Wednesday, 29 April 2015

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Imagine yourself in the middle of the jungle, no connectivity to the outside world - 🚫electricity, telecommunication, water supply. 20 monks sit in silence as they consume lunch before midday (their code of conduct advises them not to have any meals after noon). Their meals prepared by the villagers 10km away. A pile of sand and bricks lie in one side of the monastery, signs of some construction, probably by the villagers. The hermit monks get up one by one, in silence, picks up a 5ltr bottle of water (also brought by the villagers) and goes away to their cells in the jungle, to meditate. #Bliss #SriLanka Follow @mevanpeiris on Instagram

Sri Lanka has matured from a Brat to a Twenty Year Old - What will we do now?

How refreshing to hear this!

(Watch Ranil's vote of thanks to the opposition)

With the revolutionary change on the 9th of Jan.. (why is it revolutionary? - because it was the 1st time that an incumbent President was defeated, nothing more, nothing less, don't get excited :p)...

... as a Nation Sri Lanka began it's maturing process.

Yes maybe this 100 days was an adolescence  period where the present Gov tried to lash out in frustration at some of the misdeeds by the previous regime like a teenager would lash out at their parents.

The adoption of the 19th Amendment was definitely an adult choice (mostly by the opposition as mentioned by Ranil)

Now the question is - will this Nation (who today I believe is having the maturity of someone in their mid twenties) turn into a success story like the Mark Zuckerbergs and the Steve Jobs who all started in their mid twenties. Or, like some of the Young Twenty year olds - make some dumb choices which they will regret for most of their lives?

Breathe the fresh air, clear your mind and THINK - the way that the Nation (which is its people) act in the next few months will be crucial to determining the Sri Lanka that we will gift our future generations.

P.S: If you were wondering where we were before the 9th of Jan - I would say Sri Lanka was an 8 year old spoilt brat with no discipline what so ever! Comment with some of your favorite memories of that brat so that we can have a laugh and also remind ourselves that we will NEVER go back to being a brat! :)

Sunday, 19 April 2015

"The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can" ~ J.R.R. Tolkien #Travel #SriLanka



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Friday, 17 April 2015

Doesn't get any more #scandalous than this! #minions



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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Open Air Shower



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Tuesday, 14 April 2015

#NaturalPoolScene #Cousins



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Sunday, 12 April 2015

Good morning! #Trekking #SriLanka #Travel



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Everyone seems to be tripping this #weekend. (No pun intended :p) Found a nice hideaway spot for the next 3 days.



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Tuesday, 7 April 2015

The Bombay Municipal Corporation Building Colaba, #Mumbai The bronze statue of Sir Pherozshah Mehta stands at the entrance. Designed by F.W. Stevens, completed in 1893. Categorised as a Grade II A heritage building in #India.



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Old Sri Lankan Advertisements

Some interesting Advertisments (mostly published in the Newspaper) of yesteryear Sri Lanka.

Source: unknown. Received through a chain mail.

For a comfortable life - Lifebuoy Soap!


Goya Perfume - to be used while bathing and afterwards


Jumping Fish - Printed Material "New designs for Mother & Daughter"

There was a time in Sri Lanka where choice of fashion was definitely a luxury. Under the extreme socialist approaches taken by the great World's First Female Head of State (which we are all so proud of) you couldn't consume anything as much as you wanted. Food and other essentials was rationed so was clothing! Imagine the entire country having to stitch their dress with the same material!!? (And you complain that the stuff at ODEL are too common) :p


"I get all my strength through Marmite, so does my family".  - WOW!


Sunlight Detergent Soap - presented as an alternative to the "Man who washes clothes" (in the traditional custom of washing and cleaning clothes by dashing it against a rock apparently this man creates more ripped clothes than washed clothes!)



I like this one - "A singing machine called a Gramaphone!"


Car Advert for a "FIAT 600 - 4 seater Saloon"
- Rollable large windows
- Comfortable seating for four with well lit interior
- Reclinable Rear seats 
- Spray windscreen washer!
- Extra space underneath the bonnet for suitcases, bags etc.
- Levers on the steering wheel to control signal lights and head lights!
Rs. 7,850/- ($60 today)


Bicycle Advert Rs. 75/- (56p)


An advert for a movie, written in the format of a letter to the people of Sri Lanka by the Movie Director.