Smoking: STOP SMOKING OR STOP BREATHING!!!

Yesterday I did something what you all might call 'very unsuitable for a girl to do' specially for a girl living in a country like Sri Lanka, which was smoking. Yes, I smoked a cigarette. You might wonder knowing that it is morally and also extremely bad for health, why did I smoke? Well...I wanted to know why people call smoking an amusement or simply I wanted to know what exactly is the fun in smoking.

Believe me when I say this, when I first felt the small cloud of smoke entering my lungs I felt as if my lungs were going to burst and my mouth tasted bad. After smoking the cigar for like three minutes I felt nothing for my respiratory system was by now used to the poisoned smoke. then I realized that this activity was no fun at all. The glamorous image created by the tobacco companies for smoking is utterly fake and misleading for it gives no whatsoever pleasure but it gives you a slow and a painful death. Don't be fooled fake glamour, why dig your own grave when you have a whole life ahead of you to live and enjoy.

'Health risks from smoking begin as soon as the person starts smoking. Beginners often experience shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and phlegm more frequently than non-smokers. Also, the earlier a person starts smoking, there is also a bigger risk of premature death from common smoking-related diseases such as emphysema, lung cancer, and heart disease. Adult smokers also put themselves at risk of early onsets of osteoporosis, menopause, and fertility problems' says Rachel Brown (Harmful Effects of Smoking)

Don't get into thse utterly useless habbits and let your life be wasted. We were gifted with our lives to learn and live happily. Keep in mind that smoking can cause health risks to smokers and as well as to non-smokers who inhale the smoke. Protect yourelf and your loved ones, quit smoking.

                                                                               

Novel Experience

By: Annie

'The old order changeth, Paving the way to the new'

A year has come and gone with victories, losses, tragedies....I can go on and on, yet whatever happens, Life goes on as it is. It is what we call, 'the nature of life'. Life gives us oppurtunities to make our impact, to be someone. Now is the time, it is my time to make my impact. Journalism has been a novel experience and I am enjoying every moment of my brand new work experience. I now feel more responsible and I look froward to do my bit to the society and the commiuinity through my career. I feel a transformation within me. Being in the company of extremely frinendly and knoledgable people has made me a better person. I now thrive to learn, read more and more. 

Life is good......for now.

Solitude

By: Annie

Feelings.......

The reality of life and everything.........

Destiny of a Pen

                                              By: Annie

Long ago in the days of yore,                                               

I was a beauty hard to the core,

Nestling in the hands of blue blooded,

Displayed for people to see in places crowded,

First belonging to the minister of Wales,

Who bought me from luxury sales,

Even the clerks dared not to touch me;

For they knew only in his hands I can be.

Black and gold, perfect groom,

Sooner I became the family heirloom,

Passed on from fathers to sons,

Judges, knights and even business tycoons,

My last owner, the son of the judge,

Who was useless and talentless fudge,

Insisted upon having me and would not budge,

Sold me for gambling, Alas! What a grudge!

Now I lay in this dusty old place,

Old and rusting in my case,

Time passes at its own pace,

Till I wither away, I wait and gaze......

Here is what I saw on a blog and thought that I should share it........

Bruno Mars taught me that a guy can do anything for the girl he loves.
Taylor Swift taught me that not every guy is going to treat you like a princess.
Miley Cyrus taught me that life is a climb but the view is great.
Selena Gomez taught me that it doesn't matter how others look at you what, matters is how you see yourself.
Jessy J taught me that not everything can be given a price.
Celine Deon taught me the that dreams can make you change the whole world.

See now this is the beauty of music, it is so much connected with our lives. Live, Laugh and Love Music :D

Pretentious World

This world is so pretentious.Nobody is honest enough to express their true selves. Not even me. We pretend that we are someone else from the out but inside we are totally different people. It is like a Halloween party, people wear masks and costumes to hide their true selves and pretend to be someone you are not. In my opinion the world would be a much better place if people were less pretentious. But what I always wonder is that 'why do we have to pretend?'. People are so obsessed with social heirachy they don't even care if they had to give up their own identities to get them. It is so stupid, but the saddest part is where we cannot stop it. If you stop pretending, you will have no place in the society. There is no place for honesty in today's world. So let us at least pretend less and try to be more honest, then we will have hones friends and people whom we can call our own and to share our lives with.....

Alma mater

Dedicated to my alma mater, mother Sujatha- Sujatha Vdiyalaya, Nugegoda.

Hail to you dear alma mater!

Epitome of virtue and wisdom,

Years of service greater and greater,

Still standing strong through all the worldly barriers,

Mother of thousands of daughters,

 Weaning and nurturing with knowledge,

Teaching us morals and the depth of dark waters,

Embracing us in the warmth of your bosom,

Dear dear alma mater,

How can I be less grateful,

You helped me figure out my fortes,

It was you who made m who I am.

The many days I spent in your warmth,

Will be my sweetest memories forever I cherish.

All the punishments and the lessons learnt,

It was all your efforts to make me noble,

To you this the solemn tribute by me,

For you made me dream and made me see,

I pay my gratitude with all the words I can find,

For you taught me that, ‘Wisdom is a Jewel to Humankind’.

'Friend'

Last week a friend of mine gave me a letter, a letter describing her honesty and what she really thought about me and our friendship. the point of giving the letter was in her words, ''You have to let your loved ones and your friends know how much they mean to you when they are near you because when they are dead no matter how much you cry or scream, they won't hear you''. It got me thinking, am I always expressing my true feelings about others? am I letting the people I care about know how much I love them, well the answer was obviously 'NO'. So I am writing this small note to that friend of mine who made me realize something very important and valuable.


Dear Tharini,

The letter you gave was indeed something special. Thank you for making me feel loved, what can I say I am flattered and mostly honored. As a tribute to your honesty I am going to be totally honest in my letter. I really had no idea that you considered me to be a special friend of yours and you thought about me as a very nice person. You have always been a very good friend to me and you are one of the few people for whom I have opened my self to. Most of the friends I met were associating me to use me or because they needed someone to pass their time and be acquainted with. I don't have to be pretentious when I am with you guys and I love that. I have very few true friends and you are one of them. You are always very polite and kind to everyone, for an instance when we bug Ms. T and Ms. P(you know who :P) you always defend them and that is super nice and kind. You don't blame people in public or at least I have never seen you blaming anyone in public :P. Don't ever think that you hair is ugly because you look really pretty when you wear it like a half pony tail(that is what you call it right? hehe). Plus my mom says that you are the PRETTIEST girl in our lane :D. 
I may not say this all the time but you people mean a lot to me and I love u guys a lot. Remember how we talked about going shopping and going to all the restaurants when we are doing jobs and earning, w should really do that. We could also get drunk occasionally but since you are a non smoker and a non drinker I'll do that with Nadee Akki, LOL :P. We may go in different paths and be in different places in the future but you know what we should always keep in touch because I don't want to lose great friends like you. If you ever need a helping hand or a friend to talk to, you can always count on me. So what I am saying is I love you a lot and you mean a lot to me. Tharini Wijeyasiriwardena, you have my honor and respect.
I wish you all the success, may all the good blessings be with you and may you live a long, healthy and a happy life.

Take Care

   

Courage and Honour............ (Quoting Michael Oher from ‘The Blind Side’)

Read this and think twice.

Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or a mistake, but you are not supposed to question adults or your coach or your teacher because they make the rules. May be they know the best, but may be they don’t. It all depends on who you are, where you come from. Didn’t at least one of the 600 guys think of giving up and joining the other side? (Reference to the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Lord Tennyson). I mean, valley of death, that’s pretty salty stuff. That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you are doing something. I mean any fool can have courage, but honour, that’s the real reason you either do something or you don’t. It is who you are and may be who you want to be. If you die trying for something important then you have both honour and courage, and that’s pretty good. I think that is what the writer was saying (Reference to ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’), that you should hope for courage and try for honour and may be even pray that the people telling you what to do have some too.