I came back from my previous holiday and handed over a new thousand rupee note to one of my buddies as a souvenir. “Maan, this tourist note looks so real, it’s even got a silver strip..!” he exclaimed, while thanking me for remembering him. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. (I had similar thoughts when I first got hold ...

I came back from my previous holiday and handed over a new thousand rupee note to one of my buddies as a souvenir. “Maan, this tourist note looks so real, it’s even got a silver strip..!” he exclaimed, while thanking me for remembering him. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. (I had similar thoughts when I first got hold ...

Well, I have been receiving this error code that prevents me from comments moderation. It seems that some of the comments you post get eaten by Heffalumps and Woozles at random. They ate a few, including Dandaleon’s comment this morning. Or, they just disappear in to comment heaven. Aaargh#$%%@!!Hopefully, Blogger should fix this problem soon.Oh by the way, how is ...

Well, I have been receiving this error code that prevents me from comments moderation. It seems that some of the comments you post get eaten by Heffalumps and Woozles at random. They ate a few, including Dandaleon’s comment this morning. Or, they just disappear in to comment heaven. Aaargh#$%%@!!Hopefully, Blogger should fix this problem soon.Oh by the way, how is ...

Well, I have been receiving this error code that prevents me from comments moderation. It seems that some of the comments you post get eaten by Heffalumps and Woozles at random. They ate a few, including Dandaleon’s comment this morning. Or, they just disappear in to comment heaven. Aaargh#$%%@!!Hopefully, Blogger should fix this problem soon.Oh by the way, how is ...

“Pap, I’m half Buddhist” declares my son. There’s nothing surprising about this opening statement from a 12 year old, but then he continues to claim that his other half is Christian. I would’ve expected him to announce that he is half-Muslim – considering that his birth mother is of that faith. I certainly didn’t expect this. When we moved to ...

“Pap, I’m half Buddhist” declares my son. There’s nothing surprising about this opening statement from a 12 year old, but then he continues to claim that his other half is Christian. I would’ve expected him to announce that he is half-Muslim – considering that his birth mother is of that faith. I certainly didn’t expect this. When we moved to ...

She is a healthy one year old female ‘celebrity.’ She was born to a Thai mother, on the 17th of May last year at 8.45, weighing 80 kilos and was on her feet after 20 minutes of her birth.Belgium’s favourite www.baby-olifant.be. On the site, the zoo not only invited people to suggest names for the baby elephant but also kept ...

She is a healthy one year old female ‘celebrity.’ She was born to a Thai mother, on the 17th of May last year at 8.45, weighing 80 kilos and was on her feet after 20 minutes of her birth.Belgium’s favourite www.baby-olifant.be. On the site, the zoo not only invited people to suggest names for the baby elephant but also kept ...

I googled “Sri Lanka Corruption” today and found out that most of the articles written on the web about corruption in Sri Lanka comes out of our own writing and our own newspapers. Not at all surprising, just as expected, one would say. Thereafter, one might find the international NGO’s, writing about corruption in our paradise isle completing the list. ...

I googled “Sri Lanka Corruption” today and found out that most of the articles written on the web about corruption in Sri Lanka comes out of our own writing and our own newspapers. Not at all surprising, just as expected, one would say. Thereafter, one might find the international NGO’s, writing about corruption in our paradise isle completing the list. ...

Gentlemen,I felt like sh*t last evening, going home. I was drained, I wished I were sipping a beer somewhere on a beach. Like my home, in Sri Lanka. Instead, I was driving along the Malek Road, depressed, and feeling dejected. This morning, I was itching to write what I felt inside. So I did. Having been part of the team ...

Gentlemen,I felt like sh*t last evening, going home. I was drained, I wished I were sipping a beer somewhere on a beach. Like my home, in Sri Lanka. Instead, I was driving along the Malek Road, depressed, and feeling dejected. This morning, I was itching to write what I felt inside. So I did. Having been part of the team ...

My son gets some homework in English Writing. The task is to write a dialogue. The scene is home, his room is supposedly (supposed to be?) messy. The mother wants everything back in it’s place and the room tidied. You know kids, they could never keep a tidy room. And the teacher thought this would be a good exercise, the ...

My son gets some homework in English Writing. The task is to write a dialogue. The scene is home, his room is supposedly (supposed to be?) messy. The mother wants everything back in it’s place and the room tidied. You know kids, they could never keep a tidy room. And the teacher thought this would be a good exercise, the ...

Early this year, we were looking for an English Medium boarding school for my son. We found boarding schools. We found English medium schools. But there are no English Medium boarding schools in Sri Lanka. In other words, if your child does not speak either Sinhala or Tamil, he cannot study in any government or private school in Sri Lanka. ...

Early this year, we were looking for an English Medium boarding school for my son. We found boarding schools. We found English medium schools. But there are no English Medium boarding schools in Sri Lanka. In other words, if your child does not speak either Sinhala or Tamil, he cannot study in any government or private school in Sri Lanka. ...

2009 was a terrible year, the year of the financial crisis. Only one third of the top 100 brands of 2008 managed to post a positive growth, while some slipped off the list completely. The biggest performers of the year were Google (25% growth in 2009), Amazon.com (22%) and Zara (14%) and the biggest losers were UBS (-50%), Citigroup (-49%) ...

2009 was a terrible year, the year of the financial crisis. Only one third of the top 100 brands of 2008 managed to post a positive growth, while some slipped off the list completely. The biggest performers of the year were Google (25% growth in 2009), Amazon.com (22%) and Zara (14%) and the biggest losers were UBS (-50%), Citigroup (-49%) ...

Yes, this goes to Sach - the guy with “the worst cold a man has ever endured in the history of mankind” over there, in Japan. Sach, get well soon.More than that, this goes to my good friend and former neighbour who now lies unconscious in a hospital bed in Medina, in an induced coma. He was travelling to Medina ...