tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:30:54 +0000BusinessEducationEmploymentGeneralCareer DevelopmentEarly childhood developmentSportsChildrenLife styleNGOsTechnologyAccountingBooksCareer changeCookingDonationsHealthHuman resourcesInventionsLandsMental HealthRisk ManagementScienceSocial MediaTaxationTransportWaterkindergartenpre school activitiespropertyUpliftment towards happiness of lifehttp://www.upliftlives.org/noreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)Blogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-3553737393906096015Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:46:00 +00002015-06-23T16:16:21.377+05:30BusinessGeneralLandsLife styleproperty   In Sri Lanka, there is an ancient folk tale call four laughs. One of those laughs is, how the land laugh at people who fight for the land. There's a short story call "How much land does a man require" by Leo Tolstoy. It beautifully elaborates about a man , in his lust for land, forfeits everything. Love for the lands, men have is such, unstoppable, unavoidable and never get over.http://www.upliftlives.org/2015/06/how-to-buy-land-in-sri-lanka-as-citizen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-3310950656204678500Sun, 31 May 2015 21:28:00 +00002015-06-01T03:12:28.304+05:30DonationsGeneralHealthNGOs Many Sri Lankans always like to help, those who are in need. But its always not easy to find information about who actually need help. There are many fraudsters. Being an auditor who audited number of such NGOs in Sri Lanka, needless to say I always have a very suspicious eye on where I recommend my friends to donate. Here's a quick note on a very good organizationhttp://www.upliftlives.org/2015/06/how-to-help-people-in-sri-lanka-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-8679264268784282614Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:15:00 +00002015-03-07T05:56:58.861+05:30ChildrenEarly childhood developmentkindergartenpre school activities Montessori pre schools  in Sri Lanka What's happening currently with pre schools in Sri Lanka? Recently some of our friends had a discussion regarding Montessori activities in Sri Lanka. All of them are mothers of toddlers and we had very insightful thoughts sharing on the activities of different preschools. Then we realise that most of the activities taken place in the name of http://www.upliftlives.org/2015/03/activities-to-do-in-kindergartens-pre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-1059002405522115241Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:49:00 +00002015-06-07T21:34:05.817+05:30BooksChildrenEarly childhood developmentEducationGeneral A relative of mine living in another country sent me an email last week. He has two children aged 5 and 8. He was going to Sri Lanka for a short trip and he asked me what could be good Sinhala books  for his children. His email had quite descriptive requirements as to what he needs. "Everyone these days write childrens books to find money. Most of the childrens books http://www.upliftlives.org/2014/10/sinhala-story-books-for-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-6449903023148841923Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:26:00 +00002014-09-20T15:59:15.508+05:30BusinessCareer DevelopmentHuman resourcesSocial Media Last week I met a long lost friend of mine. Currently he is working at the Human Resources department of one of the biggest business groups in Sri Lanka. So what are you up to now? I asked. He is a social media analytic. He apparently handles social media research and analysis of the candidates and potential candidates. What the hell is that now? Well its the next level of human http://www.upliftlives.org/2014/09/latest-trend-in-job-recruitments-in-sri.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-1933148754285178727Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:06:00 +00002014-09-01T19:17:38.889+05:30BusinessCareer DevelopmentEducationInventionsScience Last week I met three science graduates. One person was talking about the issue where even the science graduates do not have proper jobs. Second person told me that now she regret for selecting science as her field. She said, “If I manage to do a MSc, maybe I will get a university lecturer job. Third person was talking about a different issue on our mothers and sisters moving to Middle East http://www.upliftlives.org/2014/08/the-unexpected-path-to-entrepreneurship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-7088241339927189947Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:32:00 +00002014-10-02T14:13:55.184+05:30Water When I meet educated Sri Lankans working abroad , they always ask this question. How we should help our fellow Sri Lankans back home. They have the expertise and the resources, yet have no information as to how or where there help should go. Therefore I decided to start a series of articles to show them where we need help. Problem   The most critical problem at the country right now http://www.upliftlives.org/2014/08/how-to-help-people-in-sri-lanka-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-4250096266632963508Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:06:00 +00002014-07-28T14:36:30.898+05:30BusinessGeneralLife styleTransport I was on a short stay in Europe and  was much impressed with some of the things I experienced.  Therefore I thought may be I should share some of it. One of it is the bus system in Oslo. It is one of the best transportation systems in the world and managed by the company "Ruter AS". Ruter offers transport by metro, tram, bus and ferry where you can use one ticket and travel by http://www.upliftlives.org/2014/07/10-features-of-good-bus-transportation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-6098984320739821940Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:18:00 +00002013-09-15T18:48:05.518+05:30BusinessRisk Management What is the main challenge a small or medium business faces these days? Could it be competition?  Could it be loosing customers? Could it be employee frustration, or could it be the downfall of profits? I've met quite a lot of small to medium businessmen in Sri Lanka. They actually knew how to handle the core of the business and earn revenue. But their biggest challenge was to http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/09/how-to-track-fruads-in-small-medium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-6022279645556012771Sun, 01 Sep 2013 15:38:00 +00002013-09-03T02:27:33.285+05:30Education Applications for 2014/15 Chevening Scholarships are now open. Please visit below link for more details. http://www.chevening.org/apply/ (Please share this news via your blogs ) http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/09/apply-for-chevening-scholarship-201415.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-7361111750224775171Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:38:00 +00002013-07-19T02:08:51.335+05:30Sports I happened to read some hilarious comments in a gossip web site where men in Sri Lanka expressed their sadness over their wives getting  fat and not paying any attention to keeping up the body shape after a baby is born. Then I thought this is a timely article to write. Running is of course a good way to keep up not only the body shape but the good health. It is http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/07/things-required-for-running-as-exercise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-3357237640108438135Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:31:00 +00002013-07-12T04:01:25.916+05:30General I came  across this awesome speech called the "Danger of a Single Story”, by Chimamanda Adichie, a young Nigerian author. While explaining the single stories she went through in life, she points that "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” omg how truehttp://www.upliftlives.org/2013/07/the-power-of-single-story-my-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-4263920004802682557Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:30:00 +00002013-06-29T18:50:16.050+05:30Early childhood development Bring up a girl child is one of the most challenging yet very satisfactory experience in life. A girl's life is mostly depend on how the parents brings her up. Having the opportunity to be open up with many girls and many elderly women, I thought I should summarize this article in to what are the mistakes we do with brining up a girl and how to address and overcome those. http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/06/what-not-to-do-when-raising-daughter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-3222910129796012276Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:40:00 +00002013-06-20T02:41:56.702+05:30Cooking How to cook Sri Lankan food easily? I have some of the friends who usually works nearly 12-16 hours a day either from office or remotely logged from home. In some families, both husband and wife work such long hours due to the nature of their jobs. By the time they come home, they are too tired to cook a meal. Therefore they either settle for a short eat or take away food from a restaurant. http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/06/how-to-make-life-easy-in-sri-lankan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-6316406043093332314Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:40:00 +00002013-06-13T03:10:42.653+05:30Business Once a friend of mine teased that "you should never encourage a foreign investor to invest in Sri Lanka". Well if you exclude the legal and political frame work, there are many benefits of investing in Sri Lanka. I've worked with investors from all continents except Africa. I can assure that compared to many countries, Sri Lanka is not as bad as they say. I have to agree its not easy http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/06/things-to-consider-when-starting-small.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-2336212668960522959Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:19:00 +00002013-06-10T03:51:04.177+05:30Early childhood development Recently one of my truly Sri Lankan aunts asked me how to help her niece with her baby. After listening to her long explanation on how the niece refuses her help and how she think the niece should have listen to her advice, and how she thinks that niece is not a good mother, I told her "may be the best way to help is that you just shut up and mind your own business" :D   (http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/06/how-to-raise-happy-and-safe-child-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-5070228496882649315Mon, 27 May 2013 12:09:00 +00002013-06-10T03:55:15.937+05:30AccountingEmployment Why on the earth I'm writing on debit and credit?   There were couple of requests from my friends to write a summarized  article on this topic. Most of the accounting job interviews contains at least few questions on debit and credit. There are thousands of articles in internet on debit and credit. But I thought I should write a summary version customized to Sri Lankan interviewshttp://www.upliftlives.org/2013/05/how-to-answer-accounting-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-4017115933757860637Tue, 07 May 2013 22:10:00 +00002013-06-14T03:15:11.487+05:30General (picture credit - http://www.bbcamerica.com/) Men on women ! Recently I happened to read some of the comments made by male readers regarding a lady in one of the gossip web sites . I was quite shocked to read those. For a moment I thought what sort of an animal society we are living in. Men in this country are sick.  But then again I remembered that, these arehttp://www.upliftlives.org/2013/05/how-women-can-help-another-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-8117697079342112304Sun, 05 May 2013 22:14:00 +00002013-06-10T04:14:37.398+05:30NGOs What are the things donors should take in to account when giving funds to organizations in Sri Lanka?   A small scale foreign donor asked me the above question and I actually Googled to find a proper answer. But failing which, I realize I can answer this question to a reasonable extent. I have come across many NGOs in various stages in different contexts. This article contain some http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/05/what-to-consider-when-giving-funds-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-1143223794063972406Fri, 03 May 2013 09:30:00 +00002013-06-10T04:20:56.616+05:30Mental Health (picture credit - http://media.rd.com) I was tempted to write this after listening to this particular incident in couple of family get-togethers. This is about a very simple statement made by a doctor with a good heart, but resulted ruining a whole family. I thought I should write it down.  Because in case if there are any young doctors who are willing to http://www.upliftlives.org/2013/05/what-not-to-tell-your-patients-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-3379172037567463577Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:33:00 +00002013-06-10T02:42:34.293+05:30BusinessCareer change  I could not log in to my blog for nearly an year. But today I came across an amazing launching of a web site by an upcoming event planner in Sri Lanka. I just could not resist, but post this. I have met many people who says "oh we choose to be a doctor / engineer / lawyer /banker/ accountant etc, no body told us life will be so complicated and unhappy with this job". But many do nothttp://www.upliftlives.org/2013/04/how-to-change-career-scientist-turned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-2843900645315953384Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:51:00 +00002013-06-10T02:43:37.756+05:30Employment How to decide whether to do computer / IT studies in Sri Lanka -Part 3 As we promised in the previous articles, this is the third part of the series of articles on the IT / computer industry in Sri Lanka. What we expect is to give some idea for the students regarding the jobs, its responsibilities and benefits. Then they can learn with an aim. They can decide what they http://www.upliftlives.org/2011/06/types-and-hierarchy-of-jobs-in-computer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-4369333073733128334Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:48:00 +00002013-06-10T02:45:20.955+05:30Career DevelopmentEducation This is for..................? This article is not targetted at those who were lucky enough to get through the GCE A/L examination. This is targeted at the closer to 80% student population who do not have the bliss of obtaining basic qualifications to go to the next level. Why this is .................? This is mainly my reply to the young girl who sent me a letter in last month http://www.upliftlives.org/2011/04/what-to-do-next-in-sri-lanka-if-failed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-516923504055661203Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:04:00 +00002013-06-10T03:35:15.840+05:30Business A wonderful company secretary ! (Picture credit - edugroomers.blogspot.com) Once, a friend of mine had to deal with a “wonderful” company secretary :). In my efforts to help her, I got to know many interesting facts about some of the secretaries in Sri Lanka, and thought I should share. Why a company needs a company secretary? 1. Because the companies Act (No 7 of 2007 – Sri Lanka) http://www.upliftlives.org/2011/03/how-to-find-good-company-secratary-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559681635339283203.post-2816618215287219412Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:49:00 +00002013-06-10T02:47:05.292+05:30Employment How to decide whether to do computer / IT studies in Sri Lanka -Part 2 There's a saying that "Life is too short for the wrong job". Therefore today I want to discuss how to decide whether to do an IT job or not. How to choose what sort of a computer job is suitable for you. More importantly I want to stress on the fact that how to decide whether this is the correct field, correcthttp://www.upliftlives.org/2011/01/how-to-select-it-job-in-sri-lanka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nishadee)4