Archives: Sri Lanka

131st "Battle of the Blues" Starts Tomorrow!

March 10, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 3 Comments | Filed in: Royal College, Sri Lanka.

Royal-Thomian big match is one of the oldest continuing annual cricketing events in the world. It continued for 130 years. Even the world wars could not stop it. I guess I don’t have to tell you that it is played between Royal College, and St. Thomas’ College. 131st installment of it will start tomorrow, 11th • Read More »

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How Not to Buy a Camera!

March 10, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 13 Comments | Filed in: Me, Myself & I, Sri Lanka.

I like photography. Not that I am good at it or know much about it, but I just like taking pictures. I always had a camera with me since I was a kid. Not a fancy one, just a regular auto-focus thing. This post is about how I purchased the camera that I am using • Read More »

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Releasing Baby Sea Turtles Back to Sea – Kosgoda Sea Turtle Hatchery

March 7, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 5 Comments | Filed in: Environment, Sri Lanka.

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 »

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Kosgoda Sea Turtle Hatchery – A boring post about an interesting place!

March 6, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 5 Comments | Filed in: Environment, 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 »

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Tech Job Hunting in Sri Lanka – Part 2 – To the Interview and Beyond!

February 26, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 4 Comments | Filed in: employment, Sri Lanka, Tech.

This is the sequel to my earlier post “Tech Job Hunting in Sri Lanka – Part 1 – Getting that Interview!“. If you haven’t read the first post yet, please read it before you continue. That will probably change your mind bout reading this one. Part 1 was my thoughts about the application process. This • Read More »

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Tech Job Hunting in Sri Lanka – Part 1 – Getting that Interview!

February 26, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 4 Comments | Filed in: employment, Sri Lanka, Tech.

These days there are so many people looking for jobs. But only few are hiring. If you find one, it’s even harder to keep it. Whether you get to keep the job or not does not depend only on your performance. It depends on your employers performance too.  If you lose yours, don’t get too • Read More »

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Eton or Not…!

February 21, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 6 Comments | Filed in: Royal College.

This is bit of an old news. I was planning to write something on this some time back but could not find time. If you have studied or are studying in Royal College you already know this. It’s about the articles on BBC News website and Lakbima News Online Edition. If you have no clue • Read More »

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Outsource…..!

February 18, 2010 | By Rakhitha | 1 Comment | Filed in: Education, employment, Sri Lanka.

Assignments, Student Projects, Assignment…! We all have gone through that hell. If you are too young to say that well just hang on your turn will come. Some of us copy pasted stuff from web, and we helped each other to do the assignment. If you are lucky enough you may have been offered money • Read More »

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