Lonelyness......

It s another saturday morning.... after a long busy week it s just a break to think lesuirely,most of my loved ones have flown away form me, suddnely i felt so lonely..........anyway somethimes i feel like its better beign so quite and lonely than beign in the middle of noicy & busy journey of life. Bcoz It make you to realize the weaknesses, and new oppertunities you have ahead in your life, simply in other words the positive and negative points in your life.

Started writing few lines on my blog just to break my loneliness......

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”

Loneliness is not the same as being alone. Many people have times when they are alone through circumstances or choice. Being alone can be experienced as positive, pleasurable, and emotionally refreshing if it is under the individual's control.

Im madly in love with this song....enjoy the lyrics..Waving Flag

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

Born to a throne, stronger than RomeBut Violent prone,
poor people zoneBut it’s my home,
all I have knownWhere I got grown,
streets we would roamBut out of the darkness,
I came the farthest
Among the hardest survivalLearn from these streets,
it can be bleakExcept no defeat,
surrender retreat
So we struggling, fighting to eat
andWe wondering when we’ll be freeSo we patiently wait,
for that fateful dayIt’s not far away, so for now we say

When I get older,
I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back

So many wars, settling scoresBringing us promises,
leaving us poorI heard them say,
love is the wayLove is the answer
, that’s what they say,But look how they treat us,
make us believersWe fight their battles,
then they deceive usTry to control us,
they couldn’t hold us
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers
But we struggling, fighting to eatAnd we wondering,
when we’ll be freeSo we patiently wait,
for that faithful dayIt’s not far away,
but for now we say

When I get older, I will be strongerThey’ll call me freedom,
just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back
When I get older, I will be strongerThey’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving FlagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

When I get older, I will be strongerThey’ll call me freedom,
just like a Waving FlagAnd then it goes back,
and then it goes backAnd then it goes back

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back

When I get older, when I get olderI will be stronger,
just like a Waving FlagJust like a Waving Flag,
just like a Waving flagFlag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.

K'naan....................

Be Happy in Life...............

Here are some specific tips you can blend into your every day life:

• Smile a lot - If smiling is too hard for you, take a pencil and hold it with your teeth. There are enough smiling muscles involved for your brain to think you are smiling and start producing "happy" chemicals.
• Sing! - Singing works just like smiling, causing your body to produce "feeling good" chemicals. Sing in the car, sing in the shower, sing when you prepare dinner and sing when you feel frustrated and notice how the negative feelings melt away.
• Hang around positive people - Having happy people around you will make it easy to learn happiness. Happy people have fun around them and their ability to overcome challenges is higher than that of unhappy people who tend to lay blame and feel victimised. Choose the people you hang out with to suit your needs.
• Laugh - Much like smiling, laughter is a great way to overcome physical and emotional challenges. If it does not happen naturally, try laughter therapy.
• Get a move on - Being physically active makes you happy. Find some activity you like to do and notice how it changes your mood: sex (yes, of course!), any kind of sport, dance and yoga. Make a habit of being active in any way you feel like.
• Hug - Hugging is a way to give and receive happiness. Physical touch is essential to your development and hugging is a great way to get that physical touch in a positive way. Hug a lot!
• Get creative - Creativity is a great way to find happiness. Think of creative things people do for a living or as hobby and notice how much happiness it gives them. Paint, draw, dance, sculpt, do some craft, invent a gadget, cook something new, write poetry or tend the garden. Tap into your creative abilities and find your "happy spot".
• When in a conflict situation, remember that being happy and being right do not necessarily go hand in hand. When in doubt, choose happiness over being right.
• When feeling down, recite to yourself "This too shall pass" and imagine a brighter future.
• Act like a child - Do childish things to feel young and fresh: jump on a trampoline, sit on a swing and skip. Remember, "We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing".
• Be kind - Do random acts of kindness every day. It can be as simple as saying something nice, offering help, giving up your place in a queue or allowing another driver to enter a busy road.
• Be grateful - Practice gratitude: say thank you for everything you have and appreciate in your life. Gratitude is a way to increase happiness and eliminate taking life for granted.
• Meditate! - Find a relaxation you feel comfortable with. Meditation relaxes the mind. You can listen to music, use crystals, take a bath, use candles or repeat a mantra. All of these do the same thing to your mind. Take the time off every day to regenerate yourself.

Read more:

How to Be Happy in Life eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2135958_be-happy-life.html#ixzz0uTwP3P4y

India tour - City of Chandigarh

Chandigarh , serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name was coined from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu Goddess Chandi, present in the city's vicinity. It is occasionally referred to as The City Beautiful.

Plans for building the city began soon after Punjab was split up in 1947. Pakistan was ceded the larger western part, including the Punjabi capital of Lahore, leaving the Indian Punjab without an administrative, commercial, or cultural capital. It was hoped that a grand new capital would become a symbol of modernity, heal the wounded pride of Indian Punjabis, and house thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan.

Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier was commissioned to lead the city planning, aided by Indian architects and town planners. Construction began in the early 1950s, and much of the city was completed in the early 1960s. Known internationally for its architecture and urban planning, it is also the first planned city of India.

Scenically located at the foot of the Himalayas, Chandigarh boasts a modern infrastructure, open spaces, greenery, cleanliness, and a relatively low population density.

Divided into 46 rectangular sectors, numbered 1-12 and 14-47 (13 was deemed unlucky), most sectors have an area of nearly 250 acres and a housing capacity of about 15,000 people.
Designed to be self-contained in civic amenities, the sectors are separated from each other by broad streets for the city's fast-moving arterial traffic. In the northeast is the artificial Lake Sukhna, a major recreational spot of the city.

Chandigarh is also an ancient Harappan site. In '69, while digging for a shopping center in sector 17, a Harappan cemetery was unearthed. Remains include painted pottery (jars, dishes, goblets, vases, bowls, cups, beakers), terracotta figurines, beads, toy-cart frames, wheels, faience and copper bangles, stone querns, pestle and sling balls, etc. This, along with their Gandhara, Mughal, and Pahari art collections, makes Chandigarh's museums among the best in India.

Chandigarh is home to numerous architectural projects of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Matthew Nowicki, and Albert Mayer.

As per a study conducted by Ministry of Urban Development, Chandigarh has emerged as the cleanest city in India.
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India Tour - Rock Garden , Chandigarh

Rock Garden , Chandigarh


Rock Garden is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India, also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden, after its founder, Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957.


Today it is spread over an area of forty-acre (160,000 m²), it is completely built of industrial & home waste and thrown-away items.


It is a unique garden that consists of various art objects.


Rock garden has been established in the form of an open-air exhibition hall. The garden houses sculptures made by using a variety of different discarded waste materials like frames, mudguards, forks, handle bars, metal wires, play marbles, porcelain, auto parts, broken bangles etc. Rock garden in Chandigarh, India is a unique creation and connoisseurs come from different parts of the world to see this amazing garden.

My Picture Gallery.....

The beauty of Horton Plains............The journey to the end of the world....

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Horton Plains National Park (Sinhala: හෝටන් තැන්න) is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. It is also a popular tourist destination and is situated 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Nuwara Eliya.

The Horton Plains are the headwaters of three major Sri Lankan rivers, the Mahaweli, Kelani, and Walawe. In Sinhala the plains are known as Mahaweli Plains. Stone tools dating back to Balangoda culture have been found here. The plains' vegetation is grasslands interspersed with montane forest, and includes many endemic woody plants. Large herds of Sri Lankan Samba Deer feature as typical mammals, and the park is also an Important Bird Area with many species not only endemic to Sri Lanka but restricted to the Horton Plains. Forest dieback is one of the major threats to the park and some studies suggest that it is caused by a natural phenomenon. The sheer precipice of World's End and Baker's Falls are among the tourist attractions of the park.

The Flying Hotel

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If you are interested,There is three fly tour.

Inaugural Summer Tour - 14 days (Friday, June 26th, 2009 - Friday, July 10th, 2009)

California Tour - 14 days (Friday, July 17th, 2009 to Friday, July 24rd, 2009)
Bay/Jamaica, European Tour - 16 days (Friday, July 31st, 2009 to Sunday, August 16th, 2009)

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Height: 28m (91 ft)

Maximum Takeoff Weight: 105850 kg (232,870 lb)
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Original Mi Range: 515 km (320 mi)

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II ………………

born August 4, 1961, is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as the junior United State Senatorfrom Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
A native of Honolulu, Hawai, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard LawSchool, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.
As president, Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009. On October 8, 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In March 2010, he signed the Patient Protection and Affordabl Care Act into law, a piece of major comprehensive health care reform legislation. In foreign policy, Obama began a gradual withdrawal of troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, and signed an arms control treaty with Russia.

Pls visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/37017699@N08/sets/72157624417469356/ for my Flicker gallery of Obama.......

THE SEASONS OF LOVE

A relationship is like a garden. If it is to thrive it must be watered regularly. Special care must he given, taking into account the seasons as well as any unpredictable weather. New seeds must be sown and weeds must be pulled. Similarly; to keep t he magic of love alive we must understand its seasons and nurture loves special needs.


The Springtime of Love

Failing in love is like springtime. We feel as though we will be happy forever. We cannot imagine not loving our partner. It is a time of innocence. Love seems eternal. It is a magical time when everything seems perfect and works effortlessly. Our partner seems to be the perfect fit. We effortlessly dance together in harmony and rejoice in our good fortune.



The Summer of Love

Throughout the summer of our love we realize our partner is not as perfect as we thought, and we have to work on our relationship. Not only is our partner from another planet, but he or she is also a human who makes mistakes and is flawed in certain ways.
Frustration and disappointment arise; weeds need to be uprooted and plants need extra watering under the hot sun. It is no longer easy to give love and get the love we need. We discover that we are not always happy, and we do not always feel loving. It is not our picture of love.
Many couples at this point become disillusioned. They do not want to work on a relationship.
They unrealistically expect It to be spring all the time. They blame their partners and give up.
They do not realize that love is not always easy; sometimes it requires hard work under a hot sun. In the summer season of love, we need to nurture our partners needs as well as ask for and get the love we need. It doesnt happen automatically.

The Autumn of Love

As a result of tending the garden during the summer, we get to harvest the results of our hard work. Fall has come. It is a golden time‐rich and fulfilling. We experience a more mature love that accepts and understands our partnerʹs imperfections as well as our own. It is a time of thanksgiving and sharing. Having worked hard during summer we can relax and enjoy the love we have created.


The Winter of Love

Then the weather changes again, and winter comes. During the cold, barren months of winter, all of nature pulls back within itself. It is a time of rest, reflection, and renewal. This is a time in relationships when we experience our own unresolved pain or our shadow self. It is when our lid comes off and our painful feelings emerge. It is a time of solitary growth when we need to look more to ourselves than to our partners for love and fulfillment. It is a time of healing.
This is the time when men hibernate in their caves and women sink to the bottom of their wells.
After loving and healing ourselves through the dark winter of love, then spring inevitably returns. Once again we are blessed with the feelings of hope, love, and an abundance of possibilities. Based on the inner healing and soul searching of our wintery journey, we are then able to open our hearts and feel the springtime of love.

:John Gray, Men are from Mars & women are from Venus

The Journey

Half the world is sleeping,

half the world's awake

half can hear their hearts bea

thalf just hear them break

I am but a traveler, in most every way

Ask me what you want...to know

What a journey it has been

And the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

and they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in,

what a journey it has been.

I have been to sorrow

I have been to blissWhere

I'll be tomorrow,

I can only guess

Through the darkest desert

Through the deepest snow,

Forward always forward, I go..

What a journey it has been

and the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

and they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in,

what a journey it has been...

Forward, always forward..

.Onward, always up...

Catching every drop of hope

In my empty cup

What a journey it has been

And the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

and they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in,

what a journey it has been......

Lea Salonga…..

Limitless Sky.....

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Apple....................

The apple species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae) . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans.

The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor is still found today. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Cultivars vary in their yield and the ultimate size of the tree, even when grown on the same rootstock.

At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2005, with a

value of about $10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total.

The United States is the second-leading producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran is third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India.

Trip to Koggala & Madolduwa- Tribute to Mr. Martin Wickramasinghe

Martin Wickramasinghe, is one of sri Lanka's greatest authors and interllectals.He started to write in his language, sinhala at the age of 13 yrs and continued to write in both sinhala and english until the age of 86 yrs.

Martin Wickramasinghe was born on the 29th of May in the year 1890 in the Southern village of Koggala, bounded on one side by the reef – fringed sea, and on the other by the large lake into which the numerous tributaries of the Koggala Oya drain.

the House in which he was born in Koggala ...........................

The landscapes of the sea, lake studded with little islands, the flora and fauna, the forested hinterland, and the changing patterns of life and culture of the people of the village were the background of his early years, that Martin Wickramasinghe later immortalized in his novels and short stories and autobiographical writings.


Martin Wickramasinghe died on the 23rd of July 1976. His works have been translated and published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Dutch, German, French and Japanese languages.

The Ocean ......thoughts

Listen to the Sun set

Passion of love...

dedicted to my loving father with lots of love

Dad

He never looks for praises
He's never one to boast
He just goes on quietly working
For those he loves the most
His dreams are seldom spoken
His wants are very few
And most of the time his worries
Will go unspoken too
He's there.... A firm foundation
Through all our storms of life
A sturdy hand to hold to
In times of stress and strife
A true friend we can turn to
When times are good or bad
One of our greatest blessings,
The man that we call Dad.



© Karen K. Boyer

Dedicated to my Mom with my love

I Love You Mom!

Mom's smiles can brighten any moment,
Mom's hugs put joy in all our days,
Mom's love will stay with us forever
and touch our lives in precious ways...
The values you've taught,
the care you've given,
and the wonderful love you've shown,
have enriched my life
in more ways than I can count.

I Love you Mom!

- Author Unknown

mama gena

ඉතින්,කෙටියෙන් කිවුවොත් mama අනු,පාලුවෙන් ගෙදරට වෙලා ඉන්නවෙලාවෙ සින්හලෙන් බ්ලොග් ලියන්න කියල දුන්න මගෙ cousin මල්ලිට මුලින්ම thank කරනව.කොහොම උනත් english වලින් ටිකක් ලියල තිබුනත් අපෙ භාශාවෙන් ලියන එක interesting කියල මට හිතෙන්නෙ.