I cannot think of a worse job for a serious introvert than sales. Except maybe a ringmaster for a circus. Or a TV anchor. Or an anchor-ringmaster in the middle of a newscast about the circus. But definitely sales; sales sucks. It goes against your grain. It goes against your friggin genetic code. It goes against the grain of ...

Do not go out on May Day, seriously. Unless you like to watch large crowds of dehydrated, sweating, yelling people, or like to catch up on your reading in your car, in the sun, on the street. I do not remember May Days being this crowded in the past. Bus loads of people came into Colombo just to take part ...

Anyone who has been to Savoy knows about the huge queues that tend to build up there for the weekend movies. Usually I book my tickets online but this time my computer AND printer AND router were busted (thank you freaky weather and SLT) so Lady Janusis and I decided to give it a shot and stand in the queue ...

Watched the new Underworld at the Majestic City cinema hall over the weekend, and man do they really need to stop making movies after the first 3 sequels. Well one of those three was a prequel, but anyway, there comes a time when you have flogged the horse and its dead and you need to stop hitting the poor ...

Kottu is being weird this morning. There are a couple of similar posts from different blogs scolding Sanjana, also giving him a lesson in anatomy. Either there is something wrong with the Kottu feed, or there is an angry person with multiple blogs or there is someone mucking around. Clicking on any of these links lead you to nothing ...

So I have decided to eat healthy for a week. And I mean real healthy. Now I am not obese and I don’t gorge on pizza and cake on a regular basis, but even a slight lapse into the delightful realm of junk food gets me wondering why my pants don’t fit anymore, and why my face keeps getting ...

I have been a bit lax with my writing so I am going to have to combine two days worth of thoughts in this one post. So far the biggest problems I have had are in selecting and preparing food. You have to constantly avoid the processed stuff, the starch, the wheat and the fats. Finding ingredients is another headache. ...

I had thought that the problems with traffic police in Colombo had eased over the years, what with stricter laws and better enforcement practices. Things used to get pretty nasty a few years ago. Police would stop you randomly, threaten to write you up, and then shake you down for a bribe. But now that the government is earning major ...

I came across this amazing story today while going through my feeds, it was about how a guy called Leo Traynor was targeted by a troll for 3 years and how he finally tracked the troll down and confronted him. Trolls are the bane of anyone who spends significant amounts of time online, or has a fairly visible online presence. Sometimes they ...

Ok, while I might not be the most metro of metrosexuals I do try to at least nick (if not cut) a dashing figure, but recently I feel like an entire fashion generation has passed me by while my head was turned. I am now seeing buzz cuts and some strange tapered cuts and mohawks and faux mohawks (which are ...

I admit that there are many methods to DDR, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how a fashion show can be part of it. 384 ex-LTTE were released on the 28th and the ‘highlight’ of that release was a fashion show! He said that the highlight of today’s release of 384 ex-LTTE combatants to their kith ...

It is quite amazing the things you can hear from Three Wheel Drivers if you just listen to what they have to say. All they need is a sympathetic ear and it is nearly impossible to get them to stop talking. I have had quite a few conversations with them over the years, and while I usually prefer a nice ...

Yesterday, I watched MTV’s The Debater finals. I was pretty impressed watching it. When I was back in school, debating tournaments were relegated to libraries or small auditoriums. It was the rugby matches and cricket matches that drew the crowds. Debating was for those small groups of intellectuals who could string a few words together coherently (mostly at least). ...

Ok, its only day 2 and I am already having a hard time. Ha ha. I miss my spices and chilli. It’s like going off a drug, you suffer from withdrawal. It’s also hard to find food that is not heavy in starch and processed stuff, and I am not interested in eating raw carrots all day. I ain’t a ...

Our Minister of Public Relations (Disasters) has done it again. He is holding a protest at Muneswaram Kali Kovil on September 1 to prevent the animal sacrifices that are part of the religious festivities that happen there. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and layman are also joining to protest to save those poor goats. Now I understand that Buddhism is ...

Foreign Policy’s May/June issue is a…. fiery one. It focuses on sex, which in itself is not a big deal (see the countless ‘women’s’ mags out there). But this is about sex and the Muslim world. It’s about Muslim women and the repression they are under. It’s about hate, and about sorrow and about a call for change. Some ...

Three French tourists on holiday in Sri Lanka took photos of themselves posing with Buddha statues at the Embekka Devale. Now the photos were not very respectful, but what do you expect? They are French. The French are known for cutting heads off royalty, disrespecting religions, food, sex and running away. The studio responsible for developing the photos patriotically ...

An Infographic This infographic from the Pew Research Center and Macleans.ca shows how free you are to worship around the world. What’s interesting is that the highest amount of persecution is in and about Asia. India and China are pretty bad, and so is the Middle East. I can understand the Middle East being pretty bad because it is has ...

There is a certain amount of pushiness and a general disregard of personal space in Sri Lanka. It’s not there all the time but sprouts out like a particularly virulent mushroom when ever there is a queue or a line. And it only get worse when it comes to driving. I find it particularly prevalent among bikers and three-wheel drivers ...