The Map. Lap one. We are going from Gampaha to Kandy7.02 AM. Train Podimanike rushing through the countryside...7.27 AM. Stopped at Polgahawela7.27 AM Polgahawela Waiting for the Green Flag.7.28 AM The Travelers full of expectations...7.49 AM Pulled up at a small way station. 7.49 AM Happiness is a way station like this between too much and too little.7.50 AM. Waiting ...
I stared incredulously at the dull yellow glow of my headlights reflecting off the aluminum garage door. They looked like two fireflies. I stepped out and walked in front of the vehicle for the first time. They were like fireflies alright. This was unbelievable! Then the light outside the garage door came on. I got back into the van ...
I've written 6 Narrow Escapes Stories. With this it becomes seven. Looking back I can't help but wonder that four out of seven of those incidents involved vehicles. Saved by the shoestring, Faulty Starter Motor, Stuck In The Rail Crossing and The Erratic Driver all involved vehicles. One was actually a bomb blast and the other a train. Then I ...
“So the captain grits his teeth and wrestles the bird to a grinding halt, with brakes screeching and tires burning, with the flaps fully deployed. Then he says to his co-pilot, “This must be the shortest ****ing runway we’ve ever landed in!” The co-pilot looked over his shoulder out of the side window and said, “And the ****ing widest!”IF ...
Don’t you always hear the fairytale that the new generation is cleverer and smarter than previous? Well, I won’t be much popular when I say this, but in my long years of being with children, I was always wondering where this smartness, that they warn us to be prepared for, even at teachers’ seminars, exist. Maybe you see a ...
PANIC ATTACK! 30th Aug 2013 2200Hrs The flight EY0279 (call sign ETD279) has just disappeared from the flight radar screen. All of us had watched this AIRBUS A320 taking off at 2025hrs from Malé International Airport and climbing at 2000fpm on the live flight radar on the laptop screen. Once the aircraft gained 40000ft, we disconnected the data connection ...
In case you missed the previous parts:On Rails To Badulla...Part One On Rails To Badulla...Part Two- Up to KandyOn Rails To Badulla...Part Three - Up to Hatton We're pulling out of Hatton, which is a large and important station on upcountry line where all the trains stop. As this is closer to Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) the pilgrims who come ...
I was hanging around at the airport to meet my daughter's plane. A terrible pain and a loneliness swept over me when I saw this lonely luggage trolly, someone left at the end of the airport jetty. I kept snapping away with my camera, feeling a lump in my throat and my sight slightly blurred for some unknown reason. Maybe ...
We had started the homeward bound journey early in the morning and after traveling by land, sea and air hauling our heavy baggage through jetties and airports, were quite exhausted. The usual ticketing troubles caused by the reservation errors and many other mishaps that we are destined to have on our return journeys, just to take the thrill of ...
PANIC ATTACK! 30th Aug 2013 2200Hrs The flight EY0279 (call sign ETD279) has just disappeared from the live flight radar screen. All of us had watched this AIRBUS A320 taking off at 2025hrs from Malé International Airport and climbing at 2000fpm on the live flight radar on the laptop screen. Once the aircraft gained 40000ft, we disconnected the data ...
Hi, I updated the post "Dudes, Ever Watched A 7D Movie? Not 3D! Wow!!" with these four new photos The Other 7D Movies Displayed Above the Door in the Lobby. This Is the Ticket for the 7D Movie we watched "T
Have you ever watched a 7D Movie. Well dudes, I haven’t. My big kid Hiru who studies in a far away country did. She came online to chat two days ago. This is how it went.Hiruni: hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Thaththaa, Amma, Malleeee,Hiruni is online.Henry: helloHiruni: here TODAY WE WATCHED THE 7 D MOVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
How many tasks can you do at the same time. Well, I guess I know what you think. That depends on what kind of tasks they are, right? Okay, let's put it this way. How many books can you read at a time? Please don't misunderstand this as having several books open in front of you and reading at ...
Photo from Facebook page of Gamini I squinted at the small cardboard box on the computer table. I picked it up and read the label. Engine Oil temperature sensor. The seal is broken. I opened the box and took the gadget out. The metal gleamed. This is brand new. Then what is it doing sitting on the table? Usually ...
Finally we something we’ve been putting off for years. Last December, We made that long awaited, dream trip to Badulla on rails. Each time we saw a train roaring past us while we were held up at a level crossing or rattling along on rail tracks that ran parallel to the main road, a feeling of nostalgia swept over us. ...
He loves animals, specially dogs. And the dogs seem to unconditionally love him back. Wherever he goes strange dogs around used to come looking for him. Unfortunately, in the country he had to spend his childhood in, displayed a sign at the airport which listed dogs as contraband in addition to fire arms, dart guns, idols of worship alcohol ...
My dear HeyDude,My wife is cooking in the kitchen. She doesn't have the faintest idea that I nearly died 30 minutes ago. I didn't make up my my mind whether to tell her about my ordeal or not.The smaller aquarium where we kept smaller fish had a partition for a nursery. The hydrilla and other aquatic plants we bought from ...
No birthday cake.No gifts.No party.No guests.Still I had the most memorable birthdays I've had in a very long while, yesterday, even though our kids were not home this time.It all started when I discovered that this time my birthday falls on a holiday. Which means I am not greeted with fake official sounding greetings that doesn't mean a shit. The ...
