At Singapore Airport ...doing nothing ...

Kadubodahena watta

Watching wrestling after some time with interest ...:-) 

BBC Story on HALAL BAN in Sri Lanka

ref link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21494959

Sinhalese are not asking to ban Halal.. but asking why we are paying more for the product just because they have the Halal License.. Simple Story : Ignore Halal Products, let Muslims buy those...  

Don D

Sira Sinhala Sinduwak!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqAHiriZcKU&feature=player_embedded

Don D

Australian Prime Minister has done it again for the 2nd time...... !!!! Some thing for us to Learn...

We should take heed in this country.........      Australia says NO - Second time she has done this! AMAZING: You must read it!!!!   Australian Prime Minister does it again!! This woman should be appointed Queen of the World. Truer words have never been spoken. Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Australia Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.   Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'   'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.'   'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society ... learn the language!'   'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'   'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'   'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.' 'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.' Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves in Sri Lanka, WE will find the courage to start speaking and voicing the same truths. If you agree please SEND THIS ON and ON, to as many people as you know.    __

 

INVESTING IN SHARES A BASIC GUIDE

    If interested in investing on the STOCK-MARKET this will indeed help you. The attached document can be downloaded free from the official CSE website also.

Not the Rolls Royce.. Watch the Video till the end.

Video: Probe import of 'Rolls Royce Ghost' car- UNP | Breaking News

Link: http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/25445-probe-import-of-rolls-royce-gold-car-unp.html

Whats you opinion on Dr Harsha's comment about including Supermarkets also to the Inflation Query. I think its damn lame and shows the typical political brains of the UNP leaders.

simple example, a normal 25ml water bottle will be (lets say) 50 buks.  A chilled water bottle will be 60 buks. Now you tel me the price of a water bottle?

Don D

Fwd: Metamorphosis!! (Email)

IRAN 1970

IRAN 2012






AFGHANISTAN






EGYPT (Cairo University) 1959






EGYPT (Cairo University) 2012






NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam) 1980






NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam) 2012








SRI LANKA ????


... and some people still do not see a reason to worry ?!?!?
    

Did you know about PASTEBIN.COM ?

WIKI : "A pastebin is a type of web application where anyone can store text for a certain period of time. This type of website is mainly used by programmers to store pieces of source code or configuration information, but anyone can basically share any type of text. The idea behind pastebins is to make it more convenient for people to share large amounts of text online. A vast number of pastebin related websites exist on the Internet, suiting a number of different needs and providing features tailored towards the crowd they focus on most."

if you check it out you will feel the importance of this site :)

Don D

Sanath to Head the selection Committee ?

Source :http://www.dailymirror.lk/top-story/25255-sanath-to-head-cricket-selection-committee.html

I believe this is a very good move since this guy reads the game in a different way. Also personally I think he's the best at it but Mahela J will give him a shot to take the top.

   Also I see most of the comments saying that this will be the end of Cricket and all. But this guy made us watch cricket. So I feel he will make a good choice. Also this selection committee should have the likes of Vass,Kalu, Hasan and if possible Aravinda. Lets hope for the best. 

Fwd: කූඩාරම් පොජ්ජ

I normally Ignore these kind of mail but today just gave it a try... damn this guys gud..... creativity at its best.. take 5 mins n read this :)  

දැලි රැවුලවත් වැවිලා නෑ මූන පුරා ...
යන්තම් දහය වසරට මන් පාස් උනා ..
දිග කලිසමට බැස්සේ කින්ග් කාන් වෙලා ..
ඩෙස් පුටු පටන් ටීචර් තෙක් වෙනස් වෙලා...

හරියට අටට පලවෙනි බෙල් එක වැදුනා...
ගාථා කියන්නට හමොම පෙල ගහුනා..
අන්තිම හරිය බාවනාව කරන නිසා..
නිකමට මමත් මගෙ ඇස් දෙක වහගත්තා..

කිසි සද්දයක් නැ හමොම සයිලන්ස් ය ...
ඇතින් අහෙන Tos Tos හඩ විතරමය ..
සද්දය අහෙන්නෙ දැන් මා අසලින්ය ...
මට දැන් ශුවර් මෙ එන්නේ ටීචර්ය ...

හැරුනා බෙල්ල ඒ පැත්තට ඉබේටම ...
ඇරුනා දැස කරුමෙට වගෙ පෙර පිනට ...
ගැහුවා වගෙයි තඩි හෙනයක් ඇස් දෙකට ...
ටීචර් නෙමෙයි ඒ ජෙසිකා සිම්ප්සන් ය....

විදුලිය කෙටුව වාගෙයි අපෙ පන්තියට ...
වැඩියා ඇය සුර දෙවගන ලෙසට...
සිටියා මමත් රිලවා වගෙ ** කෑව..
වහ වැටුනා නොවැ මන් ඒ ස්ත්‍රියට ....

ඇය ගැන කියනවා නම් වචනත් නොමැත ...
ඇගෙ අග පසග වාහනයකි හයිබ්‍රිඩ් ම...
අඩු පාඩුවක් නෑ එය ෆුල් ඔප්ශන් ය ...
හැප්පිල මලත් කම් නැහැ යැයි සිතුනි මට..


යන එන විදිය නැලවෙන විදිය හුරතල්ය...
ඇය සුමිහිරිය ඇගෙ හැම වැඩම හරි පොශ් ය..
කවුරුත් ඇයට කිව්වෙ නයනා මිස් ය...
මට ඇලජික් ය ඇය කෙරු විශය ඉන්ග්ලිශ් ය ...

ඇවිදින විටදි පන්තිය පුරා ලැසි ගමනින්..
දිස් වෙයි මෙමට බියකරු නරලොව හොල්මන්
දැකලා නිතඹ පැද්දෙන මස් කන්දක් මෙන්
අලව් යකා නටනවා කලිසම අස්සෙන් ....

දුටුවා නයනා මිස් මගෙ වනචර බැල්ම..
කිව්වා සැරෙන් එන්නට මට ඉදිරියට...
එන්නෙ කොහොම කලිසම මගෙ විසිතුරුය...
කන්දක් උඩ ගැසු කූඩාරම වැනිය...

අසරන වෙලා මා බැලු කල ඇයගෙ දෙස...
ඇය රවනවා මෝහිනිගේ මව ලෙසට..
ඉක්මන් පියවරෙන් ආ ඇය මා වෙතට
අල්ලා කනෙන් ඇද මා සිටුවා තැබිය...


මීට හොදයි ගැහුවා නම් වල කජ්ජ ...
මට දෙහි කපාලා කරමින් ලැජ්ජ....
යන්නට සලස්වා අසරන මට හුජ්ජ...
පන්තියටම පෙන්නුවා කූඩාරම් පොජ්ජ...

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Guidelines to Enhance Your Travel Photography

 

 

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Guidelines to Enhance Your Travel Photography

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Guidelines to Enhance Your Travel Photography

Once the excitement of your holiday has faded and you have returned to your regular life, having a
portfolio of your travel photographs are a good way of bringing back the good memories. As long as it's
good however, so here are a few ways in which you can improve it.

Go for the Close Up
The fact is that so many potentially great shots can be ruined simply because so many superfluous
elements have been included. This will essentially remove some of the focus from the real subject of the
photograph and the impact will thus be diminished. Moving closer to the point where only the real focus
of what you wish to record is within shot. By eliminating any unnecessary content the impact of the shot
you are looking for will be greatly increased.





Take Care with Landmarks
If your intention is to show your partner standing with an important landmark then you don't want them
to be literally overshadowed by it. Otherwise you will find you will have something that looks pretty
much any other picture postcard and the personal intent will be missing. Therefore, the best idea is to
focus on the individual, make sure you have them as you want them and then simply include the
landmark and a kind of background storytelling element. This will ensure your photos are both personal
and special.

Go for the Angle
Unfortunately, most amateur photographers tend to take a whole batch of pictures from exactly the
same angle -- that is in the upright position with the subject at eye level. You can make your body of
work far better and far more interesting if you mix up the angles a little. In other words try stooping
every now and then and shoot your subject at an upward angle. Alternatively, hold the camera above
head height and remember that you don't necessarily have to have the camera pressed up to your face
to get a good shot.

Make Sure you Include a Live Subject
Often times when reviewing your photographs, whether they are of a particular landmark, a scene or
landscape, you may find that you feel there is something missing. Well for the most part this missing
element will be simply a living breathing being. If you don't have someone you wish to include in the
shot, make sure you wait for someone to pass through the scene. In fact, this could even be an animal
such as a cat.

Concentrate on the Light
You may often find that a pretty average shot of a pretty average scene or landmark can turn out to be
quite spectacular simply because you have captured an interesting shot with regards to the light.
Sometimes in fact a boring scene can be transformed as the light passes through a tree or the yellow

light from a street lamp hits the shady street. The important factor here is patience -- wait until the light
is right.

AUTHOR BIO
Francis Bailey writes regularly on the subject of travel photography for a wide range of websites and
blogs. While his experiences have been wide and varied his preferred travel experience and
photographic opportunity is the safari such as those offered at http://www.exodus.co.uk/activities-
experiences/wildlife-safaris

 

 

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Fwd: Fw: Bill Cosby - I'M 74 AND I'M TIRED

Don D

I'M 74 AND I'M TIRED!!! .............. Brilliant!!!!!!     "I'm 74 and Tired" Worth reading... I'm 74. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and  I'm tired. Very tired.   I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.       I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.   I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand , UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..   I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off? I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.   I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems. I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck them selves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government. Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 74. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and her children.   Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference. " I'm 74 and I'm tired. If you don't forward this you are part of  the problem"...!!!

 

Fashion Photography by Marina Stenko

 

 

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Fashion Photography by Marina Stenko

via Professional Photography Blog by photographer on 7/26/12

Marina Stenko is a talented female photographer based in Kiev, Ukraine. Gentle and creative photos will carry you away into the world of beautiful girls, misty nature and flowers. Each image utilizes the fine fabrics these women model to help weave a tale of romanticized mystery and intrigue.

 

 

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