February 28, 2007
Rubble.
It's now a month since we started work on the new house. We have now reached the so called rubble work stage. The foundation is very complicated. Right at the bottom we have large (1m wide) inverted T shaped beams....
Posted by raditha at 2:24 PM
February 27, 2007
Right and Wrong According to the LTTE.
It's ok to shell ambassadors (including the US amabassador) of foreign countries. It not ok for the Sri Lankan government to inform the LTTE (an organization that is banned as terrorists in the US but not in Sri Lanka) that...
Posted by raditha at 1:44 PM
February 26, 2007
Architects Exibitiion.
I visited the Architects (Architects as in Civil Engineering not software) Association exhibition at the BMICH. Architects are conspicous by their absence. The place seems to be full of people selling Paint, Floor tiles, Roof Tiles and bathroom fittings. Few...
Posted by raditha at 8:42 AM
February 24, 2007
blood lust.
In the morning an road accident occured close to the Vihara Maha Devi Park (Victoria Park). When it happened there was an ongoing event for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides at the open air stage. What was unfortunate about the...
Posted by raditha at 4:41 PM
February 22, 2007
HNB Takes twenty days for cheque clearence
The Sri Lankan banking system an automated cheque clearing process. This process is supposed to be very efficient and a cheque will be realised (or returned) in a day. Unfortunately Hatton National Bank hasn't heard about that system yet. On...
Posted by raditha at 7:27 AM
February 20, 2007
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court.
How relevant is this book today? Very. It even sounds like the story of Sri Lanka. I have read quite a bit of Mark Twain and read Huckleberry Finn quite a few times, but I have never known Mark Twain...
Posted by raditha at 1:55 PM
February 18, 2007
February 16, 2007
Checkpoints to progress.
Once upon a long ago, at an election rally when Ranil promised to remove the checkpoints in Colombo, the JVP and the SLFP branded him as a traitor and an LTTE sympathazier. Rajapaksa Brothers Limited. now governs country has gone...
Posted by raditha at 1:50 PM
February 14, 2007
Diagrams to my left and diagrams to my right.
When it comes to software development, I am dead set against regimented development methods. Me, I am all for agile programming and have been an agile programmer long before it became fashionable and indeed even before the word was coined....
Posted by raditha at 8:05 AM
February 12, 2007
Shooting at borella.
When I drove through Borella saturday morning there was a massive traffic jam. Nothing strange about that. It would have been a suprise if there wasn't much traffic there. What us unusual was the cause of the snarl up. It...
Posted by raditha at 9:40 AM
February 10, 2007
The Duly Elected
If officials of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) are to be believed at the last couple of elections, people of this country voted overhelmingly against the policies and the poltians of the United National Party (UNP). In any democratic...
Posted by raditha at 6:04 AM
February 6, 2007
Damn! we can't have an election now!
The eastern province is won. (Or at least the government forces control it during the day time. Terrorists infiltrate the towns and terrorise at night). The opposition is in totally disarray and lead by a man who cannot lead a...
Posted by raditha at 12:09 PM
February 5, 2007
Independence Day.
Independence day was celebrated yesterday by the government in grand style at the cost of millions by closing down half the roads in the city to ensure the safety of our 2 cent politicians. Though advertised as an independent country,...
Posted by raditha at 3:22 PM
February 4, 2007
Indedependence
As Sri Lanka celebrates it's independence today let's reflect. You have the complete freedom to visit independence square but not to drive around it (road closed due to security reasons). You have the complete freedom to park anywhere and the...
Posted by raditha at 3:11 PM
February 2, 2007
World Wetlands Day.
Today is world wetlands day. The Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha is celebrating it in style. (Rough translation of Pradeshiya Sabha: the municipality of the Kaduwela area (covers the important suburb of Battaramulla)). A couple of decades ago, Main Street battaramulla was...
Posted by raditha at 12:34 PM
February 1, 2007
How to treat elephants.
What would you do if someone covered you up in a coarse cloth and strung up an array of lights on you? you will probably run....
Posted by raditha at 12:39 PM
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