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Another Christmas greeting! – By Reeves Neydorff (sent to eLanka by Trevine Rodrigo) Finished the chores. Trying to keep a lid on things. Chrissie night still needed some burning off! The sea was calming but still showed a swell from the depression now in the middle of the Arabian sea. But it will calm down, as it goes west, and nothing else to talk about except some equatorial convection to the East. Some clouds gathering for a late night local. It was One heavy meal with meat and sea food, and mono-bi-and tri-carbs and all the trappings, cheese off-course for the mixed pasta (Took me more than an hour before I munched my way through it, but anyone knows, I never leave a plate, with residue ,and with some garlic bread, wiped the platter clean, easy to wash up after) followed by a Heavy duty, two loads of dessert, with ...

Dec 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Christmas foods, Christmas greeting, dinner, Sri Lanka

How unhealthy are Processed Foods? – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Processed foods are suggested to be a contributor to the obesity epidemic and the rising prevalence of chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes. An ultra-processed food with an unevenly high ratio of calories to nutrients may be considered unhealthy. For example, research supports an association between a high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.Real food is as close to its natural state as possible. Real food contains antioxidants and nutrients that support heart health, including magnesium and healthy fats.Eating a diet rich in nutritious, unprocessed foods may also help reduce inflammation, which is considered one of the significant drivers of heart disease.Processed foods are more than just microwave meals and ready meals. Processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation. Such as freezing, ...

Dec 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged diabetes, fruits, meats, milk, Nuts, Processed Foods and Health, vegetables, whole grains

Hope you had a Blessed Christmas among family and friends? – By Charles Schokman HERE’S A THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS TO CHEW ON. The Work of Christmas Begins: A Poem by Howard Thurman Christian theologian and mystic Howard Thurman wrote a poem to describe the ongoing work of Christmas after the day passes. The day after Christmas can be a letdown. For weeks, sometimes months in advance, we prepare for the coming of this single day. We write Christmas lists, gather lists from others, go shopping for gifts, put up decorations, listen to seasonal music, plan elaborate meals, light candles on the Advent wreath and then the day comes and goes in 24 hours just like any other day. Then what? All of that build-up for a brief few moments that swiftly join the stream of history leave us with a sense of both fatigue and bewilderment. What comes next? ...

Dec 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Howard Thurman Christian

Can Year 2023 Be Better in Anyway? – By N.S.Venkataraman Source : slguardian Dawn of the year 2023 will be celebrated with people all over the world welcoming the year with bright illumination, bursting of firecrackers and exchange of good wishes, with soothsayers and astrologers predicting the events in the forthcoming year and leaders of various governments across the world greeting the people promising an era of peace and prosperity. Of course, prayers are also offered in religious centres seeking prosperity and happy conditions. Events in the past several years show that such celebrations and wishes on new year’s eve have not been followed by showering an era of peace and harmony but the world continued to be strife-torn with conflicts and animosity between nations and individuals remaining undiminished. Of course, in the year 2023, there would continue to be spectacular achievements in the field of science and technology with a greater reach in communication ...

Dec 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged 2023 Be Better, atrocities against women, conflicts between nations, imate change, New Year, terrorist attacks, The year 2023

Christmas cake: the traditional Sri Lankan treat uniting an island and its diaspora – by Joe Paiva This resonates very poignantly with me and I am sure all my cousin brothers of the same vintage. I am a very proud PAIVA. My grandfather, Jerominus Nazeraine Paiva of the famous XP Paiva and Sons of 77 Main Street, Pettah, Colombo. During the Xmas festive season, did a booming business. This in the mid 1950s. Xmas Cake recepie Cake ingredients ( imported from Spain, Portugal, Italy, France) Xmas Cakes for sale ( Homemade) The Bambalapitiya, Colpity, Wellewatte, Dehiwella, Thimbirikasaya, Kirillapone, Nugegoda folks ( mainly Burghurs ) flocked to Main St. In Bambalapitiya, Renown Bakery ( within close proximity to the junction/ Police Station baked the many trays of raw cake mixture. CTB public transport to Pettah, Main St, premier festive shopping precinct during December. Toys, Xmas cards, decorations, music etc. I can ...

Dec 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Joe Paiva Tagged Cake ingredients, Christmas cake, Xmas Cake recepie, Xmas Cakes for sale

Pint of Beer – by Joe Paiva To produce 1 pint of liquid Amber It takes 4 litres of Precious Drinking water. 1 Pint vs 4 Litres Latest Research has dropped it by 50% ( 9 Evening News 26 Dec) This revelation is going to shake the world. Climate Change ! Think again Who is responsible ? 20th Century lifestyle ? Joe ...

Dec 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Joe Paiva Tagged glass full of beer.

Education is a Right, not a Privilege – By Umanda Jayobandara Source : Umanda Jayobandara Linkedin This picture belongs to Punniyaselvan, a first person from Glasow, Nanu Oya, to graduate from University of Colombo. This is a huge win for everyone in that village and for free education in Sri Lanka as a whole. I don’t want to say more, but this picture tells the whole story of this young man and the people who cared about him and the way he never forgot them. Everyone should be able to get an education, and it should be free for everyone. I stand up for free education and fight for it with all my heart. Everyone here in Sri Lanka gets a free education all the way to university, thanks to Honourable C.W.W. Kannangara, who was the father of free education in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a great country with ...

Dec 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged C. W. W. Kannangara, Education, free education in Sri Lanka, Punniyaselvan, Sri Lanka, University of Colombo

Aftermath of the Festive Season. – By Noor Rahim Alas! The festive season is now a thing of the past – a month to be precise. However, there remains the anticipated reminder for some; when the bills start rolling in. In a month which is known popularly as “The Bottle Selling Month” in Sri Lankan circles. Now that the festive season has passed by, with most of us having rejoiced and partaken in the festivities that is the traditional way with most of us. The time has come to take stock of our memories and track down the cost of such extravaganzas. Yes! It is a time of giving is what they say; and we (most of us that is) went to the extent of indulging in materialistic expenditure, with spiritual expenditure taking somewhat a back seat. But it is indeed an old tradition of “Gift Exchanging” that we so ...

Dec 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Noor Rahim Tagged celebrations, Christmas, Festive season, Gift Exchanging, Peace & Harmony, Spirit of Giving, The Bottle Selling Month

It has been 18 years since the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka The tsunami accident occurred on December 26, 2004 due to the earthquake that occurred in Sumatra Island. By 2022 it will be 18 years before that happens. Due to this tsunami, many people in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka suffered and lost their lives. The death toll is over 30,000. A two-minute silence was held in memory of those who died. ...

Dec 26, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Sri Lanka, Sumatra Island, tsunami

BUDDHI VITHANARACHCHI A TRUE ICON IN MASS MEDIA, ELECTRONIC ,RADIO,TELVISION ,DARING BROADCASTER IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE ELEGANCE HAD REMEDIED MANY FLAWS TO EMERGE TRIUMPHANTLY – By Sunil Thenabadu To many, details of Buddhdasa Vithanarachchi in his influence to theatre ,mini screen and cinema are well known but details of his ancestral Kegalla village ,his education, his contribution to the mass media are very much less known. In an interview he had with the presenter of Lines and Beyond channel Janaka Kumbukage , Buddhadasa had disclosed many facts which had not been recognized by many. Some of the excerpts are appended below. Though not a member of any political party having used his franchise at all elections for fifty five years since he was eighteen years old has had all times poise to select to vote by reading the election manifestos of all parties carefully before casting his vote. However ...

Dec 26, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Buddhdasa Vithanarachchi, Janaka Kumbukage, Sinhala films, sinhala teledramas, Sri Lankan