February 29, 2004

Cricket and Elections II

Sri Lankan leaders are inefficient both in cricket and in politics. In the cricket field it is amply proved by the teams performance in today's cricket match. At the time of writing the game is not over yet but halfway...
Posted by raditha at 1:40 PM

People Get the Government They Deserve.

This old saying holds very true in Sri Lanka. Most politicians stick posters with their ugly faces (complete with a frown that is often mistaken for a smile) on every trash can, parapet wall and lamp post. Yet it's against...
Posted by raditha at 11:30 AM

February 28, 2004

5/6

Five power failures in size days. The Ceylon Electricity Board has proven once again that it is one of the most ineffective of Sri Lankan government institutions. However it has proven very effective in destroying Sri Lanka's natural beauty. Trees...
Posted by raditha at 10:04 PM

Corruption or war?

A shocking number of Sri Lankan seem to believe that the corruption that plagued the last UNF government is a worse than having a civil war on our hands. (many of them don't have friends or relatives in the army,...
Posted by raditha at 6:41 PM

Cricket Or Elections

Ask a sri lankan what's more important following the cricket or following the election campaing? many people will express disgust at the behaviour of the politians. The others express disgust at the lack of spine displayed but some members of...
Posted by raditha at 6:31 AM

February 27, 2004

Immediate Vacancies in the Parliament

This is an old joke that's doing the rounds in colombo again now that the parliament that was elected for 6 years was dissolved after 2 years. (No there wasn't a no confidence motion, the ruling party had the majority...
Posted by raditha at 1:12 PM

Three Strikes and You Are Out

If that holds true the management at the Ceylon Electricity Board should be out. We have had three black outs in three days in Colombo. Many other parts of the country have also been efffects. No explaination has been forthcoming....
Posted by raditha at 9:00 AM

February 26, 2004

So why start bloggin anyway?

Well things in my little island are moving at an brisk pace of late. It's become nearly impossible to keep up with a traditional little old website. My site on Sri Lanka hardly sees an update at the best of...
Posted by raditha at 11:29 PM

Sailing ships will pass you by

I've been hanging around the web for a long long time and until now blogging was a sailing ship that was passing by. Well my small dingy seems to have caught up with the ship. Let's see if it's worth...
Posted by raditha at 10:50 PM

 

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