Unite Singapore 2018

These are some of the pictures of the Unite Event that I attended in Singapore last year, though technically they seemed nothing extraordinary, they discussed some of their tools and how they used them.

Below are some of the pictures.

 

Chrome - My new found friend

I am writing after a long time, one of the reasons that encouraged me to write today is because of my new found friend - Google Chrome.

I have been a frequent user of Internet Explorer, one of the reasons could be brand loyalty and the other is the reluctance to change, but I realised that Internet Explorer is slowing things up and the most ironic fact is that several web applications are not supporting older versions of Internet Explorer, so I decided to switch to a new browser which apparently happened to be Chrome and Blogger could be easily reached within the applications buttons placed on the top right hand corner of the Chrome browser.

Last but not least software developers are encouraged to develop apps for Chrome and I guess this is encouraging. So lets hope this will help me in reviving my blog

Do Sri Lankans like Sri Lanka



It was quite moving to read a story of the Sri Lankan family that was asked to deport from New Zealand, after their working visa was cancelled, it was equally inspiring to see the neighborhood that supported against their deportation. Then again there was another news where a Sri Lankan family living in Canada was deported after having lived there for 5 years, and one of the family member boldly replied 'We were happy there'.

What was the problem, why didn't they want to look at their deportation to Sri Lanka as a fresh opportunity for the family to start a new venture. Why didn't these parents want to show their children that this is the country that has their origins and have some part of their education and upbringing in Sri Lanka.

The ugly Truth is that no Sri Lankan sees Sri Lanka as an opportunity, Sri Lankan food, Sri Lankan Culture, Sri Lankan hospitality will always appreciated (which may be the reason for the existence of Sri Lankan Societies in other countries) but is the country Sri Lanka been appreciated.

To take a step further lets look at the situation here,  In several countries migration is a difficult matter to handle, as leaving family is not something that is thrilling but whenever a Sri Lankan gets an opportunity to migrate they call it a  'Chance' as in monopoly.

Who is to be blamed, we Sri Lankan's love this question and love to find scapegoats, at present the scapegoat is 'politician', but what people fail to realize is that politician like anyone else a Sri Lankan citizen, like you and me. He holds the attitude a common Sri Lankan man/woman holds, to expect something extraordinary from a politician is to find an extra special human being among the society.

Sri Lanka lacks leaders, every human is a leader that could lead his skill, profession, family and fate, but we prefer someone outside to lead us while we stay in our comfort zones. This may be the reason why Sri Lankans prefer western Countries and dislike Sri Lanka. We love opportunities but dislike to create opportunities.

God of small things - A review

The first time I ever got an itch to read this book was when I heard a conversation between two people, where one of them mentioned that God of small things is a book, where you are tempted to rush and read the last chapter, and the other individual mentioned that God of Small things is a good example of a book that teaches you 'not to' rush and read the last chapter.

So naturally I thought this book could be appealing, however after I decided to buy a copy and read it I do have my reservations.

This was the first time I read a book where the story was not flowing, as it was rather segregated , I am not saying that its a bad idea, maybe this could be categorised as a form of creative writing and this creativity would have been a reason that this book by Arundathi Roy got popular, but at some points in the book I wondered which chapter connects to which one.

This is a simple story dealt with certain intricate yet powerful issues in India, being a Sri Lankan they have some vague resemblance in problems here but with the existence of certain grey areas as well. I wish the author could have elaborated more on what lead to Ammu's death (sorry for the spoiler)

Regarding the last chapter, it is the most sensual among the other chapters, so yes in the end it was nothing much, but this won a booker prize.

Sri Lanka - A Country I call home

This is the Country I was born

Lived up until today

Living at the moment of writing this post

A place I will always call home

A place that will always be home

Something on technology

Courtsy: Alex Keeble

I must admit that I have been writing very little on Technology despite being an individual working in that profession (To be precise: Computer Technology), there are several reasons for it, the first reason being that I believe as a human my profession plays only one part of my life while the rest is a mosaic of several others.

Secondly not everyone likes technology, I wanted to write on several other subjects that pondered my mind, so that this blog will have a variety.

However, none of these are reasons for refraining from writing about Technology. So let me start from my next post.

Worst Passport

The following video has a list of the worst passports (according to the uploader of this video) that a citizen could travel.

It was sad to see the list but was shocking to see the country in the ninth place.