While a few unscrupulous elements backed by the so called LTTE diaspora overseas attempt to tarnish the image of the Colombo government, all international institutions and relief bodies which visited welfare camps in the once strife torn northern area of Sri Lanka have commended that the welfare centers were the best in the world.
Foreign delegates Ambassadors have already conveyed to their respective government that the administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa looked after the welfare of civilians housed in temporary centres in the best possible manner providing all relief measures.
Last week the United Nations Development Programme Assistant Administrative Director, Jordan Rayon visited many welfare camps in the North and expressed satisfaction over measures afforded to the civilians.
Rayon observed that the internally displaced was well looked after not only with the basic human needs but also with extensive medical facilities rarely seen in welfare centers in other parts of the globe where wars are fought.
Following that visit, Rayon assured the Colombo government that the UNDP would come out in a major way to help Colombo in the de-mining process and the re-settlement of civilians.
Rayon was delighted over the manner the government speedily moved towards the 180 day deadline to re-settle the internally displaced.
He has assured all possible assistance from the UNDP to ensure early re-settlement of the displaced.
Courtesy : Government Information Department
July 27, 2009
If I die?
Husband: If I die will u remarry?
Wife: No! I'll stay with my sister. But if I die will u remarry?
Husband: No, I'll also stay with your sister
Wife: No! I'll stay with my sister. But if I die will u remarry?
Husband: No, I'll also stay with your sister
July 26, 2009
July 22, 2009
July 21, 2009
"Good luck Mr.Gorsky". By Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong's Secret
On 20th July 1969, as commander of the Apollo11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon 'That’s one small step for man, One giant leap for the mankind,' were televised to Earth and heard by millions.
But just before he re-entered the Apollo 11, he made the enigmatic remark: "Good luck Mr.Gorsky".
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut.
However upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programmes. Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what "Good Luck Mr Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled and said nothing.
But on 5th July in Tampa Bay , Florida , while answering reporters’ questions, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question. This time he finally responded. Mr Gorsky had died so Neil Armstrong felt he could impart the secret of his enigmatic words.
In 1938, when Neil was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball which landed his neighbours' yard- Mr & Mrs Gorsky's...
As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs Gorsky shouting at her husband,
"SEX? You want SEX!? You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!!"
A true story...
Good Luck Mr Gorsky
On 20th July 1969, as commander of the Apollo11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon 'That’s one small step for man, One giant leap for the mankind,' were televised to Earth and heard by millions.
But just before he re-entered the Apollo 11, he made the enigmatic remark: "Good luck Mr.Gorsky".
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut.
However upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programmes. Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what "Good Luck Mr Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled and said nothing.
But on 5th July in Tampa Bay , Florida , while answering reporters’ questions, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question. This time he finally responded. Mr Gorsky had died so Neil Armstrong felt he could impart the secret of his enigmatic words.
In 1938, when Neil was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball which landed his neighbours' yard- Mr & Mrs Gorsky's...
As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs Gorsky shouting at her husband,
"SEX? You want SEX!? You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!!"
A true story...
Good Luck Mr Gorsky
July 19, 2009
Never seen so much horror as in last few days under LTTE
“Since we were ordered by the LTTE to shift out of Kilinochchi in November deeper into the Tiger-held territory in Vanni, I have lost count of the number of times I was displaced. I have never seen so much devastation, pain and suffering even in a horror film, compared to what I witnessed in the last few weeks before I decided to move into the government-controlled territory on May 13,” says a clearly identified Tamil public servant describing his ordeal of being forcibly moved from place to place by the LTTE from August 2006.
Speaking to the Hindu correspondent in Colombo who spoke to him at the Menik Farm Complex, IPD centre, 50 km from, Vavuniya, Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (59) an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi, Jaffna, describes his ordeal under LTTE captivity, and his harrowing efforts to establish links with his family with whom he was separated in August 2006.
Adding a possible silver lining to his tragic story, the Hindu correspondent in Colombo says he was able to establish contact with Mr. Gathyaselan’s daughter from Colombo at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday (26). He had got through to the number in one try. His daughter who picked up the phone could barely converse in English and was yet anxious for details of her father.
Here is the text of the story from the Hindu (28) titled “Senior Tamil officer in search of his family” written by B. Muralidhar Reddy
“I have never seen so much devastation, pain and suffering even in a horror film”
The Hindu correspondent establishes telephonic contact with refugee’s daughter in Colombo
Thousands among the 2.7 lakh refugees who escaped took with them their savings of years
MANIK FARM COMPLEX (VAVUNIYA): Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The case of Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (who would turn 60 on October 31), an Assistant Director in the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi in the Jaffna peninsula, is perhaps a telling example.
A twist in his life on August 11, 2006 displaced him from his four-member family at Vadamarachi, left him with no choice but to be a captive of the LTTE at Kilinochchi till November and end up among the last batch of civilians to run away from the Tigers into the government-controlled territory.
Currently lodged in one of the 25 government camps for the war-displaced civilians in the Menik Farm Complex, 50 km. from Vavuniya town, Mr. Gathayaselan is desperate to contact his wife and three daughters at Vadamarachi. Thankfully, he has preserved the government identity card through the multiple displacements that began some time in November and the unprecedented devastation three weeks preceding the end of Eelam War IV on May 19. Read More......
Speaking to the Hindu correspondent in Colombo who spoke to him at the Menik Farm Complex, IPD centre, 50 km from, Vavuniya, Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (59) an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi, Jaffna, describes his ordeal under LTTE captivity, and his harrowing efforts to establish links with his family with whom he was separated in August 2006.
Adding a possible silver lining to his tragic story, the Hindu correspondent in Colombo says he was able to establish contact with Mr. Gathyaselan’s daughter from Colombo at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday (26). He had got through to the number in one try. His daughter who picked up the phone could barely converse in English and was yet anxious for details of her father.
Here is the text of the story from the Hindu (28) titled “Senior Tamil officer in search of his family” written by B. Muralidhar Reddy
“I have never seen so much devastation, pain and suffering even in a horror film”
The Hindu correspondent establishes telephonic contact with refugee’s daughter in Colombo
Thousands among the 2.7 lakh refugees who escaped took with them their savings of years
MANIK FARM COMPLEX (VAVUNIYA): Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The case of Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (who would turn 60 on October 31), an Assistant Director in the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi in the Jaffna peninsula, is perhaps a telling example.
A twist in his life on August 11, 2006 displaced him from his four-member family at Vadamarachi, left him with no choice but to be a captive of the LTTE at Kilinochchi till November and end up among the last batch of civilians to run away from the Tigers into the government-controlled territory.
Currently lodged in one of the 25 government camps for the war-displaced civilians in the Menik Farm Complex, 50 km. from Vavuniya town, Mr. Gathayaselan is desperate to contact his wife and three daughters at Vadamarachi. Thankfully, he has preserved the government identity card through the multiple displacements that began some time in November and the unprecedented devastation three weeks preceding the end of Eelam War IV on May 19. Read More......
July 12, 2009
Made in Sri lanka ???????????????????
ColomboInternational school.
Sri Lanka
Dinner party
Our Future
Nice.!!!!!!!
Isn't It??????
July 5, 2009
One Mother.......
The world is full of sons and daughters like you and me
I had a marvelous mother, who loved me,
Sacrificed for me and helped me in every way possible.
In all of my growing up from childhood through
School and eventually marriage,
My mother was always at my side.
And when I needed help with my little ones,
She was there for me.
A few years ago, we buried this wonderful woman.
Can you imagine how I felt when I returned home and
Found poem in her drawer written by my mom.
Can you imagine how I felt when I returned home and
Found poem in her drawer written by my mom.
The time is now
If you are ever going to love
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feelings
Which from true affection flow
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiselled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone
If you have tender thoughts of me
Please let me know now
If you wait until I am sleeping
There will be death between us
And I will not hear you then
So if you love me, even a little bit
Let me know while I am living
So that I can treasure it
Now she is gone and I am sick with guilt
Because I never told her what she meant to me.
Worse yet, I did not treat her as she deserved to be treated.
I found time for everyone and everything else
But I never made time for her.
It would have been easy to drop in for a cup of tea
And a hug but my friends came first.
Would any of them have done for me what my mother did,
I know the answer.
When I called mom on the phone,
I was always in a hurry.
I feel ashamed when I think of the times I cut her off , The times I retorted back to her , The times I glared at her in a angry mood when she wanted to correct me and guide me through the correct path.
I remember too, the times I could have included her in a trip out and did not.
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feelings
Which from true affection flow
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiselled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone
If you have tender thoughts of me
Please let me know now
If you wait until I am sleeping
There will be death between us
And I will not hear you then
So if you love me, even a little bit
Let me know while I am living
So that I can treasure it
Now she is gone and I am sick with guilt
Because I never told her what she meant to me.
Worse yet, I did not treat her as she deserved to be treated.
I found time for everyone and everything else
But I never made time for her.
It would have been easy to drop in for a cup of tea
And a hug but my friends came first.
Would any of them have done for me what my mother did,
I know the answer.
When I called mom on the phone,
I was always in a hurry.
I feel ashamed when I think of the times I cut her off , The times I retorted back to her , The times I glared at her in a angry mood when she wanted to correct me and guide me through the correct path.
I remember too, the times I could have included her in a trip out and did not.
Our children loved Grandma from the times they were babies.
They often turn to her for comfort and advice.
She understood them.
I realise now that I was too critical,
Too short-tempered, too stingy with praise.
Grandma gave them unconditional love.
The world is filled with sons, daughters and a child like me.
I hope they see themselves in this letter and realise from it.
July 1, 2009
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