Seeya had died in 1986.Never seen or heard him except in those old black and white photographs. It’s been 29 years since his death. Today we had a Dane (alms giving) to bless him with pin. To wish him a better afterlife. Perhaps a common practice among SriLankan Buddhists. All my uncles, aunties and family friends got together. I was a part of it too. I went. I saw .I heard. I learnt.I was humbled.
Once the Dane was offered and received by the maha sanga, Lokuhamuduruwo gave a little speech on the event, discussed the merits...
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Lessons Learnt
We are all connected. May be in thoughts or else in action. This is why I believe that strangers are awesome. Having encountered some, I think it’s adventure. Random people are just those who are yet to come to know. There is something that we can breach off from those who come to us. It’s a balance between life and death. No life is a waste when spending with people. Because there is something good to know always.
I’m not a rich traveler. I’ve just made a few to Singapore, Maldives, and Malaysia. And longtime back to Belgium too. Traveling...
Friday, March 14, 2014
People I have known and loved
He asked me why I laughed and at times why I smiled at things he says. This all happened a few weeks back when I was in Thailand for a teaching project. He was Mr. Panya Lawan. The headmaster of Wat Makham School. The school in which I taught .I didn’t know what to say. My smile was a thing for fascination. Even confusion.
I loved math as much as I did for literature. Spending a year in the math stream I later switched into Arts. I still didn’t know what would sustain me, math or arts. I even spent a month in the commerce class. Perhaps...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hell is women for those infidel ?
There were slight rain showers outside as I came out of the washroom after a bathe. It was a Saturday, a long day after heavy soccer trainings. I laid down on the couch with a plump of files, to browse through the remaining notes as the finals were coming ahead soon. Contracts to Criminal and then back again to Family law.
Family law was one of my favorites. It was nothing but for those thought provoking disclosures of Sir A.H.M.D Nawaz, one of the Deputy Solicitor Generals at the Attorney General’s Department that kept me liking...
Friday, March 7, 2014
I heard . I saw. I thought
“120/Kmph “was noted on the dashboard. My eyes moved between the big numbers of the speedometer. He was super-fast. Was quite steady in driving. A jump into the Thai tollway was breathtaking. I liked the way the highways interspersed from one another which took me higher and higher. The tall buildings that pierced through was a stunning picture. After one hour’s drive, he stopped me in front of a...
A Note From Thailand
(Written while in Chaiyo, Ang Thong Province, Thailand)
So this could be the starting point of an adventure. The advent of being alone, to walk alone in a strange city, to smile at the not known, to greet in the “Thai” way, to talk a bit loud , laugh loud and to drag the words when speaking , it was weird on the first day I met “Mea Won “. Talk a blue streak and no one...
Waiting For Godot
Formerly it was known as “Siam”, meaning the dark or brown because the Thai ancestors were black skinned. Interestingly all men and women in the country are whites. The black magic of the African ancestry is no longer there in Thailand. The Lao and Chinese origins have brought about a mystic combination in Thais. Thai women are well formed and tempting. So does the men! Fine dining and attention to detail are the hallmarks of the Mandarin oriental. Bright colors—from umbrellas, clothing, and wares—brighten the muddy water of the Amphawa...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
On the " fast track" to self destruction
The last time when I was driving through Rajagiriya, what snatched my eyes was the newly opened “BURGER KING”. The restaurant was populated with old grandmas, middle aged men and little kids. Two days back I came across the sub headlines of a newspaper which said “Subway to make Lankan entry in 2014”. I knew they were coming. SriLanka will be a land of fast food eventually. Good for all brand marketers to increase their profits. But pity those hearts without arteries, messed up livers and kidneys.
In an age where we look for convenience,...
Light spills over the blue waters
Light spills over the blue waters
Upon the bent fringes –
Overlapped and veiling
Some golden, pink and reddened,
Gulls trailing after the boat
Calling off 5’o clock
As they switch the gears-
Back to the shore
Rolling up the tide gently
And down and down
the deep it sinks roughly
imbalanced and erratic
like gentle and absynthal
of breath ,
Here’s to another day
Nets full of “...
LADYBOYS – The secret world of Thailand’s third gender
“Oh! Baby it’s raining, raining .Now it’s raining more than ever. We will shine together. I will give you a massage and have sex with you. Do you want to go heaven with me? “
Will he win another man’s heart? God knows
A woman with a penis, a surgically constructed vagina, breasts and bottom implants, and shaved Adam’s apple, sounds repugnant. The darker skies behind Thailand’s clouds with no stones is amazing but shocking too! Thousands of steps I kept my way in Bangkok to its subways, highways, and the sky train had something...