was just walking by the 177 route n thought of popping into a "Mal" exhibition...i have never seen some of the plants ever in ma life...view Album

Iron Man 2 (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Two-Disc Special Edition)Beauty and the Beast (Three-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)

Street Art

This is nothing special if you are a regular at the 177 route...definitely they got da skill.....Price range is ard 1000-10,000...anyway these people does not sell these on street coz they are poor..most of the artist have their own vehicles to move the art work around...enough crap..enjoy the pics... view Album

Manju Wanniarachchi !!!

truly admire Manu's attitude in the ring..has improved a  lot since i saw him last on TV..guess it was at the last South Asian Games... anyway da guy looked like a pocket dynamo ...wow...simply A Power House....Lets hope for a Olympic Medal..All the Best Manju!   
Semi Fianl - 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-Q1xpkgZc

Final-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX2z4hRrNJU&feature=related

Wana Apply for the Green Card?

use the following link..read the instructions ....
http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/

time -  October 5, 2010 to 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 3, 2010.  Make sure you check validate the picture before submitting.. Jaya!

A movie to watch - Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming psychological/supernatural/who-the-hell-know-what thriller Black Swan has opened the Venice Film Festival. Which means early reviews, and some new images.
Of the five reviews so far, 80% are positive. Here’s what the critics are saying –
Variety -

“A wicked, sexy and ultimately devastating study of a young dancer’s all-consuming ambition, “Black Swan” serves as a fascinating complement to Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” trading the grungy world of a broken-down fighter for the more upscale but no less brutal sphere of professional ballet. Centerstage stands Natalie Portman, whose courageous turn lays bare the myriad insecurities…”

Daily Telegraph (UK) -

“Powerful, gripping and always intriguing, it also features a lead performance from Natalie Portman that elevates her from a substantial leading actress to major star likely to be lifting awards in the near future. …Tchaikovsky’s music takes on an unsettling quality as Nina’s descent progresses, all the way to the disturbing but perfect ending. Black Swan is an exhilarating if uneasy ride, one that could deliver Aronofsky his second Golden Lion here in three years. 4/5″

Hollywood Reporter -

“Trying to coax a horror-thriller out of the world of ballet doesn’t begin to work for Darren Aronofsky. …Black Swan is an instant guilty pleasure, a gorgeously shot, visually complex film whose badness is what’s so good about it… Certain to divide audiences.”

So the movie is about a ballerina and her arch-rival and stuff and scenes of Natalie Portman TURNING INTO A FREAKING BLACK SWAN OMGWTF!!!??? Pretty creepy, huh? Not nearly as creepy as the trailer – here it is in case you missed it.
Black Swan is out in the US on December 1st. I may be in the minority here, but I’m hoping it’s a return to the kind of ambitious, meditative storytelling Aronofsky displayed in The Fountain, rather than the more pedestrian effort that The Wrestler was. How do you think the movie looks so far?

A Nutral Comment

 Was reading the derana news article on the approval of imprisonment by HE on SF.....found a good long comment on it n thought of shearing it...here goes...

 

September 30, 2010  10:44 am

Oh ! Prison... it´s a pity. It isn’t a place favorable for you sir. But there are people stays in peace than the outside. In year 2008 I was sent into the prison because of deserting the Army (leaving the job as a military doctor. I left the military during Ranil-Prabha peace pact time in 2003. I willingly joined military in 1996 just after my medical degree, merely to serve the soldiers. I served for 7 difficult years treating soldiers in various operational areas, mostly during Jayasikuru operation and several debacles such as Kilinochchi, EPS etc. ) I was astonished the worst sentence given by the military, but convinced myself as I breached military regulations. I didn´t develop any personal hatred against General Fonseka who personally took my case into consideration and willingly put me in civilian jail for more than 3 months. All my siblings and friends started cursing General Fonseka giving me such an awful punishment. Yet, I thought it in a different angle. He really did his job and no favors. This was 2008 when he was leading our army against LTTE rascals. I continued to respect him during the time of imprisonment as he was doing a great job for my country. Still, he is a real son of mother Lanka. Nobody can destroy that image even though he was sent to the prison. Unfortunately he sent me to Civilian Jail where I met underworld gangs, thieves, murderers, robbers, rapists etc. I was thinking that why they didn´t sent me to a military prison. Now I feel it was better that they sent me over there. People in the prison are a mirror image of the civilian society. They started taking care of me. As a matter of fact, most of the high-fi fellows sentenced to the prison never enter into prison wards but get treatments in the prison hospital. This is the reality. I never tried to use my connections and influences towards that destination if I had any. People who were in the prison never purposely ill-treated me though there were some painful incidents. Some found paper articles written about me during the battle time, working as a military doctor. At the end of the period I really felt bad to leave the place. Wlikada prison is a disgusting place. I never hope a person must go there, it is a real mess. There are lots and lots of irregularities being done by gangs inside. But the place I was sent secondarily, Padukka- open prison was a great relief for me. I set my mind to "go through every second of my time POSITIVELY”. It´s so unfortunate, that I met lots of military personal imprisoned for several years because of Desertion. Some deserters were forced to take the decision due to family matters, personal illnesses etc. There had been no imprisonments for some military men who did the same offense and no even a court-marshal for commanders who cowardly withdrew some of the big military camps killing hundreds of officers and thousands of soldiers. And no court cases for some ex-ministers who were involved in corruptions. There was a time that the government did operations to win elections. Just to recover 1km area Army had to sacrifice hundreds of casualties. I am not here to support HE the president for his decision. But it’s very apparent that the decision is biased. Honestly, General Fonseka’s extraordinary personality and psychology boomeranged into himself. He was a brilliant military man. But as a human being, he would not score much marks from people who have closely worked with him. He is a real rude person. Of course that’s the very reason he led the army such a remarkable way to neutralize the enemies. A priest cannot do that. Nevertheless, it is not an unknown thing there were several staff absentees during his stay in military hospital after experiencing injuries of the blast in Army HQ because of his cruelty. "If" general fonseka did breach the law, he deserves the punishment. But there must be more transparency on the issue as he was one of the key members led our national forces to eradicate LTTE terrorism. His name must have written in golden letters. But he himself shares the responsibility for the disaster what happened to him today.

Dr. Kolitha Lelwala

seth godin’s purple cow video

I can guarantee it will add value to the way you think and your approach to marketing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIVlM435Zg&feature=player_embedded#!

How Do I Get My Own WebSite Onto The Web?

 this is an common question to all and i found a great article while browsing . So tht of publishing it.
Hope the owner wont mind it. The original article can be viewed from the link below.

http://www.antharjalaya.com/how-do-i-get-my-own-website-onto-the-web/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Antharjalayacom+(antharjalaya.com)
  here's how to do it,

Step 01: Register a domain name

Domain name is your identity on the web. For example this web site’s identity is “antharjalaya.com”. You need to use a domain registrar in order to purchase the domain name. It will typically cost you less than $10.

I would advise you to buy a “dot com” name instead of other extensions. Try adding a hyphen and seperate the words if your desired name is not available in dot com format.
i.e
If startforextrading.com is not available try registering start-forex-trading.com

If it is impossible to buy your domain name in the dot com format try dot org or dot net. If your target market is limited to a specific country buying a country specific domain is also advisable.

I have posted a complete step by step tutorial on how to buy a domain name in one of my earlier blog post. Read it here.

Step 02 : Create your web site.

Make sure you present your web site with a high level of quality, functionality, and professionalism. You can hire a web designer if you you do not have any previous experience. This is the most common approach adopted by many web entrepreneurs and this is the easiest way to get your web site up and running.

Hiring a web designer will cost you approximately $100- $1500 and higher price web designers are not always the best. So, have a very good look at their portfolio before making any upfront payment.

Designing your own web site can be a quite entertaining experience
if you are a quick learner.You need to learn little HTML but it is not difficult considering all the resources available online.

You can use a simple text editor to write your HTML pages, or you can utilize on of the many free HTML editors available on the web.

I use Adobe Dreamweaver software as it does all the HTML coding for me. But you are still required to learn the basics of HTML. If you know how to use MS word, it will not be difficult to use Dreamweaver.

Website templates.

One easy way to get your website design is to begin with a template. Website templates are Semi finished web pages that have been predesigned and assembled with all the graphics and necessary code needed to get a web site online quickly.

The above is an example for a fashion/ clothing template. You can just edit the text and make it your own web design.

There are many places on the web where you can buy templates, or get them for free. An important aspect of using a template is to utilize as much customization as possible. For a startup company, a template is a good way to save some money and focus on keeping up a positive cash flow.

Many web hosts provide Free web site templates. Keep this fact in mind when you are choosing a web host. If you sign up with a quality host You will find many premium designs for free.

Step 03: Choose a web hosting plan

In order for your website to be available to anyone at anytime, you need to host it with a web host. It is a web server leased to you by a web hosting company. Basically, web hosting provides a way for people to access your web site through the internet. Without it, there would be no way for people to see the page.

There are several thousand web hosting companies out there to choose from. It’s best to chose a web hosting company based on a recommendation. You need to look for following details before making this very important decision.

1. Reliability and speed of access
2. Bandwidth allocated to you.
3. Disk space given to you.
4. Their Technical support.
5. Availability of FTP, PHP, Perl, SSI, .htaccess, telnet, SSH, and MySQL.
6. Email, Autoresponders, POP3, Mail Forwarding.
7. Control Panel type.
8. Multiple Domain Hosting and Subdomains.
9. Price
10.Monthly/Quarterly/Annual Payment Plans.

I have posted a complete step by step tutorial on how to set up a hosting account in one of my earlier blog post.Read it here.

The following are the best web host companies I can recommend for you to use. I have done an in depth analysis of all these providers and they simply meet all the criterias of a good host.

Hostgator

This is what I use for all my web sites. I bought one unlimited plan and now I am hosting over dozen web sites with Hostgator without paying anything extra.

Special Features :
One click blog/ forum and other scripts installation.
Excellent support staff.
45 Day Money Back Guarantee.
Beautiful and professional web template gallery.
Starting at $4.95 a month.

Blue Host

They will give you a domain name for free and Unlimited domains can be hosted for no extra charge. Starting at $6.95 a month.

Fat Cow

They will provide a Free Domain name, Unlimited disk space, Unlimited bandwidth and Point & Click Site Building Tools.
Other than that they will fix you with $75 worth FREE advertising.
They do not have a monthly payment plan and their service will cost you $66 a year. ($ 10 off for our readers for a limited time and your cost will only be $56.)

PoWWEb

Free Domain name, Unlimited disk space, Unlimited bandwidth and Script Instant Installer starting at $4.88 a month.

Step 04 : Upload your site to the web.

There are 2 ways of uploading your web site files to Internet. The most common method is via FTP. FTP allows you to quickly transfer many files and I am using the FREE software “filezila” for this purpose.

Another method is to use the File Manager within your cPanel control panel, which has an upload feature which allows you to browse your computer and select the files you wish to upload.

Time will not stop and wait for you

If you have an idea for a web site , start acting on it today. Don’t wait till you learn everything. That will never happen. You cannot learn to swim by reading a guide book. This is the same.

I did not know anything about building web sites until I start building one. My first web site taught me everything I need to build and run a web site.

It will not cost you more than $15 to start. ( $10 for the domain name and $5 for the first month hosting.) Allocate one hour from your day and you will end up with a rewarding web site in 14 days.

Maara Gas!

 

Max Slapped!!!

 

Fonseeka !!!!!! ahoooo

watch this as well....
Karannagoda vs SF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQodt57xn3Q&feature=related
Gotabaya on SF,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w30spvTbmKk&feature=related

if SF was President ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kg_skZeE-8&NR=1

Still the guy lives in a dream word... at least now let him realize da reality....

Laabai Pitakotuwa !!

a bit bored aft a 5 hour class..so decided to take a few shots in  Petta....This is da newly built market place for the  "padika welendas"  you name it they got it all...

i had to buy a new TV remote ....da initial price was 275 Rs....got it dwn to 200...might be cz i tld da guy dat i ws frm a popular news wire :P


me testing the remote :)

200 kaali :)

You are living in a fantasy land, thanks to JVP

අය්යො මෙ නහින දෙහින කාලෙ....ඉල්ලන් පුකෙ මාර්මඊට් ගාගෙන....අනෙ මන්ද වෙඡ්ඡ දෙයක්...දෑන් නම් හොදටම පිස්සු තද වෙලා!!!

Sri Lanka News-Adaderana-Truth First - VIDEO: We will win and establish law, says Sarath Fonseka: "You are living in a fantasy land, thanks to JVP

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The source is a blog for gods sake!!

http://thenewsmaster.blogspot.com/2010/08/tm-dilshan-banned-on-entering-zimbabwe.html

http://thenewsmaster.blogspot.com/2010/09/slc-clarifies-news-items-on-dilshan.html

TM Dilshan banned on entering Zimbabwe Reports reaching from the Zimbabwe government in Harare state, the African nation's government had banned the Sri Lankan star cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan from entering its country.  The ban has been in active as per an alleged rape case that has taken place during the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour in Zimbabwe, which took place in June 2010. Reports state, Dilshan had raped a 17 year old white girl in an undisclosed location. Dilshan was the captain of the Sri Lankan team for this tour while 22 year old Angelo Mathews was the Vice Captain. Reports reaching theNEWSmaster state, Dilshan along with Jeevan Mendis and Dilhara Fernando had visited a night club in Zimbabwe where they had forcefully taken the 17 year old to the above undisclosed location. Following this 'abduction' interestingly only Dilshan had raped her.  Police reports of the African nation confirm, DIlshan had also been in custody for about 24 hours where he was released by the authorities as the Sri Lanka Cricket interim Committee had bribed several hierarchical police officers and members of the media. The above two parties had been bribed US $ 13,000 to avoid the 'rape incident' getting exposed.  Meanwhile unofficial reports reaching from the Sri Lankan government state, the Sri Lankan President had been aware of the incident from top to bottom.  It is learnt, Dilshan is accused over several incidents regarding match fixing and several members of the Interim committee too had been chained with these allegations and as a result these unlawful activities are left behind without getting exposed!  theNEWSmaster: HARARE; ********************************************************************************************************** there is a old Sinhalese saying "No flame without a fire". We need to wait n c...

a comment from a soldier....

Sri Lanka News-Adaderana-Truth First - VIDEO: Dictatorship will ruin country, Ministers and family, says Fonseka

a comment from a soldier....

September 8, 2010 04:10 pm

Once I was proud soldier becuase you too were from my regiment. I still proud of my regiment, but sad becuase you too were from same regiment. General sir, do you think ordinary soldiers are stupid, power blinded and pettyminded as you are? As stories unfolded and judgging by the your bahaviour it was you and only you could possible stage a coup against lawfully elected government. No other soldier or military leader will do that. We all know how H.E. President Rajapakse and Hon Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse led this war against terror. We know for sure how you used internal military power to your personal gains and your family gains. You used your powers to support your daughters and son in law. It was you who brought personal undue influence for family gains. Do not ever think that military personals are fools. They know very well what H.E. Rajapakse did for this country and his leadership. If President is like "sun" you are like "torch" no comparison at all.

Soldier from Singhe Regiment