Nisadas unstructured. thoughts.

Dear Dulan

This year you’re sixteen and you’ve only just got on the internet. Some chap from a Bradby playing school (where at some charity walk you will win the voucher to get you internet access) has tagged me to write to you.

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No of course not, that link doesn’t work ‘cos it links [...]

The worm’s eye view – Muhammed Yunus and Grameen Bank

I recently had the opportunity to read Banker to the Poor – the story of the Grameen Bank by Muhammed Yunus. While you can easily find out the story of Grameen at its Wikipedia page, there are some points of interest in the book that don’t make it into Wikipedia.

And this is why I should buy a diesel vehicle

Passing along the highlevel road, I thanked my stars that the tank was full. Although, I might’ve just as well been better off with a diesel vehicle…

The vehicles belonging to these good people were probably the same ones parked along the road right upto Police Park.

Clearly, LIOC was doing better off than these guys…

Steel toed, high heeled, dancing shoes

I’m fairly sure there must be some kind of demand for these things. With a heel of variable height, straps to hold the shoes in place and other features depending on the lady’s taste and enough protection to ensure that those delicate toes are well protected.
It’s either that, or there’s gonna forever be a new [...]

Vegetarianism for a better future?

A couple of days after reading on Indi’s blog about the effects of a low calorie diet and Rajaratarala’s posts about his latest misadventures in farming and the dietary habits of rural Sri Lankans, I came across the following TED talk by Carolyn Steele.

Chilli Parota

Right above that Nalaka wheel alignment/tyre merchants joint in Colombo 02 is another branch of the famous Food Waves restaurant. This one’s called “Thiru Kumaran’s Food Waves” and it’s a vegetarian restaurant that serves South Indian food. Good food for good prices – enough reason to like it.
The reason that I wanted to blog about [...]

The end of privacy?

So recently I get a photograph in my mail of President Barack Obama checking out a young lady’s behind. While I’d normally shrug this off as instinct getting the better of the man, a friend also sends me the link where the situation behind it all is cleared through a youtube video, which proves Sarkozy [...]

Traffic in Dehiwala

Anyone who’s taken the Galle road will know how much fun Dehiwala can be. Used to be (haven’t taken the route in some time) that the traffic would extend somewhere upto Ratmalana in the mornings (to Colombo). Evenings are no better on the way back. The best advertisement for travel by train could’ve included photos [...]

What I ended up doing this weekend…

After what has been undoubtably ages, I planned on actually posting something instead of just trawling along achcharu and facebook.
And then I came across xkcd on Jerry’s blog. The theme’s changed, so I think he typed IDDQD again.
After that, on FB I found a link to Gossip Aiyahs Juicy juicy mambalam Blogage.
Looks like I will [...]

Demons and Angels – Part II

I was reading Seth Godin recently on Demonization. Whilst he writes  what would be interpreted as a marketing-centric post, he makes a very valid point.
The closer you get to someone, something, some brand, some organization… the harder it is to demonize it, objectify it or hate it.
Reading through Achcharu today, I also came across some [...]