Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Monday, November 12, 2012

email from Drbdes



Drbdes@fuse.net
15:03 (16 hours ago)
to me
Dear batchmates and other Alumni
Many have come and gone, many names only in distant memory
Many faces hardly recognizabe.
But among. Buddhas
Disclosures was
Rupan jeerathi
Nama gothram
Naji rathi=
physical aspects
Are transient, may not be permanently stored in the mind or memory
Its the acts, Karma,
That is permanently , embedded,
And not subject to decay, death, and never really forgotten.

This is firmly embedded in some form, in all beliefs, all teachings.
Dr de s
Usa

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Having a Ball for Diwali, Colombo, Sri Lanka.


I came across this large bill-board near the Galla- Face Roundabout. They were advertising for a 'Ball' on Deepawali day. An evolving culture of the leisured class in Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Mini Get-together at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka..

Galle-face, the scene of many romances of young days.
The group. Photo taken by Philip.
Kasthuriaratna.
LR Amarasekara.
Kalu Nana
Nana's better half.
Vipula Ariyasinghe.
MBS De Silva in profile.
Photo taken by Nana on his iPad.
The Macam Markar building opposite the Galle Face Hotel.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTIuvJMiys0

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

email from Chitra Gallege

Enjoy this vedeo (Youtube) so so graceful dancers


 So elegant and beautiful...really beautiful 

 
 This is stunning. Enjoy
DANCE OF 1000 HANDS...
Read the paragraph below FIRST before you watch the video
(& turn-on speakers) 
There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, which is
making the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required,
their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.
Yes, you read correctly All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes.
Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage,
these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate
and stirring. Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing
ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics.

But it had long been in the repertoire of the Chinese Disabled People's
Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.  Its lead
dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute.
The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival this year. 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/7vs-H7xLnrs?rel=0  

Monday, November 5, 2012

email from Dawood


Dawood
08:36 (13 hours ago)
to me
Subject: Wedding !!!!!
.... when you got to go, .... you got to go


The picture of the week !!!!