What J'pura VC trying to do is right, But his method is wrong...

Once again Japura is under controversy. If you have read Sunday Leader last week or seen Swarnavahini last couple of days, you already know the story. For the others I will summarize what has happened -

Vice Chancellor’s Love Phobia Causes Uproar In Sri Jayewardenepura University | The Sunday Leader

www.thesundayleader.lk

Students of the Sri Jayewardenepura University claim that the Vice Chancellor, N. L. A. Karunaratne sent six girls for a virginity test. They say that the Vice Chancellor’s phobias are making their campus life miserable. “The girls were talking to boys on August 25 at about 6.30 p.m. as it often ha...

The article is based on Udul Premarathne's words and we all know what he stands for. So i urge you to learn more through reliable channels.


The Vice Chancellor of the University had been taking precautions against couples making "love" in the University premises in the evening. First he was seen sending circulars asking students not to stay after 6PM, prohibiting certain famous corridors like "BARANASA"...etc. Latest had been him sending 6 girls for virginity test on August 25 which caused the uproar in media.


All those who knows about the University culture knows what happens in the evenings. I know certain girls who were advised by their relations not to get in to University affairs because of this bad image. Following is an extract from a comment of a father (From Sunday leader - Sorry i could not take permission)


විශ්ව විද්‍යාල තුළ සිදුවන මෙවැනි වැඩ කිඩ නිසා මගේ දියණියව කිසි දිනක සරසවියට නොයවන බව දැනුම් තේරුම් ඇති කාලයේ සිට ඇයට මම වරින් වර පැවසුවෙමි.එහෙත් වෙනත් මාර්ග වලින් ඇයට උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීමට මම පසු බට නොවීමි.
A Father


Firstly his intention is making University a respectable place. If something bad happens like a student getting pregnant - you will start blaming the Vice Chancellor more than this. His intention is highly acceptable.


But the method of achieving his intention is not acceptable. University students are the cream of the intellectuals and no one can be stopped by using force. Instead he could have educated the children about the bad image, health concerns...etc. And we can strategically address the causes by looking at them psychologically 


For e.g the causes for such bad acts might be due to


1. Culture of students backgrounds
Mainly family backgrounds and the cultures exposed to. Very hard to address. Attitude change is necessary. Could be done during the orientation period.


2. Lack of entertainment options and lack of taste
Students could be directed to engage more in Aesthetic and extra-curricular activities. And recognizing such talents will help them.  


3. Lack of work
This is the main reason for many student wrong doings in most Universities. For e.g. Arts students have very less amount of lectures. And they are not compulsory to attend.  So the should find something to attend to. And if the students are not directed to some worthwhile activities they are directed to politics and above mentioned bad avenues. 


This is my view as an alumni who loves the name of the University for what it has made me. You are mostly welcome to comment on your point of view.

Kites(2010) not just a movie - But a turning point of Bollywood

Kites - opened last May 2010 is an out of the way Bollywood movie with the story totally based on Americas (US & Mexico). Kites had a second release - an international version of the movie called Kites - Remix by Brett Ratner of RUSH HOUR fame.


The plot features Indian - Mr.J (Hirthik) falling in a love triangle with Natasha (Barbora Moli) - a Mexican girl  and Gina - daughter of a Las-Vegas casino owner which explicitly changes the flight of their kites. It's a great action loaded, romantic movie. The best action I've seen from Bollywood. 


Note the clear differences in Kites than in typical Hindi movies.

• Language - Kites is mostly English and Spanish. With little Hindi. This has never been the case of even "New York" and "My Name Is Khan". Hindi movie goers do not like subtitles.

• Length - This is only 130 mins (2hrs and 10 mins). An average Hindi movie turn out for more than 3 hrs.

• Songs - Background music used in Kites. Usual Hindi movie pauses for the song - Everyone stops their roles in city and take part in a dance on a mountain top...LOL

Similarities can be the romantic & sensitive story that runs from the beginning to the end with silky dialogs. And not forgetting the stupid-unrealistic-dreamy scenes. Like the casino owner billionaire daughter breaking in to your apartment to tell "I love you" and hi-jacking a truck to bump in to an Indian who knows Mexican...LOL

Sources says that Anil Ambani - the owner of movie - Reliance Big pictures owner recruited the Kites International director Bret Ratner (RUSH HOUR) to cut it to look more Hollywood than Bollywood - to attract expensive crowds.


Here's what Ratner has told in an interview - 
The original is “long and has a lot of dancing and extra stuff. It’s Bollywood and it works for that audience,” Ratner said in a telephone interview. “I just streamlined it and stuck with the love story, which works so well.”


In the end - Kites Remix (The International version) did so well in the west than in India.  “Kites,” took in almost $1 million during the weekend to become the first Bollywood movie to open in the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada.


The film, introduced in 207 theaters, had sales of $958,673, Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance said in a statement that no other Indian film has opened in the top 10.


Reliance Big Pictures is expanding its U.S. presence. Last year, the company brought a equity stake stake of $325 million in Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios.






Over the years we saw Indian movie based on West like KANK, Kal Ho Na Ho, New York and My Name is Khan. But Kites is more Hollywood than Bollywood. That's why Kites is not just a movie - But a turning point in Bollywood film industry.  


This can be seen another market expansion of India looking out for more and more wealth targeting richer economies. But have they disappointed their home crowd? Are they forgetting their roots in Bollywood??? 

If Bollywood film industry is the kite - Men like Anil Ambhani who's holding the Strings should answer...

Why do you come online? 4 Basic reasons explained

Why do people come online? Four basic reasons.

1. Connect
Internet provides the best place for people to meet. In different different ways. The no.1 still being Emails. And social media catching up to be no.1. Online chat, Internet calls is another way of connecting through internet.
People prefer connecting through internet becuase its inexpensive and easier than other ways. Following are amazing statistics about people connecting online




2. Enjoy
People come online to Enjoy. The basic enjoyment options are shopping and audio video media. Online shopping is cheap and very informative -
The online shopping mall - eBay's site statistics - on an average day a vehicle is sold every 2 minutes, a car part or accessory sold every 3 seconds, diamond jewelry sold every 83 seconds, and timberland shoes sold every 10 minutes. eBay brings buyers and sellers together, The company has 83 million registered users with net revenue pf $531M in Q3 2003.

Audio and video viewing needs speical technical access like ADSL. But still people are logining in to youtube and local sites like www.elakiri.com looking for entertainment.

3. Learn
News, Travelling info, Jobs, Weather, Sports and general education are the points that attract learners to Internet. My boss used to say - "Guruthuma" to google. Because google has become that "He who knows all" person we had in villages.
One of the most visited sites in Sri Lanka are www.adaderana.lk (News), www.topjobs.lk (Jobs) and www.thepapare.lk (Sports). All of them are packed with these learn aspect.
Online classes is another great way of learning in the internet.

4. Trade
Finally people login to internet to do business. Purachasing electronic items, paying bills, making travel reservations are main trade points. The popularity of www.wow.lk (Ads site) is because of this aspect.
Sri Lanka being a developing country - out purchasing power is less but is having a great potential to grow. You can see this by looking at massive no.of CIMA, CIM, ACCA students who pay online.

Girls have a rules book for finding Mr.Right!!!

Just came across this book for girls to find Mr.Right - First heard it when the book was satirized by How I met your mother ,season 5 - episode 17 - "Of course" (What was on the show is given below).


The book is called - "The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right" written by Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider. 

The book has 63 rules for girls to follow - 



01: Be a “Creature” Unlike Any Other. Be irresistable, but how?


02: Don't Talk to a Man First (and Don't Ask Him to Dance or propose marriage to him); If You Do All The chasing He Will Feel Like A Weakling For This Entire Marriage


03: Don't Stare at Men or Talk Too Much


04: Don't Meet Him Halfway or Go Dutch on a Date; Let Him Pay All Expenses For Activity


05: Do Not Call Him No Matter What & Rarely Return His Calls Unles Your Contact Timing is Impossible


06: Do not End Phone Calls and dates First; the man must lead the courtship; if he leads he is likely interested in you, and the courtthip and marriage is more likely to succeed.


07: Don't Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday


08: Fill Up Your Time before the Date


09: How to Act on Dates 1,2, & 3 End the date first especially if you like him.

10: How to Act on Dates 4 through Commitment Time


11: Do not end the date first; the man is suppose to lead the courtship and take the initiative in marriage.


12: Stop Dating Him if He Doesn't Buy You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine's Day; Male Pride and Tradition States That He Must Pay For The Outing (date).


13: Don’t See Him More than Once or Twice a Week


14: No More than Casual (Short) Kissing on the First Date


15: Don't Rush into Sex & Other Rules for Intimacy: Why Buy The Cow When He Can Get The Milk For Free


16: Don't Tell Him What to Do


17: Let Him Take the Lead; This Would Be Better For His Pride; If You Do All The chasing And Leading He Will Feel Like A Weakling For This Entire Marriage Unless He Cannot Lead By Law and Protocol


18: Don't Expect a Man to Change or Try to Change Him


19: Don’t Open Up Too Fast; If A Man Is Persistant In Trying To Get Information It Would Be Better For The Relationship


20: Be Honest but Mysterious


21: Accentuate the Positive & Other Rules for Personal Ads


22: Don’t Live with a Man (or Leave Your Things in His Apartment)


23: Don't Date a Married Man; If You Date A Man With Another Lover, Your Relationship Is Likely To Break Up In The Future


24: Slowly Involve Him in Your Family & Other Rules for Women with Children


25: Practice, Practice, Practice! (or, Getting Good at The Rules)


26: Even if You're Engaged or Married, You Still Need The Rules


27: Do The Rules, Even when Your Friends & Parents Think It's Nuts


28: Be Smart and Other Rules for Dating in High School


29: Take Care of Yourself and Other Rules for Dating in College: Use A Beautician and Stylist To Optimize Your Looks


30: NEXT! & Other Rules for Dealing with Rejection


31: Don't Discuss The Rules with Your Therapist.


32: Don't Break The Rules! Follow The Dating Rules, Protocols and Expectations


33: Do The Rules and You’ll Live Happily Ever After!


34: Love Only Those Who Love You


35: Be Easy to Live With


36: Give Him Time To Talk and To Get Your Contact Information


37: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone: Be Visible and Available For Talk.


38: Playing Hard To Get Is A Way Of Insuring That He Is Really Committed To You And You Not Just An Impulsive Fancy Or Side Dish. When You Do Play Hard To Get, Make Sure You Leave Some Doors Open; If All Your Contact Information Changes The Relationship Is Lost


39: Men Can Handle It If You Are Dating Other Men As long If You Are Still Available For Him


40: Try To Get A Normal Body Fat Range; Older People Usualy Look Better With Normal Facial and Neck Fat. For Some Men Facial Features or Facial Beauty Is Less Imporant Than Body Shape and Profile, and Fortunately Your Weight and Profile Are More Easier To Control. Unfortunately the desire for a woman by a man is mainly physical (the shape of the profile, but not so much the face) so if you can fix the things of your body that you can change, the better for you for a man to chase you. You must make your looks at least a seven out of ten for some men, by taking care of you body and grooming.


41: Women Or Men That Live Alone Are More Likely To Succeed When She Or He Lives Alone Without Other People Getting In Between The Relationship Like a 30 Year Old Son Who Does Not Want You To Re-marry, Or A Father That Is Trying To Find Out If He Is Good Enough For you, Or Other Peoples' Feelings To Worry About.

42: When You Are Hugging Other Men, Make Sure You Are Not Too Busy To Glance in His General Direction At Least Once. If you get one to six passes a week from men, do not give the details of the flirts.


43: Some Men Know Within The First Hour Of Initial Meeting That You Are The One, but not always; If Nothing Happens After A Specific Period Of Time, Keep Looking


44: Go To Places or Clubs With People Like You If Unity Is Important To You


45: Many People Hate To Be Lied To: Try To Be Honest As You Can Be; Do Not Give Him False Leads (Flirts or Over Friendliness) If He Does Not Have A Chance Especially If It Is Your Job To Be Friendly; Is Better not To Give Any False Hopes


46: Do Not Tell Any Phoney Stories To Get Money If You Are Not Seriously Interested In Him. Do not ask for money in public; it blurs your motives and can be embarrasing.


47: Men Are Not As Sensitive As Women; Do Not Be Afraid To Ask Personal Questions That Are Important To You


48: You Are An Adult, Make Sure That The Gatekeeper (Receptionist or Father) Cannot Totally Halt His Contact Attempts With You: You Do Not Want A Third Person To Lead The Relationship; Be Reasonably Accessible.


49: For Online Dating: Once You Have Send Your First Email and He Knows That You Exist, Do Not Initiate Another Contact; Keep The First Letter Short So As To Not Sound To Eager, And Do Not Beg For Acceptance; Some Men Decide Within The First Hour Of First Sight That You Are The One Or Not.


50: The Relationship Will Develop Faster, More Intimate, More Intense (Stressfull) or More Romantic If the Man Is Allowed To Rule or Lead the Group or Relationship. For A Man To Ask A Girl For A Date To Party Is More Intense Than Receiving An Invitation To A Party From The Same Girl; Correct?


51: Some Loyalty May Be Required by The Woman


52: Do Not Propose Marriage To Him; It Is His Role To Ask; If He Does Not Do This Difficult Task On His Own, He Can Loose His Pride For the Rest Of This Marriage


53: Personal Talk Can Sometimes Be The Most Stressfull Type Of Talk; His Intensions Are Blushingly Wide Open To See; You Need To Give Him Time And Contact Information To Prepare For This, and A Little More Privacy During The Meeting


54: Overcome Your Shyness; Find Things To Say; Be Willing To Respond With Talk; Be Willing To Answer Small Talk Questions.


55: If His Committment To This Relationship Is Uncertain Or He is Dating Other Women, Do not Allow Him To Move Into Your Place.


56: Get A Hair Style That Fits Your Age; The Older, The Less You Have To Hide The Profile Or Shape Of Your Head; When You Are Over 80, Use Flat Hair That Is Dyed and Groomed.


57: Do Not Down Groom Such As Taking Off Your Make Up, Wearing over Sized Clothing, Neglecting Your Hairdo; Look Your Best, Why Not? Your Hairdo, Make Up and Dress is The Crown of A Woman; Always Choose The Best Style That Fits You.


58: Do Not Be A Tom Boy, Dress Like One Of The Boys At Work, Or Try To Become A Man; Men Probably Prefer 100% Female In A Woman. Maximize you femiity andw ear clothes that you feel you look good in and gives you confidence.


59: People are more humble, tranquil and energized when they are at home than in the work place or shopping mall; when you are both alone and at your homes, the relationship through home telephones will develop easier and faster when there is no other woman between the both you; find some ways of revealing your home telephone number, perhaps on your business card and telephone book; your telephone book (white pages) is your greatest communications tool.


60: Many people hate to be deceived: do not reveal your past skeletons like sexual relationships to soon but reveal before the marriage. Do not talk about your ex lovers (sexual relationships); keep a lid on it and hope it does not show up.


61: Do not down dress. Wear femine clothes, shoes and glasses, because these will usualy make a woman look better. Do not wear oversized clothing and funny looking clothing; but wear clothes that you feel attractive and confident in. Do not hide you best head features with a hat.


62: Do not allow a third party like a receptionist, room mate or family member to disrupt communication flows toward you; usually receptionist will not tell any information about you or relay personal messages to you; make sure any messages from men are relayed to you. Do not allow others to disrupt the chase or intimate talk that you want such as a body guard, other boyfriends, receptionists or other information about your other suiters or loves to somehow reach him.


63: Your looks are nine out of ten, but you are up against tall and curvy beauties with big blond hair and flawless lilly white skin; how do you get a man to chase you? Try this: be available for talk, do not look down all the time but look around and briefly glance in the general direction of the men. The usuall tactic is just to give him enough love, attention, assistance (sugar) and give him desire for you, and then when he starts to chase you go into the play hard to get act very carefully. You do not want to appear desparate and also appear to be unavailable as a sweetheart. Remember, you can only play hard to get when he has your contact information, so do not appear too snobby (unavailable, rude) at the very first chat meeting when he attempts to get your contact information. Thus you mainly need three things for a single man to chase you: the bait, invoking desire for you in him, the opportunity. The bait is giving him just enough love, attention and assistance until you sense he is interested in you and then you play hard to get but play not to the point where the relationship stops. Opportunity is simply giving him the opportunity to reach you. Invoking physical desire for you in him can be simply done by wearing perfume, briefly showing you calves, or you back figure, etecera in close proximity to him. A man can be aroused by a woman when she appears to show interest in him, personally. This may work if he not looking for a particular type of woman or does not have a particular dream girl in mind.



TV show had the author of such a book called "Of course you are still single, take a look at yourself - Dumb slut"...LOL trying to teach a lesson to a guy ending up offering him everything.


Guys - Disgusting isn't it ??? (ERAWEB!!!)

Interesting statistics - Sri Lanka male/female ratios by age

One of my closest friends from Uni.of Mora (Chick indeed...LOL) is bringing in an argument that bro/chick ratio of an entity is effected by the Sri Lanka Male/Female ratio.


Dude - This is ridiculous. They are totally different because bro.s and chicks are a different age segment. You can understand it by the names - bro.s and chick. You don't call chick to your 4 year old sister and you dont call chick to the 80 year old granny. You do not call bro to your 60 year old professor...LOL


Now if you analyse the statistics of ages 15-30 the ratio is like 50:50 proving that bro/chick ratio is independent of the Male/Female ratio in the country. 

I've drawn lines so you can estimate the populations. They are

Source : US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/country.php

So the final ratio is like 50.5:49.5 which gives a totally different idea to 49:51 total population ratio. This depicts that Bro/chick ratio is independent of the Total population male/female ratio. 


Ms.Harini Sirisena - I welcome you to the "comment" stage (I bow down like at the end of some Shakes drama & leave the stage...LOL)


N.B (Like old times...LOL)- I really posted the previous for fun - But the feedback was really serious & cool. (Im sorry my friend from a different UNI who wanted me to update his UNI bro/chick ratio - I will do). Plus the research learning from this one was superb. - Thnx everyone who commented and gave feedback.

How to upload photos to Facebook faster

I was on a trip when my czn complained about uploading photos to Facebook taking ages. I thought of writing this to help all ppl like that. 


When you talk to not-so-hi-tech friends you feel like how much sharing a small thing you know can help their life in the internet. Have seen many ppl with a hi-fi digital camera, struggling to upload their photos to Facebook. The reason is that good digital cameras produce photos with very heavy sizes like 2MB-5MB.


Come on bro. Whats wrong with 5MB photos?
Just right click on a Photo in Facebook and click on "save as" and go to the properties of the saved image and see the size - its only like 40-50KB. So why would you need to upload a file of 5MB if it finally gets reduced to 50KB. (The size indicates how much detailed the picture is - For e.g.a 5MB file can show a pimple on your face on full screen but a 50KB file will show it as a small dot - NOW DONT GO AND SQUEEZE YOUR PIMPLE. - What??? OK. YOU DO NOT HAVE PIMPLES...lol). 


Why would heavy files take like ages to upload?
Lets say you have ADSL - then your internet connection can transfer about 200KB per second. (yes SLT will say 512KB/per second - but actually it is slow bcz dr r too many users sharing it - JUST LIKE ALL GOVT. PROPAGATION...lol)
To upload a 5MB photo you need abt 30 seconds.
To upload an album of 30 photos you need 15 minutes.
But to upload 30 photos of 50KB - you need only like 10 seconds.


What you have to do is to compress the photos to an appropriate size while keeping the quality. Here are the steps - I recommend every one to try this out at least once so you can save time whenever you upload photos. Follow the written steps - look at screen shots only to find where the clicks are.


1.  Copy all the photos you want to upload to a separate folder.
If the photos are in a folder - You can do this by pressing CTRL and dragging the folder.
Why do this - You need to backup your photos before reducing size. Because once they are  reduced it will not be suitable for printing and other purposes.

2. Open one photo with Office picture Manager.
Right click on one photo and click on - open with Microsoft office picture manager.


3. Go to edit pictures box
With this you can edit photos like compressing, cropping,changing brightness, rotating..etc.

4.Select all pictures.
Click on thumbnail view and click on CTRL+A or edit-select all option.


5. Go to compress pictures option

6. Select compression size.
There are four options available.
1. Document size - Reduced to about 200-300KB.
2. Web size - Reduces to about 50-70KB
3. Email size - Reduce to about 5-10KB.

To upload to FB i recommend document size because it keeps quality high. But if you want faster uploading and less internet bill - use web size. One of my recent albums are from web size and they look absolutely fine.

7. Click on "OK"


8. Click on File-Save all


9. Upload to FB

DONT ASK ME FOR STEPS FOR THAT.

Notes:
1. Thnx ayya - for the nice flower photos taken at Adisham Bungalow - ive used them to demonstrate - bcz using our faces will drive the focus away...LOL
2. It wont upload in seconds but will be faster.

Please post your questions by commenting here - so we can all learn here. Or FB msg or email me at - nnulk87@gmail.com for any clarifications.

New committee boy/girl ratio problem explained with examples

The problem came after the 7:1 boy/girl ratio was tested to be biased. boy/girl ratio is a phenomenon commonly known as the bro/chick ratio. It is explained below with examples.

Definition : The bro/chick ratio is the ratio of no.of bro.s to the no.of chicks present at any given point (x,y,z) at any given time (t).

The important points (x,y,z)

1. In a Party 
If you are planning a party, planning to go for a party, inviting your bro.s for a party – this is the most important of all. Is fully explained by Bro code article no. 56

56) A Bro is required to alert another Bro if the Bro/chick Ratio at a party falls below 1:1. However, to avoid Bro-flation, a Bro is only allowed to alert one Bro. Further, a Bro may not speculate on the anticipated Bro/Chick Ratio of a party or venue without first disclosing the present-time observed ratio. 

2. In a University
I remember what my good friend from MORA has told me – “I go out of on Saturdays and Sundays to look at girls outside UNI to make sure MORA girls don’t look pretty.”…LOL. The quality and quantity are both at a LCL (lowest quality limit) at MORA.

I have plotted chick/bro. ratio instead of bro/chick ratio (Now dnt start abt misuse of statistics)

3. In a University student society

Well – this is the total reason for this posting. The ratio should not look biased but seriosly it has an affect on the functioning of the society.

Here's a pie chart of time spent on society activities of two societies.

Good luck new committee!!!

4. In a corporate office

In an office the bro/chick ratio should be maintained at the maximum level to meet govt. standards and public good will and at a minimum level to keep office efficiency.

Refer to the chart below describing bro/chick ratio vs. office efficiency

Disclaimer : Bro.s whatever said and done - girls are important to any community. Look at MORA... Equality of sexes should be maintained in our society, office, UNI everywhere and according to the research paper  Sex Preference in South Asia: Sri Lanka an Outlier - by By A.T.P.L. Abeykoon - Sri Lanka is having a very positive outlook on this aspect.