Elizabeth Alexandra Mary” “OUR QUEEN” by Desmond Kelly “the star of eLanka” (image source: Biography.com ) IT IS INDEED A RARE PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO START OFF A NEW YEAR (2017), WITH A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMEN IN MODERN HISTORY, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF A KING, WHO BECAME ONE BY DEFAULT, WHEN HIS OLDER BROTHER GAVE UP THETHRONE FOR THE WOMAN HE LOVED, FORCING YOUNGER BROTHER ALBERT TO TAKE OVER THE REINS & REIGN OVER BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS, UNDER BRITISH RULE. EVERYONE WHO IS ANYONE, KNOWS THE STORY OF PRINCE EDWARD (THE FORMER PRINCE OF WALES), WHO WAS PROCLAIMED EDWARD VIII KING OF ENGLAND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS FATHER, KING GEORGE V PASSED AWAY, IN 1952, BUT DECIDED TO ABDICATE WHEN FORBIDDEN TO MARRY MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON, AN AMERICAN DIVORCEE, STATING THAT HE, EDWARD, COULD NOT BE KING WITHOUT THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE SITTING BY ...
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Tribute: C : Heart of a poet, mind of a scientist It is with great sadness I learnt of the demise of Judge Christie Weeramantry, a friend and a mentor. In his passing away, the International community has lost a towering legal mind who served as an exceptional judge, eminent jurist, and outstanding professor, with boundless dedication, utmost humility, and commitment for nearly seven decades. Above all, he was a phenomenal human being. We shall indeed miss his noble service. My association with Judge Weeramantry dates back to his first visit to the United States in April 1969, on a lecture tour of North American Universities. From then onwards, I have continued to marvel at the depth and breadth of his scholarship, and was immensely enriched by his friendship and guidance. It is astonishing that a man who had a long career as a Judge, a professor, and active in public ...
Read More →SUNDAY CHOICE – The best way to start the New Year – thanks to Charles Schokman Do Not Worry (Matthew 6:25-34, NIV) 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here ...
Read More →45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES by Desmond Kelly Exactly one week to go as I decided to sit myself down to give “my farewell speech”in writing, to the out-going President, Mr. Barak Obama, his beautiful wife, Michelle, & their two lovely daughters Malia & Sasha, and, of course, my “welcome’ speech to President Donald Trump & his family. On the 20th of January, 2017, Friday, an auspicious day, to say the least, the 45th President of the United States of America will step into the “Oval Office” at the White-house, and the 44th President will step out into relative freedom. Anyone who watched the final speech of President Obama, amalgamated with another excellent documentary on what actually goes on, in the White-house & what it really means to be the President of the U.S.A., wil realize how difficult and demanding the job can be. President Obama HAS ...
Read More →Crown Holidays – CGS Travels – Sri Lanka Crown Global Services Pvt Ltd is a service-oriented organization, which believes in an organizational culture in doing all we can to delight our customers, so as to achieve customer loyalty that paves the way for enduring relationships. Our company portfolio consists of business in the areas of Ticketing Agency, Inbound and Outbound Tour Operations, Language Study Centre, Staffing and Recruitment. In Sri Lanka we have established as Sri Lanka’s sort after leading customized travel experience providing travel agency by consistently offering high levels of service excellence and innovation in our products and services. Backed by almost 10 years of travel excellence, we aim to provide outstanding customer service and a unique travel experience for our customers. Crown Global Service’s boutique staffing company operates in Sri Lanka since 2014. We have been successful in creating a global network of highly adept intelligent workforce ...
Read More →Figco Holidays – Sri Lanka FIGCO LANKA HOLIDAYS PRIVATE LTD is one of the leading tour and travel company in the tourism industry of Sri Lanka. As a leading travel agent in Sri Lanka, we at FIGCO HOLIDAYS provide a wide range of tour packages to our clients. FIGCO HOLIDAYS is an expert in planning and organizing inboard tours to suit your interests. We are a trusted partner for all your travel needs. FIGCO HOLIDAYS is an approved tour company in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, and also a member of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). FIGCO HOLIDAYS is fully equipped with latest gadgets and professional staff to handle the technical innovation in tourism industry. Through the years of hard work, FIGCO HOLIDAYS has been playing very vital role in tourism and travel industry operating from one of the ultramodern sophisticated offices at a prime ...
Read More →Must apply some scientific knowledge in cooking than just juggling, joking with this and that without any explanation: by Dr Hector Perera London I made it clear that that I wanted to avoid any cooking aroma depositing on me and on my clothes while cooking. Just like back home Sri Lanka cooking, first I didn’t worry about the energy wastage then realised higher temperature, faster those chemicals escaped while cooking. I preferred to cook and eat even from those days due to many reasons including health point of view. When I had to cook, eat, study and sleep in a single room, I really had to think very hard to avoid the cooking aroma depositing all over. May be I have to eat takeaways than cooking in the room. Again I didn’t like that much oily, salty fish and chips and chicken and chips. Honestly I didn’t eat that kind of ...
Read More →Mahaweli Tours & Holidays – Sri Lanka Mahaweli Tours & Holidays (Pvt) Ltd commenced it’s operation year 2009 in Kandy, the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka to cater the growing needs of transport & tour requirements in the region. Initially company started as a cab service with unique approach to provide high quality vehicles with best service at affordable rates. With the development of the country’s situation we have expanded our services as a tour operator too. Now we are catering to the both local foreign customers to full fill their transport / travel requirements. We are based in Kandy and around 50 vehicles on service to offer the best possible service. We chauffeur driven vehicles & on self-driving basis. Experience tour guides are available and we can help you to plan your trip in Sri Lanka including hotel reservations. Mahaweli offers 24 hours per days service through out the ...
Read More →Tattoo Paradise: STYLISH MODERN TATTOO STUDIO – Mount Lavinia – Sri Lanka Address: 224 1/1, Galle Road, Mount Lavinia. (Top of the Hotel Road.) Phone: +94 771 672 872 Email: sltattooparadise@gmail.com Website: https://tattooparadise.lk/ OPENING HOURS Monday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Tuesday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Wednesday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Thursday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Friday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Saturday 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Sunday Close ...
Read More →Modern Art Creations – Interior Design – Ragama, Sri Lanka Modern Art Creations was formed in 2002 as a small business unit which provides printing and indoor advertising services. Then The Chairman has started outdoor services as well and step by step it covered up a large area of advertising industry. Then the team of MAC wanted to launch their product and services to the mass market and since then it has been providing All outdoor and indoor advertising, Interior designing, Building and House Modification, Acoustic and construct. We cater our service to the globe at the right time to the right place with the right method for the right price. We are pioneers in the CREATIONS of all designs,functions and technology in indoor/outdoor advertising, Interior, Construct and Modifications. Products Soundproof Auditorium Aluminium Fabrication Cladding Works LED Sign Glass Works Stainless steel Stainless Steel Letters/Trophies Sign Boards Welding ...
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