July 26, 2006

How they steal your money.

The Ceylon Electricity Board is one of the most corrupt organizations in the country but what about the Lanka Electricity Company (LECO)? hang on a second what is the LECO? They are supposed to be the company in charge of...
Posted by raditha at 6:26 AM

July 25, 2006

Musical Chairs

For many weeks, the Indian Oil Company didn't sell petrol. They had no money to buy stocks. Why? the government didn't pay them the subsidies that were promised to them long ago. Now the Ceylon Petrolium Corporation is not selling...
Posted by raditha at 1:12 AM

July 24, 2006

What a mess.

Kin Ross, Wellawatte; what a mess. Here you will find condominiums and garbage, hoodlums and yuppies, luxury hotels and illegal shanties, ship wrecks and rusty old trains, fishermen and footballers, small babies and grandparents, beach rock and seawead, you...
Posted by raditha at 6:36 AM

July 23, 2006

Sun Sets on Kahatuduwa

The Sun Sets on Kahatudawa. There is more to it than just the setting sun. Kahatuduwa, is a one horse town close to Homagama and Horana. Today you will struggle to find it on the map. According to it's...
Posted by raditha at 3:04 PM

July 20, 2006

Censorship.

Apparently Indian politicians are bigger jokers and fools than the their Sri Lankan counterparts. They have blocked blogs. Can you believe that? I think the government of india intended to block all blogs but the politians and their hanger ons...
Posted by raditha at 1:00 PM

July 18, 2006

Three cheers for the strikers.

The overpaid and underworked employees of the Colombo harbour are on a work to rule campgain. Whatever that is it certainly is the antidote to the traffic jams that plague Colombo. Three Wheeler and Maruti drivers are doing their utmost...
Posted by raditha at 4:02 PM

July 15, 2006

The Jam Fruit Tree

I am at Great Western and rereading the Jam Fruit Tree. This place is mentioned in the book, which I found to be hilariously funny 12 years ago when I read it as a teenager. Funny thing, the book doesn't...
Posted by raditha at 6:18 AM

July 12, 2006

Rewriting history.

It's now a couple of months since the Statue of loney queen victoria was dumped at the Victoria Park (oops, Vihara Maha Devi park). The Dept of archeology is supposed to do something about it, if they are two cowardly...
Posted by raditha at 5:09 AM

July 10, 2006

Queen Victoria Statue Stolen?

Returned to the 'Victoria' park armed with my camera, to try to a shoot a couple of photo of Lonely Queen Victoria sitting next to Queen Vihara Maha Devi. Lo and behold the statue has disappeared. Could it have been...
Posted by raditha at 3:32 AM

July 8, 2006

Lonely Queen Victoria

The Galle Face Green (which is no longer green) is dedicated to the ladies and children of colombo. Today it was out of bounds to Ladies, Children and everyone elese. Well the green itself wasn't out of bounds but today...
Posted by raditha at 4:28 AM

July 2, 2006

The joy of victory and the agony of defeat.

My world cup is over. My world cup? Sri Lanka isn't even playing in the world cup finals, never have and it doesn't look like they ever will, so Brazil is my team at the final. Brazil has always been...
Posted by raditha at 12:45 PM

 

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