So there seem to be some rumours circulating about HSBC leaving Sri Lanka? Actually some have been flying around since last year. The topic actually came up when I mentioned to a friend the number of offers I was getting from HSBC every single day via SMS about discounts. I actually get one every working day. They also called me ...

Buying original Blu-Ray discs for that high definition experience can be expensive. I’ve scoured many a Blu Ray shop to check out the quality of the pirated merchandise and had been sorely disappointed in the past. But recently I discovered a place close to Majestic City. It’s located next to Lanka Ceramics and Barefoot on Galle Road – Down 8th ...

Photo: 16/10/09 TODAY Picture by Tal Cohen The very thought would be a nightmare for many. But you’d have to ask yourself what would such a world entail? Well for the most part it would be the same as the world we live in today. Anyone who is anti-Muslim would imagine a dark, hopeless and bleak world whilst those who ...

Starting from Pong which is one of the earliest known video games up to the modern day mega blockbuster, the video game industry has evolved and grown in to what it is today. Looking back over the years the number of video games I’ve personally played has gradually fallen with time. There was a period when I played virtually every ...

About a year ago I gave in to the tablet craze and purchased ‘The New iPad’ after much deliberation between the iPad 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Initially leaning toward the Samsung my mind was shifted at the last minute by the pull of a retina display among other features in addition to the price point when ...

Telling a prequel story of how the Wizard of Oz became the Wizard of Oz, the latest outing of Sam Raimi sets out to tell an imaginative tale. With a fantastical world to explore and a host of oddball characters this movie had all the elements of an interesting story. Sadly it fails to deliver. The narrative is mediocre ...

Is it truly justice when we apprehend a wrongdoer and then exact vengeance upon them? What am I talking about? Well you see in many instances, when a criminal is apprehended many abuses are inflicted upon them. The common explanation is that it’s ok since they are criminals. But is this the truth? For example many would feel no ...

So I was thinking what the best way of going about this would be. How would I get the ball rolling. What could I do to get this whole off the ground as well as possible. Then I realized that there was no perfect way of doing it. Instead of procrastinating and waiting for the perfect moment it would be ...

So it’s finally here. Been a long time in the planning (like years), but for some reason never got around to it. I suppose I was waiting for the right catalyst to spring me in to motion. Site sure needs some work done on it… bits of paint here and there should do the trick. Well just christening the blog! Happy Reading!

This is the salary that some employees in Sri Lanka get to take home after their hard work and toil. I’m pretty sure that anyone reading this would baulk at such a paltry sum of money. I mean after all, what can anyone do with 6,000 rupees a month? The answer is… not much. This sum equates to 200 rupees ...

A guy and a girl are making out in public. The guy is viewed as a hero. The girl is viewed as a slut. Strange isn’t it that even though two people are involved at the same time that the resulting bias in perception is so vastly different. The reason for this disparity is obviously due to the difference in ...

So I recently got down a 4 ” Marvel Avengers Iron Man figure to complement the Thor and Captain America figures I had in the same series. I never liked Iron Man until Iron Man 2 and The Avengers finding the character annoying. So recently I went to Majestic City to first try and pick one up but they didn’t ...

Marriage. It’s that mineshaft that we all are supposed to one day dive in to. Life imprisonment with no parole. Yet… all the kids are still doing it. What drives us all to this insanity? The simple and short answer is society. Hold up there cowboy… I’m not saying that’s the correct answer but it’s a common one. Yes it’s ...

A few years ago I had a discussion with a friend about love. He said relationships are selfish in nature and are about the individual getting something in return. At the time I disagreed. 2 years later I still do. I believe if there is any word that should be associated with a relationship it would be sacrifice. Why sacrifice? ...

Garnering itself a host of loyal fans since it debuted in July 2010, the hit show ‘Sherlock’ has managed to keep itself fresh over the course of it’s two seasons and kept viewers glued to their TV screens. I have to say the show is extremely entertaining and well worth watching. I did however find two points where the usually ...

Terrible. Quite simply terrible is what many are saying about the state of movie scripts that are being used in today’s films… and they would be right to say so. While it is true that there is the occasional gem in between the cracks, most scripts are fairly poor or simply average in nature. Now it would be most ...

Sometimes a pinprick of doubt will nestle itself somewhere in the dark recesses of our mind. We may not be aware of it at a conscious level but it is there nonetheless rattling around in our subconscious. But then at a key moment, that doubt may come to surface through an event such as a statement made by a person ...