A simple Google search yields:"Sri Lanka's population has a literacy rate of 92%, higher than that expected for a third world country; it has the highest literacy rate in South Asia and overall, one of the highest literacy rates in Asia."Sri Lankans have been proud of this statistic for as long as I can remember. I was reading this article ...
Getting off at 4.30pm on a Tuesday is a good feeling. It's almost mid week. Yay! But, how happy can you really be? Friday is still far far away. I try to set the pace to a day at a time. Minimise the commitments after work. Maybe even have some fun, not too much. Just enough to add some life ...
When I say travel, I really mean moving. For good. It's something I thought carefully about, hoped I would eventually be able to do again and was pleasantly surprised all the necessary factors fell in to place. So, I did. Quit my job. Got on a plane. Here I am, couple weeks later, securely settling in, enjoying new employment and ...
You know how they can be unbearably like what they are? Go to such lengths to embarrass you and hide in public?But then, something happens, and you're reminded, no matter how much they may yell at you for the most mundane things, when it comes down to the real stuff, they got your back. They'll agree with what you did, ...
It is strange to think, on an ordinary daysome encounterscan change our livesand how gloriously seemingly unimportantthat first eye, meeting an eyethe first twinklefirst smileand first word spokencan have so easily been forgottenwhen my everydayforever moreis defined by your existencein a tomorrow,where our fateful yesterdaysremain forgottenuneventful, almost boringso spectacularly hazyeven though I strain to rememberdaresay, I knew in that instant?But ...
Is there even such a thing?To say good bye for the very last timeimpending doomlooming aheadand all the yesterdays, memoriesof a life livedand shared..Do you talk about all the thingsyou never got to say?Or have you already said itin the everyday small gesturesso they know for surewith every smell and soundevery whiff of windevery new dawn and duskyou have shaped ...
The long eagerly awaited Android 4.4 update is downloading on the Nexus 4 as we speak, ladies and gentlemen. As you might be able to tell, I've been waiting for it, pretty much ever since they announced the Nexus 5 release, almost three weeks ago now. The most exciting feature has been the updated "Ok, Google" (Open, Sesame!) voice command, ...
I know I go against the Buddhist philosophy of the simple life when I say this. BUT. Is it really so bad to want to enjoy meals? A couple of things I am troubled by us Sri Lankans, when it comes to food and drink is -1) Quantity over quality I feel like far too many of us value quantity ...
How the weekend always comes to an end? No matter how good or bad it has been.And too much chinese food and yummy chillie paste, no matter how good, can always make you regret it having had it, the next day?Or, no matter how sunny or not sunny the weekends were, you always wish you had more time to clean ...
I was pretty pooped out and ready to pass out as soon as my head hit my pillow. When quite stupidly my eye caught an article about an app that lets you rate men. For women. Men can use it to show case themselves. It's downloadable on android and ios, for people already on Facebook. You can only rate or ...
I just saw a friend wished someone with a "HBD buddy!" !@$^*(and the ridiculousness of it all ruffles my easily ruffalable feathers.It is quite frankly quite insufferable. So there. I said it. It is bad enough we've resorted to writing on someone's facebook wall every single heart felt wish that now apparently is not even felt unless they publicly announce ...
I'll be honest. I've been reading all the articles appearing all over the internet, and Monday morning is beginning to seem very gloomy. My naturally hopeful and optimistic self is beginning to falter. What do i believe? I want to be fair. I want to be reasonable. I want to give Sri Lanka the benefit of the doubt. Defend ourselves, ...
We all have our personal opinions about what Channel 4 has been doing. After all, what good has it really done, rather than hurt all communities in our country and just made headlines. We know, they know, they are in the business of sensationalizing the news. How much they REALLY care, is anybodies guess.When they bravely venture in to Sri ...
My rants against Facebook continues. The latest one? They're removing the "Who can look up your timeline by name" setting. They want me to click "Okay, I understand," when I honestly do not. Why can't they just keep it. Why are they making my privacy less and less an option I have. Here's the thing. They're saying they are taking ...
The magic of postcards. Who can deny it? The multifaceted benefits of this art, and yes, it is certainly an art, are oh so many. When you're travelling, or just in your usual habitat, what other best way to:1) send a quick "hello, I am thinking of you" to loved ones2) tell people where you are and maybe even send ...
How many times have we heard the familiar complaint Sri Lankan Police are corrupt? The law is not equal to all? And when implementing laws in Sri Lanka, whether you are actually punished largely depends on who you know, rather than the law you broke.It is far easier to point fingers at other people. I will confess, I have paid ...
Always leaves a sense of awe and resignation, that time indeed does fly.Why, it was only yesterday I was excited for 2013. What, we're already in November? 2014, looming, just around the corner. Thanksgiving, yet another one. And Christmas! Hard to not be excited about this part of the year. November is still bitter sweet. Not only because I am ...
Train travels, who can resist them? It is the most magical way to travel, provided you have a lot of time to do it. I won't lie, I'm pretty crazy about them.
