 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: 1391 - 0531 | Sunday
December 9, 2007 |
Vol.
42 - No 28 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The village is astir, with the morning’s routine taking place. The women are sweeping their tiny front-yards. Freshly washed clothes sway in a mild breeze. Dogs sun themselves while toddlers peep out of the doorways of dainty little cottages.
Just another village, or is it? Away from not only the madding crowd but also from the southern coastline.....
About an hour’s drive from Perth in Australia brings us to Serpentine, a quiet hilly suburb where renowned meditation master Ajahn Brahmavamso has his monastery. It’s around ten in the morning and the Thai devotees who had brought the alms spread them out on a table in the alms hall and move out with plates of rice in their hands.
Back to square one. Today starts the second Test in a different surface than the one at Asgiriya, but, there are a lot of factors that must be ascertained for the good of the game in Sri Lanka.Yes, Sri Lanka won a memorable Test match which almost went to the wire, but finally by a margin of eighty eight runs.
Three supporters of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto were killed Saturday when gunmen attacked her party's office in a town in southwestern Pakistan, police said, in the first reported deaths in the current election campaign.
Every now and then, there comes a test match that is remembered for all the right reasons: a little bit of history, a special performance, a great game of cricket and to cap it all, a memorable result. Last week’s first test against England at Asgiriya had it all.
A giant spitting cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and carrying enough venom to kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya, a conservation group said on Friday. 
A wise man once said, "…She took almost everything from me…
I could have been anyone you see – I wish it was anyone but me.
Nothing but pills and ashes under my skin…".
I'm sorry, I lied. The "wise man" is merely my ex-boyfriend, who was singing a popular Counting Crows' song while being a bit intoxicated.
With the intention of attacking on two fronts at the same time, the Sinhala troops marched separately. They were to join after the attack. But Prince Kulasekera sensed this and he wanted to stop the two battalions from joining. He organized a huge army and marched the entire army to fight.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Reproduction of articles permitted when used without any alterations to contents and the source.
© Copyright
2007 | Wijeya
Newspapers Ltd.Colombo. Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.