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Aurudu Festival of the Mango Shades's Children

I had the opportunity to attend the annual Sinhala/Tamil New Year festival of my not three year old nephew's day care center. The daycare, which also runs a preschool as it's main business is the oldest and the most-heard place for the little children to get themselves ready for to step into the depressive, torturous school life where they are expected to survive the competition that promises them a high-paid government job. As the preschool was located in a small, confined area, the festival was held in the ground situated in the heart of the city. Nearing the ground, I heard the sounds of loud speakers announcing the games and the events. Bright colored vertical flags decorated the sides of the road that leads to the ground. The ground had six or seven canopies dedicated to the parents of the respective section (Baby Class, Upper, Lower etc. ). The purple canopy was reserved for the special guests. I found the nephew's grandmot...

Boy-cott Sirasa News First

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DONT WATCH Sirasa News First has become a very unprofessional, biased channel. So ironical that they ask the viewer to decide what they report. Sirasa has already decided what viewers should decide. News is heavy with propaganda. Shameless media behaviour.   Only alternative at this point is Ada Derana. 

ඇමතිතුමෙක් සිය පුත්‍රයාගේ ගුරුවරියට ලියූ ලිපියක්

ඇමතිතුමෙක් සිය පුත්‍රයාගේ ගුරුවරියට ලියූ ලිපියක් දයාබර ගුරුතුමිය වෙත, ලොව සියලු දෙනාම රජ වන්නේ යහපත් රාජ්‍ය පාලකයන් යටතේය, නුවණින් ඒ පාලකයන් සවිමත් කිරීම අදියුම් දෙන්නන්ගේ ශක්තියෙන් බව ලොවම දන්නා කරුණකි. එබැවින් යහපත් රාජ්‍ය පාලකයෙක් වන්නට සිටින මාගේ පුත්‍රයාට මේ තතු කියාදීම ඔබ සතු යුතුකමක් මෙන්ම එය ඔබට මතක් කිරීම මා සතු වගකීමකි. කුඩාකල පටන් රිදී හැන්ද මුවේ තබා පැමිණි රජ පැටියන්ට මහපොලවේ කර්කශ්ඨක බව උරුම නැති බව මාගේ පුත්‍රයාට කියාදෙන්න. අතට පයට දැසි දස්සන් ගෙදර සිට මිදුලට යාමටත් යාන වාහන ලැබෙන්නේ පෙර පිනෙන් සහ සිය පියාගේ මානව දයාව හා කැපවීම නිසාවෙන් බව ඔහුට කියා දෙන්න. කිසි විටක සාමාන්‍ය පන්තියේ මිතුරන් ආශ්‍රය නොකිරීමටත් හැකිතරම් ව්‍යාපාරික පන්තියේ හෝ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික මට්ටමේ නැතිනම් නමගිය අපරාධකාරයන් මට්ටමේ මිතුරන් පමණක් ආශ්‍රය කිරීමට ඔහුට මග පෙන්වන්න, එය අදටත් වඩා හෙටට ඔහුට මහා ශක්තියක් සහ පසුපසින් පැමිණෙන් බලමුළුවක් වනවා නියතය. මේ ආසනය ඔහුගේ දේපල බවත් මේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ඔහුගේ ඉලක්කය බවත් ඔහුට පෙන්වා දෙන්න, දේපල මතින් ඉල්ලක්ක වෙතට පිය මනින්නට ඉදිරියට එන කිසිඳු බාධකයකට එම ගමන ...
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I did not want these red lines. They are not really lines. They are spaces between the divs. Red is the color I set for the container div inside which other divs rest.  Unwanted spaces between the div tages totally confused me. They appeared on every browser. Made me think that I know nothing about HTML/CSS. Made me feel like an incompetant loser. I was frightened. Disillusioned. Frustrated. nuff said.  paragraph tag is the culprit.  Put this awesome little code in your CSS.  p { padding: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; } TADA. Spooky spaces gone. 

Be a scientist at no cost :)

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I always wanted to be a scientist. Not in a particular field though. Like Gerald Durrel, I'm so curious about the animal biology. Same is true for plant life as well. I wanted to dissect dead animals living plants etc. I wanted to own a microscope so that I can see what the human eye cannot see. I wished if I had a expensive powerful telescope to see the space fileld with stars, planets and other unsolved mysteries. I played in my dad's chemistry lab using test-tube concoting various chemicals. Once I dipped a piece of Sodium in a tub of water and it exploded. It was so fun, but my father still had no clue. I realize that I dont really need those expensive tools to become a scientist. I have my own science lab. I have a mind that is unexplored, unwatched, unobserved. A mind that is full of potential. Mind is the least understood entity of human existence. Some believe that our brain is involved in thinking. But the story of the Oxford graduate with literally no brain, con...

Why am I writing?

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My blog is 1. A pompous egoistic need to have a my presence on the world wide web. Most of the time I end up feeling disappointed by my awkward writing style. Still insecure about English grammar. It also sound very stupid when I read my past posts. Please don't read them. I did not write any of  them (according to quantum physics and Buddhist doctrine of Anicca).  2. Provides a timeline of my interests. 3. To have fans, follwers aka. to be famous. (I dont really care now)  4. To improve writing. You would see if you read my former posts. 5. To make political, social, religious criticism in the form of hints/remarks. 6. Shows that even though sometimes I'm so sure of what I say, that I can be wrong.  7. Joblessness and boredom. 

Love is not liking somebody.

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Quote taken from : www.goodreads.com