Once a Cricket fan always a Cricket fan....

Having a brother at home changes a girl’s life to upside down, if there are only you and he in the family, the affect is even more. When he is only 16 months older than you I would say that the impact would be doubled.  

From the kindergarten itself you can have guy friends. You will reside on tress rather on earth, you will love t shirts and jeans than frocks and skirts, playing with Barbies and dolls can be just a nightmare. Simply you will never be the pink person rather you will be more blackish, brownish kind of. 

I know above all because it is pretty much of my case.  Yes, I am the youngest of the family of two having one brother elder to me. I will never say that I regret or that I could have being much better than this. No nothing such, I love and enjoy each bit of it.  

But among them all, do you know what is the Best thing that you could inherit from him? That is simply the love for CRICKET.  Hardly any sister could not be a cricket lover after having such a crazy fan at home. My brother is like a walking statistician. He remembers every bit of cricket with exact dates and time.  

When we won the world cup in 1996 I was in grade one, there were around 40 students in my class and I was the only one who was so excited as we won it. I was the only one who was talking about it even, I doubt whether others were even aware that such had happened.  Similarly, when I was a teen I used to talk more about football and cricket rather than makeups and hairstyles. Even now it is pretty much the same.

That is how my love for Cricket has been build. All awe to my one and only brother. Without him I would never be a Cricket fan, I still remember how he used to scold me when I was asking thousands odd questions out of my curiosity to understand the game while the match is on. He always says, “Please nangi, ask anything after this over is over”. All these memories are precious and unforgettable.

But now you might wonder why I am all of the sudden shredding all these memories today.; because today is all about Cricket.

We lost the match.

We will not see dil scoops, Malinga’s dancing hair, Sanga’s perfect shots anymore at CWC 2015.

Moreover, we will never see Sanga and Mahela back in action in ODIs’ ever.  

So how could I not talk about Cricket today. Since it South Africa who had won rather India, I can bear it and soothe myself to an extent. Still they is a huge void in the deep of my heart that nothing could ever fill in.

May be that is what called the True Fan-ship.

Hail Cricket!! Hail SriLanka!!

Sizes!!!

If you have ever studied stat, there is no chance for you to miss correlation; it is one of the basics and one of the easiest. In simple terms, it shows the relatedness between things.  Those things could be anything. It can be varied from simple things like Corruption vs MR to some complex things like Vimal vs his birthday. However the simple logic of correlation saves lots of lives of statisticians.  It is such powerful tool. Anyway, this is not a lesson of Correlation, but at the end you will understand at where the correlation will fit in.

You might have already heard that the first computer is called ENIAC and it was created for the U.S. Army in 1946. Weighing more than 30 tons, ENIAC took up as much space as some houses (1,800 square feet).  Then if you have searched about the smallest computer, it is called CuBox-I and it is just 2” x 2” x 2” in the size.  From this what to be understand is bigger the technology smaller the size.

Yet, we can get a contradictory example from the from the technological arena itself . That is the mobile phones. when it comes to them, only the inverse of this is applicable. There the scenario would be like bigger the technology, bigger the phone.  I really doubt in the near future Levis might have to redesign all their denims with new measurements comprising bigger pockets. 

Simply if this trend continues further, I am pretty sure that there will be a time where we keep phones on desks and carry PCs’ in our pockets.  

#3 Yes, It's your Fault

Since it is March and everyone talks about women's day, empowering women and all, thought to share something which makes you all think awhile.

Do you remember Nirbaya?

That 23 year old, innocent Indian girl, who was beaten, gang raped and fatally assaulted  in a private bus by six barbarous men on 16 December 2012 in South Delhi. Not only India, whole world wept for her. Her story is not the only one with such a tragic ending. There are many more poor souls around the world whose suffer from the shades of this darkness. 

I have never known Nirbaya, neither saw nor heard, but still somewhere deep inside my heart, keeps weeping over her helplessness.

It is hard to understand where have we actually got wrong, Does this rapid advancement of the technology make everyone so inhuman or is it because of something else. 

Talking about this, weeping over, would not make any different, we have to take serious actions against rape. If not this will continue making it  much more worse. 

Spare a minute and watch this video.

It is a powerful campaign in India against rape called 'Ladies, It’s Your Fault’, which sarcastically blames women as the main cause of rape incidents, has gone viral on social media. The YouTube campaign is led by Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin and video jockey (VJ) Juhi Pande who tell viewers that it is all women's fault to be be raped, because with whatever, men will be simply men. It is women's duty to be careful not to get raped by someone else. 

As a girl guide, one of the best thing I've learnt is that " A guide is sister to every other guide". Yes, ladies, if we don't want to do anything for ourselves or our kind, do you think that men will bother. No, right. These two ladies did something for this out of their capabilities. Something very sarcastic,yet, something powerful and straightforward.  

So, Ladies, it is time for actions, Speak up and Stand against Rape!!

#2 It is not a Virus it is Viral

When you see this, I am pretty sure that you might feel like throwing up to your screen, Please Don't because I am not going to ask that same stupid question again, whether it is blue and black or white and gold :) But did not this make any flashbacks in your minds?

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Nobody could escape from the tune after hearing Koleveri- Di (it still haunts).

All the dancing floors were taken over by Psy's crazy hop.

All of a sudden Harlem Shake made everyone looks like some insane retards.

ALS Ice Bucket challenge even made Obama to pour out a bucket.

Well, let's not talk about Kim Kardashian's heavenly gifted assets here :)

These are some of the recent breaking stories in internet. How much old we could be, still we will remember all of them. Even though, none of the above is business related, just imagine how much publicity such could  bring if it is business related.

That is why in marketing we can find something called, "Viral Marketing". Viral Marketing is referring to a marketing technique that use pre-existing social networking services and other technologies to try to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of viruses or computer viruses.

Some companies have used this technique and gain lot of attraction and attention. One of the best examples would be this. Hope you remember.

The tune was first featured partly in Idea Celluar's latest TV and Jingle that is also available as ringtone. This has created a big social media buzz, which of course a very effective way of promoting products.

In case you might have noticed, all these viral stories have one unique flavor, that is its simplicity. Gangnam Style, Harlem Shake, Honey Bunny all are very simple to follow. (Though, Ms.Kardashian's story is bit different )  Simplicity always leads to wider reach. Another thing is it should be something very exciting and unique to be remembered easily.

So if you can come up with something creative with all of these tastes, Believe me, you are ahead of the race, winning the crowd will be just a matter of minutes. 

#1 Say Cheese

Photography is my all time favorite. But I was with no camera in hand for long time because my dada does not want to invest on another as I have already lost two of them. Still my undying urge always makes myself want a camera. And finally making an end to that looooooong waited days, I've bought a DSLR Camera. 

Nowadays, everyone is after DSLR, the digital cameras which were happened to be very handy those days, now no one even bother to have at all. Itt is so amazing to see, how this super fast technology advancement changes everything overnight. So, since everybody is having this DSLR mania, thought to give you some facts which will be useful for you to decide on.

The VERY FIRST question comes to anyone whose going to buy a DSLR is whether it is a Nikon or Cannon :) 

Well, it is a tough thing to answer, both have many models and each has their own pros and cons. What I will says is it is all about your Brand Preference. I am a Nikon lover, I dont know why, from the very first I fell for it. Without a flip screen or not, I'll always go for a Nikon (Nikon does not have a flip screen, where all the Cannon do have, as we are in the selfie era most of people love to have one, which I am not bothered much)

After deciding on the brand, then comes the which-model-to-buy question.  Here what you need to focus is about your Purpose of buying a camera. Whether it is to be a professional, or because your a heavy traveler, or to cover up the special moments in your life etc. Since I am more aware about Nikon, I'll explain it bit more from Nikon.

When it come to Nikon they have different ranges according to our purpose. So it is easy to decide on which to purchase.

• High-end (Professional - Intended for professional use, heavy duty and weather resistance)
• High-end (Prosumer - Intended for pro-consumers who want the main mechanical/weather resistance and electronic features of the professional line but don't need the same heavy duty)
• Midrange and professional usage cameras 
• Upper-entry-level (Consumer)
• Entry-level (Consumer)

Canon also has such ranges, you can find out more if you are interested. 

Finally, what you have to decide is from where to buy. It is always advised that to buy from a authorized dealer. Because many mishaps are happening when it comes to the digital devices markets.  

So, if you carefully focus on these matters, I won't think that shop for a DSLR will be that hard :)  Happy Clicking!!! 

New mission- 100 days!!

The election was over, but still the good governance and 100 days are hovering around everywhere. Nobody knows what will happen, because it is all politics and promises are meant to be so fragile there.

Anyway,I am not here to talk about politics, but for the first time in my life politics itself has inspired me. Now you may wandering, How?

It is like this. I thought to gear up another new 100 days mission. A mission of #100 blog posts about still-unknown interesting stories.
So, from tomorrow onwards, I am going to tell you about 100 interesting stories in a row, without missing a day. This will not like another never-keeping political promise.
So stay tuned!!!!  You'll be glad...... :)

Papa Francis, We Love you....

We, SriLankans were indeed blessed to meet of our loving father, Pope Francis. I have seen three popes in my life so far, but noone else was more adorable and loving like Papa Francis... 

His love for poor, shows he is a doer,
His lovely smile, makes us forget our tears for a while
His kind heart, never make us depart
And his Holiness, always leads to the wholeness.....
Following is a speech made by the Holy father, to brings out  simple yet deep lessons of Jesus.

"We need saints without veil or cassock.
We need saints who wear jeans and sneakers.
We need saints who go to the movies, listen to music and hang out with friends.
We need saints who put God in first place, but who let go of their power.

We need saints who have time everyday to pray and who know how to date in purity and chastity,
or who consecrate their chastity.
We need modern saints, Saints of the 21st century with a spirituality that is part of our time.

We need saints committed to the poor and the necessary social changes.
We need saints who live in the world and who are sanctified in the world, who are not afraid to live in the world.

We need saints who drink Coke and eat hot dogs, who wear jeans, who are Internet-savvy, who listen to CDs.
We need saints who passionately love the Eucharist and who are not ashamed to drink a soda
or eat pizza on weekends with friends.
We need saints who like movies, the theater, music, dance, sports.

We need saints who are social, open, normal, friendly, happy and who are good companions.
We need saints who are in the world and know how to taste the pure and nice things of the world but who aren’t of the world."