‘The masters of all walls’ ………………..

Suba sendewak! Ladies and gentlemen learn good spoken English ‘Suddek Oba Amathai’ this evening at where ? go and check the nearest wall and if you have some more time learn Korean Language from a Sinhalese  next day morning that too you can check if you go to 'jubilee post' just look around that is all you will have to do. 

 

I do not think that I confused you but to tell you frankly I sometimes get confused whether I should learn Korean and go to Korea or whether it is better to learn some good English and Stay here in Sri Lanka or go to Japan. I did not see any notices like ‘ come and learn Mandarin, learn it from  the world best teachers and try go to China and then you can bring the Nokia Chinese phone parts that we do not manufacture here’ ………… I do not think that I should learn Korean to go and listen to ‘Andarela’ what do you say? This Andare is not Adam Smith (grand son of Andare Smith our friend) OK!  He is a guide he takes you around the world what is he doing right now? I am wondering. ‘Wondering’ is the only thing that I sometimes do I am wondering how I should learn to walk away from that habit.  After reading the note on the ‘history of dolls I again had to wonder and wonder finally …… I thought …… how wonderful it is to be a Barby doll if possible.  
 

Knowledge is something to share not to bear alone. Thank you for sharing ‘Senel Wanniarachchi and his friends’ in particular, all the possible information on ‘Road to Rio 20’ Where are you now in Dubai or still in Rio, back in country?  I enjoyed reading them the series of articles. Sharing and bearing – are these words similar to each other or does it hold two different meanings?  No matter let me try to be little serious this time ……………………

Shall I take you to a wall near by?  Just to check weather we can get any information on ‘Vijaya Kuweni’.   

Walls, interesting creations huge, tall, smart, short cracked, shining, you see all sort of walls.

Again I wonder …………… why did the German build the ‘Berlin wall’? ‘ the Chinese built the ‘great Chinese wall’ I am thinking of the money spent, labour, I do not know whether our people have contributed some ;labour or knowledge otherwise how come they have built such a huge walls? ( See I am a Sri Lankan don’t be surprised even if I tell you that ‘I don’t believe that the Chinese Built the great Chinese wall it is the Sri Lankan who built it’ ‘ how come each and every citizen of a country always try to think that ‘our nation is the best nation of all? Is this because every citizen is selfish when it comes to their own country matters and do you understand what I am trying to say here?  The Indians think that the India is the best. The Americans think that ‘United States Of America is the best. Are you Germans thinking the same? Dear Mr. President Holande do you have something to add?  

I don’t like the idea of building ‘walls’ not because I have nothing valuable at home but for other reasons.  But I respect the ‘technology’, the creativity and the technique of getting the maximum use of the available resources human and otherwise I am amazed with those creations ‘ Berlin and the great Chinese wall’  but I hate when the word’ barriers’ and territories’ comes to my mind.   

 Some walls for me are ‘showing off places of ‘art’, knowledge’, marketing, creativity, faces, political and apolitical.  ‘Showing off’ I do not know whether these are too big words that brings us too much of arrogance. Are we really dependent on walls? Is this a cheapest way for advertising, are these places give you ‘names’, ‘status’ ‘money ‘power’ carrier? What are these walls NO! I am not thinking about the ice cream company that we have heard for years?   The word wall has some associations with the associate experts of the existing associations am I right? Or am I talking of nonsense? 

What is my focus today? ‘Ageing’ I forget things easily these days. Are there any government maintaining walls and privately maintaining walls? Private or public or PPP I have little knowledge on these things but I know this for sure ‘Every rupee is at work’

 I also know that some walls look so arrogant and sad.  Is it because‘ nariyoth ekka beha’ ‘ balloth ekka beha’?  10.30, 1.30, 2.30 , 6.30 ‘apata puthe magak nethe’,  ‘Wiyath Sinhala magen obata’ , ‘lokaya penna jeewithaya dunna’, ‘minisath kame ithiriyak’ ( anna ithiru karanawa nam yamak) ‘nari who (?) kiyathi ( can we expect them to bark? I wonder)

I remember my grand father once teasing us ‘mama ogollanta engreesiyen hoo kianna kiala denawa oyala mata monawada denne? We were so amazed because we did not know how to (we were thinking of the Sinhala hoowa) do that in English.

W…… H….. O…. he started saying letter by letter. He said ‘W” draging his voice a little and stopping a bit and then again ‘H”……… ‘O’! ………..  Finally he said the word with ‘heavy voice ‘W… H… O = WHO this was his answer I still remember his smiling face.

Aiyooooo eka api dannawane

Ithin mama kiwwe nehane neha kiala ithin ahagena hitiye ?

We all got angry with him we were expecting something ‘exciting’ but he taught us something different, a different lesson  knowingly or unknowingly, I can understand now. We were kids then. We understand some things now though we do not understand everything as adults. ‘I think that is advertising’ (current) I do not try to compare the creativity with the product that is silly I know.  ‘Advertising’ is wonderful I am thinking how can it be ‘harmful’ do you think that we can use all the existing walls to post the posters we create sleeplessly using different colours like bright ‘Red’ bright ‘Blue’ or dark ‘Green’ ‘Yelllow’ is this a commonly used colour in Advertising or is this a new idea to use ‘Yellow’ and which advertising company prefers to use ‘Yellow’? I like to know.

when the masters of creative sciences planning to post their final outcome on privately and publicly maintained walls and never thought of cleaning them ( well I think that we should maintain clean and tidy walls) We like keeping them until even the next sessions of clasess or the drama starts sometimes we read the ‘expired notices’ what do you think about that? What can you do with the ‘expired notes’? you may be planning to show your next show in ‘ Kurunegala or in Polonnaruwa’ but we still read the old notices unless some other groups come and stick their posters on top of the old ones. ‘if you think of ‘beautifying the cities’ or if you are willing to support the ‘nagara alankarana’ projects we all should corporate. 

and i love all the advertisements that have created in a so brilliant way thinking not only about promoting the 'product' but also 'improving the minds of our children giving so much of knowledge on 'culture, norms and values'. thank you for doing such good work.  

The smiling faces with tons of makeup that generally use only by the world best makeup artists will come and appear on your privately or publicly maintained walls but that yet to happen No?

‘hunuwataye kathawa’ ‘Sinhabahu with Sinhaseewali’ near ‘kelani paalama’ what more with Pakistani teams unhappy groups ( NO this is not advertising) are they angry with their teachers? I am thinking ‘right now’.  We were so grateful to our teachers’ even back 1994 these things are not advertising or nothing to do with wall matters or money matters. Dear Sir how many outstanding catches our kollo took this time in Galle?. I missed the commentary these days.

Mr . R.R. Samamarakoon who saw the life and related battles near ‘kelani paalama’ with his wide opened eyes I do not think that others ever can see or read the minds of them so clearly.   

See I see sometimes CIC vehicles too many of them actually do you maintain a branch office in Ampitiya, Kandy? That is good all vegetarian products or CHICKEN stuff only?

 I don’t see any ‘fertilizer or pesticides’ advertisements these days? Is there a reason for that?  Are we cultivating paddy ‘nature’s way’? Wonderful ‘kruminashaka walata thitha’ I love that. 

‘Shall I note that we do not need any pesticides or weedicides  because ‘Thanamalwila is not the area that we saw and learn long times back? 

Wrushabharaaja, heena horu aran ‘janelayen paninnnada ( I have no such plans :)) i love the view Andarela?

I sometimes forget my ‘original idea of writing this little note’ ‘stage drams’ are truly an amazing ‘form of art’ I love some of the songs. The magic of using ‘mind, body and word’ that is performing art, if I try to understand these three words in another way I can note that it is  the magic of using human brains.  

‘kumatada sobaniye kandulu salanne

Hethuwa mama nodanim

Girihel arane ethi mage niwasata

Mama oba gena yannam

Ehi ethi sema sepa mama dennam

I am trying to remember that lovely lady our ‘sobani’ ( Not Ms. Sobani Amarasinghe) the most talented and beautiful ‘Ms. Sriyani Amarasena’ was she the lady who performed the character there ?

I have something to ask from dear Grusha 

Dear Grusha ‘the Caucasian chalk circle’ that you draw somewhere in Germany how come that we sometimes try to draw the same here in our society? How come the ‘life therory’ is very much applicable to my society as well? Do you know? ‘Please do not ask me to go and ask ‘Bertolt Brect’.  How is Asadak could you please tell ‘our Sudu Seeya that we owe him so much. Sir Henry Jayasena I don’t think that I did any mistake calling him Sir.

Gowe

Gowe genu paradai 

Look! I am not the one who says so ask Mr Sandun Wijesiri. Is it really true sir? When did you last visit ‘Gowe’ with your crew?

Premayen mana ranjitha we pushpayen wana sundara we lankrutha we aalayen weli sedi me latha 

I have no words to explain the how much I like those wordings

Dikiri – dikiri genawa dikiri mihipita kaatath guna dena dikiri’

‘Drink a glass of fresh milk everyday’ that is a very good advise I suggest we should open few more outlets in both sides of each street. At least one outlet in each street it is so good if we can buy a glass of milk instead of cola beema ( sorry friends i know that you all support our 'sports' i know that you even try to improve the abilities of our kids in Jaffna about cricket) for a ‘welfare price’ is that alright to ask you too much sir even after you have reduced the prices of ‘children’s milk’ ( ladaru kiripiti) for about 19 products? My goodness sir this much of products / brands, from where are you exporting them? those are truly our products I am sure. NO that is not a problem sir i just ask how can we do everything alone we need to maintain good 'relationships' with 'world markets' really. Thank you dear minister that is a wonderful a decision. I think we should continue to buy ‘SATHOSA” kiri piti and we can buy it for 245 rupees for a cheaper price compared to the other products. And  I believe that you are not planning to increase the price of ‘SATHOSA’ kiripiti let us drink a glass of milk ( the doctors say that even the adults should drink a glass of milk everyday)with ‘so much of sathosing’ ( Sathose/a is santhosaya’ the happiness’ am I right J.B. Sir?)

 Dear Ms Jayasena you took me back to few years from now.

Yuda bataya yana yudayata hindenemi oba ena thura

Yanuwa  nopekila Satanata leyin nehawunu kuriru yadha bima

That was then.

I am at ‘Lumbini’ now watching how ‘ Jayalath Manoratne Sir is giving instructions to his crew’ No! He is not with ‘balloth ekka beha’ group he is with his old group ‘sudarshiye issara hitapu kattiya mage hithe’ write to you later …………….