Breakthrough's that becomes as common as sand..

I just read one of the interesting posts my husband has made. Usually I don't get next to nothing of what he blogs on his work ;-))
But this has a good message which includes a clip from youtube.com. Check this out.

Provincial Council Elections... Here comes..

Sometimes its hard to think on a single stream and write something when quite different situations begins to rise on their own during a short period of time. All people in our country are just trapped in the middle of too many incidents happening at once. One side war is getting to its peaks and rising prices of commodities and on the other hand, provincial council elections! ( a country who is already suffering on its expenses of war is having elections!)
Tomorrow is the closing date for handing over nominations for western provincial council election. Ruling party and the opposition parties have already started their campaigns through private mediation. I heard one party accusing the government of using the government media very freely for the last elections held. That is no surprise. Government will highlight the subject "war" and will try to catch a few floating votes.
Anyway an interesting game of gambling awaits in the Western Provincial Council election. Lets see who wants to win this time.

Hope this is the last...

Last Friday night became a scary night to Sri Lankan city of Colombo and suburbs as a LTTE air attack was carried out targeting the Air Force headquarters and the the Katunayake Air Force base. The electricity was cut off in city limits and two light air crafts were dancing in the sky. The activation f Air defence system in the city was able to destroy one air craft within entry to city which collapsed to the Building of Inland revenue dept and the other was brought down near the Katunayake Air Force base.
This is not the first time this happened but the first time where the Military was able to destroy both air crafts of LTTE.
I sicerely hope this would be the last attempt made by this ruthless terrorists ever to perform as already they have done enough damage to this country as all Sri Lankans should live together and value eachothers ideas. That will take our country to prosperity.

Holiday at Kandalama

It was a memorable trip to Kandalama last weekend as the destination was worth all the fatigue of long distance travelling through a dry zone.
Heritance Kandalama is a unique type of a resort situated at Dry zone in Dambulla about 160km away from Colombo. Opened since June 1994, this is a master piece of Architect Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa which took 22 months for completion. This had been refurbished in December 2005 but the spirit had been preserved.

The uniqueness of this rare beauty is that it is environmentally friendly. The Hotel spreads to each sides of the mountain with a dark thick forest area surrounding its existence. If you look at the hotel from the middle of Kandalama Tank, the picture you would witness is a giant step in the middle of a green mountain. It is also said that one day if the buildings and other structures are demolished from that surrounding, the original rocky green mountain will lie there at the site. The architecture is such that it has taken every step to conserve the nature around it and also make a simple and elegant holiday get away place with all the tranquillity and the nearest to nature.

Not only the service and excellent food, all things of Kandalama will make a difference to anybody's holiday. One can wake up to the singing of red vented bulbul who are in ample numbers around the hotel. The breeze is soothing that flows from the side of Kandalama Tank. And there are many more treasures for anybody to explore on their own in the woods surrounding this place. Lot of monkey activities which are so delightful to watch, bird watching and elephant rides are to name a few.

Their environmental conservation projects include recycling of water and garbage. Water used by guests are recycled and used for gardening. The garbage are recycled and there is a paper manufacturing plant which make paper out of Elephant Dung. And also as this is a forest area lot of reptiles and wild life meet different situations like attacks to nearby villages or meeting to the on going traffic. These creatures are rescued and taken care of at the Animal rehabilitation centre and all of them are released after a maximum period of three months. They have a garden with herbs and all the trees in the premises are named with the local name and scientific name.

If one is truly in need of a holiday in tranquillity, this would be the ideal place to be as one can be living apart of the city and feel the calmness of being near to nature's most strangest secrets.

My Valentine Gift..

The most celebrated holiday or festival or you name it, the Valentine's Day fell on last Saturday and this is the second year of my marriage. Repeating last year we decided to go out on a holiday and this time it was Heritance Kandalama at Kandalama.
It was a tiring distance to travel but the way back today was more of a dangerous and tiring agenda. As it was a journey of more than four hours I realised how well I was kept from danger and brought in to safety and caring all through this holiday. It was my husband who was like a guardian angel protected me even from the harmful rays of Sun. Tears were coming to my eyes for the responsibility he displayed at all times, still taking me on long walks and been annoyed at the request of the tour on the elephant and a boat ride in the Kandalama Tank which ultimately succeeded.
I think this was the best Valentine Gift for me, to be near him and be cared by such a lovely angelic person. I hope that the title I had put for this post will be suitable enough to convey the gratitude for him.

Sri Lankan Rejection on the UK Envoy

It was in headlines all throughout the day that Sri Lankan government has rejected the nomination made by the British premier a special envoy to Sri Lanka.
Reports say that this appointment was done without consulting the Government of Sri Lanaka! But why? Can a country act at its own wish to intervene in another country's affairs?
Even though the British government was humiliated by this act internationally, this will be a message conveyed to the world at large. Sri Lanka is capable of handling her own problems as yet. I believe that Sri Lankan people have a right to see this war ended and peace be restored. If somebody is thinking that what Sri Lankan Government is doing causing harm to the innocent civilians in this country, where have they been all this time in the past? When lot of Sri Lankans killed infront of Anuradhapura Bo Tree, a sacred place to most Sri Lankans? Where were they when the terrorists blasted bombs in our commercial hub killing and injuring innocent civilians? Where was the humanity at that time?
Sri Lankan people underwent an immense cruelty because the help to resolve a small problem was not handed out at the needed times in our past. Now they have decided to go ahead and win this military operations so that they can control the effects of terrorism in our country.

War alone will not lead us to peace, that we all know. But, this war got to end by eradicating the terrorism operated inside our island. For that let nobody interfere.

Twenty20 Fever

Yesterday evening I happened to be at the stadium to watch the Twenty20 Cricket Match between India & Sri Lanka which was held in Colombo under electric lights. All the stands were filled with spectators even before an hour from the start of the match holding Sri Lankan flags in their hands. Both teams were doing their warm-up exercises and the crowd was cheering from that time. The game lasted for about a little more than three hours and the spectators never gave themselves a break on cheering. The amazing thing was that the whole of the crowd were enjoying the game to its peak.

From our players' part the crowd would not be satisfied with the small mistakes they committed. I could hear their sighs on those minors which actually led to a loss in the game at last minutes. It was an achievable goal but certain decisions they made did not work out as the team expected.
I think its time for them to learn. Better late than never they say. The World Cup Tournament is ahead. Hope that Sri Lankan Team will perform as they did in past and learn their lessons quickly; for their sake and for the spectators' sake.

Madara Rider

This is a UNESCO World heritage since year 1979 which I found when I was just searching under my name. In Bulgaria, Madara Village in the province of Shumen. A historic carving on a rock of a Knight triumphing over a lion is displayed.

Fruit Juice While it lasts!

Its the beginning of a long weekend here in Sri Lanka and everybody will be looking forward to it. I was going through the latest headlines around the world a while ago when my husband wanted me to go through a certain blog page. A sarcastic smile in his face told me what to expect (or nearly did).
A blog page on how to make fruit juice by Sumedha, one of my husband's colleagues. I could see the meaning on that laugh!
I went through the blog myself amid all the criticisms and believe me, I liked it. Atleast I think he has been very frank about his passion in making friut juice, which is considered a female job!
Way to go Sumedha, I wish you good luck! And by the way, keep adding more to it.

National Day!

It is 4th of February, Independence Day of the Sri Lanka. This small island was under foreign rule from 1505 to 1948 and we gained Independence from British in 1948.
Today, the 61st Independence day celebrates the unity and harmony which should be combined with our lives. All Sri Lankans will remember today amidst the war against the terrorists in North of our country, that we are one big nation. We are one big family of all races, languages, religions and cultures. This is our motherland. Protecting its identity and integrity is our responsibility.

Spreading hope through Omid satellite

Iran has stood up in its space career as a new satellite by the name of Omid has been launched with the view of spreading "monotheism, peace and justice" in the world as per the President, Mr. Ahmadinejad.
From the reports, the six world powers have got a bit frightened, I would say from this bravery and France has even being ahead to comment by saying its using the technology of missiles.
Why so disturbed? This is just for telecommunication and research purposes! Not that Iran is going to blast with an atomic bomb...

Super Game, Tennis!

I believe that its a bit late to blog on the historical Tennis matches I witnesses during last week. But how can one person just ignore to blog something like that? Australian Open 2009 held lot of interesting activities this time for my naked eye. A superb Men's semi final and two grand finals just took the crowd to a breathtaking athletic event in the calender.
Amazing semi final match between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco was a terrific match which I enjoyed to the fullest. Their athletism was visible throughout the match which lasted more than five hours.
The grand final didn't become the second as Nadal and Roger Federor played an astonishing final game and the young atlete Nadal took an amazing turn by winning the Grand Slam award.
And the women's final equally gave the spectator the joy of Tennis as Serena Williams won against Dinara Safina.
It was a great experience to watch such amazing games happening and the spirit they shared throughout the tournament. Best of luck for all for the coming season!