April 29, 2007

Good news: Sri Lanka Loses World Cup.

Sri Lanka has lost the cricket world final. We should be thankfull for that. In the wee hours of the morning very few people in Colombo was watching the final being played out. There was no power with in the...
Posted by raditha at 1:33 AM

April 28, 2007

World Cup Damp Squib.

Rajapaksa Brothers (Pvt) Ltd. Cannot be blamed for all that ail Sri Lanka. Like wise the International Cricket Council cannot be blamed for all the ills that effected this cricket world up. They certainly cannot control the whether , but...
Posted by raditha at 3:03 PM

April 26, 2007

Front Page News.

In Sri Lanka not many people read the newspapers, they are hardly worth reading anyway. Most of those who do start off with the sports section or the business pages. Now with everyone being so taken up by the cricket...
Posted by raditha at 2:33 AM

April 25, 2007

Past one hurdle

Yesterday the Sri Lanka cricket team played against what is probably the best New Zealand team ever. The trouble for the Kiwi's is that they were playing what might be called the best Sri Lankan team ever. So Sri Lanka...
Posted by raditha at 5:42 PM

April 24, 2007

Day of reckoning.

After a month long world cup campaign during which Sri Lanka looked like possible world champions comes the day of reckoning. In a few minutes time they take on New Zealand in the first semi final. Though these teams have...
Posted by raditha at 11:29 AM

April 23, 2007

Time to reprimand the Pope.

Rajapaksa brothers limited, the company that owns this country is riding rough shod all over it's people. Many are simply disappearing never to be seen again. Many say it's the police who are behind it. Journalists who speak out against...
Posted by raditha at 4:33 AM

April 21, 2007

Lara's Last Stand.

Being a Sri Lankan it wasn't easy to decide which side to support during yesterday's Australia vs New Zealand match. Towards the second half of the match I decided to go with the Aussies, it's always better to support the...
Posted by raditha at 1:13 PM

April 20, 2007

Dialog Telekom shoots itself on the foot.

For the past three years, Dialog Telekom has been trying to shoot itself in the foot without actually suceeding. Today it looks like they have finally managed it with the announcement of their rights issue. The rights (1 for 10)...
Posted by raditha at 6:12 AM

April 19, 2007

Limping back to normal.

Colombo is finally limping back to normal after the holidays. April is the great holiday season in Sri Lanka. Officially you are allowed just two days off. But most people take about a week's vacation. Many people living in Colombo...
Posted by raditha at 4:13 AM

April 15, 2007

Trans Tasmanian world cup final?

History repeated itself when South Africa lost to New Zealand the other night. The margin of victory wasn't very big and that's exactly what happened the last time these two sides met in a world cup. This result probably means...
Posted by raditha at 4:13 AM

April 14, 2007

Cricket's deja vu

Went to see my mother-in-law for the new year and got back just in time to see the last three overs of the South Africa vs New Zealand cricket match. It gives you a deja vu feeling. In the last...
Posted by raditha at 5:00 PM

April 11, 2007

Bye Bye St. Clair.

The government has started work on the second phase of the Upper Kothmale Hydro Power project. That means the St Clair water fall will disappear soon. And that's a best case scenario. They will be tunneling through the Great Western...
Posted by raditha at 2:39 PM

April 8, 2007

Former Ministers and Former Cricket bosses in detention

The former president of the Sri Lanka Cricket board, Thilanga Sumathipala has been sentenced for two years in prison. Being a powerful and influential man, he tried every trick in the book. Most famously when he persuaded a judge to...
Posted by raditha at 2:45 PM

April 7, 2007

The best match of the world cup.

The cricket match between England and Sri Lanka the other day was without doubt the best match of the 2007 cricket world cup so far. It's the first game with a last ball finish. It bettered the match between Sri...
Posted by raditha at 2:16 AM

April 5, 2007

Of Bicycles and Customer Service

Sri Lankan companies are not known for being customer friendly. Many people working in large companies do not believe the customer is kind. Sri Lankans being imbeciles continue to patronize those places and you can say they get what they...
Posted by raditha at 6:00 AM

April 3, 2007

Great Western.

Went to Great Western for the long weekend. How things have changed since the last visit at Christmas. The Thalawakelle town and most of it's sorroundings seems to be covered in dust. That's largely because of the work on the...
Posted by raditha at 10:23 AM

 

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