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Life and Friendship

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If some friend of yours does something bad to you. You suddenly stop being friend with him. But after sometime, you start talking with him and soon enough you are friend with him. But it also has its limits. If the person has done something that would question the friendship or the person's character is bad, he does not deserve to be your friend. But that does not include that you should suddenly stop talking with him or make an enemy out of him. You don't have to forgive him. But the best way to do here is treating him like a stranger. Friendship But even better, what you can do is do something good for him, according to the following Thirukkural. But for that you don't have to be his friend. " இன்னா செய்தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண நன்னயம் செய்து விடல்" The translation of it, as follows. "The proper punishment to those who have done evil to you, is to put them to shame by showing kindness, in return and to forget both the evil and the good done on bo

Birthdays and Me

If anyone asks me the least favourite day in a year, I would say it's my birthday without a second thought. Birthday which is an event to publicly announce someone's age and to give a party and to receive gifts in which corporates can sell birthday cards, gifts and party arrangements. What makes me angry is giving superficial gifts, which doesn't mean anything to the giver or the receiver. I don't know what I fear the most, that I am getting older by one year, or that I have spent the last 12 months without achieving anything I wanted to achieve in my life. I sometimes wonder how time has slipped through my cupped hands on my birthdays. And the other personal reason is something bad always happens to me on my birthdays.  So if anyone asks me for birthday party, I would say that I hate birthdays. When they ask for a birthday treat, I would quite oblige to them as it is what social protocol demands of me. Or sometimes when I'm out of control I would shout at them.

The end of the beginning: First year at the medical faculty

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As first year for us at the University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine is ending, everyone in the batch are acting in different ways. Some people are not coming to the faculty preparing for the exams. Some people are coming to the faculty taking photos of their last days as the first year students and the places where we studied, suffered, and enjoyed. But I would say this would be a nice time to reflect back how we have changed over this past 10 months of so called first year. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo  When I first came to the faculty I despised learning medicine and practically hated it. Now I am cooperating with it. I won't say that I love studying medicine. But now I don't really hate it. And also enjoy some of parts of the lesson I study. I don't know the real reason for this but I think most of it is due to my friends. So to all my friends, who are not letting themselves enjoy these last days as the first year students. Please enjoy life, while

Waiting in the queue

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Waiting for the last 30 minutes to get into the theater to watch Billa 2. People are trying to break through the crowd, even coming through the barred roofs. It's hilarious when someone trying to fit into the gap which they know that they really can't go through it. Why would they really do this thing knowing that they are putting the people who are  really waiting in the queue at a disadvantage. Are human beings only capable of thinking about themselves only? What about social protocols and courtesy of respecting others rights. But I have made the decision to really see this movie tonight. Await for what really happened.