college

P3040012, originally uploaded by poojitha.

This is where i work,class rooms over looking the mountains.

The Most Adorable YouTube video 2006

This is the most adorable you tube video in 2006,named "Kiwi" and i think it is really adorable.The next one is the most creative video & the best music video.The video "Kiwi" is awesome,it makes you cry.For more video awards go to this link

http://www.youtube.com/ytawards

Yesterday, Main air force base in sri lanka was attacked by LTTE terrorists,using improvised light aircrafts.The significance of this is that they not only attacked but managed to escape safely in those slow moving air crafts.Experts say that these air crafts could be even chased using military helicopters and we did nothing.They were in air for more than 2 hours and there were lots of warnings by people who saw these aircrafts flying law without lights,kind of like pearl harbor attack.How could something like this happens to a military with lots of sophisticated weaponry?This could be negligence or conspiracy,some one should be paying for this utter humiliation of Sri Lankan air force.I don't know what are those big guys in parliament and army does,busy counting money i suppose.

and back to technology..........

Kaneva is a new social network that extends the concept of MySpace into a virtual world. Although you’ve been able to sign up for a 2D profile on Kaneva they recently opened the doors to their 3D world. The idea is that users can create personal profile pages in the 2D space, like MySpace, but also carry out the same personalization to their virtual world apartments.

A new online dictionary and thesaurus called WordSource is being developed. It’s main benefit over sites like Dictionary.com is the fact that the site is very cleanly designed and contains no advertisements. You can also look up a word by simply adding it to the URL (so word.sc/example will pull up the definition of “example”). The site also has a number of social features, allowing users to upload photos that are relevant to the word, add tags, rate words, etc.

Intelligent bird

bird, originally uploaded by poojitha.

One day i got this idea of feeding the birds which comes to our back yard.Me and my wife started feeding some of them which comes near to the kitchen window.Within one or two weeks they got used to it and started hanging around the window making funny noises,this includes hovering in mid air near the window to show that they are there, or to see whether we were there.The number of birds grew dramatically,here are the latest statistics according to my wife,about 10 doves,4 large pigeons,2-4 Mynah birds and 2-4 Madagascar fodys.Some times if we are not at home they try to peek through the front glass door to confirm that we are not hiding ,and they have found an innovative way of leaving the message via bird droppings, honestly ,I think they do this purposely.They no longer fear us,some doves even come near to my wife and watch her cook.Barred ground dove is a lovely bird.Its easy to spot a male birds dancing around a female bird during the mating season,quite impressive dances i would like to say,includes heads bows,tail flappings and many cool moves.One day my wife found a birds nest lying on the ground.She brought it home,put it on the cupboard.Few weeks later When she returned home from town she found a young dove sitting on it enthusiastically.Intelligent bird,safe home with all the facilities including free food.

Swimming on Sunday

Takamaka beach, originally uploaded by poojitha.

Me and my wife went to the beach on Sunday.The beach is called Takamaka beach.One part of the beach is covered by corals,dangerous to walk on it because there is a thorny creature which could sting your foot and make your life miserable for few days.I did one snorkeling session but was very careful not to put my foot on the corals.The sea was so blue with greenish reflections,beautiful and picture perfect.Some people dream their whole life to visit a place like this and here i'm spending two years in their dream.

Today was my health checkup day.The male nurse asked me if it's ok if he allows his trainee student to draw my blood ,it was her first attempt.For the first time in my life,i felt how a lab rat would feel like.Anyway, i made up my mind to give her a chance,she has to learn anyway.she did her job well,didn't feel anything.I congratulated her and came out quickly,close shave,when you consider how much you could get tortured by some trained nurses when they draw blood.

Party

Seychelles Port, originally uploaded by poojitha.

Yesterday i went to a friends birthday party.It was planned to celebrate near the port.This is what i saw there.The color of the sea is always dependent on the color of the sky.There are few thing in this world that you can enjoy any number of times,sea is one of the best.

Then after coming home i watched this movie called "illusionist" a superb movie that will stick your eye to the TV the whole time,with an unpredictable twist at the last minute.Its about a magician,thought of learning few magic tricks after watching the movie.

When you are old

I really admire this Zen story, There are few versions of this story but I like this one more because it touches my heart.

There was this man who practiced Zen all his life, he was old. So his son took care of him & his farm, but when the time passed his son started to consider his father as a burden.” I work hard every day to feed this man who’s no use to me” son thought. One day son was so depressed about his situation; he decides to get rid of his father. He went to town and bought a coffin .After carrying it home, he ordered his father to get in to the coffin, and father obeys the order quietly. Sons closed the lid of the coffin and drag it to a hill to throw him in to the river. At the top of the hill son hears a gentle tapping on the coffin. He opens the lid and exclaims “what now, old man?” And father says “Son, if you want to throw me to the river do so, but this is a fine coffin keep it for you children”.

Happy "Pi" Day

If you divide 22 by 7 and if you keep doing it until you get the exact fraction,nobody knows how many digits you may finally get because so far they have gone up to one trillion digits and says there is more.But it starts with 3.1428..............so on and the world "pi" day is March 14th (3.14 get it?).I wished some one in the office "Happy pi day " and he was like "What the fuck was that?" and i had to explain him all those mathematics stuff for 20 minutes and i gave up wishing anybody else............Just Kidding...........You think I'm Nuts?

But if you are interested in seeing the digits click here pi to 1000000 places

or if you are mad enough to type it for your self the address is

http://3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971
69399375105820974944592.com/index1.html

Get A Second Life-Its getting better

I'm sure you have heard about this 3D world you can access through internet called Second Life.In that world you can have your own 3d Avatar,chat with people,explore,fly,go shopping and do all sorts of fun stuff.It has even a real currency(Linden dollars) and a real stock market.But previously when you wanted to chat with someone you had to type the words,but no longer,now you can talk with them directly using your head set with a microphone,fine,the life described by movie Matrix is reaching us faster than expected.

when i heard about this world few months ago i was impressed and was determined to try it out even though i had a very slow internet connection.The first time i logged into the world ,i was teleported to an island and had no idea of how to control my character.Finally i learned how to walk and talk to people,so i walked towards nice looking lady and said "Hello" and she replied "How are you nude man",which made me search frantically through the controls of how to dress my character,i had no idea that i was nude all the time,glad it was virtual .

Home sweet home

nest, originally uploaded by poojitha.

I found this beautifully crafted birds nest hanging on a small tree in my back yard few weeks ago,wondering what type of birds live in a cozy home like this,i inserted my finger gently in to the nest,I could find few eggs in side(i only felt).Then i heard angry voice of a small bird,probably saying all sorts of nasty things about me in what ever language they spoke ("They speak Bird i guess?"),anyway, i got the message and walked away from the nest.It was a Seychelles Sunbird.They can live fairly easily with invasive species like rats & cats because of their hanging nest.

I really wanted to take a picture after the eggs hatched but i was too late,they have already left,not too far though,they still come to suck nectar from flowers in the garden.Today i managed to take a picture of the adult bird,not a very beautiful bird but has a beautiful voice.Its amazing how nature provides everybody some special thing, as for me its big EARS.

Busy Day

Today morning i went for Karate lessons as usual,did shopping with my wife,found out that there was a price hike in every item?.This is a small country (only 80000 people) things like that can happen suddenly.Then i found out that there was no fish to buy,thats explainable,bad weather fishermen don't go fishing,It was raining cats and dogs through out the week,I forgive them.Then i went up to Shihans place for fighting practice,got kicked once on the face and few hard punches on the chest (still painful),came home,started browsing the net.

Then I found a cool web site which uses set of images to predict your personality type,Its really fun.I love the look and feel of this website,something new .What it elaborates about my personality is some what true, I mean above average,try it out Its a site called imagini

Yahoo is going to introduce a new My Yahoo page,Its still in beta version but if you like you can try it out,My Yahoo

Nee ho

I met a Chinese guy today at my college,he has come to teach Chinese language to locals as a volunteer,Its a kind of friendship gesture between two communist countries i think.His name is "Wang",he managed to teach me few words in Chinese ,like,if you see some one you greet him by saying "Nee ho",pretty interesting,thought of learning some Chinese,when you consider the fast development of china, it could come in handy one day ,but i rapidly gave up the idea when i heard there were about 30000 different characters in Chinese alphabet,can you believe it?,I'm no language guy.He seems to like his country ,i mean the political situation and every thing,not bad as told by western media.He said his government is currently focusing on education,health and wealth of people,to make their life better rather than giving them democracy.He said that the government is moving towards democracy slowly but steadily.I asked him about Americans not liking communist,he said "America doesn't like many countries,They think their way is right & we think our way is right".

I watched this movie tonight, its called "Night at the museum",one of the best comedies i have ever seen,pretty creative too.If you have time, watch it in theater, satisfaction is guaranteed.

boat to ladigue, originally uploaded by poojitha.

i risked my camera for this shot

risk takers

On the way to ladigue, originally uploaded by poojitha.

hey, if you happen to travel in sea by a catamaran or a sail boat, if the sea is rough and if you don't want to throw your breakfast,lunch etc...back on to your lap,follow my advice don't stay inside the boat sitting like my wife did when we were traveling to another island by a sail boat.I was lucky enough to stay out side the ship watching the scenery ,never stay in an enclosed environment while traveling in a boat and try to keep your eyes on the horizon it reduce the sea sickness.

If you really want to enjoy stay in front of the boat (where both sides of the boat joins together,what do you call that place ,keel?),if the sea is rough you can enjoy a real roller coaster ride.When the boat falls from one wave crest to the bottom of another wave you start to feel butterflies in your stomach.Do this if you are willing to take the risk of toppling over the railing and crashing with a huge boat before you drawn to death.I'm serious folks,this is for the risk takers only.

Lords Of War? & Lightning

Yesterday i watched a good movie called Lords Of War(Nicolas Cage),which is based on a true story.I learn few facts about arms business in this world and how western super powers exploit third world countries in Africa and Asia.I live in a third world country(Sri Lanka )and we are cursed with 25 years of war with LTTE terrorists (70,000 dead).Recently our army has destroyed many ships which were carrying loads of weapons to LTTE,Now i know how they get those weapons.Its amazing to know that those countries which claims to be the guardians of Democracy & freedom are the once who manufacture most of the worlds weapons(USA,UK,Norway).I checked some stats about Norway,Norway is the world's biggest arms exporter in relation to its population,currently they are acting as our peace brokers with LTTE.There is an ancient Roman saying "Who will guard the guards?",there is nobody to watch over them.

Guys,don't ever keep an electronic item on when its lightning,never think "It will spare me today",because it won't,i thought like that and fucked up my TV-set today,my wife is furious with me ,She told me to turn off the TV because its lightning and i disobeyed ,hope its a minor damage,TV's are expensive in Seychelles.My wife is glad that she could prove that I'm not always right .I'm sure that she'll point this out for the next 10 to 15 years,maybe for the whole life.

Where slaves Lived

Where slaves Lived, originally uploaded by poojitha.

Once freed slaves lived here

where freed slaves lived, originally uploaded by poojitha.

This place is called san souice (pronounced like Sun sussy),a place where freed slaves used to live, you can still find ruins of the old town. It was raining, thick fog was every where avoiding us from seeing this breath taking view, within an instance mist cleared and i took this shot, It was still raining though. Good place to come, relax take your time to rediscover yourself.A good location for a freed slave to live too.

Holy S....Tongue !

I never miss to share extraordinary facts about nature with you.The tongue of the Ecuadorian nectar bat is twice as long as their relatives(8.5 cm).It uses this to lap nectar of a specific flower.

Have You Seen Some One Murdered?

My age was 10 at that time (I'm 28 now,Do the math,ok).That time was a fucked up time for Sri Lanka,Apart from LTTE terrorist attacks from north there was this leftist group called JVP which was trying to overturn the government by a revolution.The government managed to create paramilitary groups to kill those who support JVP.Many were tortured & killed during that time,including innocent people who never supported JVP.The groups which were created by the government always left their prey near roadsides to demoralize those who support the revolution.Some times they used tires to burn the bodies,it is said that vehicle tires are very efficient in burning human bodies (there was a rumor that these techniques were among the advices given by foreign intelligence agencies ).There are thousands of parents still searching for their missing children.It's believed that about 50,000 were killed and no one was prosecuted for those murders up to this day.

I was going to the school that day,i always take the school bus.We used to sing ,Everybody was in a very good mood that morning,Suddenly ,the bus stooped right in the middle of the road,every body became quiet, i looked out of the window, what i saw made me shiver.There were 11 men shot dead near the main road.Their hands were tied behind and they were blindfolded.Blood was seeping through the holes in their heads,parts of the brains were out scattered among the bodies (they were sort of pink).It was a hillside road ,blood of the eleven bodies was flowing downhill making a miniature stream.I looked at the bodies,all of them were twisted with pain.I could see the agony and fear frozen in their faces.My heart beat began to rise,deaths of those who were shot in the chest were not easy as the others,their struggles to stand up was clearly been seen.They haven't stopped the fight to live until the last second,for their loved ones perhaps.It was an exhibition of fear and sorrow.There were some people watching in a distance,some of them had come there to see if any of their missing sons or relatives were there.I felt the fear and pain they had in my heart,I wished the same fate for those who did this brutal murders.