2011 in review


The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 30 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

Sri Lankan New Year In Leeds


A Sri Lankan New Year party was held in Leeds on Sunday. Over one hundred Sri Lankans and some of their British friends enjoyed traditional Sri Lankan festive fare, played ‘New Year Games’, sang and danced to Sri Lankan music late in to the night. This remarkable annual event was organised by a remarkable Sri…

Not Sour Grapes


Unwanted political meddling cost Sri Lanka the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Baffling team selection, atypical fielding lapses, strange bowling changes are some of the things that surprised viewers. The position of the captain and selectors has become untenable.