HATS OFF TO MY BLOG BUDDIES...!!

This post is solely dedicated to all my loving blog buddies and to all my friends who read my blog and encourage me, criticize me on my writing and comment on my posts to make it better.


It was back in 2007 I started to write and it’s been almost 2 years now. Thank you soooo much for your comments, guys! It means a lot to me. I mean… really really a LOT. So… Thank you sooo soo much..!!

I WALKED ON THE BRACH OF LOON TAO...

Being a sea creature, I can’t resist the desire to wonder in the beach at every chance I get. I was missing the beach for almost 2 months and was almost running out of patient to get the sea breeze upon me. That’s when the people in my project planned a dinner outing! Without any second thought, I suggested Loon Tao. After a round of inquiries and suggestions, it got confirmed. Last Friday, we made it happen and it went well.

Have you been to there, btw? Well.. For those who have, you know how lovely the place is, right? For those who don’t, I’ll tell you how wonderful that place is, so that you can go there, have a good time and remember me telling how wonderful the place is. It’s in Mount Lavinia beach. You take the road to Mt. Lavinia hotel from Galle Road and proceed till you reach the Berjaya Mount Royal hotel. Don’t stop. You’ll see the railroad in a few more yards ahead. Get down from your ride and start walking. Cross the railroad and walk along the beach, turning to the right. Make sure to take away your shoes to feel the sand.

It’s a small place with traditional sheltering, just like a little hut with tables facing the beach, under the stars. The shimmering lights of the lamps light up the place. You can see the Mt. Lavinia Hotel very closely. The guitarist sings slow tunes to his soft guitar chords. In other words, the atmosphere is sooo romantic. Usually, the lovers come by here at night for a fine dinner. The food is great. My favourite is the deep fried cuttlefish dish. You’re having dinner under the stars.. with sea breeze hugging you… listening to the slow music and hearing the sound of the dancing waves of the sea.. That sound WOW to me…

After the dinner, some of the guys ran to the beach to wonder. I walked along the beach, watching the stars, counting the ships and enjoying the view of the Mt. Lavinia Hotel. The skyline of the city of Colombo was not far away to be seen, and it was absolutely beautiful at night. I heard Pitbull’s I Know You Want Me, played in a distant club. Once in a while, a doggy came and walked with me. Our guys started playing virtual cricket and I too joined. I was the umpire and I got yelled at cz I made a wrong ‘out’. Hehe..

Anyway… No matter where I go, I make sure I enjoy whatever I do. So.. I enjoyed the dinner… I enjoyed the walk. I enjoyed the beach… and I loved it. Check this out, guys. I want you all to go there as well. You’re gonna love it.

http://www.loontao.com/

FACEBOOK...

If anyone asks me am I a Facebook addict.. I would say ‘yes I am..’ without any hesitation cz it’s true. I’m a FB fan and normally I spend quite a time in FB on daily basis and I’m one of those people who strongly disagree to the fact that it’s a time waste. Why? Because whether it is a waste of time or not, it can only depend on how YOU do it. Simply… it’s YOUR call.

If you do something for too long, and you forget all your other important duties, then you can say it’s a time waste and a good for nothing thing. But if you have the balance between your duties, tasks or whatsoever and the things you do to keep you happy, then there’s no harm of doing it.

I just wanted to share some thoughts of mine with you guys cz I have a few questions in my mind hearing the things people talk about FB. A few days back, I heard a girl asking a friend, ‘I don’t want anyone saving any of the photos in my profile. Is there a way to do it?’.. Upon hearing this, the first thought which crossed my mind was, why would someone add their photos to their profile in the first place, if they don’t want the others to see them?? Strange, isn’t it?

There are so many small games available in FB now. Most of you are playing at least one of them, am I right? Even I used to play Barn Buddy and I only stopped it after reaching the #1 rank in my list. I know most people blame these little games and they think they are so childish. I only have one thing to say about it. You had a hard day, you come home, open FB, play one of these ‘silly’ games and then you find your stress is gone! The ‘silly’ games can do you so much good. Then again, the control is yours. The limit is yours.

One more thing I noticed is, some people don’t like when they get comments in their photos. I’ve heard some people saying that. Again I wonder.. you publish your photos in a social network and when you get comments you get upset?? Hehe… It’s obvious. Another thing. It’s your birthday and you have so many people writing in your wall. You say ‘My wall is full and I hate it!’. So… You can remove your birthday from your personal info? It’s not that hard. You get all these FB notifications to your mail. Is that annoying? Well.. If someone complains, there’s a setting in FB for e-mail notifications. If you don’t want your name to appear in FB search, if you don’t want others to see your profile picture when unknown people finds you in search… if you don’t want to get messages from strangers… you can always go to your FB settings and do it. It’s too easy to complain. But it’s easier to avoid the things you complain about. See?

I located so many long lost friends through FB. I’m so happy about it. You get updates about your friends in regular basis. It’s way too better than a phone call happening in weeks. I switched to FB from Hi5 sometime back cz FB is way too better than Hi5. There’s MySpace and Twitter also. I’m still not on Twitter, since most of my friends are in FB. So… I love FB.

One more time. Whether you waste time on it or not, is totally up to you. The control is entirely yours, because YOU are the ruler of YOUR own world. Cheers to FB!