tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79951990720731884392024-03-13T11:30:56.736+05:30Parippu PleaseWe have over 2,500 years of glorious history in Sri Lanka.<br>
Why think about our future, when we can ask for more of our past?- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-6487998717712431152009-06-27T04:38:00.003+05:302009-06-27T04:51:38.638+05:30Appu has proof that Christians have infiltrated Temple TreesThis is a real crisis!<br /><br />Unethical conversions are taking place at the highest level. Lalith Kottelawela is working from jail to make sure that Christians have infiltrated Temple Trees.<br /><br />The proof was in the news report in the Daily Mirror and BBC (so it must be true) that:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">The authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a popular astrologer who predicted that the president will be ejected from office, police say.<br />...<br />Police told the AP news agency that Mr Bandara told an opposition meeting that the prime minister would take over as president on 9 September and the opposition leader would become prime minister. <br />...<br />He was arrested on Wednesday night to investigate the basis of his prediction, police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said.</span></span> <br /> <br />Obviously, they are having secret bible reading and prayer meetings at Temple Trees. The Bible says the penalty for false prophecy, according to the biblical context, is capital punishment (<span style="font-style:italic;">Deuteronomy 13 verse5<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>).<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">"That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you."</span></span><br /><br />Can somebody please do something about this travesty? Why do they have to come and ruin it for us... Christians can go and do anything they want in USA, UK, Australia and Norway. Ah, ah! Appu is sure these unethical conversions must be Norwegian funded.... and Ranil Wickramasinghe's Uncle was also a Christian Bishop and this Astrologer is connected to the UNP. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Bingo!</span> Now it all comes together.<br /><br />Can somebody please give me Omalpe's mobile number? I need to alert him.- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-54264765632579029592009-06-21T21:32:00.004+05:302009-06-21T22:39:59.267+05:30Chamara Silva to be transferred to Manik FarmThe President has announced that Chamara Silva and Isuru Udana are to be transferred to the Manik Farm IDP Rehabilitation Centre for processing.- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-43393556115648171072009-06-10T20:20:00.001+05:302009-06-10T20:22:25.802+05:30Uncle Saddam all over again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrYJFJlR6BRX02YSTGOAwn9Mpt1utfRTqeMDLG-MyFSJ441FBuoIu3cw7wocyfORROZmXmWZmTqMWUv7DCt2NsixYDd99l88Tsk424zAKcdTxJzeh1F_UN55oIqPw78KcvPp9l7oDG1Y7/s1600-h/unclesaddam.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrYJFJlR6BRX02YSTGOAwn9Mpt1utfRTqeMDLG-MyFSJ441FBuoIu3cw7wocyfORROZmXmWZmTqMWUv7DCt2NsixYDd99l88Tsk424zAKcdTxJzeh1F_UN55oIqPw78KcvPp9l7oDG1Y7/s400/unclesaddam.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345711493880206930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi890yo1zCm5ytkUYFr5zSSzWT1qCcLeLz-QGXEsRboK19JX1UMQQQ176N88Ux4qbeWLKBslS3pVM0smotqKiD8XhaTJMnV2dN0H19IhfS7rF2gd1wznEKnfTBpEvzCDE_520vSrCWhyB9J/s1600-h/unlcerandeniya.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi890yo1zCm5ytkUYFr5zSSzWT1qCcLeLz-QGXEsRboK19JX1UMQQQ176N88Ux4qbeWLKBslS3pVM0smotqKiD8XhaTJMnV2dN0H19IhfS7rF2gd1wznEKnfTBpEvzCDE_520vSrCWhyB9J/s400/unlcerandeniya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345711600288429698" /></a>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-55739572385078224442009-06-09T18:37:00.007+05:302009-06-09T19:00:15.633+05:30Barefoot sarong owners should stop barking at the moonThe Lankan blogosphere is rife with the stereotypical barefoot sarong owning 'middle class sri lankans' sounding more and more like card carrying members of Wimal Weerawansa's Patriotic National Movement. <br /><br />"The West is attacking Sri Lanka, instead of helping" they say, USA and UK are "sympathizing with terrorists" apparently or "Interfering with our war on terrorism" and showing "double standards"... and on and on they go.<br /><br />Enough with the frothy growls people. Calm down, take a deep breath and think about what you're defending. Let Gota borrow a page from the Mugabe handbook on media relations - he is cementing the Rajapakse hand on the nation. Thats a good reason for him - Whats your motive? <br /><br />When the government proclaims that not a "single civillian was killed by shelling" that isn't dishonesty - its an attempt to equate Tamils and Tigers. This wasn't a war to liberate the Tamils from the LTTE, it was a war to liberate the Sinhalese from the LTTE. I agree that it was a war that had to be fought and the LTTE had to be destroyed but it had to be done with some concern for civilian casualties (instead, the government exhibited no concern and underscored their intentions by keeping the World's media out).<br /><br />When the USA and UK invaded Iraq, the World's media was "embedded" and they were able to report on what happened, albeit a Western view. However, when the Iraqi national archives were looted by some US Troops the Western media didn't hide it - it was headline news and that helped stem the tide of looting and excesses. The world's media has played an invaluable role in checking abuses like Abu Gh'b and Gitmo. Those countries have processes that deal with such abuses and more often than not, the outcome is right and not wrong.<br /><br />Contrast that with Sri Lanka's history of presidential commissions that have never ever held anybody accountable for any excess.<br /><br />Besides, the war against the LTTE couldn't have been won if the UK, EU and the USA didn't outlaw the LTTE and shut down their lethal networks. Under the circumstances, they have a right to question the prosecution of Sri Lanka's war.<br /><br />What Sri Lanka doesn't need at this time is for the "intelligentsia" to start barking at the moon, like the rest of the pack of rabid dogs that pose off as our leaders & elders.<br /><br />We all know that LTTE/Prabhakaran was the symptom and not the problem. If you have that level of awareness, then ignorance is not your refuge for your "us against the World" attitude.<br /><br />Lets get real people. If we want the World to help us rebuild, then we need to be more mature.<br /><br />Sri Lanka is her biggest enemy and every time we bark at the moon, we're sapping ourselves of the energy and will to look at our own reflection in the water.<br /><br />Sri Lanka can be better than that! We can be better than that!- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-33634348230184338432009-06-08T17:26:00.002+05:302009-06-08T17:34:14.918+05:30Terrorism is dead. Paradise regained.Apparently Keith Noyhar called Poddala Jayantha to convey the good news....- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-83539474366514124902009-06-01T07:33:00.006+05:302009-06-01T07:41:24.821+05:30A tale of two Kabarayagoyas by the Diyawanna OyaTwo Kabaragoyas were basking on the side of Diyawanna Oya<br /><br />The smaller Kabaraya turned to the bigger Kabaraya and said, "I can't understand how you can be so much bigger than me. We're the same age, we were the same size as kids. I just don't get it.<br /><br />"Well", said the big Kabaraya, "what have you been eating?"<br />"Politicians, same as you," replied the small Kabaraya.<br />"Hmm. Well, where do you catch them?"<br />"Down the other side of the lake near the parking lot by the Parliament.<br />"Same here. Hmm.. How do you catch them?<br />"Well, I crawl up under one of their Pajeros and wait for one to unlock the car door.<br />Then I jump out, grab them by the leg, shake the shit out of them and eat em! <br /><br />"Ah!" says the big Kabaraya,<br /><br />"I think I see your problem.<br />You're not getting any real nourishment. <br />See, by the time you finish shaking the shit out of a Politician, there's nothing left but an arsehole wrapped in white polyester."- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-40709088926257705642009-05-22T15:42:00.005+05:302009-06-01T07:43:22.938+05:30Appu's advice to the TamilsAppu's advice to the Tamils is to try something different.<br /><br />You tried the Gandhian approach and got clubbed by the police from Galle Face to Jaffna esplanade.<br /><br />You tried the Prabhakaran approach and met violence with violence and whilst it might have seemed a bit like David and Goliath for awhile, Goliath won. Surprised? Don't be. It was inevitable. Prabhakaran just didn't "know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em."<br /><br />In the end, what Rajapakse Inc. has done to the Tamils made JR's riots from '58 to '83 seem like walks in the park. Sad, but true. Worse, this time nobody really cares. Next week, the news will be about civillians being killed in Afghanistan.<br /><br />However, there is a way forward to real peace and prosperity. One that comes easily to the stereotypical Tamil.<br /><br /><strong>the economy</strong>! <br /><strong>the economy</strong>! <br /><strong>the economy</strong>!<br /><br />If Mao's China can become the World's healthiest economy and Ho Chi Min's Vietnam can be a true leaping Tiger, then can your lot be far behind? <br /><br />Invest in your people, your lands, your future. You work wonders for your employers in other parts of the World, now do it for yourselves. <br /><br />To do that however, you need to walk away from the bitterness that you are entitled to feel. <br /><br />Entitlement is debilitating - ask the Sinhalese University student who drinks from that poisoned chalice... <br /><br />...but thats a different rant that Appu will get to one day soon.- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-10957587314738407042009-05-20T10:12:00.006+05:302009-05-20T11:00:58.290+05:30An open letter from Appu: Please pardon me....An open letter to my fellow Sri Lankans:<br /><br />I understand why you would want to celebrate Prabhakaran’s death but please pardon me, if I don’t join in…<br /><br />Prabhakaran’s death, or that of some fat lookalike, doesn't hide the fact that Prabhakaran’s cowboy adventures have attracted unprecedented violence, hatred and misery for the Tamils <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />More civilians have died in the last four months than in 30 years of civil war <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />Prabhakaran’s death is not going to do anything for the thousands of young Tamil and Sinhala boys and girls who died a pointless choreographed death <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />Prabhakaran murdered all moderate Tamil leaders and left the Tamils in the custody of his old terrorist buddies ; Douglas, Karuna and Pillayan <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />There are over three hundred thousand innocent civilians trapped in barbed wired squalor with no hope of living normal lives <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />White van abductions, church attacks, murders, rapes, extortions and assaults are commonplace in Sri Lanka and it no longer resembles the paradise I was born in <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />I have been disgusted by the shouts, the taunts, the insults and vitriol heaped upon the Tamils in the hours and days following the LTTE’s defeat <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />I have been saddened by the flood of chauvinist emails, sms messages and blogs that have flowed in the hours and days following the LTTE’s defeat <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /><br />I’ve always thought that Prabhakaran was the ugly wound and not the cancer that plagued Sri Lanka and I am not convinced that his exit will cure the cancer that continues to fester within us <strong>– <em>so please pardon me if I don’t celebrate</em>.</strong><br /> <br />... & so if you don't mind, I'll sit this one out and save my pissu-double-naetuma for when somebody's 'Heladiva' becomes 'my Sri Lanka' again!<br /><br /> <br />Your Sri Lankan friend,<br /><br />Gini Appu- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-24978900732589192792009-05-17T10:01:00.004+05:302009-05-20T10:38:47.480+05:30Prabhakaran captured alive!<span style="font-style:italic;">Colombo -- The Mihin News Network announced that Prabhakaran has been captured alive! President Rajapakse is scheduled to hold a press conference to formally announce to the nation that the war on terror has been won and that Prabhakaran has been captured alive. A glorious future awaits...</span><br /><br />Fact or fiction, the news of Prabhakaran's death, escape or capture is of little consequence at this point... the Tamils of Sri Lanka (diaspora included) would do well to reflect on the fact that the Tamils in Sri Lanka are suffering more (violence) now, than anytime in history. <br /><br />They are also more vulnerable and subject to more discrimination, hate and contempt than they ever have been. <br /><br />Furthermore, a political solution is now more remote than it ever has been <br /><br />So it doesn't matter if Rajapaksa will parade Prabhakaran in chains or in a coffin. It doesn't matter what he says - the winner takes it all !!<br /><br />Despite what the Rajapaksa propaganda machine says, the loser is not Prabhakaran. The losers are in those barbed wire camps.- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-25451662771630336852009-04-20T08:29:00.008+05:302009-04-20T08:54:37.890+05:30Appu also confused by this 'Safe Zone' businessAs DBS pointed out in his recent post @ <a href="http://www.transcurrents.com">Transcurrents</a> the so called Safe Zone has been anything but that...<br /><br />Hasn’t that been true of the whole of the north and east? Wasn’t that the whole point of the LTTE? To free the Tamil people from the unhappy union with the rest of Sri Lanka and to create a “safe zone?” Isn’t that what ‘eelam’ was supposed to be?<br /><br />The same LTTE that claimed it was the sole representative of the Tamil people for the last two and a half decades, must take exclusive responsibility for the plight of the same Tamil people it sought to represent exclusively.<br /><br />Nobody can dispute that the Tamil people in Sri Lanka are worse off today than when the LTTE first took arms.<br /><br />Not only do they not have access to education, land and equal opportunity - they are also subject to unprecedented brutality and misery by government forces and their appendages (paramilitaries). More children are dying a violent death today then they did prior to 1983. More women are raped, more men gone missing, more lands confiscated or rendered useless by land mines, more schools destroyed and more jobs lost, than before.<br /><br />Tamils are made to feel like pariahs in all parts of this country - the land of their birth. Forget the nonsense that Tamils and Sinhalese live harmoniously outside of the North and East. That is only true of the whiskey drinking Tamils and Sinhalese who never have to step into a police station to register themselves or visit a grama sevaka’s office to get some citizen services.<br /><br />The Government of Sri Lanka has repeatedly (from JRJ to DBW to Sarath Fonseka) reminded us that Sri Lanka is a land that does not belong to the Tamils. The Tamils have been told to behave like guests or face the consequences. The government has consistently backed up the words of those leaders with action. The LTTE, has not.<br /><br />When the going got tough - the tough got going...<br /><br />... and even as cluster bombs and MBRLs decapitate and cripple innocent civilians on that beach in Mullaithivu district, flag waving LTTE supporters demonstrate bravely in the 'safe streets' of North America, Europe and Australia. <br /><br />Appu wonders if any of the young men waving LTTE flags, on the streets of Toronto, Canberra and London, would like to swap 'safe zones' with the young man in this video?<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx341vau1BKx4FCzDEMwMrsrvmJNx2Ug9WZ9zgRmldOhQ91fZztxiPfh2Zi2JzzCcVowQDMgvk5M-O4rqppTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-38413615243351499112009-01-10T01:54:00.005+05:302009-01-10T02:14:05.450+05:30Keheliya Rambukwella –"Aliens killed Lasantha"<strong>Keheliya Rambukwella – "Aliens killed Lasantha"</strong><br />Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:53pm BST <br /><br />By Yufuld Mee Wans<br /><br />COLOMBO, January 09 (Routers)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv-Y0eBwVWLAIzv_vXiJqK40yJkMNAvLt_unyuXdn_B35Axyt2cW-_ul2T3lhFTfoN-npGQg2kKzDVP_ZSv2vfqt_38_zUK5NBjh7yETx3OtwIu4ddaIoPc76Icr0pxlIarwXKi85Jivl/s1600-h/am_image_1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv-Y0eBwVWLAIzv_vXiJqK40yJkMNAvLt_unyuXdn_B35Axyt2cW-_ul2T3lhFTfoN-npGQg2kKzDVP_ZSv2vfqt_38_zUK5NBjh7yETx3OtwIu4ddaIoPc76Icr0pxlIarwXKi85Jivl/s400/am_image_1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289396407140472034" /></a><br />Sri Lanka government media spokesman Minister Dr Keheliya Rambukwella, made the shocking disclosure yesterday, of alien involvement in the assassination of Lasantha Wickremetunge. <br /><br />"Aiyo, Lasantha was my dear and sincere friend and even though he called me all kinds of names like turncoat and liar, I always told him, the people would be the final judge, but I never expected the people to be from outer space!" he said.<br /><br />"Lasantha is a true son of a bi—sorry, sorry... I meant 'the soil'"<br /><br />" Please don't think I am mad, I have checked up and down with all our Government hit-squads and white van operators and none of them have owned up!, so see, see, it couldn't have been us no?". "Can't be Mervyn also, because at precisely that time, he was in his Porsche going looking for some other trouble maker, who was highlighting his involvement in the kudu business".<br /><br />"It is quite clear now that it would have been impossible for 4 motorcycles with heavily armed, black garbed, black helmeted riders to have broken through the security cordon of the city in broad daylight" he said. <br /><br />"Even more surprising, how did they get away? ","Tell me... how? how?" he asked the media present. "You know, four motorcyclists with guns would definitely have been spotted no!". " But now see, we have reports from a housemaid coming back home from Dubai on Mihin Lanka that she observed a space craft beaming up some people from the Dehiwela area just as the plane was landing". "See what a good thing we re-started Mihin, otherwise we would never have known the truth". <br /><br />"It must be true because see, I say, everyone knows that aliens have big heads, and the people who saw Lasantha being attacked would have thought their big heads were helmets". "Anyway, most of the people on the road that day were still drunk after celebrating the glorious Killinochchi victory, so how can you trust these people ah?"<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCuOm7HloBncMjEpisiAIM3vSsxO99vfS7CuxgHpINHr_KOAzfiDcGYatjbVNiZI7cakd6DMvWiP0eFhZGsL5HuuLJoUQ1FdejEgxifijyfk3Lp2qte3vWDwHWRWqEEGJEg2qihPX4NnW/s1600-h/am_image_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCuOm7HloBncMjEpisiAIM3vSsxO99vfS7CuxgHpINHr_KOAzfiDcGYatjbVNiZI7cakd6DMvWiP0eFhZGsL5HuuLJoUQ1FdejEgxifijyfk3Lp2qte3vWDwHWRWqEEGJEg2qihPX4NnW/s400/am_image_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289396974464009458" /></a><br />I am only sorry that we did not take the attack on the MTV station seriously". "It has only just now been reported, that the damage to MTV was caused by this same alien space-craft landing on top of their control room". "My investigative officers, Thompson & Thompson have told me that the aliens thought that the MTV control room was Lasantha's house".<br /><br /> "Chee, if I had known this earlier, I could have warned Lasantha, but unfortunately my officers could not report to me as they were busy getting their free sim cards from those Indian Cellular fellows Bhathiya & Airtel". " Because of this we are also investigating the possibility of an Indian plot to distract us from carrying out security operations in the city by offering these free sims". "You know, we SriLankans will take anything free no! So how can you expect these checkpoint boys to look the other way when some nice Airtel girl gives them a free sim?". <br /><br /> "Yes, yes definite Indian involvement " piped in Wimal Weerawansa who then proceeded to elaborate that he was at Ramani's getting his hair slicked when he heard the news and left the salon without waiting for them to trim his goatee, as he was worried that the aliens might be after him as well. He ruled out the possibility of a JVP hand in the incident by saying 'None of our cadres were involved as at that particular time, they were busy on their mobiles, SMS'ing votes for Sirasa Superstar and anyway our boys wear red, not black'. "We normally give only Rs 18,000/- for funeral expenses but I received a call from Nivard who told me that due to inflation and because we know the fellow so well, better to give Lasantha Rs 20,000/-, so we gave ah!" he further elaborated.<br /><br />In the meantime quite oblivious to the reported alien incident, Minister Maithripala Sirisena reported to the media that the attack on Lasantha was carried out by Golden Key depositors who had mistaken Lasantha for Lalith Kotelawala.<br /><br />Media Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa further confused reporters during his separate media briefing on the Lasantha incident, when he pointed out that none of this would have happened if Lasantha did not get married and go on his honeymoon to a Hotel in Hikkaduwa. "You know, Lasantha and Sonali were dancing next to Karuna and his girlfriend on 31st night no!" "Everybody should know what happens when you dance with Tigers". <br /><br />Karuna, when approached by the media, issued a vehement denial, saying "Please don't tell these things in front of my wife, I don't have a girlfriend and I never danced with Lasantha".<br /><br />None of the Rajapakse brothers were available for comment, but Kollupitiya residents did report the sound of loud music and the lighting of fire crackers till the wee hours of the morning.<br /><br /><em>Contributing Editor: Ahimsa Maithree</em>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-32142557712067390172009-01-10T01:39:00.007+05:302009-01-10T01:54:00.760+05:30Appu is back from sabbatical with a friendAppu took a sabbatical and is back, refreshed. Appu's tiny little head is bursting with ideas, comments and recipes from his kussiya. So much to share and so little time. Luckily, Appu has found a good friend called Ahimsa Maithree who will also join in the fun and now the blogosphere has more to look forward to at http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-44664044737794135592008-10-31T08:36:00.005+05:302008-10-31T08:51:52.641+05:30Appu News Network: McCain eats ParippuWe Sri Lankans are not alone in this World. Even John McCain likes Parippu. <br /><br /><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27464383#27464383" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br />Comforting, 'eh? <br /><br />Now we Lankans can also indulge a bit since Senator McCain, who aspires to lead the FREE WORLD, has shown that he also asks and eat Parippu in style.<br /><br />Now if only Palin would twitter Appu...<br /><br />http://parippuplease.blogspot.com- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-79685774157647399322008-10-22T01:42:00.005+05:302008-10-22T06:49:26.955+05:30Appu proposes a Baila Solution to National ProblemOver the last fifty years, we've tried everything to solve the national problem. We have pinned the nation's hopes on wars and ceasefires, elections and all party conferences, international mediation and divine intervention... and yet all around us our young people and old are continuing to suffer the consequences of this national divide. <br /><br />Perhaps its time we took a different approach? As two of our finest entertainers demonstrate in this clip below, there might be a Baila Solution to the national problem. Let our leaders bugger each other with talk of Military and/or Political solutions but its time they stop buggering the rest of us. <br /><br />Leave us, to us...<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BVTK7_QKHuE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BVTK7_QKHuE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Good stuff 'eh? Appu would certainly ask for more...<br />http://parippuplease.blogspot.com- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-91999974652867929062008-10-01T08:28:00.009+05:302008-10-01T11:01:49.465+05:30Appu's Kussiya - BBQ, Appu stylePolitics, Cricket, Baila, Gal Bunnis (the dog) and Kusuma (the wife) aside, Appu's other fancy is Food. <br /><br />So today, Appu is going to open his Kussiya to share a simple yet cardiovascularly challenging BBQ menu of:<br /><br /><strong><br />- Baked Potatoes with Mushrooms and Bacon<br />- Corn<br />- Pork Ribs 'n Gin<br />- Pineapple Mendis Cheesecake <br /></strong><br /><br />Now we all know that BBQ'd food isn't very popular in Paradise but there is no reason it shouldn't be. You don't need fancy four burner grills to have a good BBQ, as any Jamboree'd cub scout will tell you. Your friendly Yakada Baas at the junction can help you turn an old oil drum into a BBQ grill. To season, scrub and wash and rub well with used cooking oil till the metal gleams and all sign of rust is gone.<br /><br />Once you have your grill seasoned and ready to go, simply fill it up with charcoal, light and let the flames subside before you start laying on the food. When you're getting your charcoal, remember to use burnt c'nut shells. You want to grill your food slowly using glowing embers, not set fire to it quickly over roaring flames.<br /><br />Needless to say, a slice of Pineapple Mendis Cheesecake would go nicely at the end of the BBQ, and it'll certainly impress your guests, especially that Kusuma who has her eye on you. Of course, given that it is a baked (and chilled) cheesecake, you'd have to prepare it the previous day.<br /><br /><strong>- Pineapple Mendis Cheesecake </strong><br />1 medium sized pineapple, ring'd and quartered (with all the nasty bits taken out)<br />2 cups Mendis Special<br />1 lg packet of Maree biscuits<br />3 tbsp. butter<br />2 cup sugar<br />3 eggs<br />2 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened << if you can't get it at a Highland or Kotmale Outlet then you might have to buy the imported version :-(<br /><br />Mix Mendis and half the sugar till the sugar is dissolved. Use the mixture to coat and soak the pineapple quarters. Set aside. Crumb the Maree and butter in food processor or pestle. Reserve 4 tablespoons. Press remaining crumbs into the bottom of an 8" or 9" pan (springform is ideal). Chill.<br /><br />Whip cream cheese and mix remaining sugar, eggs and half a cup of the fluid from the arrack'd Pineapple. Pour the cheese filling into crust and gently press the Pineapple quarters into the mixture, reserving some of the mixture and fruit for later. Sprinkle over with the remaining crushed and buttered Maree and bake at 350 degrees (f) for one hour. Once baked, let it cool to room temperature, dress with remaining Pineapple quarters and Mendis syrup and chill before serving. <br /><br /><strong>- Baked Herb Potatoes with Mushrooms and Bacon</strong><br />Pick some small to medium sized Potatoes (ideally the size of a child's fist), scrub and wash 'em clean and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Roll the Potatoes in a mixture of olive oil and mixed (crushed and dried) herbs, stick some sliced mushrooms on the sides and wrap each Potato in a strip of bacon and generous amount of silver foil. Cradle the balls of silver foil in c'nut shells and let them sit on the charcoal.<br /><br /><strong>- Corn</strong><br />Wash the Corn but don't strip it. Gently lay the corn, as is, on the charcoal. No need for silver foil - the Corn's own organic foil will do nicely thank you. When the Corn is ready, the Potatoes should be ready. Take one out, test it and put it back if you think it needs to cook a little bit more. The Corn kernels should be plump and soft - thats when they are most yum. Spread some butter on the hot corn cobs and watch your guests salivate as the butter runs down the sides. <br /><br /><strong>- Pork Ribs 'n Gin</strong><br />Given the usual time constraints, some of this should ideally be done prior to your BBQ date. Get some nice meaty Pork Ribs, rub well with pepper, onions, minced garlic and a little bit of curry powder, pour in a bottle of decent beer (Three Coins will do nicely) and put it all in a zip lock bag and put it in the freezer. A week (or even months later - keeps well) you can take it out and boil it just a bit in shallow water till the meat starts to turn a bit light colour - drain the meat and set it aside. <br /><br />To the stock, add pureed tomatoes, a couple of spoons of sugar, salt, soy sauce, more minced garlic and chopped onions. Simmer and stir till it becomes a thick slurry. <br /><br />You are now ready to dress the ribs as they go on the grill. If the Ribs have been in the fridge or freezer, let them sit out for as long as it takes to thaw down to room temperature. When the meat is no longer cold, it is ready for the grill. <br /><br />Cook on low heat - turning frequently - brushing the sauce on to the ribs with one hand whilst holding a cold gin n tonic in the other. Continue till you try to sip the sauce and brush the gin n tonic, that's when you know its time to eat.<br /><br />All of this may seem like a lot of effort, but its actually a lot simpler and more fun than it seems. Give it a go and your guests will keep asking for more...<br /><br />http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-63145386824887316872008-09-30T09:39:00.011+05:302008-10-01T06:15:45.320+05:30Appu also thinks "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese"Tiger acolytes aside,<br /><br /><em>Rauf Hakeem of the SLMC was the first to blast Sarath Fonseka for saying that the "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese"<br /><br />Shortly afterwards, the CPA banged out a Press Release that raked Sarth Fonseka for saying that the "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese"<br /><br />Now, we're told, the UNP has also joined in the assault on Sarath Fonseka for saying that the "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese"</em><br /><br />haiyoo....<br /><br />Appu can't understand what the fuss is all about???<br /><br />Afterall;<br /><br />its 50 years since SWRD won on the Sinhala Only platform,<br /><br />36 years since Ceylon became Sri Lanka,<br /><br />35 years since standardization was introduced,<br /><br />27 years since the government burned down the Jaffna library, and<br /><br />25 years after JR's government orchestrated 'anti-tamil riots'and blamed it on the Sinhalese people!<br /><br />So, so... how is this news?<br /><br />Sri Lanka has been, and will be, a Sinhala Buddhist country for a very long time.<br /><br />Stop picking on Sarath Fonseka.<br /><br />Fonny's job description says that he must ensure that "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese" and the man is doing a fine job.<br /><br />Ironically, Fonny is only saying what Velu has always said:<br />"Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese" !!<br />Isn't that Velu's raison d’être?<br /><br />Appu has seen and heard this so long, from so many sides, that even Appu is thinking that "Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhalese"<br /><br />Shaaa! Nothing like asking for more...<br /><br /><p><a href="http://parippuplease.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://parippuplease.blogspot.com</a> </p>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-60525651841425300592008-09-30T08:52:00.004+05:302008-09-30T13:01:24.089+05:30Appu not impressed by the Chief Justice or his CheerleadersIt seems like a daily occurrence, as sure as the rise of the morning sun. The newspapers report, regularly, on one fundamental rights (FR) petition, after another, that is being entertained by the Supreme Court. Of course, the Supreme Court is the last port of call and we are most fortunate to have one. <br /><br />Appu, however, is not impressed.<br /><br />That we have a Supreme Court offering a ray of hope to the people, when all other structural supports are failing, is more an indication of the CJ's self-interest and acrimonious relationship with the President than it is an indication of the health of the judiciary. <br /><br />The fact is that the Judiciary, under the current CJ, is rotten and tattered to the core. It seems like only yesterday when the same newspapers were ranting on about how the CJ and the Judiciary was iconic of Sri Lanka's descent into hell. The 180 degree turn in perception is remarkable, but not necessarily heart warming.<br /><br />It seems that even the immortals amongst us, like CJ Sarath Silva, are prone to asking and eating parippu. <br /><br />Who can forget how fast Sarath Silva let go of Chandrika's saree potta to grab Mahinda's shawl? Of course, it didn't take long for the two crooks to fallout, as crooks always do, and that has resulted in an unprecedented and most welcome respite to the country and its people. The country is safe as long as these two, Mahinda and Sarath, are busy battling each other with the full force of their respective offices. <br /><br />God help us when one falls and the other turns his attention on the rest of us. That will be the time that our people realise that these were two behemoths of our own making, we cheered 'em on this vain path.<br /><br />There are no glad tidings, just more servings of...<br /><br />http://parippuplease.blogspot.com- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-59722151372777609892008-07-25T02:45:00.004+05:302008-07-25T02:53:02.823+05:30Appu's land like no otherAppu can't even begin to imagine how this happened, but then again, this is Appu's paradise isle and stranger things have happened in this land like no other...<br /><br /><em><strong>Sinhalese with LTTE identity card arrested in Anuradhapura</strong>[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 July 2008, 03:10 GMT]<br /><br />A Sinhala man, who attempted to enter the premises of Anuradhapura High Court on July 20 with an identity card allegedly issued by the LTTE, was taken into custody and is being detained for interrogation by the Terrorist Intelligence Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police. Police personnel manning the sentry point at the entrance to the High Court arrested the suspect, police sources said. <br /><br />The identity card the police alleged had the insignia of the LTTE on it. <br /><br />Police sources said the inquiry was being conducted to verify the purpose of the visit of the suspect to the High Court, and how he came to be in possession of LTTE identity card. </em><br /><br />Verify the purpose of the visit????<br /><br />Appu thinks its all getting curiouser and curiouser. Never a dull moment in Paradise with blokes like this who ask and eat...<br />http://www.parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-35682745900190202122008-07-23T12:00:00.004+05:302008-12-09T13:23:03.366+05:30Appu Pity da Fool!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B84R4OOclHDPbhW7fX7SJqZCQoAEh4JJjkWnpZyAKvCG2gZqAM-PDKujRZ_Xm1u6s52VPYIVxIwLaPL1pOkoHbNLYe22KxwaTTmkhNhYlYtp-XEdq8tdd37U054wPVyBzcWa9su_cNeL/s1600-h/MrT15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B84R4OOclHDPbhW7fX7SJqZCQoAEh4JJjkWnpZyAKvCG2gZqAM-PDKujRZ_Xm1u6s52VPYIVxIwLaPL1pOkoHbNLYe22KxwaTTmkhNhYlYtp-XEdq8tdd37U054wPVyBzcWa9su_cNeL/s400/MrT15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226093769646393906" /></a><br /><strong>PITY DA FOOL</strong> <br />who asks for more...<br />http://www.parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-62599061893907242862008-07-20T16:46:00.000+05:302008-07-20T18:35:37.280+05:30Appu is tired of the whinge about Black July and the 1983 riotsGroan! The Lankan Blogosphere is coming alive with talk about Black July and the ethnic riots. When, oh when, are we going to stop talking about 1983? <br /><br />Appu thinks its time we stopped looking back, be it 2,500 years or 25 years. <br /><br />The 1983 riots had nothing to do with the killing of 13 soldiers. The 1983 riots were meticulously planned and executed by Min. Cyril Matthew, with the blessing of his lord and master, J R Jayawardene. The riots provided tactical support for J R’s strategy to ensure the whole country was at his mercy. Unfortunately for J R, he over estimated his ability to control the exercise or mitigate the consequences. JR did his most as President and then retired to fade away in style. His legacy was whitewashed and the bastard was eventually given a state funeral, whilst the nation continues to suffer his actions.<br /><br />Sri Lanka, not just the Tamils, has suffered worse in the last 25 years. Impunity is a fact of life and <em>nobody significant is accountable for anything</em> (thats a quotable quote from Appu). <br /><br />Nothing short of forward thinking can help us leave all this misery in the past. Dredging up the past, no matter how meticulously, isn't going to get us anywhere or prevent us from repeating the mistakes of the past. <br /><br />Unlike South Africa, where the Anglican Church under Tutu played an iconic role in the forming of a national identity, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a non-starter in Sri Lanka... a country where the word IMPUNITY is defined as a 'commission of inquiry.'<br /><br />The 1983 riots have been rehashed in great detail and analysed and reported on for the last 25 years. And yet, look at where we are today? We are a nation that asks and eats parippu. <br /><br />All we do is ask for more... http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-14016006168109815352008-07-19T04:16:00.000+05:302008-12-09T13:23:05.331+05:30Appu took Anarkali to the Veda MahathayaTo all you adoring fans of the two As (Appu and Anarkali), the reason we've both been missing for a while is because Appu took Anarkali to the Veda Mahathaya.<br /><br />Alas, the Veda Mahathaya's response was: <BR><br /><em><strong>"Moda kamata beheth naaa...!"</strong></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnpSVROc5oKcI6tpCDsJADKrxJp7wzgN66LEg9IX8i5yuhIoOIaEQ8No6QV-bRFEahGROrQmqNBCG3uWVOcrCGP0tNW7sN90si9uQpigsXl86YdyVt9CMUO9Z5-4jFGwM8FRRTifD35yV/s1600-h/a1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnpSVROc5oKcI6tpCDsJADKrxJp7wzgN66LEg9IX8i5yuhIoOIaEQ8No6QV-bRFEahGROrQmqNBCG3uWVOcrCGP0tNW7sN90si9uQpigsXl86YdyVt9CMUO9Z5-4jFGwM8FRRTifD35yV/s400/a1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224490632592813234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAqCXvwfvslJxjLuXdBbNFPpIfK9yxS1_GGjUiIXmHfJE30HEY-IzA2TBgVcPfoeb_lt-mKGJgp4M81Vfcz5F7v7SNGIppJQMuRGTCriPMXcEXjKvVdpxTRU3fW6eBAGr3wFzQfhIrqsz/s1600-h/a2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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With a performance like that, Anarkali was obviously asking for more...<br />http://www.parippuplease.blogspot.com/- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-67099093529495771832008-07-18T03:04:00.000+05:302008-12-09T13:23:05.598+05:30Appu puts Mahinda Wijesekara in the spotlight<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyqQQ4vJVK4fecIZ8_44wipbphhheo3bJLughhRPEGdZwKYohGRb6vC6l28F2YD5aFxWYcJuK7jYS-crfzGWiAfhFmu1aUqIdtBs01eYNeEfQ_asg2u2omCs9tmVcF2iibWApGPTWf7p1/s1600-h/MahindaWijesekara2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224104083098493714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyqQQ4vJVK4fecIZ8_44wipbphhheo3bJLughhRPEGdZwKYohGRb6vC6l28F2YD5aFxWYcJuK7jYS-crfzGWiAfhFmu1aUqIdtBs01eYNeEfQ_asg2u2omCs9tmVcF2iibWApGPTWf7p1/s400/MahindaWijesekara2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Now all you bloggers must be wondering what on earth is Appu on about now? So an honourable Sri Lankan leader took his family on vacation... <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/20/messages/146.html" TARGET="_blank">What's that got to do with the price of Fish?</a> or Parippu? </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Stop thinking of yourselves and learn from Hon. Mahinda Wijesekara who saved his MP's salary of Rs 18,000 a month and took his family to Las Vegas!<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Appu want to know when will other Sri Lankan men learn from people like him and do the same for their wives and children? Look at the envelope full of dollars that girl is holding for the Ammi to help herself? How could he have given such a treat to his family, if he didn't work hard and sacrifice?</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4C_y4AhKMORr5P_h3IXKASw7Vq3613MjE-cKN6qkWycseYE8Cxeg_H-pKOZEBDYg6u-_JZLjtgktPZj3sT34k_0YKsTrbSXA1Mv88d7CDTnnwKKGsf4w3srFchs3r-84ZLO6r2TVvQcO/s1600-h/MahindaWijesekara1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224103585353955218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4C_y4AhKMORr5P_h3IXKASw7Vq3613MjE-cKN6qkWycseYE8Cxeg_H-pKOZEBDYg6u-_JZLjtgktPZj3sT34k_0YKsTrbSXA1Mv88d7CDTnnwKKGsf4w3srFchs3r-84ZLO6r2TVvQcO/s400/MahindaWijesekara1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Our Sri Lankan fellows spend way too much time and money on the Internet or drinking and dancing the merry devil with their useless friends. High time all Sri Lankan men became family men, like Hon. Mahinda Wijesekera!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvykTH5oxO0MK5XxqyolvxvR-eA5bC_uKa1jOPUOheKYos9iWWVUFH_U1QI9419jop84Ez_xDXJsurOrzSQNJbwYCTsCORNCEkj6dkTj4d-qvUGgDutBQQSWW7PQQmhw7TFSird8bWgyw/s1600-h/MahindaWijesekara3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224104301404084482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvykTH5oxO0MK5XxqyolvxvR-eA5bC_uKa1jOPUOheKYos9iWWVUFH_U1QI9419jop84Ez_xDXJsurOrzSQNJbwYCTsCORNCEkj6dkTj4d-qvUGgDutBQQSWW7PQQmhw7TFSird8bWgyw/s400/MahindaWijesekara3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Hon. Mahinda Wijesekera certainly knows how to ask for more...</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/">http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/</a></div><br /><br /></div></div>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-55327456067937463562008-07-03T10:31:00.000+05:302008-07-03T11:59:12.283+05:30Appu learns his A, B, CAppu has more pictures than memories of his days as a batta at Mrs Goonewardena's Montessori on Bullers Road. Ah those dreamy black and white days of blue drill shorts and brown Ford school (suit?) cases. Appu has long since learned his alphabet, and a bit more, but he would have certainly gone straight into therapy if he had been taught his A, B, Cs like this:<br /><br /><strong>NEW Sri Lankan alphabet</strong><br /><br />A is for Abductions that take place daily, usually blamed on aliens.<br /><br />B is for Benz Bikkus who live in the lap of luxury.<br /><br />C is for Censorship of TV programmes showing scenes of alcohol and tobacco.<br /><br />D is for Doctor Delipihiya, patron saint of murder and mayhem.<br /><br />E is for Elections which are neither free nor fair.<br /><br />F is for Freedom of abduction, harassment and imprisonment under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.<br /><br />G is for Gullible majority who have been hoodwinked since 1948.<br /><br />H is for Human rights abuses that occur 365 days of the year.<br /><br />I is for Independence also known as the '60 Year Curse'. (We were better off under the British and that says a lot!)<br /><br />J is for Jayasuriya, who will probably play until the 2043 World Cup or until he gets his EPF?<br /><br />K is for Kassipu. (A bottle a day keeps the liver awake.)<br /><br />L is for Lies, damned lies and statistics that the government media saturates us with each day.<br /><br />M is for Mahinda chinthanaya. (Who needs the Bible, Koran and Tripitaka when we have the 'chinthanaya.'<br /><br />N is for Nepotism or favoritism to relatives. (Also check R)<br /><br />O is for the 17 Patriotic Opposition MPs who crossed over to the government to save the country.<br /><br />P is for Pillayan, who became Chief Minister of the East using the 'Bullet' to get the 'Ballot.'<br /><br />Q is for Question mark? When will the war end? When pigs fly or when hell freezes over?<br /><br />R is for Rajapaksa poshanaya of Mahinda, Basil, Goatabaya and Chamal.<br /><br />T is for Terrorism. Both the LTTE kind and the State sponsored kind.<br /><br />U is for Underestimate. What the Government always does of the LTTE.<br /><br />V is for Velupillai Prabahakaran who is very much alive and kicking.<br /><br />W is for Wickramasinghe (Ranil), also fondly known as the Permanent Leader of the Opposition.<br /><br />X is for Xenophobia or the island mentality. The dislike of all things foreign.<br /><br />Y is for Yearning for yesterday. The national pastime of living in the past.<br /><br />Z is for Zero casualties for the armed forces and 5,00,000 killed for the LTTE.<br /><br /><br />Haiyahhhh... Appu suspects that our glorious leaders might force us all to stick to the vernacular from this point onwards as the proverbial kaduwa is proving to be deadly! To continue to allow the spread of the Queen's english will only be asking for more...<br /><a href="http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/">http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/</a>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-64056635976924018802008-06-20T06:36:00.000+05:302008-06-20T15:05:52.089+05:30Appu's Kussiya - Welcome Drink - AlavanguaHi Boys and Girls,<br /><br />Welcome to <em>Appu's Kussiya</em> (pronounced as kouss-eeyer)<br /><br />Cooking is Appu's way of sharing his passion (<em>ok, who wants to get passionate with Appu, 'eh?</em>) b'coz food is what Appu uses to maintain his figure. Appu hopes to make this a regular feature if it attracts like minded people. Plus, writing about food will surely help Appu get around his writer's block problem.<br /><br /><em>Appu's Kussiya</em> Covenant:<br /><br />#1) Unlike that fellow Ramsey who has a mouth filthier than the Dehiwala Canal, Appu will not use bad words around food. How to taste if you have to wash your mouth out so often?<br /><br />#2) Like Ramsey, Appu favours recipies that are easy to make, unpretentious and use local ingredients to the extent possible.<br /><br />#3) Appu is always open to suggestions on how to make something taste better. So tell ah?<br /><br />#4) Appu's food is never intended to prolong life on earth, but Appu always wants to have a good time whilst we are here. So don't ask if Appu use red rice flour. Ok?<br /><br />#5) Wherever possible, Appu will try and put some context into how he came across that recipie. So there is a story, that Appu finds interesting, even if some yakkos out there don't!<br /><br />That said...,<br /><br />Appu will start by showing y'all to make an easy and culturally appropriate welcome drink or cocktail for your parties.<br /><br />Now most of you know have heard of a cocktail called a Screwdriver.<br />2 Orange Juice, 1 Vodka and a pinch of salt, yes?<br /><br />Well back in the seventies when Mrs B ensured that very little imported booze was available (unless you scored an invite to Rosmead Place), and Vodka was the strange name of Vittachi Uncle's nephew's dog, a screwdriver was just a pointed tool in the bottom drawer of the kitchen cupboard. Appu, for one, didn't know better.<br /><br />Dieter's dog aside, Appu used to wonder why his Amma used to drink so much Mango Juice at those parties when he was a young kolla. One day young Appu secretly went into the pantry and took a sip off his Amma's glass and discovered a whole new World.<br /><br />Yes, his Amma was pouring a bit of Distilleries Corporation's finest distilled coconut juice into her Mango Nectar and that was so much more dignified than walking around the party dressed in her Batik Kaftan with a glass of Arrack and Soda in her hand. The Mango Juice made her look and feel a domestic goddess whilst the Arrack and Soda would have made her look like a Perlyn Hotel waitress (appu thinking: <em>aiyoo... mage amma</em>) .<br /><br />Ok, ok, enough. Appu won't go where his Thaathi feared to tread.<br />Back to the recipie for what Appu calls:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">ALAVANGUA</span></strong><br /><br />In a decent scotch glass,<br /><ul><li>a thin slice of lime in the bottom of the glass</li><li>a few ice cubes to hold it down</li><li>2 fingers DCSL (yes, Harry's Old Juice is better than Tissanayagam's IDL Old)</li><li>2 fingers Mango Nectar</li><li>top with lots of extra ice</li><li>No tiny umbrellas please (that would be pretentious - ref. Kussiya covenant #2) </li></ul><p>Once you make it, its good to let it sit for a couple of minutes and watch the ice melt and dilute the nectar, and let the three flavours slowly mingle like guests at a posh party. Plus by not gulping it down, you don't look like a greedy goose or die of diabetes in a hurry.</p><p>When you're ready, and you will know when, serve and watch your guests sip this heavenly concoction in a civilised manner and say things like: <em>"poor buggers can't even afford bread and pol sambol these days." </em></p><p>If y'all like this, then please come back to <em>Appu's Kussiya.</em> You know you can always ask for more...</p><p><a href="http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/">http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/</a></p>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995199072073188439.post-91386813613756801142008-06-11T12:07:00.000+05:302008-06-11T12:13:45.152+05:30Appu fix a seat belt before he went to this siteAppu simply loves<br /><a href="http://jathikachinthana.blogspot.com/">http://jathikachinthana.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />The reader comments are like an extra serving of paeni on a laveria<br /><br />Goodness, gracious, me!<br />How can Appu ask for more when they are serving it up like that?<br /><br /><a href="http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/">http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/</a>- Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837744700902052941noreply@blogger.com0