Endless Impossibilities

List of Endless Impossibilities

Guess, Who will have the Last Laugh !

A video started circulating in many social media platforms immediately after the results of the recently concluded presidential election in Sri Lankan was officially announced, where a group of claiming to be youngsters started beating war drums and openly threatening other communities living in the country.

I decided to share the same on my Facebook wall with the title “Is this what the country needs today”?

The purpose of the posting it is, hoping it would go viral and eventually get the attention of the authorities and put an end to such actions.

Immediately after it appeared on my wall, many likeminded people of those war drummers in the said video started engaging me in heated arguments, defending their actions and some were even started hurling insult too at me.

12 hours later I got a message from the Facebook stating that they have removed the video from my wall after receiving many complaints as the video does not meet their set community standards.

However, they have given me two options, either to accept their decision and do nothing about it or to appeal for reconsideration of their decision.

My initial reaction was to let it pass as I use this very social media platform to keep connections alive with my relatives and friends in various parts of the world.

Without having such a platform, it will be impossible to keep a track and contact with those who live in far-flung places.

Knowing well that I may lose my long-held account with them is a real possibility due to undue external pressure being applied; I decided to contest their decision on principles.

These were the very words that I have used in my justification for posting it in my appeal for reconsideration.

The purpose of posting it is hoping it will eventually get the concerned authorities attention and it will help to book those who are openly beating war drums and threatening other communities to justice.

Further, such acts are a flagrant violation of the Election rules in the country.

They were inciting violence which is a serious crime in any decent country and at the same time violating the election laws of the land openly.

Now, I am waiting for their final verdict on the video but I am sure, given the prevailing atmosphere in the country after the election that it will not be back on my wall again, which I have no issue but shooting the messenger is sending the wrong message and it will add more concerns to many decent and peace-loving people living in this country.

Whoever has reported it may think that he /she has won it today but tomorrow he/she will repent for his / her foolish actions today once the realities started to sink in deep but then it will be too late for him or her but surely it will not for me or to my family.

We will have the last laugh.

බොඳවෙන සිහිණ

පෙරේරා
"මට හිතෙන විදියට ලගදීම ඔය ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ, ඇමරිකාවේ, මැද පෙරදිග රටවල ලොකු ආර්ථික වල කඩා වැටීමක් තියේවි".

සිල්වා
"ඇයි එහෙම කියන්නේ මිස්ටර් පෙරේරා".

පෙරේරා
"නැහැ අයිසේ මේ චන්දේ දාන්න කියලා මෙහේට දැන් එන සම හරක් ආයේ ඒ රටවලට නොගිහින් හිටියොත්?".

සිල්වා
"මේක සුරපුරක් වේවි කියලා හිතාගෙනද මිස්ටර් පෙරේරා?".

පෙරේරා
"ඔව් අයිසේ".

සිල්වා
"එහෙම උනොත් ඉතින් ඒ හරක්ට මෙහේම ඉන්න කියල මේ වයසක තමුසේලා අපිවත් ගිහින් ශපාන් එකේ ඉම්මු එහේ".

Mounting Garbage & Maharagama Municipal Council Inaction

For almost three (03) weeks now, the Maharagama Municipal Council Garbage truck did not come to collect the garbage and things have started piling out at various places.

It is an eyesore and not forgetting the health risks it poses too.

Usually, the truck comes twice a week to collect the segregated garbage.

The Council was called this morning and the switchboard was unaware of the situation but was kind enough to give a Public Health Inspector’s (PHI) phone number.

That number rings eternally but the owner seems to be unaware of its existence and I could not help thinking of the purpose of giving such facilities to public servants if they do not how to put them to good use.

The Chairman’s office was tried and after a few rings, it goes to a fax machine.

The Vice Chairman’s number is no longer in operation, according to the automated recording being played.

The Secretary’s office was called and after many rings, it was picked up by a gentleman called Indrajeeth.

After a proper introduction and giving the location correctly, I briefed him about the predicament of the residents of the area.

He response was “ OK, I will inform ”.

When I asked to whom he will escalate the matter up, he had no answer to give, instead wanted my contact number.

I know well that this is just another evasive and or delaying tactics usually being put to good use by many public servants in this country.

If such important offices do not have the Caller Identification facility, then it says the pathetic state of such offices.

So here I am waiting for a call from SOMEBODY to brief me about the reasons for their failure and what actions have been taken to correct the situation immediately.

Will, it ever comes, your guess is as good as mine. 

Sauntering Down the Memory Lane - Three Decades Later

Wije & I were in one group and once a GF flight came pretty late and with big dead loads in & out too

To add more misery, the flight was overbooked as well.

He & I managed to finish our work ahead of time and sitting on the ledge of the old departure building near the gate.

Counters were not closed then and we were waiting for someone from GF to come and get the clearance to board the flight.

Usually, KP does this and instead of him, Kamalini M came to the gate and looking at the aircraft which was parked right in front of the gate.

Wije asked her what she was looking for and then she said KP had told, "Today I do not have to worry about the Ramp" and she was looking for who was handling the flight, as it was all quiet then no activity under the aircraft.

One of the Best Compliments, we ever got.

Wije was elated and said "How can I delay my own aircraft", confusing Kamalini more.

To put her at ease, he said to her "Look at the Registration of the aircraft".

It was A40TW Tristar.

Sadly, she did not get the joke.

Not only he was a good worker, but he was also extremely witty too.

It was a pleasure working with such guys in the past.

Rolling stone gathers no moss but it will get well polished.

It is a Choice !

Remember when elections come nearer; "Air is full of promises and promises are full of Air" only.

The past behaviour of someone is a good yardstick to measure the likely future performance of the same person.

Remember as to why we all had to leave the country to earn a decent living and the future of your young kids too.

If you think that your action today will ensure a good future for your kids and family tomorrow, then you are free to do whatever you choose to do.

But do not forget that you will be held accountable for your kids someday of your action today.

Take the right decision, not for your own future because we are almost at the end of the wick now.

But kids today do / should not have to endure and experience the same that we all have gone in some form or the other.

Let them go out and see/conquer the World in their terms and not on anyone else's terms.

It is time to change the "Pecking order" of society today.

Will they stay a "Bonded Slave" forever or a "Free person" is not luck, Karma vipaka or whatever you want to call it, but a Choice.

Make the right choice for those who have no voice or choice right now because they are just Kids today.

Demand accountability and meritocracy to be installed in the country.

I am sure, my family and I can survive in such a society and thrive too. 

Ask yourself, will you be able to fit well into those big shoes?

You be the judge.

Follow your heart.

Good luck.

This is My Clothesline !

Good old days, every house (should I say almost all) in the villages had a fair amount of front garden as the land was not an issue then and they were spread well in any village.

One thing distinctive in the beautiful front lawn was in one corner of it, there were Clothes Lines to put their washed linen to dry under the sun.

No Gizmos, like Washers and Dryers then and all were hand washed and dried under the Sun always.

This clothesline was used subliminally to showcase one’s possessions and status symbol as well.

Fast forward a few decades to the front and things have changed quickly.

With the population, explosion gizmos have taken over the world.

Houses are so close to each other now that one can hear his or her neighbour snoring in the nights and not many front gardens anymore.

With this change of scene, the Front Lawn clotheslines too have gone missing.

For a period of time, many were lost not knowing how to expose their stories and wealth, of course subliminally with the missing clotheslines in their front lawns.

Then the Social Media platforms have come and taken over the world today.

Nowadays it has become the vogue and it has surely replaced the much loved and much missed front lawn clothesline.

Today, many use them as their clothesline and use them for the same subliminal purpose.

Sometimes, someone washing his or her and or someone else’s dirty linen is visible but the majority still uses it for the same purpose as a few centuries ago.

For one purpose only and that is to subliminally showcase one’s wealth and status.

Those who had no big front lawns with clotheslines then do not know what to do with these Social Media lawns now other than being envious, resentful and bellicose.

This is my front lawn clothesline now but I do not hang other’s washed dirty linens here.

Instead, I showcase my Mood and Wealth here.

But if my clothesline upset any in any way, it only tells who they were real and not me.

My clothesline, my moods and my wealth.