Deep analysis or gut feeling ?

After many years of ups and downs, now I'm listening more to my gut feeling.
Analysis is about engaging my mind.

Listening to gut is all about heart.
When listening to gut, I don't need anybody to advise me, whether I do right or wrong.
My stomach would be heated if I do wrong. That is my consciousness.
Every time I overrode that judgment to do some analysis, things got messy .

So, from now on, I will be respecting my gut more. After all that's the best judge.

P.S. it's not that I will completely avoid analysis. Just that I would give more prominence to my gut.

Bottle of water Vs Coffee

Yes, bottle of water is my new addition in the car.
Not a fancy thing, but it is fixing a bad habit.

I used to stop for coffee, plus random snack, when ever I felt exhausted, driving through dense traffic in Colombo. Though I knew my habit is unhealthy, I kept on doing ( signs of addiction).

Now with water bottle, I keep my self hydrated, during the breaks (sometimes Big Breaks ! ) at color lights. It is refreshing, and keep me occupied in stressful waits in long traffic. And I don't feel for a coffee break. Great on health, and of course on wallet.

Best thing on Lankan youtube, since JehanR

I saw one video of 'Kushan & Srimal show' on youtube.
Interested, I checked their other videos as well.
The act is young and creative (trying hard to pursue their passion).

' Chooti malli & podi malli' was a huge success on TV and radio. Now they can be found selling literally many things. TV and radio channels put their stuff on youtube to get eyes and ears back in to their channels.

Then came Jehan R, and dominated the youtube thing.

'Kushan & Srimal show' is in Sinhala and so much youtuby.

To Subscribe to their channel, click here.

Right View

This video is worth sharing, and listened to, at least 10 times. It's the latest talk by Ajahn Brahm on 'right view'. Link to video here.

He also mention about the religion mess in Sri Lanka, and explains how hierarchy in religion distorts the right view and in-fact become a wrong view. I am a fan of Ajahn Brahm, and this talk, is a gem.

4th April - TEDxYouthColombo

Me and Udara will be talking at this year's TEDxYouthColombo event, on 4th April (This Thursday) starting at 0530 PM at APIIT.


Click these links to follow TEDxYouthColombo on Twitter (Note: a protected account) and Facebook page.

Theme for this year is " Positive Disruption". We will be talking about our lives and work around Sarvodaya-Fusion.

TED with its mission of " ideas worth spreading" has created a unique platform for speakers to tell their ideas to a global audience, in less than 18 minutes.

Gonna be fun. To register for the event fill in this form. 

2 of the talks I adore from TED archives are below, which will give you the flavor of the event.

"How to use a paper towell" - a 5 minute (short, but brilliantly presented) talk, on something we all can do, right from this moment.

"Bring on the learning revolution" - a talk by Sir Ken Robinson. One of my favourite talks of all time.

Kindle basic, still rocks my world

I am a kindle fan for 2.5 years now.

On reading books, I used androids, iPods and recently a ipad mini (which I thought will make kindle redundant)
But, there are somethings that do not change.

I love to flip pages and smell the papery aroma of print books.
I love the electronic ink technology of kindle basic, that is almost like reading a paper back. It never hurt my eyes, unlike the bright glare rich screens of smart devices (including kindle fire).

And kindle basic lets me focus on the book, only on the book, with its simple rudimentary design.
Hence, kindle basic, still rocks.

Weekend

Weekend - the period from Friday evening through Sunday evening, esp. regarded as a time for leisure (from Dictionary)

Does weekend matter?
Do we really have weekend?
Why do we wait until the weekend for the fun? Does that mean the weekdays are not fun?

What is fun, anyway?
Staying away from traffic? no deadlines looming? no body disturbing you?

It's been revealing to me, that people do not like Sundays.

They feel that they are edging closer to Monday, the worst day of week. So the best day for most is Saturday. And oh, some people work half day, on saturdays.
So we have a very limited time frame sandwiched between some where on Saturday and somewhere on Sunday. And that upcoming deadline next week, constantly nagging at the mind on Saturday too. So, we dont really have a week end. Wow.

I've been thinking. Week end, week days - all these notions do not matter. We have 7 days in a week, and 52 weeks in a year. That's lot of time. So instead of cornering life to week days and week ends, might as well look at them as weeks. eg: "I will do this stuff this week, and that stuff next week". And the "stuff" should make us happy. Otherwise no point, eh?

Experience

Illustration of Christopher Columbus writing by candlelight in journal using quill

People I talk to, including me, are very busy. So many things are "happening".

Been busy is good, but if they are not reflected upon, they become mere "happenings". Life can be unforgiving if you only have "happenings"

"Experience" is an overrated word. Experience is not a substitute for happenings.

We get experience when we analyse and reflect our happenings. Or else we are overwhelmed. 

To get experience, we need to reflect, on both bad and good. And we need to write them down. Then you will see some patterns. Find your own balance. I found these 4 habits useful.

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If you are going through hell...

Last few weeks have been great, exciting and demanding. Great new things are forming at Fusion front. 

Aslo I had few chances of getting close to best of friends from Uni days. 

Thing is, we might not have kept constant contact with each of us, but when we do, it all comes back. The great memories, the creative energy that we shared. 

And then comes the hell. A sickness out of no where sweeps the whole energy building inside. You want to get up and kick some grass, but then again conserving energy and moving consciously becomes the art of balancing the energy, for the long run, for the end game.

So yeah, if you are going through hell...keep going.

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Coding. Anyone?

I had to do Chemical and Process Engineering at Uni, because I was below the GPA needed for software engineering. Yet that could not deter my determination to be around software.
At uni, I had 2 friends who were totally nuts about entertainment. We made songs, documentaries and imagined a world where people having a good time, with software, agile enough to serve anyone's needs.

Of course, I started my career as a Sales Engineer at a software company. Then a senior Accountant at a Telco. Communications, software, excited me, and I worked my self in periphery, understanding the processes that make a phone call possible, a web site up and running.

I loved coding, but was too busy seeing the big picture.

Now, I am at Fusion, doing ICT for Development and Mobile for development. Eagerly awaiting the next wave of technology to come and lift the lives of rural communities.

Coding is a very fun thing. You can change lives. Now anyone with a tint of motivation can go beyond. Watch the video. Be inspired.