I walked into a book shop, which as per my standards is very posh, and was about to buy a book. All my life I used to think that this was a big book shop and it always sold things at marked price. I was almost ready to pay the money and buy it, when my friend jumped in and ...
Private university is a taboo term in local universities. Every time when there is a discussion about opening a private tertiary education center in Sri Lanka, the university students' get on to the streets with placards which say that "Education is a right not a commodity" and the government is conspiring to "kill free education". Let me tell you that ...
"எல்லாம் நன்மைக்கே "is a Tamil term which when directly translated would read as "Everything happens for good". I used to think that its the epitome of positive thinking and at times that its ridiculous. In the recent past I had become a firm believer of this and now try to practice it as a philosophy. Even in the darkest of ...
Over the weekend I found some time to watch Theivathirumahal movie. Its a beautiful movie and the little kid's acting was good as Vikram's acting. A phenomenal achievement given that Vikram is probably one of the best Tamil actors! The best part was the climax given above, where the acting of Child and Viram touched a peak! Its a movie ...
I had not been to Kandy for nearly two months and badly wanted to be here. Usually I travel on Friday nights, but this time around since there was no way of passing the house key to me, amma asked me to time my arrival after 5 PM. I prefer to take the train than to take the bus. So ...
Implementing measurements in software engineering is a great challenge. Every other manager wants to have clearly defined measurements to make sure there is visibility while the engineering or rather the geeks completely rule out the possibility of the practical application of measurements. At the two extremes both have their points, the pro measurement group quotes that building software is a ...
Although I had a liking for little birds in recent weeks they had become absolutely annoying. At our flat amma has spoilt them by feeding and they start screaming on my window before the crack of dawn. I wanted a picture to show how arrogant those creatures are, probably a video. Probably on another day. Below is a picture of ...
- When you are spending hours on twitter and you are feeling as if you are contributing to the world positively.- When you are on facebook half your lifetime and thinking that you are using it as an information tool.- When you had spent more than 4 hours on chat on a day and thinking that you spent only 30 ...
As a Hindu I feel shamed at the sight of seeing animal sacrifice being practiced under the hood of Hinduism. Last year when I saw the pictures of how the slaughter was being done I cringed in shame. From the little I know about Hinduism one of the sects, called Shaktham, has a tradition of such practice but sacrifice as ...
On certain days I used to take an early morning walk along the beach, walking along while the breeze pushes you and then spending a few minutes in contemplation while starring at the horizon is a blissful feeling. I can hear those friends of mine who are screaming - "Dude you are an introvert" ;)But the issue is not about ...
Ten years back on the 11th of September 2001 I can remember being called by my mother to come and watch the breaking news on TV. I was thinking it was some local news item, but to the utter shock the images shown on TV were from US and the images of the planes crashing into the twin towers. ...
Our guide shouted, don't worry he is a coward he wouldn't get any closer, I tried to steady myself but my hand was shaking so the pictures are not clear :( ...
Sometime back a 'friend' of mine told me that when he searched for MySQL on Google my blog posts appeared in the first page. Poor dude, he had immediately assumed that I was so good at MySQL and hence the posts appear at the top. I was a bit amused, how come on the first page?!Out of curiosity I searched ...
I was in unbearable stomach pain and walked into consult a doctor while in Kenya. As soon as I went I said "Hi Doctor, I had been having a stomach pain from morning", the doctor paused, smiled and said "Good Morning, I am Dr. so and so and nice to meet you and may I know your good name please". ...
In certain countries certain tribes are held at high esteem. Two countries at distance apart have two unique communities which are referred very highly with respect to bravery. One is the Maasai people of Kenya and the other Gurkhas of Nepal.GurkasThey simply explain a Gurka by the phrase by saying that,"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, ...
