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Muse
Now there’s a shocker.

Here I am, calling Mahinda Rajapaksa The Beast, attacking him and criticising him at every step, and all of a sudden I do a complete Heel Face Turn?? What the fuck is up with that? Why, oh why would I want him to win?

The answer is simple.

Revenge.

Revenge on The Beast for sure, [...]

Muse

Usually it is when people die, or move on, or do something significant that you talk about their legacy. But The Beast is no ordinary man. He has forever changed the face of Sri Lankan politics. He has made more changes to Sri Lanka’s political structure and political system than anyone ever has.

Too bad for [...]

Muse

Before you ask, I am still spoiling my vote.

But there is something that needs to be said. Something worth thinking about.

There is lots of talk about the Army not voting for SF. There is talk that the people in the forces have become disillusioned with him.

This may or may not be true.

But if the Army [...]

Muse
Poeple ask me how I’m going to vote.

With the election fever in full effect, that is the biggest question on people’s minds.

Who we vote for is what is going to set the course of this country for the next 6 years. And people are looking for reasons to vote for [...]

Rant

Election days are here again, and the skeletons are coming danicng out of the closet.

In case you missed the news, Sarath Fonseka (aka the racist) is now running for presidency as part of the UNP. And im proper Sri Lankan mud-slinging style, he decided to drop a bombshell on the people. Evidently he thought it [...]

Rant
The power went out last night. You may have heard about it. You may have even experienced it. I did. I stayed awake until 0730 sweating and swatting at the mozzies. Damned mozzies. I barely got any sleep.

Of course, my first reaction was somebody must pay.

We pay the power bills, is it too much to [...]

Rave

Yes, I know. I haven’t posted lately. A lot of half-written articles are in my blog cache, but none are ready for being seen. So here I go.

Yesterday - in the process of getting ready for a long-weekend trip to Batticaloa and Pasikuddah - I went shpoping. Bought many things. Food, and eats a few [...]

Muse

Here I am, faithful reader. Still writing, still trying to figure out this strange-ass world of ours. Here I am, at 0700h (7a.m. to you clueless plebes) with a large glass of vodka/sprite (raspberry vodka if you must know) bubbling away in my gut, tapping away at the laptop, on a balcony looking over the [...]

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The things that worry me about the war, and the eventual end, started back in New Year’s day (April 14th in Sri Lanka).

That was the day they showed the celebrations in Kilinochchi. The leader of the forces there was symbolically invited into the city by an Arachchi wearing what seemed to be an extremely Sinhalese [...]

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It’s Monday. It’s Morning. It’s Monday Morning Quarterback time.

The news is all over that the LTTE has been defeated. Prabhakaran is probably dead. (Though the LKGOV’s statements are best taken with a grain or ten of salt - remember the 60,000 civillians who suddenlt became 200,000?) But the LTTE are pretty much done.

It was almost [...]

Rant
Isn’t it fucking fun? The LKGOV wants us to report all foreigners who are criticising the LKGOV and the Glorious Forces (sounds like a band from the 70s). The Ministry of Immigration & Emmigration even has a phone number for people to use as a hotline. And the media (radio stations especially) are shouting it [...]

Muse

The time is 0645.

I just spent the last ten hours with some friends of mine who had flown down from the US.

First we went to Cheers for alcohol, and then we spent a large amount of time looking for a place to drink, because Cheers closes down at 0200.

We ended up in a hook joint. [...]

Muse
My life seems full of sagas.

No, not the Norse kind. Not like Gilgamesh. Or Odysseus. In fact not like anyone cool at all. It’s just things that happen. And happen. And happen. And then end up becoming this weird uber-crazy insane thing that kind of snowballs into the stuff of legend. Or possibly cautionary tale.

I [...]

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Do you remember a certain chap called Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike? Nice old fella, so intent on servicing, I’m sorry I mean serving his country that he converted to Buddhism so he could win votes. He then broke away from the UNP and went on to become Prime Minister with his newly formed Sri [...]

Muse

I went looking for a corpse today.

My friend Daniel had not been seen in two weeks, and we were all starting to be a bit worried about the guy. After all, the fucker drives around in a little 49cc mosquito bike. So when the Emmster called a search for him because we hadn’t seen the [...]

MuseI’m sure all of you have heard of twitter. If not, I guess Wikipedia will tell you more. Basically, for those of you who don’t want to follow the links, it is a way of sending a status message to people who are following you. Remember status messages? They started off on Instant Messaging clients, [...]

Muse
I’ve been going for a yoga/acting/lifestyle class for the last few days. It’s organised by Abhina Academy. It’s the same crew I used to go for yoga with, and I do enjoy hanging with them.

I’ll write more about it soon, this was just my third day, and I want to write about something else.

I want [...]

Muse
And the net is filled with a million voices - ok a thousand.. maybe a hundred.. two? - voices asking what the fuck is a winkle?

For those of you who don’t live in Sri Lanka, and or never had a bike, and or never got their bike fixed, a winkle is a bicycle repair place. [...]

Muse
Once upon a time, a long time ago, in December 2005, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, Yours Truly got his first laptop. An IBM ThinkPad R51e. She was a beauty and it was love. She went with me to Singapore. I achieved nerdvana under a tree with her on my lap. I blogged on a [...]

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I was out with the parental units the other day. There’s a new Italian restaurant in town, and the food is good. So I decided to take them out.

On the way we got stopped at the Wellawatte checkpoint. Since I was the one not driving, I gave my driver’s licence.

Yes, my driver’s licence. It is [...]

MuseYou’ve all heard the triple standard. I am one thing.. You are a slightly less acceptable way of looking at the same thing.. He is acting in a way that is completely unacceptable. We are all doing the same thing.Want an illustration? Here’s one. I have reconsidered my options. You have changed your mind. He [...]

Rave

Yes, you heard me right.

ABBA. Goes. Metal.

What. The. Figgedy. Fuck!!!

I grew up to ABBA. I’m sure a lot of you guys did too. And no matter what you listen to, whether you love them or hate them, you’ve probably heard them.

It is a standard of this wild and weird thing we call the internet that [...]

Muse

Something very interesting happened to me. I was told by a friend of mine that she doesn’t consider me a real Sri Lankan.

What do I say to that? I have been called that, and many other things before. Including the famous kalu sudda or dark white man or, for any of you who understand American [...]

RaveThis blog is called Rants, Raves, and Miscellaneous Musings. I’ve been ranting for a while (though not often enough) and i have been miscallaneously musing. But I find that i have not been raving. Or in short i haven’t been handing out kudos.Maybe its because there are so few kudos to hand out. And no [...]

MuseDo not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make [...]

Muse

Or maybe it’s cooler to say Ave bossa nova. Similis bossa seneca. Still don’t get it? How about Hail to the new boss! Same as the old boss.

So Barack Obama won. He is the son of a Black man and a white woman, so I guess that makes him Black enough for American historians [...]

Muse

The gunpowder treason and plot / I see no reason / the gunpowder treason / should ever be forgot

It’s the first verse of a traditional poem sung in the UK on Guy Fawkes Night - A celebration held on the 5th of November to commemmorate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to kill [...]

Muse

The day before yesterday (the 28th of October) the LTTE carried out one of their (in)famous air raids. Starting from somewhere in the uncleared area they flew their little two-seater Zlin Z-143 light aircraft and dropped bombs on Mannar - and, according to the LKGOV, Colombo.

The attack in Mannar was at the Thalladi base, which [...]

Muse
Greed, they say, is good. And what a greedy bunch of get-rich-quick schemers we have in dotelkay.

Sakvithi made off with (supposedly) five billion rupees, Seagull Software (remember them) made off with about the same, GoldQuest (ah GoldQuest) made off with a lot more. Even if you don’t believe the number, after all, this is dotelkay, [...]

Muse

A bomb went off today at Pettah. According to the news reports, it was near the railway station. But something about this doesn’t ring true to me.

I was in the Nugegoda bomb in November 2007. The Center, where I live and work, was less than 50 meters away. On that day, 16 people died. and [...]

Rant
I wrote the article The spies among us inspired by something that happened to me.

One of the guys here had parked his car on the kerb and one of the stoolpigeons had called the cops about it. The cops came and talked to me and things went downhill from there.

The stoolpigeon came out and started [...]

Rant

Yes, this is real. No, I’m not being paranoid.

But first, a story.A long time ago - but not so long ago that most of us can’t remember it - there used to be an Evil Empire. An Empire so evil they were the target of anger, fear and gallows humour on the part of the [...]

Muse

In the few weeks that I have been incapacitated, there have been many things that have happened in the country.

If I was a superstitious man, I would say that my accident was a symbol and symptom of the unlucky period Sri Lanka has entered into.

Our eroding rights, burgeoning government usurpation of powers that were not [...]

Rant

Or as the original goes - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

The cops demand ID wherever we go. So does the army. I can’t walk in the street in Colombo without getting copped and checked.Now the TRC wants us to carry ID that can then be inspected by the cops to make sure our cellphones are ours. [...]

Muse

It’s now a month since I got hit. The physical scars are disappearing. The scabs are falling off. My knees are still painful. and my left one is still impossible to bend or straighten fully. My shoulders are a nit of a mess. My right one cannot be straightened and I can’t seem to lift [...]

Muse

If you are tired of reading how my life is and the problems and issues I’m facing, stop now. Go watch Playboy or something.It has been almost a month since the accident, and it has been eventful. I’ve been CAT scanned, x-rayed, and blood tested. All of which showed no physical problems. In fact, as [...]

Rant

I’m back, and I am ranting. I may not be as good as I used to be, but, by Eris, I am pissed off.

I spent five days teaching teachers at Hali-Ela.

It wasn’t easy, but there is a part of me that insists I do such things. I have to test myself and push myself. Otherwise, [...]

Muse

This system is turning from a blog to a LiveJournal, and for that I apologise.

To be honest I am trying to keep track of what is happening to me, in the best and only way that I can. There are others, but this at least gives me feedback. And feedback, I need.

Is it just me, [...]

Muse

I’m not even sure what it is I am looking for. But I think I know what it isn’t.

Or at least, I tell my self I do. Which is as good isn’t it?

My typing is slow these days. Since I got in the accident, my head hasn’t been the same.

Yes, unless you missed the updates [...]

Rant

No! I’m not

Not even close to it.

A big Thank you to all my friends who got me to hospital. Their fast action was appreciated.

On the other hand I would like to tell people a small message - DO NOT GO TO KALUBOWILA!!!!

Yes they’ve had multiple bomb casualties there. Yes, they’ve experienced a lot. But none [...]