Proposed Hambantota Airport (Sri Lanka)

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Any great man born in this village?

One tourist from U.S.A. asked Udurawana "Any great man born in this village???" 
Udurawana : no sir, only small Babies!!!

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Wife : You always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?

Udu: When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.

Wife : You see, how miraculous and powerful am I for you?

Udu : Yes, I see your picture and say to myself, "What other problem can there be greater than this one?"

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Who is speaking?

Udurawana went to Colombo for official matter and called to his house over 

phone. Servant had taken the receiver.

Udurawana: Who is speaking?
Servant : Servant Sir.
Udurawana: Where is the Madam?
Servant: She is sleeping with her husband in bedroom.
Udurawana: What? I am her husband came to Colombo today.
Servant: What can I do now sir?
Udurawana: Open the cupboard, pick the Gun, shoot both of them, come back
and tell me, till then I am waiting in the line. After some time ... there
come 2 shooting sounds ... after that ...
Servant: Yes, I did Sir. But what can I do next Sir?
Udurawana: Open the back door, throw both of them into the swimming pool
Servant: There is no swimming pool in our house Sir
Udurawana: What...? No swimming pool?
Servant: Yes Sir
Udurawana: Sorry, wrong number !!!!!!!!

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Udurawana visited a museum

One day Udurawana visited a museum with a foreign visitor. The visitor saw a big skull and asked what that was.

Udurawana said "that was the skull of King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe".
After a few miniutes, the visitor saw another small skull of a monkey and asked udurawana what that was.

Udurawana said " that is when the king was young"

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Sri Lanka Hit New Low

Sri Lanka were bowled out for their lowest ever one-day international score as South Africa thumped them by 258 runs in Paarl. South Africa batted first and posted an imposing 8-301 from their 50 overs, with Hashim Amla (112) and Jacques Kallis (72) leading the way.

They could have scored more if not for a batting collapse in the final stages but it mattered little as Sri Lanka were embarrassingly bowled out for just 43 in response.

Morne Morkel (4-10) and Lonwabo Tsotsobe (3-19) were the chief destroyers for the winners as the tourists scored the fourth-worst score in one-day international history.

Chasing 302, the tourists needed a first start but Upul Tharanga (zero) lasted just two balls before Morkel snared his first scalp.

Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (zero) followed in the next over when he edged behind off Tsotsobe and Dinesh Chandimal (four), Kumar Sangakkara (four), Angelo Mathews (zero) and Mahela Jayawardene (two) all showed no resistance as they slumped to 6-13.

Morkel and Tsotsobe had done all the damage to that point but the introduction of Robin Peterson (2-5) and Dale Steyn (1-7) led to more carnage, with the latter snaring the wicket of Nuwan Kulasekara (six).

Peterson bowled Malinga before taking the catch that removed Kosala Kulasekara #8211; who amazingly was the only Sri Lankan batsman to pass six runs; on the mid-wicket fence as he trudged off with 19 from his 46 deliveries at the crease.

Peterson wrapped up the rout when he trapped Fernando lbw as Sri Lanka lasted just 108 minutes and 20.1 overs with the bat.

Earlier, Amla and Kallis gave South Africa the upper hand with a superb 144-run partnership that set their innings up.

Malinga (5-53) dismissed Graeme Smith (six) early, but the hosts quickly got to work as unusually, Amla played the anchor role while Kallis was the aggressor.

The pair turned the strike over freely and opted for accumulation rather than unnecessary big-hitting and it paid dividends until Kallis was run out by Mahela Jayawardene.

New captain AB de Villiers (52 from 40 balls) swung from the word go and whacked seven boundaries while Amla’s patience was rewarded when he turned the ball of his pads down to fine leg for a two that brought up his century.

Just two balls later de Villiers was bowled and in the hunt for late runs, Albie Morkel (25), Amla, JP Duminy (one), Faf Du Plessis (10) and Steyn (one) were all dismissed as Sri Lanka took 6-60 from the final 10 overs.

It proved academic in the end though, as South Africa romped home to an emphatic victory which gives them a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, Sky News reports.

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Car lock – do it from the door control!!

 
How to Lock Your Car and Why ?

I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again three times .. Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation. I quickly chucked the errand I was on, jumped in my car and sped away. I went straight to the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars. Two weeks later, my friend’s son had a similar happening….

While traveling, my friend’s son stopped at a roadside rest to use the bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase……you name it. He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery tactic — there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device..
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car — that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be instantly stolen. This is very real.
Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note on. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them — and bingo, someone has our code…and whatever was in our car.
Snopes Approved –Please share with everyone you know!!
Note: The receiving device is known as a “Spectrum Analyzer” and the signal can be recorded and played back to unlock the car door. True!
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This was published as provided by Khushi Keswani.

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Sheryl Romen Decker's Profile

 

Lives in -         Kolonnawa,Sri Lanka
Age -              22years
School -          St.Josephs College - Kolonnawa
Family -           Dad,Mom,Sister (Elder)
Raise -             Burger
Father -           Burger (Frank)
Mother -          Sinhalese (Chandima)
Religion -         Catholic
Presently participated in - Ama (ITN 7.30)
Previous acting - Ira Handa Yata (Benatt Rathnayake's)
Milestones -    2006 ITN aurudu kumari - 2nd place
                       Participated Sirasa Dancing Star
Favorite Actors/Actresses -     Gamini Fonseka
                                               Geetha Kumarasinghe
                                               Malani Fonseka
                                               Wasanthi Chathurani
Favorite movies-                      Ganga Addara,Chanchala Rekha,Janelaya
Love-                                      only from my family .. :)

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10 Things Some People Don't Know About Albert Einstein

 

10. Loved to Sail
When Einstein attended college at the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, he fell in love with sailing. He would often take a boat out onto a lake, pull out a notebook, relax, and think. Even though Einstein never learned to swim, he kept sailing as a hobby throughout his life.
 
9. Einstein's Brain
When Einstein died in 1955, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered, as was his wish. However, before his body was cremated, pathologist Thomas Harvey at Princeton Hospital conducted an autopsy in which he removed Einstein's brain. Rather than putting the brain back in the body, Harvey decided to keep it, ostensibly for study. Harvey did not have permission to keep Einstein's brain, but days later, he convinced Einstein's son that it would help science. Shortly thereafter, Harvey was fired from his position at Princeton because he refused to give up Einstein's brain.
For the next four decades, Harvey kept Einstein's chopped-up brain (Harvey had it cut into over 200 pieces) in two mason jars with him as he moved around the country. Every once in a while, Harvey would slice off a piece and send it to a researcher. Finally, in 1998, Harvey returned Einstein's brain to the pathologist at Princeton Hospital.
 
8. Einstein and the Violin
Einstein's mother, Pauline, was an accomplished pianist and wanted her son to love music too, so she started him on violin lessons when he was six years old. Unfortunately, at first, Einstein hated playing the violin. He would much rather build houses of cards, which he was really good at (he once built one 14 stories high!), or do just about anything else. When Einstein was 13-years old, he suddenly changed his mind about the violin when he heard the music of Mozart. With a new passion for playing, Einstein continued to play the violin until the last few years of his life. For nearly seven decades, Einstein would not only use the violin to relax when he became stuck in his thinking process, he would play socially at local recitals or join in impromptu groups such as Christmas carolers who stopped at his home.
 
7. Presidency of Israel
A few days after Zionist leader and first President of Israel Chaim Weizmann died on November 9, 1952, Einstein was asked if he would accept the position of being the second president of Israel. Einstein, age 73, declined the offer. In his official letter of refusal, Einstein stated that he not only lacked the "natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people," but also, he was getting old.
 
6. No Socks
Part of Einstein's charm was his disheveled look. In addition to his uncombed hair, one of Einstein's peculiar habits was to never wear socks. Whether it was while out sailing or to a formal dinner at the White House, Einstein went without socks everywhere. To Einstein, socks were a pain because they often would get holes in them. Plus, why wear both socks and shoes when one of them would do just fine?
 
5. A Simple Compass
When Albert Einstein was five years old and sick in bed, his father showed him a simple pocket compass. Einstein was mesmerized. What force exerted itself on the little needle to make it point in a single direction? This question haunted Einstein for many years and has been noted as the beginning of his fascination with science.
 
4. Designed a Refrigerator
Twenty-one years after writing his Special Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein invented a refrigerator that operated on alcohol gas. The refrigerator was patented in 1926 but never went into production because new technology made it unnecessary. Einstein invented the refrigerator because he read about a family that was poisoned by a sulphur dioxide-emitting refrigerator.
 
3. Obsessed Smoker
Einstein loved to smoke. As he walked between his house and his office at Princeton, one could often see him followed by a trail of smoke. Nearly as part of his image as his wild hair and baggy clothes was Einstein clutching his trusty briar pipe. In 1950, Einstein is noted as saying, "I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs," Although he favored pipes, Einstein was not one to turn down a cigar or even a cigarette.
 
2. Married His Cousin
After Einstein divorced his first wife, Mileva Maric, in 1919, he married his cousin, Elsa Loewenthal (nee Einstein). How closely were they related? Quite close. Elsa was actually related to Albert on both sides of his family. Albert's mother and Elsa's mother were sisters, plus Albert's father and Elsa's father were cousins. When they were both little, Elsa and Albert had played together; however, their romance only began once Elsa had married and divorced Max Loewenthal.
 
1. An Illegitimate Daughter
In 1901, before Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric were married, the college sweethearts took a romantic getaway to Lake Como in Italy. After the vacation, Mileva found herself pregnant. In that day and age, illegitimate children were not uncommon and yet they were also not accepted by society. Since Einstein did not have the money to marry Maric nor the ability to support a child, the two were not able to get married until Einstein got the patent job over a year later. So as not to besmirch Einstein's reputation, Maric went back to her family and had the baby girl, whom she named Lieserl.
Although we know that Einstein knew about his daughter, we don't actually know what happened to her. There are but just a few references of her in Einstein's letters, with the last one in September 1903. It is believed that Lieserl either died after suffering from scarlet fever at an early age or she survived the scarlet fever and was given up for adoption. Both Albert and Mileva kept the existence of Lieserl so secret that Einstein scholars only discovered her existence in recent years.

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9 facts still hidden from us

 

 

 

 

9 facts still hidden from us
 
1) 90% of people in Australia don't drink milk.
 
2) Snake's vision is up to 5 km....
 
3) A man can touch sun if his body is completely surrounded by mercury.
 
4) No twins have been born up till now in Greenland .

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