"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you ...

Sometimes trying to correct a minor irritant for just one person can cause suffering for many. We saw it a few years back when the roads were closed under the guise of security for the convoys of (useless) parliamentarians. I experienced this one more when I was driving down Jawatte Road near the area where there is a KFC ...

She strides into the room looking as lovely as a picture. She flashes a quick smile at me and takes out a single cup cake and candle out of her bag. She glances at me tenderly as she gently places the candle on the cake her long fingers deftly striking a match which she uses to light the candle ...

I have heard of Paan Paan! I have seen the email advertisements they send. In fact I thought they looked pretty good and had made a mental note to go and visit it since it is very close to the area I work in. Yet – to my growing frustration – I never seemed to drive past it. At ...

In fact I did not know that love had a language or that love spoke till I heard of this theory by Dr. Gary Chapman which is outlined in his book “The 5 love languages”. It was such an illuminating theory I thought I should share it on here. The 5 love languages are: 1 1. Quality Time 2 ...

I cannot believe that I had not discovered the wonders of ted.com till now. I have found a mother lode of information and inspiration at this site. Just in case there are a few people out there like me who does not know what this site is yet let me just give a brief description. TED stands for Technology, ...

FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons TYRES: Tyres ...

I did not realize this was an art till quite recently. We had gone out to the jungles with a group of friends for a couple of days. There was also a lady from overseas among us. Each time there was a pause in the conversation and everyone was enjoying a quiet moment she would suggest that we all ...

At the risk of being ridiculed and being cast as a bit of a sissy I must confess that I have an infatuation with bath gels and soaps. Let me loose in a body shop outlet and I can keep myself occupied happily for a couple of hours. I never thought our local products came up to much till ...

It is so easy to imitate instead of innovate. Especially in an environment where most of the more hyped up, applauded and financially successful English Theatre performances have been reproductions. Good imitation where one tries to be as close to the original theatrical performance as possible. I believe it takes a certain amount of bravado and panache to put ...

They say never to judge a book by the cover. It is the same when it comes to bungalows of the wild life department. What you see is not what you get. This post has been in the making for nearly two decades. That is about how long I have been visiting the Kokmotai bungalow for. I don’t visit ...

I agree it is a confusing heading but trust me this has not been written merely to garner your attention. In fact there is a lot of meaning behind this seemingly mysterious header. I must confess I write this post with much trepidation because I know I will be castigated by many since what I am writing about is ...

Are you ready to raise your positive vibration so you can attract positive people and opportunities? I hope so, because this exercise will leave you feeling positively buzzed. One way to boost your positive energy is by expressing gratitude. And there are no rules as to what or who you're expressing gratitude towards. Here are some examples of what ...

“I don’t want to change the world I just want to get married” these are the words which still remain engraved in my mind as I closed the last page of “Spices are sweet” by DD. A new book which is just coming into the market. I actually spotted it on books.lk when I was browsing and something about ...

"You know this is all temporary don't you?" She said "Of course I do but isn't the close connection/bond we share forever? He tells her looking into her eyes intensely. "Yes; of course it is" "Then let's make the most of the little time we have together so that we can look back without regret of the wonderful memories ...

An Oxymoronic Biriyani??? What on earth is that? That’s the first thing which crossed my mind when we were invited for lunch the other day to sample this mysterious dish. Even though I wondered for many days what kind of concoction this would be nothing came to mind till the day we stepped into M&Ms house and lunch was ...

I saw something unusual amidst a pile of cast aside newspapers and other junk lying on a barrel. To my amazement it was an English novel. The last thing one would expect to find in the middle of the jungle. In the kitchen of Chef Roy at the Pahalahentota camp site to be precise. I had just arrived at ...

I woke up confused... Above me I could see a canopy of trees and hear the sound of birds. A sensory experience I generally associate with the jungle. But I was in a large room. In my sleepy eyed blurriness I could make out a table with a fruit bowl on it. And I could feel the luxurious sheets ...

Did you know that you can save a lot of money if you book your hotel online direct instead of going through a travel agent? As much as 50%? I discovered this when I had to visit Bangalore recently and decided to do my own booking. Since I did not have the advice of an agent to depend on ...

Sometimes there is a movie which completely knocks you over your feet and “The Machine gun preacher” is one of those. This is one of the movies which I had with me for a couple of months. Maybe even more but never got down to watching it till the end. Though I did go through the first few minutes ...