Winter is not the not greatest time to go see a waterfall, but then again it's not something you get to see in Sri Lanka either. You may wonder what's there to see when everything is covered in snow and the cold winds numbing your body, but there is a different kind of beauty at Niagara Falls during the winter ...
Image from http://www.sciencedaily.com/I found this article on Canoe.ca. While it's targeted for Canadian audience, I think these tips can be adapted to suit your lifestyle no matter where you live. When we compare only our basic needs, food takes a higher priority than clothing and shelter. Under normal circumstances you are unlikely to die if you don't have clothes or ...
First ofall Happy Halloween… Let the dark side rule for evah!!!Image from here: http://www.123rf.comThere isan exec at the office that brings in his puppy to work. It’s a beautiful GoldenRetriever pup, and spends the day inside the guy’s office room during the day.Basically eats, plays and sleeps, the latter more than anything else. The guytakes him down for walks at ...
Even though the actual St. Patrick's Day is on the 17th of March, Toronto holds it's annual parade a week earlier. There are plenty of people of Irish lineage, and they came out in droves to celebrate. The day commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It was declared a feast day ...
Image source: http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com I heard about this in the radio this morning. Apparently the 3rd of September is the day when all those tall buildings are celebrated. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find much literature about its origins on the net, Except thisI’m somewhat of a fan of architecture, and do admire a good design, whether it is a house or a skyscraper. They ...
I recently came across this very funny author called Christopher Moore. Well, he's been around for sometimes, but I only discovered him recently. I don't think I ever came across his books in Sri Lanka. His genre is comic fantasy.I found that there are two used book stores near to our apartment, which is like heaven for me. I was ...
A screen cap from the site http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/ Forbes magazine has put put their latest billionaires list for 2012. Apparently there are 1153 Billionaires in the world today.The #1 spot goes to Mexican Carlos Slim Helu, chairman of Telemex. His net worth, $69 B. This is the third year in a row that he is in the #1 position, but his ...
Image from:http://www.webstockpro.com/The Eurozone debt crisis has forced leaders to increaseinvestments in the region, and they are all looking towards China. They areapparently now in talks with China as a potential investor, and trying to sell bondsin their bailout fund as a potential commercial investment. China has foreign reserve around $3 trillion, so they aremore than capable of making investments, but ...
There is an informal biker gang in our office and we decided to go on a little road trip. The guys did one last year also, to somewhere around Sinharaja, but unfortunately I couldn’t attend. This time the destination was Meemure. For those who haven’t heard about the place, it’s a small village, some 36 km from Hunasgiriya, within the ...
Aroundthis time of October, the summer heat replaced by cold winds and the leaves ofnon-evergreen trees start to lose their green color and turn into bright reds,oranges, and yellow. Form what people have told me, the trees turn color andthe leaves start to fall in time for Halloween and the ground is covered with acarpet of red leaves. However this ...
Man, how time flies. Can you believe that half of January has passed by?These day the Toronto Boat Show is happening, so I thought I'd check it out. Canadians do enjoy their outdoor activities. Camping, boating, fishing etc. After all, when you have to endure freezing temperatures for 5 months of the year, you want to make the best of ...
I saw some reference to Fleetwood Mac today, which reminded me of their song "Tell me lies". Brought back memories of when I was little and watching ITN Fan Club. Back in the day when there were only two TV stations in SL (Oh, ze horror :O ) Fan Club, hosted by Kumar De Silva, was like the only English ...
On the 17th of November 1965, UNESCOproclaimed September 8th as International Literacy Day. The ideabehind it is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals,communities and societies. Literacy is a very important factor when it comes tohuman development and economic growth. However, according to data from 2009,there are about 793 million adults around the world who lack even the basicreading ...
We had a holiday on the 2nd, so I took the opportunity to check out the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). It has a huge collection of artifacts and you really can't cover it in one day, especially if you want to read all the descriptions. I only managed to cover it by skipping the instructions, and that took me nearly ...
In an era long gone bythere were seven little demonswho broke the bonds of hell and made their escapesearching for a new homeupon a fledgling earththey roamed the darkness seeking nourishmentto grow in strengthand conquer the landalas, their efforts were in vainbecause the creatures of earthwere not easily fooled by hollow promisesThen one daythey found mana more than willing hostwho ...
Image from: http://adityaajmera.blogspot.comVery interesting post written by Leo Babauta on the ZenHabits site. Basically it's about being happy without owning the world.Summary of his points:You need very little to be happy. Want little, and you are not poor. Focus on the present. Be happy with what you have and where you are. Be grateful for the small pleasures in life.Be ...
Imagefrom www.boeing.comOnOctober 26th, Boeing’s newest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner made itsfirst commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Mind you this is three yearslate than initially planned.This newoffering, which is a midsized twinjet, is not designed to be faster than therest, or bigger than the rest, but it is designed to be more fuel efficient.This factor alone can make a ...
