I feel OLD

I'm just home after watching a Sri Lanka Premier League match between Ruhuna Royals and Uthura Rudras which Ruhuna managed an easy win , courtesy Slinga Malinga , Finch and Gihan Rupasinghe. Now that's not the topic here.

This is a feeling that was lingering for sometime, which came to my notice following the Olympics 2012. Many athletes who competed at the much talked about London 2012 were younger than me, let's say younger than most of you who read this. When I posted this on Twitter, the immediate response came from O.D.C aka Joker , saying "dude, you are old" ( 'Bazinga')

It's more psychological than physical, I would say. At times I think, it's a good thing, may be I'm growing up, making mature decisions. Still I'm not perfect at it, may be just may be there's no perfection to be sought after.

More to come on this article....I'll update later

All what I did in December !

On top of the world !

I didn't have much time to write, though the very thing that I was doing was writing (for the academic work of course) It has been a quite some time since my last post and many events occurred since then. 

Our Rotaract Club hosted Chung Chi Rotaract Club from Hong Kong, where I as a Co-Dierctor (IU) had the joint responsibility of organizing the trip and giving them a fantastic experience in Sri Lanka( which in fact they had). It was such a great experience hosting 26 rotaractors from Hong Kong and it helped me learn a lot. 

We did service projects in colour washing the school and teaching English to students at Kalugala Vidyalaya, Christmas celebrations at a children's home in Malsiripura and then a Gift a smile project at Cancer Hospital in Maharagama.

At the Children's ward of the Cancer Hospital

There were lot of sight seeing as well, where we visited Sigiriya rock fortress, Sacred Temple of tooth relic and the beautiful hill country. Rotaractors had the chance of seeing the sun rise from the Knuckles mountain ranges. It was such a nice experience.

Arif ,Che and Me (the main organizers)

I must mention the support of the Club members specially my Co-Director(IU) Chethana. It was a truly amazing experience for all of us, need not mention that few members from both sides have bonded more than just as Rotaractors ;)

So much LOVE ;)

Christina the drama queen ;) and Me 

Receiving CCR at the airport ! 

Head Table of 3rd committee
(Kanchana, Dushinka and Me)

         Youth Model United Nations 2011 was the other major event that occurred in December 2011. I had my first experience at an MUN conference, that also being the vice-chairperson of the 3rd committee. It was such a success as the first ever event of that nature held for the youth of Sri Lanka. It will probably be 'THE' event for me as far as I am concerned as I met my soul mate, the delegate of France ;)

Dushinka and Me announcing the best delegate

I also had a chance to make a visit to Jaffna and Mullativu , areas that were taken back in time due to the 30 year long war. However the post-war development projects were underway and it was a pleasure to see those areas trying to revive and make a strong statement that if not for war, Sri Lanka would have reached much far as a country.

I must also mention that Twitter has become an integral part of my life and 2000+ tweets without a smart device must be some achievement.  ( Follow me @dulithanw )