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A lesson in my life with a torn slipper

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:33:00 +0000

Last night, went to a hotel to buy dinner just few meters away from our home, It was raining in Colombo, at hotel I slipped and my right slipper toe strap came out , oh... thinking what to do... one hand food bag, other hand umbrella (and I didn't want to walk barefooted on the unhygienic wet streets), So I started dragging my right leg along with the broken slipper, I found it so hard my slipper was not balanced, unstable, bending and wobbling in each and every step, while struggling on my way to home... something came into my mind, Subahanallah... I'm finding so hard just to walk with a torn slipper; what about those people lost their legs, born disable, and those people on the wheelchair seated and rolling their chairs for years, comparing their life with mine... I'm indeed ungrateful to my Lord. Reached home with a satisfaction of thinking everything happens to our own good... May Allah forgive my sins.

I have to speak about Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 30 May 2015 12:53:00 +0000

Yes the minority Muslims have been oppressed and the rights have been denied, UN has described the situation as "Human Ping Pong", no nation wants to accept them even as refugees, they are floating in the middle of the sea seeking help around the world.

E.g. In an interview with Bangladesh's Prime Minters Hasina with BBC.

After watching the clip, I really felt, this lady don't deserve to be in a position in what she is...

It's pathetic to see Rohingya Muslim being in this situation and the nations being silent about it.

Also it's not justifiable to see there are false images circulated by disturbed Muslims in Social Media. most of the images are over described, wrongly attributed, Photoshoped and the date of photoshoot is not correct.

Whatsoever, there is no smoke without a spark, as human being we should speak against oppression, let it be black or white, rich or poor.

Let's pray for them.

Interesting summary of the people you know

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 May 2015 23:54:00 +0000

Some interesting things about these famous figures in summary

Dialog's irresponsible customer care - Timeline

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 12 May 2015 07:05:00 +0000

I made a complain regarding +Dialog Axiata coverage problem at our residence in Dehiwala, but they always pretend they care for customers but here is a proof of their customer care manners.

Day 1 - 10th of May lodge a complain and got a receipt 1-1124652489

Day 2 - 11th of May, Morning called back Dialog customer care, they said, Technical team will call me, but so far no response. added the complain to social media on Twitter and FB

@dialoglk I made a complain regarding coverage issue at our residence,till now there has been no response from anyone. complain 1-1124652489
— Muhammed Aadhil (@aadhilnet) May 11, 2015

Day 3 - 12th of May, called back Dialog cusomter care, they said, They had called me in the morning but no answer, but my phone had no missed calls in the morning, also I requested an update via twitter, but they gave an answer saying they called me in the evening, either-ways I had no missed called in the morning nor in the evening.

Dear @dialoglk so far nobody has contacted me regarding my complain. any updates? #Customercare #LKA #Poorservice
— Muhammed Aadhil (@aadhilnet) May 12, 2015

@aadhilnet Hi,we've tried to contact you last afternoon regarding this,but there was no response. 1/2
— Dialog Axiata (@dialoglk) May 12, 2015

@dialoglk No body made a call and there no missed calls in my phone last evening, I'm #Free right now - #LKA #Customercare #Poorservice
— Muhammed Aadhil (@aadhilnet) May 12, 2015

@aadhilnet Pls give us some time,we'll get one of our Executives to get in touch with you for assistance. ^nabs
— Dialog Axiata (@dialoglk) May 12, 2015

So far no calls....

Day 4 - 13th of May, I called the customer care today, they gave an another excuse by saying the complain end date is on 14th and by today someone will call and confirm me, as usual Dialog has no guilty of repeatedly using the words "We are sorry sir" the word "sorry" has lost it's value with Dialog, they don't mean it, they use it as a strategy to cool down the customer and make fake apologies.

Dialog Twitter ignores my reminder, no reply afterwards

Dear @dialoglk you promised someone will contact me,I was expecting a call yesterday,I didn't get any call from so called #customercare #lka
— Muhammed Aadhil (@aadhilnet) May 13, 2015

Time 7pm, I received a call middle of the traffic from Dialog technical department, his first question was " What is your problem?" wow, Dialog needs some serious serious training to their employees how to handle customers, through out his conversation I understood this guy is not much educated and sounded more arrogant in his questions and replies, I have to repeat the entire scenario middle of the traffic (rather this guy could have studied the complain sheet). He left the phone by saying something I couldn't follow up.

Day 5 - 14th of May, Time 8:10am I got a call from another technical guy, I was getting ready for office and I was in a rush, this guy was not rude as last one, he asked me to do some changes on the phone, still the signal shows low, so he mentioned that he will transfer this problem to Regional Engineer to sort out this problem.

Shocked to see this SMS which says, it's going to take another 2 days just to respond.

Day 6 - 15th of May, Waited for an Engineer call me, (Of course I knew it's not going to happen, anyway let's go through their procedures just to show to the people the reality of their Service)

Day 7 - 16th of May, waited for a call. ONE WEEK completed since my complain. what can I expect from so called Future. Today ? They should change their tagline or slogan to Failures. Today

Day 8 - 17th of May, So, waited enough, I made a call to the so called customer care. The guy gave me an excuse 15th and 16th was not working days, fair enough!!! and he said I'll be getting a call by tomorrow evening. mmm... I hope so... let's wait and see!

Day 9 - 18th of May, mmm... nop, Nothing! no calls, no SMS, no feedback, an another gimmick, well... I'm not going to give up on this, I just want to see how long these people are going to drag, I need to prove to the people the reality of their service.

Day 10 - 19th of May, So, as usual made another call to so called customer care, a lady spoke, seems to be responsible and she said, she has informed to the relevant department and it will take ANOTHER TWO DAYS to contact me. LOL ;-), they advertise as No.1 network in the country, and more than a million subscribers. seriously? I don't know what is their rank in customer care ;-)

Day 11 - 20th of May, As usual RIP Day 11. Nothing!

Day 12 - 21st of May, I'm sick of dialling that 0777 678 678 customer care, a lady spoke and she apologised again (Dialog has got plenty of remaining apologies in the future), she said that she is dropping an email to the relevant department to contact me. lol

Day 13 - 22nd of May, ok, and again, here we go... phew....I made a call to customer care, a lady spoke, gave my complain number, and put me on hold, I mean it was really a long hold, meanwhile there was an advertisement running in the ear set, it said, now you can make your complains via social media i.e. dialog's FB and Twitter, LOL. anyway let's try that again.

So the lady came back to the line and said, "we are very sorry". ;-) seems to be she has understood the case and asked nothing but used the tool of apologies, and she said the delay has been on their side (Technical department) and she has transferred the case to another branch. and I have to wait to get a call from them ;-), oh yes Dialog, I've been waiting for 13 days, wouldn't I wait for another day?

Here we with Dialog's twitter team

@aadhilnet Our apologies for the delay, We'll share this with the relevant team and get back to you with assistance on priority. ^Riya
— Dialog Axiata (@dialoglk) May 22, 2015

I told you, ↑ Dialog don't hesitate to make apologies, after viewing this post, they have no shame but still went on to say "OUR APOLOGIES" may be they are use to that word so much they can't start a conversation without that salutation. ;-) LOL. ok let's wait and see...

Day 14 - 23rd of May, So and again, I made a call again... the customer care rep. was wondering how to answer this time but as usual she poured the bucket of "We are sorry sir" LOL for me it's Apologies bucket challenge ;-), she passed the call to her superior, and she also poured the apologies bucket challenge on me also she mentioned that 10th of may had lot of complains (weird), and they are following the complains one by one (and I didn't get a call from them). She said someone will contact me by today. lol... let's wait and see..

I sent an email to Dialog's Head of Customer Experience & Group Loyalty and I got a reply

So far no calls nor feedbacks.

Day 15 - 24th of May, Let me guess what Dialog's customer care would say, "It's a sunday sir, sorry.com" LOL.... RIP to 15th day ;-)

DAY 16 - 25th of May, Well, well... after number calls, tweets and emails, finally I have to copy the message to the CEO of Dialog to sort out my problem... within 30 minutes a technical guy called me and made an immediate visit to my resident.

Moral: Everybody is doing it wrong. If you have an issue with Dialog, don't call the customer care, you have to first contact the CEO in order get your problem solved (at Dialog the work is done opposite, not bottom to top but top to bottom).

So the technical guy visited our residence and he found out the only signal working is "Emergency calls only" and he found out not only in our residence but the entire street (may be the entire area) has no signal.

He also mentioned that any issues with Dialog should be sorted out within 2-3 days, (oh yes, I heard it enough) and he also said this signal issue should have been sorted out long long long time back (oh yes, if only you would have given proper attention to our previous complains). and finally as usual he used the Dialog's trademark "I'm sorry sir" and asked for three more days to sort out this problem, I said, it's ok as far as my problem is sorted out. So let's wait and see..phew... Day1

Day 17 - 26th of May, Day2 - The technical officer called me around 7pm and said, he has done some changes in the towers and signal parameters, well I saw no differences, so he asked me to give 3 more days to find another tower close by and fine tune that one and while he talking the voice was breaking and then the line got disconnected ;-) LOL ok since he made a request for another 3 days, so lets start a new parameter-

Day 18 - 27th of May, Day3 MISSION FAILED - Attempt2, Day 1 No calls, no update. RIP Day 18

DAY 19 - 28th of May, Attempt 2, Day 2 The technical guy who was handling our matter visited our residents again, but there was no big differences from previous visit. he said he will inform his bosses (plural) ;-) regarding my matter.

Too many cook spoil the broth. too many bosses are going to spoil the company

Day 20 - 29th of May, Attempt 2 , Day 3 MISSION FAILED aannddd... as expected one of his bosses called me, and said they have done their best to get the coverage, I said, your best is not enough, I'm still facing problems to the PAID service, he excused by saying there are blind spots in some places and they are fixing it, they are going to fix another tower and it's going to take some time. (I believe it's going to be one more year) FUTURE. TODAY ;) LOL I'm not living in rural part of the city, I'm living in the District of Colombo and these people give false adverts by saying they have full coverage, it's kind of cheating the customers (they should inform the customers before selling their service). I asked him what do I do till then, I'm paying for your service which has a service as not promised? no answer by him. so I asked him to send me an email regarding my problem and I gave him my email address. but so far no email nor response and he is one of Dialog's employee, "back to square one" I can't expect him to keep his word.

Day 21 - 30th of May, Today is a Saturday, and I don't expect them to call me... let's wait and see... there are many things need to be shared regarding Dialog's discrimination between VIP customers (Politicians and wealthy people) and ordinary customers, I would be sharing those detail in new post, but I just want to see how this problem is tackled. If my problem is not sorted then the news I got about Dialog's discrimination among customers should be true. There are many VIP living around my area facing similar problems and their problems have been sorted with special orders. I think people are unaware of these issues.. ..I'm just monitoring and waiting...

Day 22 - 31st of May, It's a Sunday, what you expect from them? :-/

Day 23 - 1st of June, Called the customer care again, and asked whats happening with my complain, she said, the case is still open and it's under process sir! ;-) lol

Day 24 - 2nd of June, It's a Poya day, You are not a suppose to disturb any Dialog employees! or else they might say, you are an harassment, therefore we are closing down the case. :-D

Day 25 - 3rd of June, Resting day, I'm also tired calling them and Dialog is also tired answering me, under mutual understanding it's RIP for day 25

Day 26 to 30 - 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th of June

Sorry for the audience who have been following my blog and thanks for the personal emails reminders.

I've been working on our Social Media project with my team, and happy to say we've reached more than 10 million audience around the globe in just one week and I couldn't give much concern on this issue.

So as a conclusion: Nothing! No follow-ups, no updates and no solution. I remember reading an article sometime back, when Dialog were at their early stage how Celtell laughed at them when they were seated along with them in a meeting (Dialog had no big resources nor manpower, just started up with one office at that time) sarcastically saying "You are no match for us" , but Dialog's hard work, innovative marketing strategies and pricing strategies made them outstanding and gave them victory in the market.

But what's happening today? we can see Dialog is filling adverts with new packages and new facilities where people are not even bothered to know what they are. Dialog is yet working on it's decade old marketing strategies which is too old for the new generation, meanwhile Mobitel and Etisalat are eating up their harvest slowly and steadily.

Let me give you an example, Here is an offer I got in 2010 oopps... sorry in 2015

Did you get the joke? When everyone is having a smart phone with +WhatsApp , +Viber and +Skype which idiot will take this offer? everyone at my office were laughing at this offer. If you have such outdated marketing idiots in your company to approve such a stupid offer, how can Dialog think forward? Dialog is decaying inside out.Dialog needs a big revamp!

Regarding my issue, one of Dialog's technical head called me and said, they are installing a tower and my problem will be resolved soon. (Never gave me a deadline and I don't believe in their promises), my complain would have gone to the trash by this time, Dialog's head should take in mind, every minute delay of customer care is equals of saying bye to Dialog and hi to the competitor.

Reality of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:30:00 +0000

White Goat & Black Goat

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:34:00 +0000

TV Anchor interviewing a Farmer about his goats:

Q: What do you feed your goats ?

Farmer : White goat or black goat ?

Anchor: White goat !

Farmer : Grass !

Anchor: And what do you feed black goat with ?

Farmer : I feed it with Grass as well

Anchor: Where do you keep them ?

Farmer : The white one or the black one ?

Anchor: white one !

Farmer : In the porch outside !

Anchor: And how about the black one ?

Farmer : I keep them in the porch as well

Anchor: And how do you clean them ?

Farmer : The black one or the white one ?

Anchor: Black one

Farmer : With water !

Anchor: And what about white one ?

Farmer : of course with water

Anchor angrily:
You idiot! When you treat both white and black goat the same way then WHY do you keep asking me “Black or White” ?

Farmer : Because the white goat is mine…

Anchor: And the black one ?

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Farmer : That is also mine

Mini Budget Summary 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:55:00 +0000

► Prohibition imposed on Ministries and state institutions from publishing promotional newspapaper advertisements

► Special committee to be set up ro resolve issues caused by irregular finance bodies within six months

► Public transportation costs to reduce by 50% for senior citizens

► Every citizen to have a bank account - can be opened in commercial banks with an initial deposit of Rs. 250

► Sri lankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka to be merged to reduced the losses

► Sri Lankan Airlines and Mihin Airlines have incurred heavy losses - within five years over Rs. 100 billion due to manangement inefficiencies/ Mihin Air Rs.15 billion during the past five years.

► Dahami Diriya for Sunday school teachers - a monthly sum of Rs. 200 to be paid

► Rs. 250 monthly allowance to be paid to pre-school teachers

► Mahapola scholarship fee to be increased upto Rs. 5000

► Special facilities for disabled war heroes - special loan scheme named Viru Diriya to be introduced in state banks/ maximum borrowing Rs. 500,000

► Rs. 1.5 million permit fee will be charged from vehicle importers (irrelevant of whether the imported vehicles are brand new/reconditioned)

► The government has waived off the 25% tax paid by customers when reloading phones

► Rs. 1000 million tax imposed on television stations dedicated to sports

► One time tax of Rs. 250 million to be paid by mobile phone operators

► One time tax of Rs. 250 million to be paid by telecommunication providers

► Marriage registration fee to be reduced up to Rs. 1000 from Rs. 5000

► The number of liquor shops per proprietor to be reduced upto three / Liquor permit value to be increased by twofolds

► Casino business-owners to pay Rs: 1000 millionas a tax - first payment to be made before April.

► Extra Rs. 5000 million to be gained through a container scanning process with effect from September

► Vehicle assembly plants have neglected their income-tax payments during the previous regime. Rs. 12,0000 million revenue expected through prompt payments

► Cement prices to be reduced by Rs. 99

► Vehicle taxes reduction 15% for vehciles with engines below 1000 CC

► Super-gain tax - any company of which the profict exceeded Rs. 2000 million - tax amout worth 25% off its profit will be charged

► Mansion tax - Rs. 1 million per annum will be charged for houses of which the value is estimated at Rs. 100 million or exceeds 5000 sqft

► Gold jewellery pawned to banks - that don't exceed Rs. 200,000 - interest will be waived off

► 12.5kg gas cylinder price reduced up to Rs. 1596 (Rs. 300 reduction)

► 13 Essential goods price reduction by removal of taxes - with effect from midnight

Sugar: Rs. 10 reduction - tax reduced from Rs. 28 up to Rs. 10
Milk powder 400g packet will be Rs. 325 (maximum retail price) - reduction of Rs. 61
Sustagen milk powder to be reduced by Rs. 100 (400g)
Flour prices reduced by Rs. 12.50 per kilo
Bread - reduced by Rs. 6
Green grams - reduction by Rs. 40 per kilo
Sprats: Reduction of Rs. 15
Canned fish - Reduced by Rs. 60
Coriander - Reduced by Rs. 60 per kilo
Maldive fish - taxes reduced by Rs. 200
Canned fish - Reduced by Rs. 60
Coriander - Reduced by Rs. 60 per kilo
Chilli powder - Reduced by Rs. 25 (powdered)

► School van fees reduced by 5%

► Electricity consumers will be encouraged to use solar power

► Kerosene reduced by another Rs. 6 per liter

► A sum of Rs. 2000 billion to be allocated to the fund reserved for kidney patients

► Budgetary allowance for education sector will be increased by 6% off the GDP systematically

► Decentralized budget for ministers will increase by Rs. 5 - 10 million

► Fresh milk price buying price to be increased by Rs.10

► To improve agricultural sector, hand tractors will be given away at concessionary rates / fertilizer concession will be continued + the quality will be increased.

► 50% of the loan amounts borrowed by farmers to be waived off

► An allowance of Rs. 20,000 to be paid for expectant mothers

► Senior citizens with Rs. 1 million in their bank accounts to be given 15% interest rate

► Reviewing of pensions - Increase of Rs. 1000 with effect from April

► During past seven years 5000 million USD due to losing GSP+

► Request made for private sector employers to increase the salaries of private sector employees Rs. 2500

► Rs. 2.5 billion saved by cutting down on the number of Ministers

► All loans taken during the past government has to be paid by this govenrment to which includes 15 million USD loan taken for security purposes

► Salaries of state sector servants incresed by Rs. 10,000 - Rs. 5000 will be given in February/ remaining Rs. 5000 in June- Thereby state sector employees' salaries increased by 47%

► We believe in uplifting and developing the lives of every citizen of this country - not just a selected few - Ravi K

► Expenses of presidential secretariat - 2014 Rs. 10,4970 million / estiamted cost for 2015 was Rs 95,930 million but it has been brought down to Rs. 2560 million

► True figure of state debts concealed by previous regime - currently it stands at Rs. 8.81 trillion

► True figure of debt per person is Rs. 427,220 - Minister Ravi K

► Minister Ravi K lists out details of financial losses incurred due to borrowings/developmental projects of the previous regime that has resulted in an added financial burden to the people

► Loss incurred by hedging deals is 60 million USD

Crowning Ranil Wickremesinghe as the best politician

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:43:00 +0000

Ranil Wickremesinghe

As per what is happening around political arena, many are trying to survive in the game of politics, if you ask me to crown the best politician, without a doubt, I would crown Ranil Wickremesinghe as the best politician in the Sri Lankan history. (Stood-up many defeats, survived when UNP broke apart, well managed the internal party conflicts, stood firm as party leader, broke apart MR's iron regime, and now he has become the Prime Minister for the third time)

In Sri Lanka's politics, this is not an easy task. It's only my opinion!

Sri Lanka Budget Summary - 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:54:00 +0000

Public

• 10% reduction in water charges for first 25 units

• Pension scheme introduced for garment workers and estate workers

• Small-scale industries that use less than 300 units of electricity to get 25% off from November and 15% off for others in the industrial sector

• Seniors with bank deposits will be paid a 12% interest rate effective from 1 January 2015

• Government workers' basic salary increased to

Rs 15,000, and with allowances the minimum will come to Rs 25,000

• Cost of living allowance increased by Rs 2,200, bringing the total cost of living allowance to

Rs 10,000

• A programme to increase youth employment to 95%

• Motorcycles to be provided to police officers at

Rs 50,000

• Agrahara insurance increased by Rs 500,000

• A special programme from January 2015 to eradicate pension payment anomalies

• Allowances for elderly persons increased to Rs 2,000 from Rs 1,000

• Temporary workers who have worked 180 days to be made permanent

• Rs 500 million allocated for medical checks for every citizen to help develop a healthy society in Sri Lanka, while improving quality of life

• Special recreation centres and facilities to be established for elders

• Rs 1,000 million provided to set up a revolving fund to provide loans up to Rs 100,000 to pensioners' associations, senior citizens' clubs and death relief societies to promote social development activities

• 12% annual interest rate for deposits of seniors in State banks. In order to do this, Rs 30 billion worth of government bonds will be issued, and the Central Bank has permitted finance companies to pay 11% interest on such deposits

• A loan of Rs 50,000 to at least 100,000 retirees from the public service to develop their own backyard economies and to generate self-employment income

• Rs 10 billion to recapitalize Bank of Ceylon in 2015

• Small land owners, particularly living in urban areas earning less than Rs 25,000 a month, are exempted from paying land lease rentals to the state

• Reduced the duty on importation of gold by exporters using their foreign currency accounts for the purpose of exports to 3.5% by way of a 50% duty waiver to encourage jewellery exports and the service fee imposed by the National Gem and Jewellery Authority reduced to 0.25% of FOB value of exports

• 300 factories in every divisional secretariat area to be given land on long-term leases

• Investments over Rs 500 million will be given a

Rs 7 million half-tax holiday and they also have to be registered at the Inland Revenue Department before end of 2015

• Rs 300 million to strengthen field level officers at divisional secretariats to expand awareness programmes in schools on domestic violence and child abuse

• Low-income Pradeshiya Sabhas to be given Rs 2 million a month to maintain community facilities and an additional Rs 600 million allocated to recruit 15,000 field level employees to engage in maintenance work

• Rs 7,000 million allocated to Provincial Councils

Agriculture

• Rs 15,000 million for irrigation projects

• Guaranteed price of paddy from Rs 34 to Rs 40, seed paddy given free for Maha season

• Fresh milk at a guaranteed price of Rs 60 per litre and local milk powder reduced by Rs 100 and yoghurt by Rs 3

• The guaranteed price of a kilogram of rubber is Rs 300 and the Department of Rubber given Rs 3,500 million

• Import tax removed on infant milk food. Funds allocated to provide nutritious breakfast for pre-school children.

• Replanting subsidy to tea small holders increased from Rs 875,000 to Rs 1 million per acre and the new planting subsidy from Rs 625,000 to

Rs 750,000 from 2015

• Small and medium dairy farmers to receive Rs 700 million to build training centres

• Rs 2,000 million to the plantation trust to improve existing houses with sanitation and toilet facilities in the plantation sector

• Custom duties on electric cars to be reduced to 25% from 61%

• Rs 3,000 million to be allocated for the revival of the Paddy Marketing Board and the outlets of Lanka Sathosa, Osu Sala, Fisheries Corporation, Milco and Laksala

Education

• Pre-school teachers to receive Rs 2,500 monthly allowance

• Rs 1,500 million to develop rural schools

• Number of Year 5 Scholarship students increased from 15,000 to 25,000 and monthly allowance increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,500

• Mahapola increased to 50,000 students including public servants' children and allowance increased to Rs 4,000 from Rs 2,500

• By 2020, 100,000 students to be enrolled to universities, and hostel facilities for 25,000

• Rs 500 billion allocated for research in universities

• Pali and Buddhist University given Rs 1 billion to improve hostel facilities for foreign monks and researchers

• Rs 1 billion for fully-equipped Nenasala Centres to be established in every Grama Niladhari division by 2015

• Rs 750 million to develop Maharagama Teacher Training College

• A new Service Minute for teacher service, which will manage promotions, salary increments and service-related administrative problems of 240,000 teachers

• 50,000 teacher assistants specializing in sports, English and IT, through a school-based system in 2015

• Vocational education scholarship scheme for 50,000 youth per year from low income families, who will also be given Rs 3,000 per month

• A school-based new teacher recruitment scheme to address the teacher shortage in schools

• Aerospace Engineering Unit will be established at the Moratuwa University

Health

• Kidney patients to receive Rs 3,000 per month

• Rs 750 million to develop hospital kidney units in Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura and Hambantota

• Rs 1,500 million to develop Karapitiya, Colombo, Kandy and Anuradhapura Maternity Hospitals and to develop Badulla and Beliatta Hospitals

• Rs 500 million for the provision of nutritious food for children

Private

• Maximum PAYE tax rate at 16%

• Samurdhi benefits for a four-member family increased to Rs 3,000 and three-member household to Rs 2,000

• Young Diaspora willing to work in Sri Lanka given five-year work permit or dual citizenship

• Small-scale businesses to be exempted from government taxes

• Value added tax to be reduced to 11% from 12%

• Employees' Provident Fund company contribution increased from 12 to 14%

• Special concessionary rate for formula from Sathosa and removed all taxes and urged supermarkets too to follow the lead

• Rs 3,000 monthly grant for all disabled persons and a monthly transport allowance of Rs 750 for differently-abled students

• Main Sri Lankan towns to be developed under a special Urban Development Programme

• Pavement vendors and very small-scale self-employed individuals to be exempted from any Local Authority fees.

• Make use of the water before it reaches the sea

• A special duty scheme on motor vehicles for foreign employed individuals

• Rs 750 million to start new water supply schemes, giving more importance to places with kidney and water related diseases

• Fund allocation to establish new sugar factories and related infrastructure

• A Special Tax Scheme for the motor vehicle imports instead of the current system

Others

• US$ 150 million for SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Air

• Rs 20,000 million for rural road development

• Rs 1,500 million for postal services

• Rs 2,000 million to rectify salaries of railway workers

• Customs and Inland Revenue to be linked online for better service

• Rs 10 billion of capital expenditure in 2015 and 2016 to develop required infrastructure, logistics and professional skills of the tri services

• Rs 200 million to develop inland fisheries and Rs 50 million to develop fisheries export

• Minimum salary of private sector workers Rs 10,000 and people who get more than that to get at least a Rs 500 increase

• A special monthly allowance for the widows of July Strikers

• Funds of Rs 2,250 million allocated to improve sports related infrastructure including facilities at Sugathadasa and Kettarama Stadiums

Source: Ceylon Today

Thank You for Everything

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:42:00 +0000

Peaceful world - NASA satellite image

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:48:00 +0000

This is a NASA satellite image [See full Picture], the world looks so peaceful and calm.

A proverb says " Don't judge a book by it's cover", this picture proves this proverb is 100% true!

HUMAN EYE POSITIONS and WHAT IT MEANS!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:30:00 +0000

I wish to share some of my experience on Eye communication

The eye contact or the eye communication plays a vital role when you are having a oral face to face communication.

We naturally speak with our families, friends, colleagues, and public but when you really want to know something out of a person, body language plays a crucial role.

A person who lies or bluffs will always try to avoid the eye contact with you, (and women are really good in finding out the truth from men, therefore if you want to lie to a woman please cover your face with a blanket or cover your head with a bucket or wear a sun-glass)

Even though I know how eye communication works but as a human being naturally I cannot lie my own body language and I always don't keep reading others body languages.

But when matters become serious, I do use my knowledge of eye communication to find out the truth from a person. When I keep questioning or talking to someone, the black eyeball flicks towards top-left. (This happens in nanoseconds, therefore you need to concentrate on their eye movement) this has helped me a lot. once you come to know the truth whether the person has lied or spoke the truth, don't challenge that person further, since you have discovered the fact, all you got to do is play a diplomatic game to solve the problem (find out the reason, why he lied and try to give a solution for the problem, also never show out that you know he has lied to you, this will unnecessarily break the relationship).

The image below will gives you further information about a HUMAN EYE POSITIONS and WHAT IT MEANS!

I have experienced some of my friends, families eyes flicked towards left, sometimes I have seen my boss's eyes flicked left ;-) LOL

But always remember, we all are humans, some circumstances push human to lie, some lie to shape up things, some lie to make you feel better, some lie to gain something from you, some lie to escape from you... we may understand the eye language but we will never be able read what is in their Mind. only God can understand what is our minds, we become so angry when come to know a person has lied to you but the God who knows what is in your heart still forgives you. He is the most merciful.

"Say, “Allah knows whatever lies in your hearts, whether you hide it or make it known (to others). He knows everything in the heavens and on earth. Allah has power (and complete control) over all things!” [Quran 3:29]

Therefore if you have two options to forgive or revenge, always choose to forgive and forget.

The Elephant March on the roads

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 07:43:00 +0000

I was on my way back to office after Friday prayers, these elephants were marching for the event CHOGHM held in Sri Lanka.

The elephant march was causing traffic jam.... this is not new for Sri Lankan roads but the foreigners are thrilled to see these elephants lined up middle of the road.

Rescuing the Drowning Deers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:16:00 +0000

This recure story touched my heart :-) one of the best animal rescue missions.
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According to the report in the Juneau Empire, Tom Satre, his sister Sharon Kelly and a few other family members were heading across Taku Inlet near Juneau on Tom's charter boat for a picnic at the State Marine Park.

About a mile offshore, Sharon, a birder, spotted something odd in the water coming towards the boat through her binoculars. What she first thought were sea lions or shorebirds turned out to be four young Sitka black-tailed deer (a subspecies of mule deer).

Four distressed Sitka deer swim desperately towards the Alaska Quest Charter Boat.

Even though Sitka deer are known for their swimming ability and often cross large bodies of water between islands, these four where in obvious distress in the frigid water and whipping winds that had stirred up two to three foot swells in the inlet. The biggest sign of that distress was the fact that the deer actually swam towards the boat and tried to board it, their fear of drowning overpowering their fear of people.

Unable to propel themselves out of the water in their exhaustion, they had to be hauled out onto the deck, where they collapsed. There, the hypothermic deer slowly but calmly recovered.

The deer calmly recover on the deck of the boat after their near-drowning experience.

When the boat reached opposite shore, three of the four deer were able to make it off and into the woods on their own. The fourth deer, however, had to be hauled off the boat in a wheelbarrow and couldn't stand on his own for a long while. After a few hours, however, he managed to stay standing, albeit a bit wobbly, and the rescuers took their leave.

One deer was still weak when they reached the shore and had to be carried off the boat.

The whole incident was definitely not something Tom or Sharon could have ever anticipated when they set out across the inlet that morning. Luckily for the deer, they were in the right place at the right time and were able to give these young animals another chance at life.

Thank you - Animal Planet

Ask President Mahinda Rajapaksa Questions on Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:50:00 +0000

Here is a great opportunity to ask questions to His excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse via social media twitter, ask your question adding this hashtag #AskMR on your tweets.

Tweets about "#AskMR"

A Facebook Update In Real Life

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this video, probably must be a Google+ production LOL

Seriously, Facebook new features annoys...

Mohamed Nana, The TEA specialist

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:31:00 +0000

I joint a company very recently, at the initial stage I was assigned for the company's different locations in order to get myself trained for the business and capture the trend of the business.

In one such location, there was a man called Mohamed Nana (Nana is referred to Elder Brother), He is more than 60 years old, dark complexion, with black hair combed to his right. average height, slim and when he smiles all of his front teeth are visible. His task is to keep the place clean & tidy and pour the tea on time.

First day I went and sat on my seat and looked around, there were no workers at all in that particular location, but only Mohamed Nana and myself. I felt like "Oh my God, what on earth am I going to do alone here" I never expected a lonely place to hang around.
So... I looked at Mohamed Nana, he was wearing a red T-shirt with a brown trouser, I smiled at him, and he too smiled back at me, I said the Islamic greetings "Assalamu'alaikum" (peace be upon you), he whispered something as a reply which I never heard but I only saw his lips moving. I said to myself, "I'm here all alone with a person who doesn't speak loudly, I'm going to go mad in few days" I didn't want to disturb him with his silence so I ON the computer. As I started digging the files on the computer to check what is available to gain my knowledge in this field, The computer is whitewashed... I had nothing to do.

And again I looked for Mohamed Nana, he was seated in front of my desk, there is a pillar between me and Mohamed Nana, So I had to lean to my right to talk with him, I couldn't maintain these moments of long silence, I again said to him, "How are you uncle?" He smiled again with all his shiny teeth visible. He said with low tone, "Good" and he took the papers and started reading. that is a sign of asking me to keep the distance. LOL :-)

So again I got back to the computer, but the lonely environment was killing me, I stood up and walked around the premisses, time is around 10 am, I saw Mohamed Nana folding his papers and went upstairs, after 10 minutes he came down with two cups of tea and kept one cup on my table, I thought "This a good moment to speak to him" I asked him to sit (pointing to the chair in front of my desk) and I too sat on my chair and I started sipping my tea, I asked him "Where are you from?" He said something but I only saw his lips moving... after a while, he asked me, "Where you from?" in a very very low tone .. I said to myself "Wow this person can speak" and I introduced myself and he introduced himself and the alien barrier is at last broken between Mohamed Nana and Me. :-)

Now I need to tell you something before I start the story of Mohamed Nana's tea, This guy is known for his TEA where everybody says in our organization "There is nothing like Mohamed Nana's tea" and Mohamed Nana is so proud of this saying.

So... as I finished talking with Mohamed nana for more than 10 minutes and also finished with my cup of tea, I turned to my computer and started browsing the internet... while browsing I felt someone is staring at me, it was Mohamed Nana looking at me and he was expecting something from me, I asked him "Do you want something uncle?" He said "nothing" and he took my tea cup and went upstairs to his kitchen.

He returned back with his hand gripped on his back and he was walking up and down in front of my desk, I knew through his exposure he wants to say something to me, I asked him "Do you want to say something Uncle?" He said, "Everyone body calls me here Mohamed Nana" and he went back to his desk and started reading his newspapers. I knew, he didn't like me calling him "Uncle" LOL

It's evening around 4pm I finished my Asr prayers and sat on my desk, Mohamed Nana came down with two cups of tea, he kept one on my table and he sat in front of my table (even though I didn't ask for him to sit in front of my table this time) So we had a small chat and I finished with my cup of tea, I started working and again I felt someone staring at me... It was none but Mohamed nana, I asked him "Do you want something Mohamed nana?" (this time I made sure I spelt his name as he wanted).. he replied, "Nothing" and took the cups to his kitchen. Time is 5:30pm, the end of the work for the day.

The next day, time is around 9:30 am, Mohamed nana came with his tea and kept one cup on my table and he sat in front of my table with his tea, as usual we had a small chat, but this time I noticed he looks at me after every sip I had, and again after tea break, I turned back to my computer and again I felt someone is staring at me. and again I asked him "Do you want something?" He said "Nothing" and went back to the kitchen.

It's evening around 4pm the same process and the same staring at me after every cup of tea I had, this went on for 3 days, one day He asked me after having my tea, "how is the tea?" I said "Good" and continued with my work, and next day morning, he asked me after I had my tea "Does it taste good?" I said "Yes", and I continued with my work, and next day he asked me after I had my tea "At your home, do you have good cup of tea?" I felt this as a weird question, I said, "It's good, Alhamthulillah (All praise to God)" and I continued with my work, and next time he asked me "Does your home made tea taste better than this tea?" I felt it so funny... and I was wondering why is he so curious about this tea matter, to make him happy I said "Your tea is better" but I saw on his face, my answer didn't make him happy, I knew there is something to do with his cup of tea and he is expecting something from me which I didn't understand.

Two weeks passed, one day a team from some other location arrived for a work in my location, Mohamed Nana immediately prepared tea for them, after having their tea, they said, "Wow... wonderful tea!!!" and I noticed big happiness on Mohamed Nana's face, and I got the point what he is expecting from me.

Next day morning, Mohamed Nana arrived with his tea cups and left one on my table and he sat in front of my table, after I had my tea, I asked Mohamed nana, "How many teaspoons of milk powder, sugar and tea leaves powder do you mix to make this tea?" He smiled so much... I saw his wisdom tooth :-D, He asked me "Why?" I said "I want to pour this standard of five-star cup of tea to my people at home and teach them how to pour tea" Mohamed nana jumped up from the chair and stood up proudly (as though he has lifted the world cup) and his face was decorated with laughters and his eyes was filled with happiness.

He spoke nothing this time, He took the empty tea cups climbed the staircase proudly, and now every time I see him, I used to ask, "What is the secret recipe of your tea?' as usual he says nothing but smiles and walks away proudly. :-)

I learned something from this incident, Mohamed nana is not in a big position, not with a big salary but he is happy with his speciality and you like it or not it's our duty to respect others skills in what they think to be their best.

Come On guys, you lose nothing by saying "you are the best." right? ;-)

The man who stopped the 3rd world war

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:43:00 +0000

50 years ago, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused to agree with his Captain's order to launch nuclear torpedoes against US warships and setting off what might well have been a terminal superpower nuclear war.

The US had been dropping depth charges near the submarine in an attempt to force it to surface, unaware it was carrying nuclear arms. The Soviet officers, who had lost radio contact with Moscow, concluded that World War 3 had begun, and 2 of the officers agreed to 'blast the warships out of the water'. Arkhipov refused to agree - unanimous consent of 3 officers was required - and thanks to him, the world was saved from being scarred badly.

His story is finally being told - the BBC is airing a documentary on it.

Short Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:25:00 +0000

After a great success, the airline sent letters to all the wives asking how was the trip.
All of them gave the same reply, "Which trip?"
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Husband was seriously ill. After thorough examination, doctor sent him outside to wait.
Doctor to wife: Give him healthy breakfast, be pleasant to him and keep him in good mood, don’t discuss your problems, don’t demand new clothes or gold jewels. Do this for one year and he will be fine.
On the way home, husband asked wife: What did the doctor say?
Wife: No matter what we do for you, you are going to die!
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An intelligent wife is one who spends so much that her husband can't afford another woman.
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Wife buys a new phone and decides to surprise her husband who is sitting in the living room.
She goes to the kitchen, calls her husband from the new number: "Hello darling!"
The husband responds in a low tone: "Let me call you back later honey, the dumb lady is in the kitchen.”
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Cool message by a woman: Dear mother-in-law, "don't teach me how to handle my children, I'm living with one of yours and he needs a lot of improvement."
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A kid was beaten by his mom.
Dad came home and asked, “What happened son?”
Kid said, “I can’t adjust with your wife anymore, I need my own.”
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In an African safari, a lion suddenly bounced on Santa's wife.
Wife: Shoot him! Shoot him!
Santa: Yes, yes. I'm changing the battery in my camera..
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What is the difference between mother and wife?
A – One woman brings you into this world crying and the other ensures you continue to do so.
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Husband and wife are like 2 tires of a vehicle.
If one punctures, the vehicle can't move further.
Moral: Always keep a spare tire....
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What's the similarity between chewing gum and begum (wife) ??
Both are sweet at the beginning and become tasteless, shapeless and sticky in the end..
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A man came home late at night after a party.
His wife yelled: "How would you feel if you don't see me for two days?"
The man couldn’t believe his luck.
He blurted out: 'That would be great'!
Monday passed and he didn’t see her......
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday passed too.....
On Friday his swelling became better and now he could see her from the corner of one eye.
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You know why the word woman starts with 'w'?
Because all questions start with "w".. !
Who ?
Why ?
What ?
When ?
Which ?
Whom ?
Where ?
&
finally Wife..!!!
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Nobody teaches volcanoes to erupt, tsunamis to devastate, hurricanes to sway around & no one teaches how to choose a wife.
Natural disasters just happen.
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Wife: last night I had a dream that you were sending me jewellery and clothes! Just then my eyes opened.
Husband: Yeah, you didn’t see the end of that dream where I saw your dad paying the bill !!!
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A recently fired stock trader said, "This is worse than divorce. I have lost everything and I still have my wife !!!! "
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Message of the year:-
Women live a better, longer and peaceful life..!!
Why?
Very simple... A woman does not have a wife..!!!
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Heart Touching advice by a 85 years old New Muslim

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:01:00 +0000

I was born to a Muslim family, he is an elderly person and a new Muslim; but at the end of this video he spoke something which truly touched my heart . He gave all of us some wisdom through his experience, he started with "TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF"

Thank you sir :-) My sincere prayer to you, may Allah grant you Jannathul Firthouse.

I'm Jealous

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:46:00 +0000

I'm Jealous with this crippled old man who crawls daily to the mosque for past 65 years.

Allah is going to reward him more than me because Alhamthulillah I'm able and he is disable, yet we both conduct the same act of Salah five times a day. but his rewards are greater than mine.

Allah'akbar, Allah is most just and kind.

"That which you have shall pass away, but that which is with ALLAH is lasting. And WE will certainly give those, who are steadfast, their reward according to the best of their works." Quran 16:96

The Massive Creation?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:55:00 +0000

Many atheists, People of other faiths and including some Muslims who are lower in knowledge about Islam questions "can there be a power created this massive universe?" this issue arises after watching the graphics illustrated about the universe or other means. Here is how ISLAM deals with it, these questions of modern day humans were questioned years back at the times of the prophets but many think these are new questions unanswered by the prophets. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) explains about God's power by giving certain example to compare with.

"The whole 'UNIVERSE' is like a ring thrown in the desert Compared with the 'KURSI'(i.e. Footstool of Allah). Similarly, the 'KURSI' is like a ring thrown in the desert compared with the 'ARSH' (i.e.Throne of Allah)" -Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

In Quran Allah says:
" It is He Who begins the creation. And then He will renew it! That is easy for Him. The most excellent attributes in the heavens and the earth belong to Him. He is the most Powerful, and the Wisest!" #Quran 30:27

A Muslim doesn't have problem of massive creation, you may just stand on a tall building and look down, you may find people like Ant scrawling on the earth. Thank to the all Powerful God is yet listening and baring patient with those ungrateful humans who deny him. And Thank God who still cares for us even though we are week and helpless! Allahu'Rahman, Allahu'Raheem, (The Most Gracious the Most Merciful)

Watch the video, ALLAH'AKBAR (God is great)

Google Doodle - 65th Independence day of Sri Lanka

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:38:00 +0000

Thank to Google for making a doodle for a small Island which is known as Gem of the Indian ocean. it's difficult to spot Sri Lanka in the world map. come on guys, it's Google! :-)

Advance Message

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:36:00 +0000

"And those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups, till, when they reach it, the gates thereof will be opened (suddenly like a prison at the arrival of the prisoners). And its keepers will say, "Did not the Messengers come to you from yourselves, reciting to you the Verses of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "Yes, but the Word of torment has been justified against the disbelievers!" Quran 39:71

I didn't ask the non-believers to believe in the above verse, making you to believe is not my part of job, but to deliver the God's message is my duty. if you have read this verse, please add a tick mark ✔ in the comment box. Thanks in Advance.

Surrender to God

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:35:00 +0000

"‎(The paradise is for) those who say, “Our Lord, we really believe! Forgive our sins, and save us from the suffering of the fire (of hell)." #Quran 3:16

I totally agree with this beautiful verse from God , this verse gives justification, Yes Indeed, those who fear the hell fire and who wants to enter paradise; they will keep praying Quran 3:16 and keep working to their hereafter life in this short worldly life they will not waste time.