It is exactly 1 year since our son Luayyu was born. He talks in his own language and can stand on his own. He can take 1-2 steps as well and would start walking any minute. He is loved by family, friends and is the inspiration to the whole family.
A very Happy New Year and Birthday to my dear son Lou’ayy.
Why do I have to see this every time when I have to login? I have paid them for 2 months in advance when I applied for their connection. It isn’t two months yet and I am seeing this ever since I got the connection.
Why can’t they just display this message to those customers who’s payments are due rather than displaying it to everybody? Who knows somebody with a weak heart could get a heart attack seeing this reminder.
Joke 1: (This was a phone conversation between me and a French GRO who answered the call at reception in Medhufushi Island Resort).
me: could you connect me to the server room?
receptionist: could you speak slowly
me: could .. you .. connect .. me .. to .. the .. server .. room?
receptionist: I don’t understand. where is shower room?
me: it’s the control room where they keep the computers.
receptionist: sorry I don’t understand the shower room.
Joke 2: (At a pharmacy in Malaysia).
my friend: do you have enamel tooth paste?
pharmacist: which animal’s tooth paste are you looking for?
Busy with life and work and had no time to blog for the last 5 months. It is time to start once again. So here I am and then will come the blogging.
The experience of bringing a new life to this world is unexplainable. When you hear your baby cry for the first time is a moment that you will never forget. It made me go numb (the theatre was so cold too) and I almost cried. I can’t believe that I am a father! I have been looking forward to this day with anticipation, but I never knew I was going to be this excited! Suddenly, the whole paradigm of my life has changed. My priorities have changed upside down and now everything will revolve around this tiny little angel!
Ever since the time our gynecologist told us that he is going to bring the baby out, I was on counting seconds. I was so excited that I could not control myself! And so was Suny, she was both excited and nervous! I was so impatient, I was counting the minutes to seeing the baby! It wasn’t minutes and it just turned out to be a few seconds. And the experience of being there when your wife is giving birth to your kid, it’s something every father has to experience. At Ninewells, fathers are allowed to be with their wives at the birth, be it a natural delivery or a C-section operation. As a father, it is the closest you will get to being with your wife and your kid. It allows you to be there and experience your child’s birth first hand. Wow!
Everything went so smoothly because of the brilliance of the doctors at Ninewells, and I need to thank them. I don’t have enough words to thank you Dr. Rohana Haththotuwa, who was our gynecologist. You guided us through the last few stages and made all the right decisions along the way. You were a savior! You even managed to make the baby’s birthday same as yours. And you are the best in the field. And Dr. U. Kumarasinghe, with whom our Lou’ayy will be starting his life. You have taken on the task of seeing our baby through his early years and we thank you for that!
Last but not the least a word about Ninewells, it is the best maternity hospital in Sri Lanka and I would recommend it to anybody who is coming to Sri Lanka for delivery.
It’s a boy
Another year has just passed us without us noticing and much being done.
Wish you all a very Happy New Year 2006
Confidence and Self-Esteem were best friends. They went everywhere together. If Confidence bought a new dress, Self-Esteem bought one just like it. They were very close. One day a new kid came to their school. His name was Peer Pressure. He had a friend called Hateful Words.
They decided to give Confidence a hard time. They constantly teased her. They forced her to do terrible things. It was so terrible that Confidence lost Self-Esteem. When Self-Esteem wanted to start some classes, Confidence said they wouldn’t be any good.
Then one day, Peer Pressure introduced Confidence to Doubt. He wanted to ruin Confidence, but Peer Pressure said he couldn’t yet. Self Esteem couldn’t understand what was wrong with Confidence. Confidence now hung around with Depression, Low Self-Esteem, and Overeating.
These girls were friends of Peer Pressure. Self-Esteem no longer had any friends. She no longer felt good about herself. She went to see her pastor. Pastor Good Words told her how to talk to Confidence. He introduced her to his daughter, Encouragement.
Encouragement and Self-Esteem went to find Confidence. Self Esteem hoped she wasn’t too late.
The girls found Confidence in a stupor. She was no longer a vibrant, happy young girl. There were dark circles under her eyes. She had gained so much weight from eating that she couldn’t move. Encouragement gasped and Self-Esteem cried. She begged Encouragement to do something. Encouragement began to hug Confidence. She kissed her and loved her. She told her that she was a beautiful young lady who had a lot going for her.
Encouragement held Confidence so tightly that Self-Esteem thought she would smother her. Confidence began to cry. As she cried, she seemed to lose weight. Then a bright light suddenly glowed from Confidence and she began to smile.
Peer Pressure and his friends didn’t like what Encouragement was doing and tried to attack her. They hit at her and pulled at her, but they couldn’t pull her away from Confidence. Then Confidence began to speak.
“Get away from me, Peer Pressure. Take your friends and go. You no longer have any power over me.” Confidence was now a glowing light. She and her friends made sure that Peer Pressure and his gang never bothered anyone in their town again.
If you feel that Encouragement is not your friend, then try to find Encouragement in yourself. Self-Esteem and Confidence will follow.
A friend of mine abroad,
Whose theories I have been acting upon,
Has proven himself a fraud.
You have heard me quote from Plato
A thousand times no doubt;
Well, I have discovered he did not know
What he was talking about.
You think I am speaking strangely?
You cannot understand?
Well, let me look down into your eyes,
And let me take your hand.
I am running away from danger –
I am flying before I fall;
I am going because with heart and soul
I love you – that is all.
Anyone can love anyone at anytime,
but if you love someone after being rejected by them,
then thats what I call true love
