Presidential Election 2015

Finally, the main opposition UNP field a man from SLFP. This is the second time they field a hired candidate. Shame on them.

Two time failed, bankrupt Chandrika is trying to get the power again. Her productiveness was zero during her regime. She guided to achieve a bankrupt Sri Lanka in late 90s. This time her puppet is Maithripala Sirisena.

Ranil is planning to be a powerful prime minister from the shoulders of Maithripala Sirisena. He is always cunning man. If Maithripala win, he will be the powerful Prime Minister. If Maithripala fails, he can retain UNP leadership and the Opposition Leader position. So, at the end Ranil will be the winner.

Changing the constitution will be a long process. If someone says target time is 24hrs or 100 days, it won't be a realistic value. So, this common candidate does not have proper aim and only armed with set of political words. How can Maithripala change every thing when power vested with Ranil. If they win my country goes very unstable period.

Is this Mahinda Rajapaksha regime truly corrupted or inefficient? Or is it the most famous government we ever had? If the present government is most corrupted then any of opposition candidate can easily topple the government. But they are not doing that. Instead they hired a man from corrupted regime. So, my guess is correct.. This is most populous and attractive government we have ever had. 

There are more factions are waiting for Rajapaksha regime change. Western powers and Tamil diaspora are the leading figures behind this aim. So, they will give their maximum for this campaign as well.

This cornered former minister and former SLFP general secretary try to find a shortcut for his destiny. Four years ago Sarath Fonseka did the same thing. ' අනේ පව් මෛත්‍රී’ my true expression in my mother tongue.

Power of Hybrids

Lot of Hybrids vehicle are in Sri Lankan market now and numbers are increasing everyday. Shall we have a look on power of these hybrids widely used in Sri Lanka.

Vehicle	Electric Motor power	Engine Power	Total output power	Full Hybrid/Mild Hybrid
Third Generation Prius - ZVW30	80 hp	1.8L  98 hp	134 hp	Full Hybrid (can electric motor and engine independently). It is called Hybrid Synergy Drive
Second Generation Prius - XW20	67 hp	1.5L  76 hp	110 hp	Full Hybrid
Toyota Prius C (Aqua)	60 hp	1.5L  73 hp	99 hp	Full Hybrid
Corolla - Hybrid NKE165	60 hp	1.5L 73 hp	99 hp	Full Hybrid
Honda Vezel	130 hp	1.5L 30 hp	132 hp	Mild Hybrid
Honda Fit - GP5	130 hp	1.5L 30 hp	130 hp	Mild Hybrid
Honda Insight	13 hp	1.3L 73 hp	98 hp	Mild Hybrid

Horsepower is a unit that is used to measure the power of engines and motors. One unit of horsepower is equal to the power needed to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second. This unit has been widely replaced by the watt in scientific usage; one horsepower is equal to 745.7 watts.

Why a company needs Enterprise Software?

For a company, this is a million-dollar question: Is it market competition, the dream of globalization, or enforced legislation that compels you to adopt Enterprise Software? I believe the answer is no.

Market competition challenges only your product domain expertise. As you know, innovation at every stage of your product's lifecycle strengthens your position in the industry. While ERP software can support your efforts, it cannot be the driving force behind them.

Globalization should be every entrepreneur’s ambition. Your market is no longer confined by physical borders but defined by digital reach. With this expanded marketplace comes an endless flow of data to manage. Even in this scenario, ERP software can provide guidance, but it will not lead the way.

Enforced legislation can temporarily disrupt progress—whether through new international certifications, environmental regulations, or import/export restrictions. Overcoming these obstacles requires solutions rooted in your product knowledge. While ERP software can assist in navigating these complexities, it will not determine the path forward.

Ultimately, ERP software should be a trusted partner in your business operations, not an unnecessary burden. Finding the right partner is never easy—it’s a time-consuming and complex process, just like selecting the right ERP system.

Why Enterprise Software? Because every business needs a reliable and trusted ally to manage vast amounts of information and provide guidance through challenging times.

The Buddhist Temple & the Devalaya (shrines dedicated to deities)

If one possesses the wisdom to truly understand the teachings of the Lord Buddha, it becomes clear what a remarkable person he was. However, when we visit a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple today, can we truly grasp his greatness? The simple answer is no.

Imagine how places like Jethawanaramaya, Weluwanaramaya, and Isipathnaramaya must have looked during the Buddha’s time—thousands of Bhikkhus moving about, devoted to their spiritual practice. But today, when we visit Sri Lankan temples, we often see numerous Devalayas (shrines dedicated to deities) instead.

It is said that this ‘Devala’ culture emerged during the Kandyan era, primarily to accommodate Indian queens (most likely Tamil queens) who worshipped alongside the king. Over time, individuals with special abilities or perceived spiritual power were also honored by society, elevated to divine status, and venerated as gods. This practice continues today, despite the fact that there is no longer a need to cater to Indian queens.

I once asked the chief incumbent of our village temple why so many Devalayas were being built on temple grounds. His immediate response was, “Otherwise, people won’t come to the temple, and we won’t have enough money for its development.”

Unfortunately, such methods rely on superficial popularity rather than true spiritual growth. Instead of resorting to these tactics, temples should adapt to the modern era by introducing meaningful initiatives—well-maintained and landscaped premises, secluded spaces for meditation, and programs for Dhamma discussions. These approaches would better serve the true purpose of a Buddhist temple.

Shradda and my visit to Sambudda Raja Maligawa.

‘Shradda’ is a Sanskrit word which has no equivalent in English, at best it can be understood as faith with love and reverence.

Why we need to develop Shradda?

    Because we are going  to understand the reality of this life and the world, I would say the universe.

At the beginning we do not have a clue. But we have or aware of some explanations from the dignified person called Lord Buddha. The Lord Buddha taught us the reality of the life and guided us attain a status where time and space do not exists. This status is commonly called Niravana.

So.. why still we need Shardda?

If we want to achieve Niravana  we need to go  the path guided by the Lord one. Since we cannot understand what will be the end, we need to develop a faith about our leader, the dignified one. It is a faith with love and reverence.

Other famous religious beliefs do follow the same ideology. That is they ask followers to have a full faith or total believe in GOD. It is not same as Shradda, it is a devotion (Bhakthiya), selfless affection to the religious theory. Affection is a bond (bandimak). We must not have any bond on our way to Nirvana.

So, we are not devotees of Lord Buddha. We are Shraddawathun of Lord Buddha. Since there is no word to match in English, most people leisurely used the word ‘devotee’.

I visited Sambuddha Raja maha vihara from various websites including Mahamegha and news, we (with my family) thought of visiting there to worship this great ‘ masterpiece ’.

It was 2.00 PM and very hot. When entering the shrine room there was a board saying to remove shoes. Still we have to move about 50m to reach the shrine room entrance.

No trees to shade. Environment concern is zero point. It was a concrete world.   Very hot indeed. We had to run on asphalt layered road.. So we ran.

On our way, a well-built monk announced that we need to raise our hands and place in forehead to get Shradda and also have to pass the hot path to feel how it likes in the hell. I was quick to pick that this is not a Shradda but a devotion.

When we enter a bald headed person asked us to chant ‘Sadu’ and place our hands in the forehead.  I didn’t do anything but smiled with him. Thanks.. he absorbed my dissatisfaction about his command.

The building architecture is really impressive. It do posses modern architectural capabilities. I looked at a drawing in lonely large wall. For me it was like wicked drawing. Anyone can categorise those creation for various artistic roots like Shanchi, Amarawathi...etc.. But, definitely these artists had not had any Sharddha about the dignified once. He might have a good artistic talent but do not have Shradda. So.. how he can express the Lord Buddha’s immense good qualities (Budu Guna) without Shradda.

We stopped at the first Lord Buddha’s statue. My little one came and asked.

‘Thaththi.. ayi budu sadu lipstick ganne. e kaleth ewa thibunada’ (Father why Lord buddha is using lipstick. Was that available at that time also)

That was end. I will never visit this place. Let my beloved country be safe from these ‘Mahayana’ trends.

Earthquake, Tsunami and Sri Lanka

It was around 2.00 PM on 11-04-2012. I was having a small nap after having lunch. I noticed that little bit vibration from the bed. Since no one is around me, I thought that the problem with myself. Again it was happened for a few second. I checked my legs... head and hands all are working properly. So.. I decided the problem with not myself. Again it happened, this time few more extra seconds.. I decided it must be earth  tremor and wanted feel it from the ground. So I layed in the floor and eagerly waiting to feel the earth tremor by my whole body. Unfortunately, there were not any other tremor.


At that time kids were playing, on top of the roof a person was painting it. No one complained about the tremor. so I forget it and continued my nap.


Little later my wife called and asked. They have walked out their office and I was asked to go out from the house with kids. I smiled and asked her not to panic unnecessarily and explained reality of earthquake is. Kids played without any interruptions...


As usual I visited http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ for more information. Yes.. there was a major earthquake in Indonesia. It had happened underwater and there was a possibility to create a Tsunami. If Tsunami created it must hit indonesia within 30 minutes. I was eagerly looking at that information. By 3.00 PM USGS said it was horizontal earthquake where creating Tsunami was not possible. And Indonesia didn’t have any Tsunami effects. So.. by 3.00PM risk of Tsunami was eroded. I updated my wife and few friend that there won’t be Tsunami.


I switched on the TV. My god... they were saying possible tsunami time in colombo. These people had very high probability of Tsunami. They referred the same USGS information as I did. Something wrong somewhere.


We should evacuate beach area as a precautionary measure. That must be. I noticed that people were moving with their belongings. Specially shop owners. People were running here and there with stressful, panic-ridden attitude. I felt Sorry... for them. I knew at the end nothing would happen to them or their properties. If our authorities do their warnings with some kind of severity level, this kind of unnecessary incidents could have been avoided.


By 6.00PM it was all over. Still earthquakes are happening in that region. Normally it call as aftershocks. After 2004 major earthquake, thousands of earthquake happened in that region alone.


Since the possibility of happening vertical earthquake with magnificent power is very rare, I firmly believe there won’t be any Tsunami in Sri Lanka in my lifetime. it won’t happen even in my kids life time as well.

The difference between Octane 90 & Octane 95

Octane number is a standard measure of the performance of a motor or aviation fuel. The octane rating was developed by chemist Russell Marker at the Ethyl Corporation in 1926.
The octane number of a fuel is a measure of its ability to prevent engine knock. In another word it’s ability to resist self-igniting. 

Self-ignition leads to inefficiencies if it occurs during compression prior to the desired position of the piston in the cylinder as appropriate for value and ignition timing. The problem of premature ignition is referred as Engine Knock, which is a sound that is made when the fuel ignites too early in the compression stroke.
Engine knock gets its name because of the sound it produces: a knocking or pinging sound coming from the engine.
Severe knock causes severe engine damage, such as broken connecting rods, melted pistons, melted or broken valves and other components. The octane rating is a measure of how likely a gasoline or liquid petroleum fuel is to self ignite. The higher the octane number, the less likely an engine is to pre-ignite and suffer damage.
But the most typically used engine management systems found in automobiles today monitor the level of knock that is being produced by the fuel being used. In modern computer controlled engines, the timing of the ignition will be automatically altered by the fuel management system to reduce the pre-ignition to an acceptable level. There is no point using fuel with a higher octane rating than the engine was designed for. So long as the fuel doesn't cause engine knock, it's good enough.

Some cars are optimized for higher octane fuel and we must use relevant octane rating fuel for such vehicles.

A common misconception is that power output or fuel efficiency can be improved by burning fuel of higher octane than that specified by the engine manufacturer. The power output of an engine depends in part on the energy density of the fuel being burnt. Fuels of different octane ratings may have similar densities, but because switching to a higher octane fuel does not add more hydrocarbon content or oxygen, the engine cannot develop more power.

Similarly, octane rating do not guide us to purity level of the fuel. It is depend on the external factors such as quality of storage tank, pumping methods.. etc.

We should use fuel with the octane rating recommended by the car manufacturer. For the Toyota Prius it says “Use unleaded gasoline (Octane Rating 87 [Research Octane Number 91] or higher)”
In simple terms, if we used octane 95 instead of octane 92 (which is cheaper) we won’t  get any performance advantage or long life for the Prius engine. Instead it would drain out our pocket money little by little for nothing.