Simple mindsrattle like half empty gourdshollow echoestestimony to the lack of knowledgethey despise the learnedout of fear of their own ignorancefighting back the only way they canridicule and verbal abusetheir choice of weaponsto spread the hateagainst those who are better than themdiscouraging the progress of othersto mask their own failurestheir world view so narrowconfined to the little that they knowunable ...
First of all, wishes for a very happy and prosperous new year to all. Hope everybody had a pretty good time.Well, I took advantage of the long holiday to take a little road trip with a friend of mine. On the 12th we headed down to Unawatuna. Business seems to be booming these days, with lots of tourists around. Went ...
Another attempt at a short story. I met a Sri Lankan trio while in Toronto, who were driving cabs for a living. Very nice people. This is inspired by their stories. Characters are partly fictional :)A city transforms itself after the sun goes down. While most of the world sleeps, dreaming a million fantasies, a few are starting their lives. ...
I haven't been updating the blog as of late, thanks mainly to being busy and being lazy, more emphasis on the latter. :)After all these years, behavior of some people still astonish me. How ass-holey can some people be. A very close friend of mine works for this so called "reputed company". She is a graduate with a Msc. in ...
This is a group of actors/artists who stage various sketches on public places, and basically entertains people. It's not exactly street theater, but in some ways it is. I guess you could also consider it as social experiments as well.The group stage it in such a way that it takes people by surprise. Something different to the daily routine people ...
As the clock ticks towards evea swarm of men and womenflock the city roadslike worker drones out of a hiveheading back to their homesat days endThe roads are blockedtraffic is at a standstillengines running at idlewhile occupants stare impatientlyfor the traffic to move againat days endPublic transport is a messpassengers packed to all cornerslike sardines in a tinsuffering endlessly, yet ...
This is another attempt at a short story. :) All characters are are fictional and any resemblance to a person or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.“Look honey, he looks just like you, but with a littlegrey hair” Jessica called over her husband Tony to look at the portrait thathung in the main hall of “Kaluwella Wallawwa”. As Tony ...
Been a bit busy... Yes, that's my overused excuse for the lack of posts.Whip my hairSup Dog?Bros'Om nom nomHora poosaFisherman in Dondra Beached boats in MataraFire!The Doggy and the Tortoise aren't mine. They belong to my cuz, and left them with us while they were abroad.
Got this in an email, so I thought I'd share it.The work ethic success of the Sri Lankan Tamils by Hemantha Warnakulasuriya, former Sri Lanka's ambassador to Italy ‘Work is Worship’June 17, 2012, 7:55 pm I have often wondered why we, as a nation, cannot progress as rapidly as our neighbour - India. Any political analyst would of course heap ...
The days are getting colder and colder. There was some heavy snowfall in cities north of Toronto, but we only some light flurries for about 5 minutes couple of days back.Last Sunday I went with the others to the Buddhist temple in the neighboring city of Mississauga. One of the priest at the temple had taught one of my friends ...
Before the new dawn breaksI set sail on the great oceanrowing my old wooden boatdrifting further from landriding upon the wavesI cast my net into the waterpraying for bountymy fate eternally boundto the kindness of Poseidonwhat my net brings forthkeeps the hunger at bayfrom me and my familyso, please forgive menoble creatures of the seaif ...
All this talk of St. Patrick's Day reminded me about Irish dancing. They showed on of Michael Flatley's shows on local tv and it was mesmerizing to watch.Michael Flatley is the famous of the dancers and largely credited with bringing Irish Dancing in to the attention of the rest of the world. He has a mind blowing tapping speed of ...
The city of Toronto officially started the Christmas season last Saturday (26th) night with a bang. It's called the Cavalcade of Lights and is held every year in front of the new city hall at Nathan Philips Square. The ceremonies are started off with the lighting of the Christmas tree. Then there is a musical show for about an hour, ...
I was bored on poya day, so decided to make a little visit to the Zoo. It's been at least 7 years since I last visited the place, and have been meaning to go for a long time. The place has improved somewhat over the year, and getting a lot of visitors too. The best is to go there early, ...
This is something inspired by the Endless Characters of Neil Gaiman. Image courtesy: http://www.comicbookmovie.comShe is a thing of beautywith raven hair, and skin like white marblebut be warned, look into her eyesand all souls are laid bareher name is Death, and Death is what she isleading the dead away from the livingWhen mortals sleep their minds wanderinto the realm where ...
The Olympics are here back again after four years. I'm not a big sports fan, but I happen to like the Olympics. The main reason is, the whole world feels like one big united family, even if it's for two weeks.I got up Saturday morning to watch the opening ceremony live. It was a good show, showcasing the best of ...
