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Sunday, May 3, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Music from North Korea.
Please click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-
North Korea children playing the guitar. Creepy as
hell
North Korea Kids Outrageously Performing
https://youtu.be/3C3saOrZLl0
[Piano] Yu Pyol Mi - "The General and Children" {DPRK Music}
[Accordion Ensemble] 《사랑의 손풍금 안고 노래불러요》 {DPRK Music}
Moranbong Band - Collection of World Famous Songs
North Korean Kids playing Violin
Why you should never visit Sri Lanka
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3:51 PM (2 hours ago)
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http://traveltriangle.com/blog/reasons-why-you-should-never-visit-sri-lanka/
A LITTLE ITCH and A VW POLO.
email sent by Piyusha Atapatthu
Watch out. This is the season of itchy
elephants.
When an Elephant Needed a
Tummy Rub
... ... ....
This is the moment a bull elephant decided to
scratch an itch on a parked car. The two terrified occupants of this VW Polo
found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time as a giant elephant
stooped down to rub itself against the vehicle's roof and bonnet.
The incredible images were taken by Armand Grobler,
21, a field guide and lodge manager, in Pilanesburg National Park in South
Africa.
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There were two people inside the car at the time the
massive bull elephant started playing with it….'Yet
even though it was in this condition, it displayed no signs of aggression or
frustration and was in a more playful
mood.'Elephants frequently use logs, small trees and rocks to relieve an itch
or remove parasites - but with the car so close to hand, it was a chance too
good to pass up.
Mr Grobler added: 'We were unsure of what to do in the situation when the elephant made contact with the car, and when the car was being crushed, we feared for the lives of the driver and passenger but our efforts were very limited as to what we could do. 'The all-round emotion that was within our vehicle, as we watched in horror, was that we were rushed with adrenaline yet terrified and helpless.
After the elephant had finished the car was left
with 4 blown tires and a broken chassis
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The photos were taken by Armand Grobler, a field
guide and lodge manager in Pilanesburg, South Africa. The two passengers in
the car, male and female, both in late 20's or early 30's, were not harmed,
only badly shaken up. They were both in shock but happy to be alive.
'The car was not so lucky. From what we could see
and hear, all the windows were smashed, the roof was badly dented
and the entire top part of the car smashed…..'All
four tyres had been blown and the chassis broken.'
As for the elephant, after giving itself a good
scratch, it continued on its way itch free
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oblivious to the destruction it had left behind
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I met an old doctor who in the 1950s was District Medical Officer at Medagama, Sri Lanka. One night he was driving his Morris Minor, toward Medagama, after a visit to the DMO Buththala, a neighbouring station. A male elephant blocked the highway at ‘Anapallama’ and the herd was close by. He stopped the car and waited. The elephant advanced, felt the hot bonnet of the car with it’s trunk, turned round and placed its rear in the hot area. It pushed the car down when it tried to sit on the hot area. The doctor meantime had quietly opened the door of the car ran and hid under a culvert close by. After rubbing its rear to its satisfaction the elephant sauntered away with its herd. The doctor got back into his car and raced all the way to Buttala. He said that the car did not even have a dent on its body. Cars were made stronger in the 1950s.
Friday, May 1, 2015
A child prodigy - Akim Camara.
Please
click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-
Andre Rieu & 3 year old violinist, Akim Camara
2005
Andre Rieu & Akim Camara (aged 5) in New York 2007
Akim Camara 11yo violinist playing , C A de Beriot
Concert Nr 9 2012
Akim Camara : Fritz Kreisler - Präludium und Allegro
Akim Camara - Klaviertrio
The Ravana story in Sri Lanka.
In
present Sri Lanka the Ravana myth has overtaken the Vijaya legend.
The
places where the 'Ten-headed' Ravana lived are being searched for by a very
vociferous group, which seems to want to take political mileage out of the
legends here.
Ravana
never took refuge in a cave. He came out from his Capital and died fighting on
the battle-field, according to Valmiki's Ramayana.
Sitha
was abducted by Ravana in revenge for the dis-figuration of his sister's face.
She was brought to 'Lanka' and was kept hostage. She never hid in a cave.
Various
places in present Sri Lanka are associated with her.
1.
Sita-Eliya off Nuwara Eliya on the road to Welimada where she used to bathe in
a stream. There is a temple there. Hakgala rock close by is said to have
been a residence of Ravana.
2.
Avissawella has a fountain called Sita Ella where she is supposed to have
bathed.
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Dr. Mirando has written a book on Ravana and Sri Lanka. I am sure you could buy
it on ebay.
Wishing
you all the best.
Philip
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