Bless her soul. For actively being a daily source of entertainment. ;)
Monday, 16 March 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Of a Moon, a Beachboy and a Poker
I haven't really been in a mood to blog at all, so will be posting little random things until that-a-kinda feeling passes.
Saturday, 7 March 2009
6 in a million chance
USJ rides, cherry brandy wine. Lottery tickets n marshmellow hearts
Champagne leaves, strawberry skies
Round and round the carousel
Spin. Spin. Spin.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
another munich ?
I wake up to read 'Gunmen attack SL Cricketers' on my homepage.
Seems quite surreal, and weird, now that is happening outside of Sri Lankan, to our cricketers, a bunch of people truly symbolising Sri Lanka. Usually it's always bomb going off, or this or that attack. happning IN Sri Lanka.
Thank goodness none of the players are seriously injured. It seems unlikely they were shooting directly at the players, or atleast I am left wondering how the policemen died whereas the players only got small injuries. Whatever it is, why. why. and
Why ? and as Indi has said, WTF Pakistan?! what happened to heavy security envoys?
Seems quite surreal, and weird, now that is happening outside of Sri Lankan, to our cricketers, a bunch of people truly symbolising Sri Lanka. Usually it's always bomb going off, or this or that attack. happning IN Sri Lanka.
Thank goodness none of the players are seriously injured. It seems unlikely they were shooting directly at the players, or atleast I am left wondering how the policemen died whereas the players only got small injuries. Whatever it is, why. why. and
Why ? and as Indi has said, WTF Pakistan?! what happened to heavy security envoys?
Saturday, 21 February 2009
My mom, the gadge-a-matic
She came into my room asking for some help to fix the net on to her laptop, in other terms meaning to configure the modem. I asked her to give me 10 minutes, I’ll finish what I was doing and come. Five minutes later I find her, spectacles perched up on the nose, leaning towards the screen with each step she reads on the instruction manual. She tells me it’s all done but it won’t connect. So the techy that I am, I check on it, and after rummaging around my brain come to the brilliant conclusion that it requires a difficult troubleshooting procedure of pressing the restart button. Viola! Problem fixed.
I turn around to go back to my book, when she goes “one more thing please”, “I want Google Earth”. I look at her for awhile, confused.
You want what?
Google earth, child.
My mom the almost 60 years old this year, old OLDD lady, is not supposed to know these things. Not supposed to even know about Google Earth yet along want to find our house on it. That’s was her reply to my, ‘ayyo you have to download something and do a lot of work, and WHY?!?! why do you want Google Earth?’ So she wants to look at our house, our aunts house, my fathers workplace out of town and so on and on. On Google Earth.
THAT’s my mom.
The tech-gadget freak.
Seriously. She is! Looking back, I think it started with a computer. Somewhere in the early 90s our house had a pc, thanks to her official work, eons before computers became very popular in SL. And I still remember the rules. It’s very very expensive. Don’t break it. Don’t switch it on without her around. Wait until the blinking light stops before you go ahead with the next mouse click. Don’t break it. etc etc. I remember staring at the little blinking yellow light waiting for it to stop blinking and whirring. We were kids then, and all we did was play the only game available on it, a black and white space game, where the mouse was like a small rocket shooting at huge space boulders coming at it, and breaking them into smaller pieces and continue on to break those pieces up. It was white lines on black space. I can’t remember what it was called.
From then onwards, now and then, we had upgrades to the comps at home, and now that I look back at it, I bet it was all her doing. Not my fathers! She’s owned numerous gadgets since then till now. Presently she has 2 pendrives and one of them with an mp3 player. She also has two phones, and has changed her phones and sims more than me during the past 6 years. That reminds me, she had a pendrive before none of us kids did, an external cd player and writer (back in the day when they didn’t come with the comp), and she had one of those ziplock drivers. No no, not the ziplock bags, but there was some gadgeamatic external drive that allowed you to save more to this special diskette than to the normal diskette that was available those days ( before CDs came to life). Somewhat like winzip. Yes, she found it on a trip to the US of A, and brought it home, excited like a little kid about being able to save all her files in one diskette. My mom is ever so curious about these things and it used to drive us kids, crazy. Mainly coz once we passed a certain age, we naturally caught on to the techy stuff faster than her, and it used to frustrate her that she didn’t catch up as fast as us. And she’ll come asking us, what is Bluetooth, what is infrared, how do you use MMS, what can you use that for. Sometimes she’ll get slow patient answers; sometimes it’ll be like ayyooo it’s too techy to explain! Go check on the net will you.
As annoying as parents can get sometimes, it’s quite amusing as well to see her almost child-like thirst to find out about all these techy stuff. My father is the complete opposite, I have had to teach him about 50 plus times (no exaggeration ) on how to click the start button, find the firefox sign, type hotmail, and locate his email. Finally he has managed it. My mom learned this a good decade before him. My mom the gadge-a-matic! :)
I turn around to go back to my book, when she goes “one more thing please”, “I want Google Earth”. I look at her for awhile, confused.
You want what?
Google earth, child.
My mom the almost 60 years old this year, old OLDD lady, is not supposed to know these things. Not supposed to even know about Google Earth yet along want to find our house on it. That’s was her reply to my, ‘ayyo you have to download something and do a lot of work, and WHY?!?! why do you want Google Earth?’ So she wants to look at our house, our aunts house, my fathers workplace out of town and so on and on. On Google Earth.
THAT’s my mom.
The tech-gadget freak.
Seriously. She is! Looking back, I think it started with a computer. Somewhere in the early 90s our house had a pc, thanks to her official work, eons before computers became very popular in SL. And I still remember the rules. It’s very very expensive. Don’t break it. Don’t switch it on without her around. Wait until the blinking light stops before you go ahead with the next mouse click. Don’t break it. etc etc. I remember staring at the little blinking yellow light waiting for it to stop blinking and whirring. We were kids then, and all we did was play the only game available on it, a black and white space game, where the mouse was like a small rocket shooting at huge space boulders coming at it, and breaking them into smaller pieces and continue on to break those pieces up. It was white lines on black space. I can’t remember what it was called.
From then onwards, now and then, we had upgrades to the comps at home, and now that I look back at it, I bet it was all her doing. Not my fathers! She’s owned numerous gadgets since then till now. Presently she has 2 pendrives and one of them with an mp3 player. She also has two phones, and has changed her phones and sims more than me during the past 6 years. That reminds me, she had a pendrive before none of us kids did, an external cd player and writer (back in the day when they didn’t come with the comp), and she had one of those ziplock drivers. No no, not the ziplock bags, but there was some gadgeamatic external drive that allowed you to save more to this special diskette than to the normal diskette that was available those days ( before CDs came to life). Somewhat like winzip. Yes, she found it on a trip to the US of A, and brought it home, excited like a little kid about being able to save all her files in one diskette. My mom is ever so curious about these things and it used to drive us kids, crazy. Mainly coz once we passed a certain age, we naturally caught on to the techy stuff faster than her, and it used to frustrate her that she didn’t catch up as fast as us. And she’ll come asking us, what is Bluetooth, what is infrared, how do you use MMS, what can you use that for. Sometimes she’ll get slow patient answers; sometimes it’ll be like ayyooo it’s too techy to explain! Go check on the net will you.
As annoying as parents can get sometimes, it’s quite amusing as well to see her almost child-like thirst to find out about all these techy stuff. My father is the complete opposite, I have had to teach him about 50 plus times (no exaggeration ) on how to click the start button, find the firefox sign, type hotmail, and locate his email. Finally he has managed it. My mom learned this a good decade before him. My mom the gadge-a-matic! :)
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
spooned little her
sleepy warm breath nuzzling on a neck
stolen butterfly kisses on a chocolate shoulder blade.
wandering fingertips on a nestled arm
tiny little goosebumps in its wake.
soft love touch on a winding waist
tingly toes down entangled legs.
electric chill winding up a spine
warm cosy feeling, lazy smiles,
a backward glance.
She has already melted
from your soft fiery love..
stolen butterfly kisses on a chocolate shoulder blade.
wandering fingertips on a nestled arm
tiny little goosebumps in its wake.
soft love touch on a winding waist
tingly toes down entangled legs.
electric chill winding up a spine
warm cosy feeling, lazy smiles,
a backward glance.
She has already melted
from your soft fiery love..
Monday, 9 February 2009
Nakshastra time!
Not in the exact mood write much these days, thus the random details and sneak peeks. With the boredom running at it's peek, I decided to do a horoscope thingy a friend sent. I don't believe in them, but found the results to be very interesting and freaky. These things have the effect that makes you almost want to believe in them..
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Rising Sign: Scorpio
Life Path Number: 6
Chinese Sign: Pig
Element: Water
Mode: Fixed
Ruler: Mars and Pluto
Color: Blood Red, Garnet Red, Brown
Famous Scorpios:
Marie Antoinette, Richard Burton, Madame Curie, Michael Dukakis, Larry Flynt, Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg, Grace Kelly, Vivien Leigh, Demi Moore, Burt Lancaster, Roy Lichtenstein, Martin Luther, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Julia Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt.
Strengths:
Charismatic, competent, courageous, determined, honest, loyal, magnetic, passionate, profound, proud, reliable, sharp-witted
Weaknesses:
Jealous, merciless, obsessive, passive-aggressive, secretive, selective, self-destructive, speculative, vicious
Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, is best characterized by passion, intensity, and emotionality. You are considered the most powerful and extreme sign of the zodiac, because you deal with the process of fundamental transformation on all levels. Pluto is your ruler, Scorpio, and is known as the planet of permanent change and transformation. It is also associated with sex, the life cycle of birth and death, and regeneration.
You are the second of the three water signs. Pluto’s influence makes you a charismatic, yet enigmatic person. While you may appear serene on the surface, you contain a magnetic intensity and powerfully hypnotic personality, belied only by a penetrating stare of deep intelligence.
Scorpio, you rule the eighth house of the chart, which is associated with other people’s money, possessions, and values, as well as wealth received through inheritance; it also describes how and to what extent we commit, and bond with our partner, both on a sexual and emotional level.
Yours is a fixed sign, which means that you are steadfast in adversity. Once you put your mind to something, you display self-discipline and staying power. You work stoically to achieve your goals – no matter the cost!
Scorpio Rising, you have a kind of autonomy that no other ascendant seems to have. You are willing to risk your live in order to accomplish your goals. You pursue your objectives with a tremendous, fixed, emotional intensity, and are able to draw on hidden sources of power.
You try to always be in control of situations, so that you don’t need to depend on anyone. You avoid feeling vulnerable at any price! Your obsession with staying on top of everything becomes a passionate battle for power.
While you may appear composed and self-possessed on the surface, you contain a charismatic intensity and mesmerizing personality beneath the surface, much like an active volcano before eruption. It’s very hard for others to resist you, when you want to draw them into your net, because of your mysterious magnetism.
Your universe is infinite, deep, and spiritual, and people who decide to venture into it, can’t help but being touched by its unfathomable atmosphere. However, your universe is not a trap, it is rather a way for you to share an intensely emotional experience. Yet, your intimate world is not easy to reach, because it is hidden and secret. If someone wants to explore and discover it, they need to put a lot of effort, intensity, and time into it.
If your Life-Path number is SIX, a sense of responsibility will likely be prominent for you. SIXES are considered to be the most domestic of numbers and live a path related to leadership through example. This assumption of responsibility generally means that as a SIX, you’re always there to help others in any way you can. In fact, you must need to feel useful in order to be truly happy.
Those with a SIX Life-Path are usually very versatile and can communicate across any generation gap. SIXES are idealistic and usually recognize that wisdom, understanding, and balance are the cornerstones to assume responsibility in the best possible way.
It is common for SIXES to be devoted to their families and homes. This is usually the first priority for a SIX with helping the community coming a close second. Key words for a SIX Life-Path are responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, empathy, and family.
It can be challenging for some SIXES to take on the responsibility for what’s around them in a healthy balance. Careful planning and consideration for the self as well as others will alleviate feelings of overwhelm or guilt. Be careful not to be too critical or hard on yourself if you can’t do it all. Your path is one of assuming only what you are able.
Honest and upright, you advance in life like a tranquil bulldozer. You hate lies, hypocrites, and artifice. If you do something bad you feel terrible and guilty about it for a long time after the fact. For your family and friends you are generous and helpful. Sometimes you are even a little bit too generous because you don't know how to say no. People don't hesitate taking advantage of your good nature.
Underneath your exterior hides a ferocious determination for your inner codes to be respected. Nobody can impose their will on you unless you decide to let them. You make your decisions and take responsibility for your failures in private. You don't blame others for your mistakes. When there is a conflict, you take cover until the storm has passed. Others may criticize you for preferring to run rather than fight but raised voices, fights, and power games revile you. If your back is against the wall with no escape possible you become a daunting and violent adversary.
Behind your apparent good nature you hide your hypersensitivity and soul of a gambler. You love to experience all the pleasures that life has to offer to a maximum. Your sensuality and your taste for pleasure make you an expert in love - especially physical love. Your only risk is falling into lustful ways!
(urm... who is reading my crystal ball out there!!!)
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Rising Sign: Scorpio
Life Path Number: 6
Chinese Sign: Pig
Element: Water
Mode: Fixed
Ruler: Mars and Pluto
Color: Blood Red, Garnet Red, Brown
Famous Scorpios:
Marie Antoinette, Richard Burton, Madame Curie, Michael Dukakis, Larry Flynt, Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg, Grace Kelly, Vivien Leigh, Demi Moore, Burt Lancaster, Roy Lichtenstein, Martin Luther, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Julia Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt.
Strengths:
Charismatic, competent, courageous, determined, honest, loyal, magnetic, passionate, profound, proud, reliable, sharp-witted
Weaknesses:
Jealous, merciless, obsessive, passive-aggressive, secretive, selective, self-destructive, speculative, vicious
Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, is best characterized by passion, intensity, and emotionality. You are considered the most powerful and extreme sign of the zodiac, because you deal with the process of fundamental transformation on all levels. Pluto is your ruler, Scorpio, and is known as the planet of permanent change and transformation. It is also associated with sex, the life cycle of birth and death, and regeneration.
You are the second of the three water signs. Pluto’s influence makes you a charismatic, yet enigmatic person. While you may appear serene on the surface, you contain a magnetic intensity and powerfully hypnotic personality, belied only by a penetrating stare of deep intelligence.
Scorpio, you rule the eighth house of the chart, which is associated with other people’s money, possessions, and values, as well as wealth received through inheritance; it also describes how and to what extent we commit, and bond with our partner, both on a sexual and emotional level.
Yours is a fixed sign, which means that you are steadfast in adversity. Once you put your mind to something, you display self-discipline and staying power. You work stoically to achieve your goals – no matter the cost!
Scorpio Rising, you have a kind of autonomy that no other ascendant seems to have. You are willing to risk your live in order to accomplish your goals. You pursue your objectives with a tremendous, fixed, emotional intensity, and are able to draw on hidden sources of power.
You try to always be in control of situations, so that you don’t need to depend on anyone. You avoid feeling vulnerable at any price! Your obsession with staying on top of everything becomes a passionate battle for power.
While you may appear composed and self-possessed on the surface, you contain a charismatic intensity and mesmerizing personality beneath the surface, much like an active volcano before eruption. It’s very hard for others to resist you, when you want to draw them into your net, because of your mysterious magnetism.
Your universe is infinite, deep, and spiritual, and people who decide to venture into it, can’t help but being touched by its unfathomable atmosphere. However, your universe is not a trap, it is rather a way for you to share an intensely emotional experience. Yet, your intimate world is not easy to reach, because it is hidden and secret. If someone wants to explore and discover it, they need to put a lot of effort, intensity, and time into it.
If your Life-Path number is SIX, a sense of responsibility will likely be prominent for you. SIXES are considered to be the most domestic of numbers and live a path related to leadership through example. This assumption of responsibility generally means that as a SIX, you’re always there to help others in any way you can. In fact, you must need to feel useful in order to be truly happy.
Those with a SIX Life-Path are usually very versatile and can communicate across any generation gap. SIXES are idealistic and usually recognize that wisdom, understanding, and balance are the cornerstones to assume responsibility in the best possible way.
It is common for SIXES to be devoted to their families and homes. This is usually the first priority for a SIX with helping the community coming a close second. Key words for a SIX Life-Path are responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, empathy, and family.
It can be challenging for some SIXES to take on the responsibility for what’s around them in a healthy balance. Careful planning and consideration for the self as well as others will alleviate feelings of overwhelm or guilt. Be careful not to be too critical or hard on yourself if you can’t do it all. Your path is one of assuming only what you are able.
Honest and upright, you advance in life like a tranquil bulldozer. You hate lies, hypocrites, and artifice. If you do something bad you feel terrible and guilty about it for a long time after the fact. For your family and friends you are generous and helpful. Sometimes you are even a little bit too generous because you don't know how to say no. People don't hesitate taking advantage of your good nature.
Underneath your exterior hides a ferocious determination for your inner codes to be respected. Nobody can impose their will on you unless you decide to let them. You make your decisions and take responsibility for your failures in private. You don't blame others for your mistakes. When there is a conflict, you take cover until the storm has passed. Others may criticize you for preferring to run rather than fight but raised voices, fights, and power games revile you. If your back is against the wall with no escape possible you become a daunting and violent adversary.
Behind your apparent good nature you hide your hypersensitivity and soul of a gambler. You love to experience all the pleasures that life has to offer to a maximum. Your sensuality and your taste for pleasure make you an expert in love - especially physical love. Your only risk is falling into lustful ways!
(urm... who is reading my crystal ball out there!!!)
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