Around & About

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To me it was a great achievement to finally go over to Jaffna. The drive was fabulous, scenic and the roads wonderful. Not knowing what...

Laughter certainly is the best medicine

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It is said that laughing more than just brightens up your day. Sharing a good laugh can actually improve your health. The sound of laug...

Friendships

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In life we all have friends. It is common knowledge that friends are essential, so that you could have somebody to talk to, discuss var...

Goodbye 2016 & Hello 2017

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Another year has come to an end. For some it would have been glorious, for some it would have been okay and for some it would have been...

Family Feuds and Greed

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Family feuds are quite common all over the world. In our city family feuds cause quite a hullabaloo and what is not surprising is that...

Visual Pollution

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It is Christmas time and the season for all to make merry. Decorations and festive lights have come up around the city in patches and w...

The Same Old Usual

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With the year coming to an end it makes most of us sit back and think whether the year being completed was any different from those of ...

Tis the Season

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This year too has flown and here we are in the final month of the year. Christmas is the season for giving and sharing and to be jolly....

Growing old gracefully

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Growing old gracefully is most certainly unheard of and seemingly not even in the minds of some of Colombo’s society circle. The mott...

Toasting Friendship

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It is such fun when a person is amongst friends and even greater when you know them to be sincere. In reality, during our childhood we...

Being Politically Correct

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Many things have changed from yesteryear, especially when it conversations and discussions, where statements and opinions could be cons...

Maturing

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The journey of life is amazing, when I look back and reminisce about my past and think of all that has taken place and what I have gone...

Lavinia the perfume

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The love story is a classic and probably the most famous in the country. The eternal love between Governor Thomas Maitland and Lovina A...

Kids in Concert

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It was a great evening at the concert of the Chitra Lane School for Special Children. Many talented pupils participated along with wel...

Hanky Panky Expertise

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Anything that would seem impossible happens in Colombo.

False Intentions

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The word pachoris comes to my mind whenever I hear weird stories of those who cannot honestly state that they do not have either the me...

Those Nosy Parkers

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In a lifetime we come across many characters. Leading this group are the Green Eyed Monsters closely followed by the Nosy Parkers. A No...

Travelling Around Ella

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I have been having a great time travelling to Ella, the hottest spot in the hill country and probably the most beautiful area of our hi...

The Sooriya Village

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It has been an interesting couple of weeks setting up the caf for the Sooriya Village located on Skeleton Road, Colombo 5. It will be n...

Mannerless

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Where are all the good manners that people generally learn gone? This is a very valid question, especially in the present environment w...

Plastic Pollution

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Last weekend was quite educational to me when I spent time with Otara talking to her about one of my current favourite subjects, the pl...

Being Either A Listener Or Giver Or Both

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I am sure many of us are familiar with that telephone call from a buddy who only wants us to hear his or her side of the story. The one...

Unacceptable Behaviour

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The much hyped and anticipated Trini Lopez and Smokey The Band performed to a full house at the Sri Lanka Exhibition Convention Centre ...

Padma Maharaja

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It was certainly sad news to learn of the recent passing away of Padma Maharaja. Padma, the epitome of great beauty, elegance and good ...

Oh! Colombo Being Grounded

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In whichever form one achieves fame, the greatness of enjoying this fame is by accepting it gracefully and, most importantly, being hum...

Oh! Colombo The Horror of Garbage

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As much as it is a joy to travel around Sri Lanka one cannot help but notice the garbage strewn all over the place. What one actually s...