It was sad to see such a great player , one who has done so much for the cricket in Sri Lanka failing so badly in the T20 world cup in West Indies. The reality is Sanath is just not good enough , his reflexes have slowed down and facing good fast bowling is a nightmare for him. With all this drawbacks it was foolish to keep playing him but the common view is that Sangakkara doesn't have the authority to drop him. Sanga almost resigned when Sanath was chosen to go for the T20 world cup so it is obvious Sanga doesn't want him there. The sad thing is that it effects the morale and the unity of the team. None of the want them there but no one can do anything about that. It is never too late for Sanath who was one of the greatest servants of Sri Lankan cricket to leave the field head held high , Sanath I hope you leave instead of dragging something down that you worked so hard to build
Friday, 14 May 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Search Engine Optimization in Sri Lanka
Recently I wrote an article about search engine optimization in Sri Lanka. I was prompted to write this because one of my friends were charged a hefty peace for some consultation. In reality the did some basic on site SEO and they didn't even mention about the link building part that is needed for ranking higher in search engines. As in most places few shady companies are giving a bad impression about SEO companies here in Sri Lanka. The reality is basic SEO are not that hard to master , but fine tuning your website and link building is the somewhat harder part. But for established companies here in Sri Lanka it is not that important to go for high end SEO solutions.
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Writing Hubs about Sri Lanka
The income from Hubpages is slowly on the rise and the hubs that seems to perform well are the ones mostly related to Sri Lanka. I have put up some hubs about some places I visited in Sri Lanka and they seem to be getting lot of attention. The hub about Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage and Gods Paradise nature resort already got some comments which goes to show that people are searching for them. By far the one that seems to be performing well is the hub about Cinnamon lodge hotel in Habarana. If I keep up this rate I see hubpages becoming a very steady earner in the future.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Tourism on the rise
With the end of the war there is a huge rise in tourists coming to Sri Lanka for vacations which is not surprising since Sri Lanka is such a beautiful country where they can spend a holiday for a relatively low cost. For such a small Island the diversity displayed is amazing. From a 3 hour drive you can go 35C Colombo to 18C Nuware Eliya. Then there are the beautiful beaches all around the country , archeological sites like Anuradhapura , World heritage sites like Sigiriya and Sinharaja rain forest. The number of things you can do here is simply amazing which is the main reason for the huge influx of tourists. The downside is not the somewhat good hotels are now almost off limits for the locals. This is especially hard when you are trying to organize office trips team trips etc. Good thing is relatively unknown but still quality places like Gods Paradise Nature resort are getting more local visitors, It just goes to show one mans gain is another mans loss.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Josa Paradai,Peta Victory
Well it took 32 years but we won the battle of the saints and to cap things off we won the 50 over encounter last Saturday. Because of the big match win it was very hard to get ticked for the 50 over game and Oval was not large enough to support such a huge crowd. As we do every year this year also the 2002 A/L batch organized a package. The T-shirt printed for the occasion was very nice but 2k was a bit too much for the whole things , but I don't think people care that much since they get to meet after a long time.
There was a huge parade before the start to celebrate the big match victory. The parade was a great example of the power of Facebook , it started as a FB event with only few entries and all of a sudden it took off. There were more than 50 vehicles for the parade and it was a great site to see all those Peter's flags waving.
As usual it was great to see friends from school days. 50 over is almost the only time we ever get to meet nowadays which is why I hate to miss it and why I was so sad after missing it last time. There were trouble to get into the stands and because Oval was such a small ground there is always going to be crowd trouble. It was amusing to see some old guys trying to clear the people in the boundary line so they can watch the match in a relaxing manner. I felt sorry for them but unfortunately most just come to have some fun , watching the match is secondary.
The greatest moment of the day was when we hit the winning runs , the crowd ran into the ground waving the college flags and it was a moment to behold. The sheer joy of it cannot be explained. All in all had a great time and hopefully we can repeat this next year :-)
There was a huge parade before the start to celebrate the big match victory. The parade was a great example of the power of Facebook , it started as a FB event with only few entries and all of a sudden it took off. There were more than 50 vehicles for the parade and it was a great site to see all those Peter's flags waving.
As usual it was great to see friends from school days. 50 over is almost the only time we ever get to meet nowadays which is why I hate to miss it and why I was so sad after missing it last time. There were trouble to get into the stands and because Oval was such a small ground there is always going to be crowd trouble. It was amusing to see some old guys trying to clear the people in the boundary line so they can watch the match in a relaxing manner. I felt sorry for them but unfortunately most just come to have some fun , watching the match is secondary.
The greatest moment of the day was when we hit the winning runs , the crowd ran into the ground waving the college flags and it was a moment to behold. The sheer joy of it cannot be explained. All in all had a great time and hopefully we can repeat this next year :-)
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