day on the first day and maybe the second. Somewhere between the 3rd and the 60th day I want to check if I’ve really kicked the habit and have smoke, ...
Our elder kid Hiruni, a girl, had to grow up alone for 10 years because both of us are employed. Being a nuclear family, we didn’t have much help bringing her up. So the first kid almost cost my wife her job. She was five. We were moving back home after completing difficult area service. We were in ...
Hey Dudes, Thank you very much. To all of you who visited my two blog sites from all over the world, made comments, and became members, I’m really grateful.I started my English blog “Hey Dude” on 13th of July, 2011 and my Sinhala blog “මට හිතෙන හැටි” on 14th July, 2011. Both were riding neck to neck and I think it’s a very ...
How long can you use a LPG cylinder?Three weeks? One month? Well, if I say we use our LPG cylinder for one or two years would you believe me? Well it may sound like a little farfetched tall tale blown out of proportion to you, but it’s true. The reason for this is when we come home for the ...
This happened when I was about 6 or 7. We were living in Balangoda, Sri Lanka. My father and I had gone on a trip to see the Galoya Project. I can't recall why only two of went on that trip. We were returning home in the bus we had chartered.I remember passing miles and miles of ...
Seevali had migrated to UK when he was 9. After about 12 years he returned to Sri Lanka with his dad. Mom stayed behind in England. We became buddies while both of us were motor engineering apprentices in a company which imported a luxury German automobile. We found him to be a cool dude.It was his birthday and he ...
Road trips are one of our prime time holiday activities. To see the black ribbon of road rushing at you and disappear underneath you is a feeling worth experiencing. Also, once you learn to enjoy the journey as much or even more than the destination no journey is boring. And you won’t be looking for shortcuts.Nothing can match the meals ...
I promised to write part 2 of HOME SWEET HOME, HERE WE COME, when we really got home, but things really didn't work out that way. Now the vacation is over and we are back to reality.I had a long to-do-list. You'd have known if you visited my Sinhala blog as I suggested. Well, like any other to-do-list, we couldn't ...
This is the teachers’ speech I made this week at the school assembly. This is not a poem, but written in stanzas so that it would be read with more effect as a speech. This is not a school in Sri Lanka. But you can check if it relevant to your place. SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITYWhether you go to a government ...
Birthday “WISH” of a Mom & DadThough you would be 15 todayWe wish you would stillhug us as tight and say good night.And when in doubt, ask for our advice.And you would wrap your arms around our necks,even in a swarming crowd,without the slightest discomfort.And you would still share your never ending views and opinions aboutmovies, books, music, trains, planes,automobiles, ...
The number of accidents reported on our E1 Expressway is astounding. It beats me how the vehicles equipped with all the safety devices imaginable, driving at 100 km.p.h., on an almost straight wide road, meet with so many accidents. Generally, the majority of accidents on a freeway are pile ups. But, here that’s not the case. This is the mere ...
DON'T DRINK AND D r I v E. Dudes, I interrupt my Narrow Escapes Series to make way to this important message which I received through email. I think it deserves at least that much. I gave it a new heading. Author unknown.I went to a party Mom, I remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom, ...
‘Satakapata noveda?’(සටකපට නොවේද?). Well, for those who know the meaning of ‘satakapata’, I don’t need to explain but for those who don’t , well, it means something like ‘cunning’ but for Amma, it always meant and still means ‘what nonsense!’. I know the meanings sound contrasting but well that’s Amma. And this was a phrase almost always said by Amma ...
If you thought the Sri Lankan drivers are the worst drivers in the world, you are not alone. Almost everybody seems to share this popular opinion. Join the club. I’m one of them. Those who haven’t been to Sri Lanka believe the Italian drivers are the worst. There was a post on the blog වෙදගෙදර about an incident where ...
Uncensored thoughts I’m bored.When I write “I’m” in “I’m bored”, I feel the pair of round, buggy eyes boring into me. They belong to the stalactite. When I write “bored” his eyes are trying to read what I’m writing, upside down.I look at him trying to convey the message ‘Why the f**k are you trying to read what I’m ...
I stepped into the air-conditioned shop of the Unity plazabuilding out of the midday heat in Colombo. I had bought my first hp DeskJet printer for Rs. 5000/= atThe Unity Plaza. A few months later as the cartridges ran out ink, I went tothe same place in the hope of buying replacement ink cartridges. I couldn’tbelieve my ears when the ...
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