The times we had - part 2

This is for all the plans we made, for all the toys we broke,  the hearts we melted and the time we spent. 

All the lessions we learnt, the truth and pain,  the tears and pride, we made up our own minds.

For the great escapes, the lovely days, make believe days and dreamless nights. 

Take it all in because they're not coming back, like in life and love we keep moving forward making way for something new, in those days remember the good times we had, print them in your mind and keep me in your heart. 

Future Leader's Conference season 5, Galle 2013: Conclusion

FLC is a leadership and reconciliation conference organized by Sri Lanka Unites for the fifth consecutive year, this time in Galle Sangamittha. Here are some of the moments I managed recollect thought out the 5 days.

The future Leaders Conference season 5 was a phenomenal success and I feel extremely honoured to be a part of it.
From the mind blowing sessions and passionate speakers, the energy of the students and volunteers, the commitment of the organizing team and southern coalition, to the hospitality of the south to the delicious meals, but mostly because of the influence it had on the participants, the students went back with tears in their eyes and a deep passion to be part of the solution. The volunteers had an experience of a life time that will have them coming back for more and the team satisfied because their sacrifices during the past few weeks have been worth it, satisfied yet craving for more the cause carved deep into their hearts and minds.

As we say in Sri Lanka Unites,The best is yet to come.

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Future Leaders Conference season 5, Galle 2013

The most awaited student leader’s conference of the year has finally commenced in Galle, Sangamittha Balika Vidyalaya!

On the 26th of June 2013 the SLU team working hard to bring the event to life started their duties early in the morning with the registration of the students. Students from all over the Island, all 25 districts of the country were flowing in to Sangamittha Galle for a life changing experience they were yet to experience.
The students arrived throughout the day and they were divided into their groups, this was a new experience to them as they found out that they were being separated from their team mates and grouped with other students who they have never met before most of them do not even speak a common language.

The next part was meeting their volunteers, these three people are going to be mentoring and leading the students for the next 5 days. These are students who are doing their higher studies or pursuing a career who have given up their time and energy for these students and because of a passion they share for the cause of reconciliation.

As evening drew they students dressed up in their school uniforms, and gathered at the main hall, which the team from the southern coalition had decorated in classical southern style.

The Future Leaders Conference season 5, Galle 2013 kicked off in style by the girls from Sangamittha welcoming the esteemed guests with a cultural southern dance leading them to the main hall. The south was excited to welcome the Island’s students leader to their midst and they were not hesitant to show it. With lighting of the oil lamp by the guest’s and representatives the event processed to the main event, the opening ceremony. Students and reps from the south welcomed their brothers and sisters from all over the country to their home with open hearts and open minds, they affirmed their desire to bond and reconcile with their Tamil brothers and sisters by welcoming them in their own language, Tamil.  

The students are not only taught about their national duties but they are challenged to do their part in practice, through the Champions of Change (CoC) challenge, where two schools who participate in the conference are assigned together to work on a social welfare project, to help a community of their choice. The students of methodic College Colombo and Hindu Ladies College Wellawattha were awarded first place for their project “Stand again harassment of woman” for their outstanding efforts and passion towards the cause.

Next the event proceeded to introducing the 20 teams on stage and you could hear the students already cheering their teams as their names were called up, they were ready and committed to their team’s victory.

The day ended with the teams chatting over dinner with their new found friends and getting to know each other. The excitement mixed with curiosity will lead these 20 teams into the second day of the Future Leaders Conference season 5!      

Sketch stretch

So I was idling around, got bored while at it and decided to drop this tweet:

Johanns Rogers ‏@rothbourne

Who wants a poorly drawn sketch of themselves? 

To which (Thankfully) two lovely ladies responded:

Moonduckyy ‏@Tharahewage

@rothbourne meeeee 

And 

Kavithya ‏@PoopyWorld

@rothbourne MEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D 

and I ended up doing this:

These ladies definitely deserve better than this, So Thank you Thara(@Tharahewage) and Kavi(@PoopyWorld) for letting me draw you even though it meant the worst.  

What do you think? 

The Noodles Rap

So I met Gloria Hewapatha ( @iGLOstar ) on twitter the other day due and discussion about Justin Timberlake's new song, after all the agreeing and disagreeing was done we started talking about noodles (It's twitter random shit like this come up all the time) after a couple of tweets regrading how we prefer the meal, this happened:

 ‏@iGLOWstar @rothbourne When fried, I prefer rice, soup is anytime, and instant even if too much two is gd sometimes! *wrote it like a song, yay!!!* :D

Yep we ended up having a rap battle about noodles and gluttony that went like this:



GLO When fried, I prefer rice, soup is anytime, and instant even if too much two is good sometimes!

GLO  uh yeah uh yeah Noodles, go get on google,i like em soaking,receipe working for a soupy noodle,keep away ur poodle let em doodle

Rothbourne ah ha ah ha, I'm a fry them real good, make all you fools drool, top it with some bacon strips and eat it by my self!

GLO  eat it by yourself?!/Nigga aint no good for ur health,/u got bacon wealth,/made off a pig's tail,/u better care to go and share

Rothbourne nobody gonna care if I'm dead, so imma eat em by my self, get fat like the pig I ate, make fun at the skinny kids on skates!

GLO  Pig u ate,fat kids on skates,wen u is dead,aint nbdy gon celebrate,aint that shit cray? true tho yolo,ya betta eat love n pray!

Rothbourne  You only live one, that one is a fact, so make the best count, and get on with gluttony!

Abstract to the core

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

So I had my first hands on experiences on the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 yesterday I found the phone for sale at Divine cell care (Pvt) Ltd, Majestic City, 3rd Floor,a tad bit slower than expected, there is no model without the silver border and the TouchWiz 4 UI isn't a big deal as expected . Hope the promised Jelly Bean Update will counter all the cons. but its a descant for a mid range phone at that price. 38,500 Sri Lankan rupees is the lowest I have come across for the Ace 2. 

Experiences wise; for someone who has been stuck with the TouchWiz 3 for a while it might need getting used to (but not that complicated). Felt a little heavy in my hand, not sure if that's good or bad. 

The packaging came in a very compact box that is just a little bigger than the phone it self (going green I suppose, who cares not like you are going to use the box).. Let me get to what was inside this box tho, data cable which felt quite solid and firm, a separate charger with a long enough extension, a manual and warranty card along with a ear phones, didn't really like the look of the ear phones, since I personally prefer the ear buds also the fact that they are white doesn't excite me ether ( Prone to discolor and get dirty), but I don't know. I don't want to judge it without having used it first.  

Right now the phone is only available Black (with the silver outline) in Sri Lanka, So for all the white phone lovers I suggest you wait till the end of the year or so, with the Jelly Bean upgrade (and lets face the it the price will eventually drop) the wait will be worth the while. 

Hope this helps anyone in Sr Lanka looking for information about the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 to at least imagine what its like. but I suggest you get a hands on experience, its not bad at all. 

Also note that most comparisons done in the article are with the Galaxy Y (I assume its a common enough phone in Sri Laka these days) all in all its a pretty good upgrade if you're a Galaxy Y user with a low budget for a new phone.