It was way off my expectations on Saturday evening, when I heard Wataniya’s tv commercial while I was out with my friends enjoying a cup of cappuccino at Barista in Colpetty. I quickly turned myself around to see who was behind it and there, my good buddies’ Naji and Chai were playing it out.

Sometimes their slogan sounds really creepy, especially while reading it, “Now, we’re everywhere!” in Maldivian weekly magazines. Reminds me of those spine-chilling nights in Male’ years back when cockroaches start crawling and infesting all over the whole house.

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The long awaited Season 3 of Lost is returning to ABC on Wednesday, October 4.

WHO ARE THE OTHERS?

They’re creepy, wear fake beards and have captured Kate, Jack and Sawyer. Are they “the good guys”, as one high-ranking Other said, or are they up to no good? Finally — finally! — that enigma will be addressed this season, producers have teased. They better deliver. Also, expect to see much more of bug-eyed Other/hatch escapee Henry Gale, played by new series regular Michael Emerson.

WHO WILL KATE FALL FOR?

It’s about time, Kate. The freckled tough girl (Evangeline Lilly) will finally make a choice between doctor-leader Jack (Matthew Fox) and con man Sawyer (Josh Holloway). Early intel suggests Cupid’s arrow is pointing at a Kate-Sawyer hookup — they ARE a couple of good-lookin’ outlaws. Why that coupling? According to an ABC press release, “Romance looms on the horizon as Jack’s interests veer towards a mysterious woman, whose motives may be questionable.”

WHY WAS LOCKE IN A WHEELCHAIR?

John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) lost of a bit of his faith last season, thanks to his frustration with entering that numbered sequence (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) on the keyboard every 108 minutes. Still, he can’t deny the island’s mysterious healing powers, which apparently cured his four-year paralysis and allowed him to walk again after Oceanic flight 815 crash-landed. Those powers — and why exactly Locke was bound to a wheelchair in the first place — will be explored this season, “Lost” experts say. One theory: Locke, who helped his deadbeat father withdraw stolen money from a bank, was handicapped by angry victims of the crime.

WHO IS THE FATHER OF SUN’S UNBORN BABY?

Pre-crash, a doctor said Sun’s loving husband, Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), was infertile. There are three possible explanations for Sun’s pregnancy: The island healed Jin’s infertility (worked for Locke, leg-wise); the zygote formed inside Sun (YunJin Kim) but is neither hers nor Jin’s (creepy!); or Jin is not the baby-daddy. That guy could be Jae Lee, who gave Sun secret English lessons. She was unhappy in her marriage, and planned to leave Jin and go to America.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HATCH?

In the season 2 finale, Locke, Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) were all in the hatch when Desmond turned the fail-safe key to diffuse whatever electromagnetic energy was quaking the island (yes, that button-pushing chore actually meant something). An explosion ensued. The hatch door landed on the beach. Survival seems like a long shot — but Eko and Locke are under contract. And Cusick is now a series regular. They gotta come out of this alive, if not somewhat — somehow — changed. Plus, ABC says Locke will team up with Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and others to try and rescue their comrades.

DID MICHAEL AND WALT ESCAPE?

The father-son duo, given a motor boat by Henry Gale, were last seen fleeing the island to destinations unknown. Desperate dad Michael (Harold Perrineau) betrayed his friends to save himself and his son, Walt (Malcolm David Kelley), who was kidnapped at the end of the first season by the Others. But don’t be surprised if they return — those “Lost”-ies aren’t the luckiest group. Note that Perrineau is not a regular cast member this season, but could be back as a guest star. And Walt is way too intriguing to make a permanent getaway.

WHAT IS DHARMA DOING WITH THE KIDS?

The Others snatched Walt, Frenchwoman Rousseau’s daughter, Alex, and a very pregnant Claire (Emilie de Ravin). In memories of her abduction, Claire was taken to a hospital-like hatch and given a shot in the belly. A teen girl, who might be a grown-up Alex, warned her that higher-ups planned to kill her and take her baby. That’s pretty freaky, and so is another theory: That the Others — those “good guys,” remember? — are a social utopian experiment by the scientist-led Dharma Initiative. This could explain why they steal innocent children who haven’t been tainted by society.

WHO IS LIBBY?

Michael shot and killed her last season, but viewers haven’t seen the last of Libby (Cynthia Watros). She’ll keep appearing in characters’ flashbacks, producers said, yet her back story — she claimed to be a clinical psychologist and was supposedly among the plane’s tail-section survivors — is shrouded in mystery. In flashbacks, it was revealed that she lived in the same mental hospital as an unknowing Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and gave Desmond her late husband’s doomed sailboat. Fan speculation has it that she might be a member of the Hanso Foundation, which funded the shady Dharma Initiative, or a private detective.

IS CLAIRE JACK’S HALF-SISTER?

That’s the buzz — and it appears to be so. After losing his medical license for operating while drunk, Christian (Jack’s surgeon-father, played by John Terry) fled to Australia, where he drank himself to death after attempting to visit his secret daughter. It went down like this: He showed up at the house of a curly-haired, blonde Aussie — Claire’s lookalike mother? — and boozily demanded to see the girl. The woman refused. Jack arrived Down Under to bring Christian’s body back to the U.S. and, in a made-for-television twist, wound up on the same ill-fated flight as Claire.

CAN THE SHOW KEEP IT UP?

As many fans complain, “Lost” is more about the questions than the answers. It’s confusing and captivating. At least some things were (sorta) cleared up in the finale of the dark and hatch-centric second season, which runneth over with sci-fi mysteries that had viewers scratching their heads. Thankfully, the Powers That Be heard the fan feedback — and they’re doing something about it. In a recent podcast posted on the show’s Web site, a producer revealed he was influenced by complaints that season 2 was “too mythologically dense.” Expect to see a lot about relationships in future episodes, including a dose of much-needed romance.

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This mini guide briefly shows you how to get started with your own blog/dot com site. The process is a lot easier than most people think! As always, you are welcome to post any questions you have, here, and I will try to answer them.

Yesterday I went to Kithulgala with my collegues and it was one of the coolest experiences in my life. This is the first time I have been to Kithulgala and was hoping to have some serious fun. We were guided by Priyantha of Ceylon Adventure Sports. Priyantha is a good friend of my collegue. Though I have heard of him, yesterday only I met him. First we went jungle tracking. The places within the jungle were really hard to believe. We came across a waterfall where we all bathed. The whole course took us about 3 hours to complete. By the time when we came back we were really hungry so we had a good lunch. Then in the evening came the real fun, White Water Rafting. This is why we all went to Kithulgala. We were geared up with life jackets and helmets. Priyantha instructed how we should row when he commands. Then we started the course. On our course there were 5 rapids we had to cross. We took the challenge and when we hit the thrid one Priyantha intentionally got the boat closer to the rock and flipped it up side down. Gosh we were all in the water trying to gather ourselves. Then we got together and flipped the boat and got inside. We successfully went passed the other rapids. After we passed all the rapids then came the other excercise. Jump out of the boat said Priyantha. I was like and then jumped. We had to swim from there to the camp site. It was a long swim but was bit difficult with the life jackets for me. But can't take it off either. Its not a Swimming Pool. After I got to the camp site Priyantha said its 40Ft deep where he told us to jump . It was a good team building excersie all and all. Had some great fun. Thanks to Priyantha for all the excitement and his crew (couldn't get their names) including our friend Nilantha. A day is not enough for such a trip but had to come back to Colombo.

Today evening in the coffee break I and one of my colleagues jumped into a debate over multiple inheritance vs. using interfaces. :) He was a C++ programmer at MIT (local software development firm in Sri Lanka) before joining our company and moving into C#. And he is pretty confidence about multiple inheritance. Seems he has been using multiple inheritances as he told. Anyway I’m not sure he agreed with me on favor composition over Inheritance.

 

I found good discussion on multiple inheritance and using interfaces at Aritma Developer. I think he (my colleague) better listen to Scott Meyers, one of the world's foremost experts on C++ software development and author of the best-selling Effective C++ series (Effective C++, More Effective C++, and Effective STL).

 

Check this out. I bet you to would love it.

 

http://www.artima.com/intv/abcs.html

Today I came across through Google Job Openings page that there are four job openings in South Asia, which included a position for Sri Lanka Country Consultant. For these positions Google doesn’t mention an exact location, only mentions This position is located in South Asia. This sounds like Google is going to open up a [...]

I was stuck with work last couple of days so couldn't make a post about the Software Freedom Day Celebrations. Initially the Sri Lankan Team planned to have three teams preaching FOSS + distributing handouts and Free GNU/Linux CDs at three locations which were MC Lobby, Crescat Lobby and Excel World. Due to couple of issues we lost MC location though we mentioned it in the pre-marketing campaign. U can get a good idea what happened if u read Bud's post on 'Freedom LOST at Software Freedom Day!'. But on a positive note things went really well at Crescat and Excel World. The response we got from the people was really amazing. They were really keen to know what FOSS means and how they can use FOSS in their day to day life. Also GNU/Linux CDs were given at zero cost. According to their requirement we gave out Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu distro CDs. The foreigners too were really keen to know what we were doing out there and couple of them were amazed to know that there is a LUG in Sri Lanka. Overall its a success but could have been better if we could get a team running at MC where some large potion of the crowd gathers. I'm really glad to be a part in the Software Freedom Day Celebrations.