On Nugegoda Tenderly .................................

( Nugegoda is a memorable city in my life. I think this city has many things to be shared with the outside world. Its excitements, elegance, connectivity, relationships with other cities, changes over years, its history and the present, unwritten stories, busyness,  each and every side of this city has something unique like many other cities in the world. Therefore I decided to write a few pages specifically allocating for Nugegoda and the lives around this city. I will try my best to add ‘accuracy’ in to this page viewing the city with a wide open eye, listening to the original views of its people as much as possible. I may not follow a specific pattern in viewing or sharing ‘my thoughts and realities’ of this city. Like sometimes it is difficult to think or start something in life as to where to begin. 

Today is a full moon poya day (nikini pura pasaloswaka). 1^st of August 2012.  The last day of the Randoli  of the Esala Maha perahera, the parade of Peace and unity. 

Kandy is my home city and this sacred city is never a stranger to me . I guess I will have to write a huge book on that particular city.

But before that I thought of sharing my personal views and understanding on also a good friend like city ‘nugegoda’.………………

This is part one from that series of essays and this is to be continued for until sometime in future …………….

On Nugegoda Tenderly …………………………..  

(I am not very good in creating very attractive titles for my little essays. I like some of the attractive titles that some of the writers use. Mr. Malinda Seneviratne is one of them. I remember reading one of his beautifully titled articles ‘on eggs tenderly’ so this inspired me to create a title for my collections of ideas on ‘Nugegoda’) 

I like ‘cities’, towns, ‘villages’, shanties, slums, different communities mainly because they are different to each other and shows different ‘identities’ and all of them are ‘unique and are the parts of the big society or the country. None of the cities or the communities is unimportant or irrelevant or less valid but has some importance or significance. Like every person is important every community or village or a city is important because it holds and bears ‘people’ and their sorrows and happiness, tenderness, arrogance, kindness or the unkindness.

Sometimes a city is the place that brings people from different backgrounds, cultures in to a one specific place if you think of their objectives coming in to cities may differ, social, economical or political or other wise. So you have the chances to see different people with different abilities or talents etc. I have heard some say that ‘the villages’ have become ‘isolated’ due to this reason. ‘Youth’ specifically after completing their school education they think of coming to cities to fetch opportunities of living. Things were different in each and every decade of our past.  The number of youngsters who like to come to cities has it increase or decrease because of the some of the opportunities that has arose in their own cities I have no idea and I do not know whether anyone has done a survey or a research on this particular subject. I can sure of one thing that compared to past both in private and public sectors there is some changes to see.

So when people come from villages to cities they bring some things from their own villages or from their own communities that is also true. Sometimes those things may get mix with the qualities or the experiences they collate at their work places, peer groups cities. We need to accept that the total number of people in a village is bigger compared to some of the cities. Person may get a huge chances to meet or interact with many number of people compared to their interactions with people in their own villagers. 

It is hard to understand the ‘underside of cities’. It is like an iceberg. It is hard to imagine or get an accurate picture of a beneath of an iceberg. Visiting the very deeper side of something is not easy at all. Each an every organization of a city private or public has their own ways of maintaining or working. The resources they have ( both human and other) may different to each other. 
  

Few weeks ago …….. I just wrote the word ‘Nugegoda’ on a page of my note book. And right now I have no clue as to what to write about nugegoda to begin with. If you have too many things in your mind to write  about one particular thing it is little difficult sometimes to organize your mind but it is good to give it a try to organize your thoughts in to a particular order listening to the commands of your own mind for a moment. I find it little difficult to concentrate on one particular aspects or a component of the city at this very moment but I am sure I can continue this page for a certain period.

Nugegoda’ is not the country’s largest or this city may not be the world’s most beautiful city. But I like to think that like I mentioned earlier it has some significance or some specialties in comparison to all other cities in the world. 

This is not like ‘London’ or like ‘Constantinople’, Athens, Mumbai, Male, Amsterdam, Nagasaki or Tokyo this is ‘Nuegegoda’. The city plan, the available resources, facilities may slightly differs or those things can be totally different to one particular city if you compare this city with that city or the same city with all other cities in a same country. 

I like the ‘Design or the architecture of the District Secretariat office building in Galle  more than I like the DS’s building or the kachcheri of Kandy. ‘Novelty’ of something will bring little changes in to the exterior or interior of something. What is most important here is that the ‘interior’ or the work or the things that release from the ‘inner side of something or a building. If my memory is correct I guess ‘Galle District secretariat office is one of the offices of the government maintain buildings which has won ‘Paladaitha Sammanaya’ (following Five ‘S’ concept). 

 I don’t know the time that city goes to sleep or wakes up generally. I can hear the sounds of moving vehicles even after mid nights.

I don’t like to compare ‘Kandy’ with ‘Nugegoda’ or the people in Nugegoda with Kandy because I know that it ‘ridiculous’ it is not just the city which sharpen or design ones mind or ones heart there are other things too. Adding different ‘designs or architecture’ in to your mind needs to be handled carefully everything that you may see or encounter may not suitable or relevant to you.    

I don’t see any relevance in comparing people with cities sometimes. People are different you can find various people with various attitudes or shapes and sizes of minds even within a same city and therefore we need to learn to respect this truth. 

You may meet ‘Sopakala’ ‘ ‘angulimaala’, ‘Vishaka’, ‘ Janapada Kalyani’, ‘Yashodara’, Dhathusena, Elara, Dharmasoka, ‘Anula or Leelawathi’s of our past in present societies or in any city………………..

To be continued ……………………………

 

 

PEACE IN FABRICS ................

Peace IN fabrics ……………..

These are the days of 'parade of the peace'. 'Esala Maha Perahara' visit us and feel the wonder of art, unity,warmth, and colours of all countries,re visit the history of our country for a moment and meditate on the teachings of lord Buddha in Sri Dalada Maligawa.   

the designs of costumes and art of the dancers, the colours of peace and religion of Sri Dalada Maligawa, the 'sathara maha devala', the colours of different flags of our past, come and visit and have 'peace of mind'.

i know that you need to find time in both the festivals mainly because these are also the days of festival of five rings. I am sure and we can expect them to bring back more peace in to their relevant countries after the ‘festival of peace’ ( Olympic 2012)

‘Constantinople was the city that connected Asia and Europe in peace and trade with foreign currency. The spices from our country for the Europeans, silk from china, Cotton from India the Constantinople was the meeting place of all like today in London (Olympic 2012)

Handloom fabrics ‘the very popular fabrics of our country surely will bring more peace in collaboration with ‘Batik and art’.

The long lasting fabrics weave using ‘strong threads of various colours brings a smile to any face, reasonable price, they are ‘any occasion’ all party’ fabrics. No problem in using ‘summer, spring, or winter, autumn’ I am sure you will find no problem wearing them in any of the seasons and for any weather conditions and colours will bring no harm for any season.

‘Fabrics are the signs of peace’ ‘sometimes we use locally produced threads and materials for our own designer wears.

The industries of garments in the country bring foreign currency in to country and produce millions of job opportunities for the girls and boys of the country.  ‘Export them to many countries in Europe and to other parts of the world. ‘That is how ‘fabrics bring peace in to countries’. Some investors invest money on such business locally and internationally I do not have to explain the results of such activities.  

Fabric and peace is not a new invention that certainly has a long history.

Small and medium enterprises of the country are one of the best ‘threads of peace from the country to the whole world’.

 the artists bring peace and harmony in to lives of the people. that is the art of all art like Poetry that combine with weaving of words. 

   

the colours of shining sun bring brightness and liveliness in to the lives of all around the world.

in the ancient days 'ira' or the sun was the only 'time teller' for most of the families. they had the knowledge to tell the time just looking at their own shadow and looking at the rising sun from the East 

my mother is an artist in sewing she brings her own earned money in to my family.

we have an Ocean full of artists whom can create wonders on the fabrics. 

the tailors of all era know how to bring world before your eyes sometimes.

the designers, pattern makers, master cutters, sawing machine operators, helpers, laundry machine operators, the embroidery machine operators, etc they are threads of a garment.   

it is not the person sometimes we see but the fabric and its art and design. How about giving a little different thought to the fabric we prefers to wear lets design something using the thread called 'peace and harmony' ?

i think this is an area which brings art, trade, and trust in to the minds and hearts of our people across world.

the fabrics are not just something that crowing princesses likes to wear. it is not just the 'sweat of the machine operator, or the weaver it is more than that i believe.

it is sometimes the story of a small and medium entrepreneur. 

the flags of a certain country or a area is not just a representative of its people that is a story of 'peace' and 'harmony', a mind of a creator and talents of art and understandings of people.

therefore we believe we have no right to burn or disrespect a flag of a any country. there are ways to show your anger and opposition ' talk and discuss'

i am sure you may have heard the message of the guardian of the Sri Dalada Maligawa by now al the procedures of the parade and the city plan apart from the Maha Sangha, the leader of the country

Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga dela Bandara is the diyawadana Nilame of the Dalada Maligawa.

so keep some space in your heart if possible for 'fabric and peace'.

i am sure that it is not that difficult and it is just a few words or a thought away

May all beings be happy and become the ambassadors of peace! 

FIVE MINUTES GO GREEN TEST ....................

Five Minutes Go green Test ……………

Maths tests, Science tests, ENGLISH tests, blood tests, tests, test and tests, endless tests. Tests for everything so what is the most difficult test in ones life? Is it the ‘Life’ test or the ‘heart’ or the term tests? 

‘No more tests’ is the test I like to face so much not any other tests. ‘Test how others test’, ‘test the tests’ ‘after tests scores, A – Z things on tests.

I don’t like tests.

Why some fail all the tests and some pass all the tests?  Some pass few tests and fail more tests. 

Who wants to face tests? 

Whole life is a test don’t you think so? 

None of these tests give you the results that one expects sometimes. The result that you get from a test depends on the person who tests your test paper. ‘Quantitative tests are different from qualitative tests. For the qualitative tests if you give your test paper for five ‘testers’ there is a possibility in getting ‘different results’.  That is the way of ‘qualitative tests’.  Sometimes we are trying to test the ‘abilities of bearing of many things, burdens of life. Some like to test your ‘patience’ all the time.   If all wants to tests the patience of all what will happen?  You will fail some tests. Some may pass all the tests. Some fails the tests. Some get happy results and if the result is indicated as ‘I know that the smile on your face may ‘disappear’

Still I don’t like tests.

The tests are always unpredictable. Until the test is done or until you face the test and get the results you don’t know what result you would get. 

But we all know that how good it is to be ‘positive’ in life matters though we don’t follow such rules in our life most of the time.  Some have the positivity in blood but negativity in face. 

Five minutes green test ….. Go GREEN 

thank you HNB ( Hatton National Bank) for building the country's 'first green building bank' ( where was this built?)  

This is not new to the car lovers these days. I saw a very attractive name of a business entity today ‘my direct cars’ ( somewhere between  Athulkotte and pitakotte)  ‘micro cars’ is a classic our way cars. Why depend on others cars and vans ‘buy a ‘our way car’.  ‘siya rata de siri sepa de’ this how the ancient encourage locals to buy their own things if possible. 

There is ‘most trusted cars’ in our country’ ‘Indra Traders’ I am sure you can also buy ‘Mahindra’ from them. Trading is different to ‘grading’ right? 

Some say ‘kade yanawa’ why people go to kade( boutique/retail shops)  do you think that you can buy a car from a kade? Do you think you can buy a gem from a kade? Do you think you can buy a ‘designer wear’ from the nearest kade?   Don’t go to singer outlet to buy ‘honey and butter’, or ‘rice and curry’.  Don’t go to cool planet to buy ‘kos’ and ‘polos’ ah if you want to buy some lovely foot wear that is possible. Also, you can get ‘fallen in love’ kind of colour combinations designed gorgeously on ‘my nangi’s choice of clothing’.  Unfortunately there was no ‘haal pol’ ( rice and coconut) for that you have to go to a ‘kade’.

To buy coconut or to choco-nuts, (warning don’t go nuts) and chocolates you need to go somewhere else sorry.  Again sorry ‘The Odel’ does not sell coconut. 

Yes if you also prefer go to a friend who has ‘no limit’ you can get ‘no expiry’ ‘all festival clothing’ ‘any colour’ clothing or ‘Arpama’ (?)

‘One plus one’ is not one no? Then …….. ? ( I have not failed mathematics but it is my gosh never want to face kind of a test)

The Emerson test - this is an accepted, an environmental friendly test.  So tell me how many of you have passed the ‘five minutes green test’ so far?  No I don’t believe Ok show me the certificate.  We have enough of greens in the country  thanks to all the good people who still have some love towards protecting our surrounding, ‘gotukola wagawa’ that is the best ‘wagawa’ ( cultivation) according to ‘my taste test’ it is a ‘tasty’ what do you think about that ‘Udaya mahaththaya’?. What is the whole sale price?  

So to face this specific green test  it takes only ‘five minutes’ they say but imagine for some tests we need to wait for hours, days.  ‘Time does not bother you or matters if the tests indicate good results. It is the nature of medical tests.

  

Don’t go green with your envy that is what people generally say. That is different tests with different set of people I believe. 

See I have no time to talk about all the tests let me stop here before I will have to go for a ‘pressure test’.

Some tests are not bad at all no?

some windows are different to some windows and to many other windows or the all the windows .............

Windows are different to doors. but equally important. those are not just ' beautifying' things of a house. though you see only a little area through a window there are millions of things to think and analyze.

little things have no little good but a 'very good' things to explore. the different vehicles of different people of different class or society i see them moving, some goes faster and some little slowly. 
thinking of the speed 'i thought it is good to think of the speed of the achievements of the local companies we have and the different directions,or the different areas ( nature of business) they have touched.  
the different trade marks that i see go passing me sometimes shows ( forgot to tell i live little close to a main road that leads the way from Jubilee post to Pita Kotte) of different local and international ' brands and their levels of achievements- not easy to start  something of one's own and to come to a good position getting the recognition world wide. 
Let me pay my gratitude for all the 'desheeya samagam' (all local companies) that protects all without thinking of 'smallness or the bigness' of a person in relation to one's levels of education and sometimes of other things 'family back grounds' etc but 'one's talents' 

'Small and big' their grater contribution to the country's economy is immeasurable. and we can not forget how much of 'job opportunities you are providing for our kollo kello ( boys and girls)
i am happy to see this PPP (public, private partnership) in providing jobs. that is great.
 
i guess even if you have a very tiny company with a single or a small number of workers 'that is not important there' ( the size of the company) even if you have given a single opportunity chance for a single person that is a contribution and that worth a lot. 

a mudalali of a road side bulath vita kade' that has given a chance for a single boy to assists him and pays some money in the evening also have a value.

it is so good to see little outlets of different things for sale ( food and other) see how many are working sometimes in a single place. they are helping and reducing the burden of a government. 

my sister works at 'Green cross' / Jubilee post. once Dr. Gamlathge offered his assistants, the nurses a chance to visit Nuwaraeliya with their family members. (recently) i was one of them. they have a lovely house there and i had the 'my phone camera' :) i took some photographs ....... so i thought of sharing them with you all.

a different view of a different place and of a different area. i did not see any tram cars :)  but so gracious other things see it your self. you may see something different so i am not going to explain the things that i saw and see watching the picture.

different window of the same house which showed me a different view to view.

there are some things to see over to the fence. do you see a fence?

try to see through the window curtain ...... what can you observe? you know sometimes we should not bother too much of the things that we see always but of the things that are hidden. there is some value of 'unnoticed' things. don't you think so?

Are you familiar with this window?

you don't see much from this view is that what you think right now?

i agree because there is more to see outside of the house.

you will surely say 'you see very little' or you see nothing' compared to the previous picture you viewed.

that is life my friends....... sometimes we see more than what we need in life and sometimes we see nothing in life. just try to apply this theory depending on the situations, concepts, teachings that you want to analyze.

the things or the area you are given to see or observe here is very limited but i am sure you will see something.

this is not a window of the same house. this is a different window of a different house of a different area.

Thank you for reading and viewing 'my photographs' from 'my phone camera' :)


 so ...... do you agree that 'windows' are not just windows but more than a decor or interior or an exterior components of a house.










 






   


 

This is not a farewell note to you Sir, 'SA'

This is not a farewell note to you Sir ‘s’ …………

His ‘gigiri geetha raawaya’ always brings ‘miyuru kalpana’ in to my mind and I am sure in to any hearts and minds who loves and feels, rhythms of music and melodies from mornings to nights of life. The universality of his melodies according to my poor knowledge on ‘music’ and understanding of the magic of music ‘ his songs are all season and all soul, every heart melodies’. 

The lyrics, the melodies, the versatile voice takes us even to sort of touching our previous lives. his songs take me back to atheethayata ( past) and they keep me alive in ‘warthamanaya’(‘present’) and show me the ways to the ‘anagathaya’ (‘future’)

What magic this music and related things have, I guess I have not learnt enough or have not associated enough of legendaries of ‘music’ of our era or the era’s of past.

Some times you take us to the era of our ‘Budunwahanse’ (the lord Buddha) and let our minds to walk around the premises of ‘Dewram Vehera’. And most of the time you collate all our ‘wandering’ thoughts to a one specific point of life. your songs to me are the ‘centralized’ place of different melodies and lyrics. You teach us to see through the lives, hearts and minds of others in a indirect way and of course sometimes in a ‘very direct way’

Thank you Sir …………

( following is one of the posters created for his 'SA' prasangaya'

And you teach us and shows me sometimes the way to reach little deeper side of my life and lives of others and you push me sometimes to go search for truth of life that are hidden in the words of your, ‘ the lyrics’ songs written by your fellow partners of your music life. So I found this time and of course at that time of my life the ‘Sa prasangaya’ to see though once the far behind and sometimes very before and the long gone, faded sides or the facets of our own lives.

Thank you sir …………

 You taught us ‘ don’t worry’ you may also have seen our samma sambudu rajanan wahanse’ before while walking, wandering, like mad people in this never ending journeys of our sansara and also you reminded us our possibilities of visitations to the era of Budunwahanse and to the places or the areas of ‘Sri saddharmaya’ ‘dewram vehera’ and you are saying that we may have listened to the sermons the best teacher ever preached in to the hearts and minds of the people at that time.

But ………..

You know what had happened to all of us who travel from various places to various places of this universe, ‘he is asking us, questioning us’’ ‘because you have not done your home work to reach or to get visa to the place you want to visit ‘once gone never return place’ ‘the nibbana’’ the nirvanaya’.

And remember …………………The friends who were with us listening to the beautiful explanations of ‘life truths’back then for sure have visited and reached this very specific place called Nirwana on time because of the immeasurable ‘qualities of their living’ and ‘assurances of expectations of the society’.

Let me close my eyes for a moment and meditate a little on the words of your songs, and to the melodies of life, the voices of truth of life

Dineka hiru besa yana welawata ………

Sayuru welralatha huda kalaweka

Kurulanta gee gayanna

Sitha mithuru sulanga

Thotupala aine

Thaniwennata dewaram wehere

A welawe mata mathak wiya

Sithuwili

Buduhamuduruwo apith dakinnethi banath ahannethi a kaale

Niwan dakinnata pin madiwenethi

Akai thawamath sansare ………………

Congratulations to you sir for completing and the ‘VICTORy’ of reaching the big number in your immeasurably valuable number ‘1450’ number of concerts of life at Lumbini ……………….so for your achievements in life I like to send you ‘mal pokuru pokuru’ with so much gratitude and respect'.

Were you trying to teach all around you that that was what we meant by ‘Janaganga’ (the river of people) that lead you to all the ‘VICTORy’.

I remember watching your concert at ‘elphinsten’ ‘my friend Gayathree, Sarajika and her friend took me to the concert.

so thank you once again sir for giving an opportunity to ' watch and listen' to the truth of life again from a another view or of a another angle of life.

The truth and the ‘nature of life is ……. You are saying it ‘Wareka nelawuna, wareka lathawuna’

(Once felt happy, once felt frustrated)

I like to ask you sir ………………….

 ‘Aluth lowaka oba sathutin kirulu pelanduwado leaving ‘Lumbini’ saying goodbye to ‘s’

Sir, things you taught and reveled me and to the all music lovers of our era through your sweet melodies of life, the words you whisper in to the ears of all how can we forget and that paints true images of life of the stage of life that we sometimes like playing, the roles of our own lives.

Ranganu ranga ran ranga mandale …….

but I guess the other wishes are better …………

Sambudda saddharma anuhasin

Gonvinda shree skanda shanthiyen

Kamalasanrudha saraswathi ashirvadhayen

Rasika hada milinayen

Aanada janaka wu

Suwahasak sawan yuga preethiyen udam weva

Preethiyen udam weva !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel great to be apolitical this morning forgetting all other complexities of life …………….