Long Live Mother Nature! – A flag hanging on Bo tree at Kelaniya temple. When you visit a temple you can always see many flags hanging on the branches of Bo tree with text written on them to invoke blessings on various people for various reasons. It could be a simple wish to pass an exam, • Read More »
Tags: Blessing, Bo-Tree, Bodhi Tree, Environment, Faith, Flag, Kelaniya, Kelaniya Bodhi Tree, Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya, Kelaniya Temple, Mother Nature, Religion, Temple
Have you had those annoying times when you just cant get some stupid idea out of your head no matter how hard you try. This thing start circling inside my head every time I see those advertisements on TV which sells gym equipment. And the promise is that you can lose a huge belly in no time. You just • Read More »
Tags: Exercise, Renewable Energy
These days you need billing proof for everything. Good old days of opening a bank account with just your ID and money is long gone. I was lucky enough to have my first bank account and my prepaid phone connection that way. In case you don’t know, billing proof is a piece of paper which has your • Read More »
Tags: Billing Proof, eBill, Electronic Billing Proof, eStatament, eThis & eThat, I am not a Ghost, Proof of Billing, recycled paper, recycling
132nd installment of Royal Thomian Big Match is happening this week. But there is less hype about it this time around as 2011 cricket world cup has overshadowed it on most of the media. I too was not planing to write about it, but I noticed some increase of visitors to some of my old posts, which • Read More »
Tags: 132nd Battle of the Blues, Battle of the Blues, Big Match, Live Streaming, Online Broadcast, Papare.com, Royal College, Royal-Thomian, RoyTho 2011, St. Thomas' College, UStream
These days there is a bit of a hype about hybrid cars, mainly fueled by slashed tax. Of course they come with an interesting promise. But can we really utilize its full capacity? Main benefits of hybrids are ability to run more on less fuel, or reduced cost per km and reduced carbon footprint. This is achieved in two ways. By • Read More »
Tags: Carbon Footprint, Energy Efficiency, Go Green, Hybrid, Mileage, Sri Lanka
I captured this image with my mobile phone sometimes back (18-April-2010) when I was at Galle Face Green. I was just trying to capture the evening sky. I could not do a good job on it as the lighting was little low for my phone to handle and I was pointing the cam directly at • Read More »
Tags: Coulds, Galle Face, Galle Face Green, Photography, Sun, Sunset, Worshiping the Sun God
Sea turtles are fascinating creatures. They are born under ground (under sand to be more accurate). Then they find their way to the surface, and to the ocean, after which they start a life filled with many dangers, where only a few will make it through the growing years. As I wrote in my earlier • Read More »
Tags: Baby Sea Turtle, Conservation, Green Turtle, Hatchery, Kosgoda, Sea Turtle, Sri Lanka
Kosgoda Sea Turtle Hatchery is a pioneering sea turtle conservation project in Sri Lanka. And it is a great place to visit if you have few hours to kill. Obviously it’s located at Kosgoda :P. Fortunately, thanks to double public holidays falling on a weekend, I got a full weekend to rest after a long • Read More »
Tags: Baby Sea Turtle, Conservation, Hatchery, Kosgoda, Sea Turtle, Sri Lanka, Tsunami