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Monday, July 8, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Imagination and reality - email jksw
What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imaginatio n
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From: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
To: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Cc:
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:50:16 +0530
Subject: FW: What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imagination
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 3:28 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imagination
From: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
To: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Cc:
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:50:16 +0530
Subject: FW: What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imagination
From as young as 6 years up to 50 years, I recall just three such short instances lasting a few seconds. If it gets more frequent I shall be meeting the head-shrinkers.
As
my esteemed colleague in psychiatry once stated, all are mad on a scale
of 1 to 100. He did give me a better sane score than on himself.
Flattery?
jksw
Perceptions of the attributes of one's 'first love', or for that matter one's 'first car' are largely shaped by imagination and not reality.
Philip G V
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 3:28 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imagination
Imagination Can Change Perceptions of Reality
What we see and hear can be reshaped by our imagination.
Published on June 28, 2013 by Christopher Bergland in The Athlete's Way
Researchers
in Sweden have found that our imagination can change our perceptions of
reality. Your mind can literally play tricks on you by changing
illusions of what you think you hear and see into what seems like
reality. The new study from the Karolinska Institutet is published in the scientific journal Current Biology. The findings offer new clues on how the human braincombines information from the different senses and how imagination can alter mind-brain function.
"We
often think about the things we imagine and the things we perceive as
being clearly dissociable," says Christopher Berger, doctoral student at
the Department of Neuroscience and lead author of the study. "However,
what this study shows is that our imagination of a sound or a shape
changes how we perceive the world around us in the same way actually
hearing that sound or seeing that shape does. Specifically, we found
that what we imagine hearing can change what we actually see, and what
we imagine seeing can change what we actually hear."
Saturday, July 6, 2013
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! -AMAZINGDoesn't look like he spills a drop!!!!
I need to have this guy at our next party!!!!!!
Old time cricket - email from jksw.
Subject: Fwd: Cricket
Seventeen minutes, but worth watching every minute.....Enjoy!
Friday, July 5, 2013
Old Ceylon - email from Gallege De Silva.
Sent: Friday, 5 July 2013 7:43 AM
Subject: Nostalgic photos of Ancient Sri Lanka
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...
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Kilinochchi - email from jksw
To: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Cc:
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:51:08 +0530
Subject: FW: Hope in Killinochchi
Just back from Killinochchi (at 4 am Monday morning after having left at 8 am on Sunday ) !!
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
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
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
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 )...
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 !
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
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.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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.
>
>
>
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