The Flower with Seven Colours – cvetik semicvetik I read හත් පෙති මල, (The Flower with Seven Colours – Cvetik-Semicvetik) the famous Russian children’s story as a kid. It was so mesmerizing that I longed for reading it again after I became a grown-up but could not find a copy. (When I was a kid we had ample access to ...

Dushyantha with Wife and the Kid When I first met Major Dushyantha Yapa, an amazingly courageous totally blind soldier it was somewhere in 2007 at Ranaviru Sewana, Ragama. Some friends of mine from Australia and the USA had arranged some donations to Ranaviru Sevana and I was introduced to Dushyantha at one of the visits I made to Ranaviru Sevana. ...

It was widely published that the makers of the movie Sri Siddhartha Gautama spent a colossal sum of money on the epic film but I am confused as to what areas in the film the money was spent. Film looks like a low budget miscarriage of a movie rather than an epic movie. I regret the decision I took ...

I started my blog somewhere in 2007. By now there are over 77,000 hits for it. That is not a big number of hits for an active blog. That is not a bad number either. I don’t get that many comments though. But I do get a considerable number of telephone calls. I have put my contact details in the ...

During my last visit to Jaffna, on the invitation of Ms Gowri Ananthan, one of the founder members of Yarl IT Hub of Jaffna, I had the pleasure of attending the Yarl IT Hub’s January 2013 meeting with my friend Wasantha Wijewardhana. The event was held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at IIS (Institute of Informatics Studies) City Campus. ...

I read inside two days. (Apparently the author also has written the entire book inside two days.) It is a short but inspirational novel written by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. It was first published in 1988 and originally written in Portuguese. As of September 2012 it has been translated into 56 languages and sold 30 million copies worldwide. The book ...

Last Friday (25th of January, 2013) I went to Jaffna with Nirrosion. Er.. it’s not a spelling mistake, that’s how he writes his name. We started from Ja-Ela at around 10 pm in his car and I don’t remember anything beyond Nochchiyagama till I reached Nallur in Jaffna as I fell fast asleep. It was around 6 am when ...

I finished reading Ernesto Che Guevara’s Bolivian Diary. It is an exciting book about the guerilla life and how Che enjoys the very hardships he comes across in the mountainous jungles of Bolivia. He admits once he had a bath after 6 months despite continuous presence of streams and rivers. Che and his guerilla cadres eat horsemeat by killing ...

A friend of mine recommended me The Buddhist radio station. I have watched The Buddhist TV both on satellite and terrestrial TV but was fed up with repetition of programs that appear former Chief Justice. I never liked the channel and did not recommend it to anyone either. When my friend recommended me the radio station, I didn’t expect ...

My New Year resolution for this year was to start morning walks from January 1st. I am happy that I could wake up by 5.45 am without an alarm clock and could start my morning walk at 6.00 am. Of course I had to read the New Year greeting SMSes in the phone and New Year greetings on Facebook first. ...

So, Rupavahini is doing it again. They are telecasting ‘Robin of Sherwood’ once again. I can’t remember how many times I have watched it. Still it looks so fresh and can watch like a brand new tele serial. Rupavahini’s Sinhala subtitled version is outstanding as it has been done under the guidance of late veteran Titus Totawatta. The way ...

Singer SINX-243AT model I have been using laptops since 2002. During all these years I have been given laptops as gifts or received them from my workplaces. But as my last job assignment was over a few weeks ago, I had to buy a laptop myself. I went to several stores and checked the prices. At last I decided to ...

Dialog eZ Cash Poster I registered with Dialog easy cash the first time I heard of it. But I did not use it till the last month as there was no necessity. Now that I have used it once I think I should share the experience with you. My niece sent me 1,500 LKR to my mobile to be given ...

Homagama Base Hospital Website’s Homepage While searching for the telephone number of Homagama Base Hospital, I was directed to its website. I was surprised because not many government hospitals can be found on the Net. I had a good look at the Homagama Hospital’s website http://www.homagamahospital.org/ and found much useful information available. They have lined up contact information, clinic schedules, ...

With my Bajaj Pulsar 150 I sold my Bajaj Pulsar 200 through ikman.lk a week ago and bought a new Bajaj Pulsar 150. This is cuter, lighter and cheaper compared with Pulsar 200. This consumes less fuel and easy to handle. I haven’t ridden it faster yet as it is advised not to speed up at least till the second ...

With my Bajaj Pulsar 200 I had decided not to sell my Bajaj Pulsar 200 motorbike before I use it for 5 years. But suddenly I decided against it and sold it when it reached 3 years and 8 months. Emergence of www.ikman.lk also was a reason for selling the bike. I wanted to test the site. I uploaded a ...

With the Dialog team My six month contract as a consultant to Dialog’s Nenasa TV www.nenasa.lk ends today. It was an exciting experience to work with Dialog as I could work with a young and energetic team. I had a nice team who were caring and supportive. Most of my time was spent at the Ministry of Education though I ...

Sri Lankan supporters supporting the SL team at Gabba, 2010 There are a lot of talks by various concerned people about some of the Sri Lankan Muslims supporting Pakistani cricket team and some of the Sri Lankan Tamils supporting Indian cricket team against the Sri Lankan team when India and Pakistan visit Sri Lanka. Some go to the extent calling ...

Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs is a fascinating book to read. The author has exposed the real life of the computer and consumer electronics giant Apple’s cofounder. Jobs is lucky not to read the book as he died few days before the book was published. I can’t imagine how Jobs would have coped up with the book if he had an ...

Abhilash, my four year old son had to undergo an abdominal scan due to a small disorder he had. He was curious what it was. He kept asking what it was like and I told him that it is something very simple and painless test done with a computer. My wife also had earlier shown him some scans that were ...