Vodka anyone? I'll drink to that! - email from Sunil Liyanage

 This a fantastic act so don't miss it!
Want a good Vodka drink? Watch this! -AMAZING

Doesn't look like he spills a drop!!!!


 

I need to have this guy at our next party!!!!!!
 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/60GJ0dJ1xmE?rel=0

 

Old time cricket - email from jksw.

Subject: Fwd: Cricket

Seventeen minutes, but worth watching every minute.....Enjoy! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZMde1MLrA&feature=player_embedded

Old Ceylon - email from Gallege De Silva.

Sent: Friday, 5 July 2013 7:43 AM
Subject: Nostalgic photos of Ancient Sri Lanka

 Nostalgic photos of Ancient Sri Lanka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u72tAhiDQoc

These encapsulating photos of ancient Sri Lanka compared to the development Colombo has undergone of late is a wonderful way to appreciate the past and present.

It would be good for public places to feature these photos of numerous others in the relevant areas and would like to suggest Bus Stands as appropriate so that locals and tourists alike can see what Sri Lanka was like in ancient times...

Kilinochchi - email from jksw

To: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Cc:
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:51:08 +0530
Subject: FW: Hope in Killinochchi

Forwarded below an account of Kilinochchi.

People abroad get their news English media to whom deep within, Asians yet remain  expendables, 20 million people quite so. To wit, supply of arms with the right to invade up the sleeve.

Some of my forwarded first hand accounts by credible people have been construed as propaganda.

In my many trips up north  Kilinochchi showed dramatic improvements from 2010 on , so much so 1 ½ years ago, our car was copped for blowing the horn passing the magistrates court. The cops were civil but explained that the judge was very strict on noise.

This is forwarded. I do not know the author  but I have been at this orphanage. Not seen the unfortunate ladies, but I conjecture that everytime there is any fighting the poorest around will get the brunt. Jaffna escaped that.

I do know that very cleverly the army has been utilized building infrastructure, which they do with pride and gusto – they use correct  cement to sand ratios unlike some contractors!

So soldiers deliver water from the Iranmadu tank to Jaffna?

That new road to Mullaithivu which I travelled a few months ago has cut down travel time hugely, so any patient from the new Mullaithivu Hospital (which is in the short term short of specialists) can be quickly transferred to Vavunia Hospital with sufficient facilities.

There is a lot of social movement between the public and the army, some combatants striking deep friendships, some even getting married.

There were 3 Sinhala boys in the cricket team that beat the visitors. Hope it is not construed as colonization with the south so full of all communities.

I add the comments above from personal experience.

The article below is readworthy.

jksw    

 

This is an account of a hopeful story from my friend Skanda Kumar Aruni.

It is these acts of kindness and humaneness that raises hopes for our country.

--Nimal

Just back from Killinochchi (at 4 am Monday morning after having left at 8 am on Sunday ) !!

It was a  rewarding trip that allowed a group of us to visit an orphanage of 330 children,

and see the work a retired GA in charge, Rasanayagam is doing for them and for 6000 widows in that area.

We also visited  Harmony Centre constructed by the army

that  will soon provide access to IT, English etc

and also has a badminton court and modest gym facilities...

We then went to a village adopted by the Foundation of Goodness

(Kusils Met up with around 15 educated young women looking for opportunities to be self employed.

I have returned with a proposal they have made to that which will require Rs 150,000 ( to become a supplier to the many shops in town of consumer products )and once it is examined and approved by Kushils staff I will try and raise the funds and channel it through the foundation for monitoring purposes.

We saw  for ourselves the interaction between the army and the civilian population

that was reflected in the resurgence of perhaps the biggest town in the North that was devastated in the closing stages of the war.

We saw the work that is being coordinated by the army

to take the water from the Iranamadu tank to Jaffna to provide drinking water in the North.

Finally the purpose of our visit ....to witness the first ever match
between a visiting Australian club u 17 team with a combined North East team ( also u 17 )...

and was very impressed with what we saw ( Michael Tissera was also there ) in terms of talent fitness and performance as

they beat the visitors by 70 runs ( made 173 in their turn at batting after winning the toss ) in a T 20 game.

The team had 3 sinhala boys and the rest were tamils and they blended well together.

There were over 4000 spectators, on the main ground in the centre of town,( matting pitch) and the arrangements were in the hands of the army ( headed by a very committed CO Maj Gen Udaya Perera ) and the attention to detail in all respects truly amazed us all !!

Finally 84 bicycles ( Rs 10,000 each ) were gifted to a similar number of schoolgirls through Sangakkaras Bike for Life Fund at the tea break, while at the end of the game the Australian players gifted a bike to each of the North East team players... donated by them, their parents and David Cruz ( a Sri Lankan born Australian now domiciled here who was responsible fo arranging the tour with Kushil Gunansekera). David pledged 2 turf pitches for the ground and the CO volunteered the army's services to maintain them !

I am aware that there have been mixed reactions to the role of the army in areas recovering from the war......

what we saw in our limited stay told us that

there is a sincere and committed effort being made to win hearts and minds

and the progress was there for us to see.

Our team  comprised of Kushil , Michael, self, 2 ex-UNDP and UN employed Sri Lankans (now retired ) and their spouses.

Cheers - Skanda

I will now try and get some sleep !!! and will send you some photos in due course.

 

Red Skelton and marriage - email jksw

>
> For those of you old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you will
> enjoy this e-mail. For those of you not old enough you will see what
> you missed. Either way, his humour was always clean and he was a great
> entertainer. A re-run of great 'one liners' from the man who was
> known for his clean humour.
>
> RED SKELTON'S RECIPE
> FOR THE PERFECT
> MARRIAGE >
> 1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a
> little beverage, good food and companionship.
> She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
>
> 2. We also sleep in separate beds.
> Hers is in California , and mine is in Texas ..
>
> 3.I take my wife everywhere,
> but she keeps finding her way back.
>
> 4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary.
> "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.
> So I suggested the kitchen.
>
> 5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
>
> 6. She has an electric blender, electric
> toaster and electric bread maker.
> She said "There are too many gadgets, and no place
> to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
>
> 7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well
> because there was water in the carburetor.
> I asked where the car was. She told me, "In the lake."
>
> 8.She got a mud pack and looked great for two days.
> Then the mud fell off.
>
> 9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late
> for the garbage?" The driver said, "No, jump in!".
>
> 10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
>
> 11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her
> first name was ' Always'.
>
> 12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months.
> I don't like to interrupt her.
>
> 13.The last fight was my fault though.
> My wife asked, "What's on the TV?"
> I said, "Dust!".
>
> Can't you just hear him say all of these?
>
> I love it. These were the good old days when humour
> didn't have to start with a four letter word.
> It was just clean and simple fun.
> And he always ended his programs with the words,
>
> "And May God Bless" with a big smile on his face.
>
>
>

Four Hour Erection - email jksw

What happens when you ask for help with an erection lasting more than
4hours?

Earl walked into a drug store in Kentucky and asked to talk to a male
pharmacist. The woman he was talking to said that she was the only
pharmacist and as she and her sister owned the store, there were no male
employees. She then asked if she could help him. Earl said that it was
something that he would be much more comfortable discussing with a male
pharmacist. The lady pharmacist assured him that she was completely
professional and whatever it was that he needed to discuss, he could be
confident that she would treat him with a high level of professionalism.

Earl then agreed and began by saying, 'This is tough for me to discuss, but,
I get erections every day that last more than four hours. It causes me a lot
of problems and severe embarrassment, and I was wondering what you could
give me for it.'

The pharmacist said, "Just a minute, I'll talk to my sister.."

When she returned, she said, "We discussed it at length and this is the
absolute best we can do:   A 1/3 ownership in the store, a company pickup truck, a king size bed and $3,000 a month in living expenses.

 

Modern Day Cartoons - email jksw