Amdens Stories (ඇම්ඩන් - නුතන ජනකතා)

Last week I managed to step into the National Library for the book launch of Amden Noothana Janakatha (ඇම්ඩන් - නුතන ජනකතා) which translates to english as Amden- Modern Folk tales. There's hardly anyone in Sri Lanka who hasn’t heard about Amden or one of his stories. Though his stories may not have reached some of our elders the younger generation is quite familiar who Amden is. So as someone who has grown up amidst all types of Amden’s stories, this event was something I was really looking forward to.

The book had been compiled by Asanka Sayakkara a young talented author who had inked the stories in far more different style. It can be considered that his attempt has been to convert Amdens stories which are told in everyday language (with so much filth) to a more traditional literature oriented text. This attempt gave book a different twist and made it an interesting read. 

The event also featured three interesting lectures that discussed how Amden has impacted the modern day society and the reasons behind birth of characters such as Amden. There was a very interesting lecture by Sudheera Jayaweera which discussed how Amden’s stories have become sort of a alternative path to go beyond the so called ethical boundaries in religious, social, political and sexual contexts that exist in the modern society. He discussed how it had paved the way for the common man to challenge the so called moral entrepreneurship with vile little funny stories based around this character called Amden. 

Anyhow, the event was quite interesting and the book was also a good read, which featured a selection of Amdens stories (not all of them) and is priced at Rs 200. I don’t actually know which bookshops would have it but if you come across it grab a copy and check it out. (Its publishers are Script House (pvt) Ltd)
 

God was a leftist!!!

Okay.. so this post might not be the most logical or the most entertaining, rather it is the end-product of too much study, too little sleep and friends who are too busy with work to hook up for a drink in the evening.

Anyways the thought struck me while I was reading through my anatomy book this morning in a frantic effort to cram each and every structural detail of the human body before my 1st MBBS exam.

But seriously assuming that there was some sort of intelligent creation, it's uncanny how the left side of the body is almost always, slightly different from the expected norm... just as if- God was/is a leftist!

Just look at the facts.. in 90 percent of people the left side of the brain is more dominant than the right, with the important motor and speech centers being located on the same side. If u move further down the body, the left vagus nerve branch - the reccurent laryngeal nerve hooks around the ligamentum arteriosum and ascends in the tracheo-osophageal groove to the larynx.

The left bronchus is slightly more horizontal than the right, which prevents objects from going into the left lung if we are studpid/drunk enough to shove them down our trachea. The left kidney is one vertebral level above the right, and the left gonadal vein drains in to the left renal vein, whereas on the right it directly drains to the inferior vena cava.

Even the left testis hangs slightly lower than the right,which means that the conditions on the left side are optimal for sperm production.

Damn!! I even use my left hand for jacking off!!

Obama Hotel in Gampola

Well, what more can i say? Tucked away in a far distant town in the Hill Country....It was a pity the place was closed when we were there. Would have been great to check out the menu..? lol

Picked From the Streets...

Hehee...safe driving people!!

Dear Brother! Keep Your Distance...

"Budu Malliye aaathin waren"

Losing My Little Chivas...

Ok…have you ever had those treasured presents that you would want to keep for your lifetime. Presents that become lifetime souvenirs?

Well this little Chivas bottle of mine is a similar example. I got it from one of my good buddies who came from abroad several years back. I know its just a simple 200ml Chivas bottle which could be easily obtained from the arrival lounge of the BIA, but it was my first such gift and my refusal to open it on the first day motivated me to keep it as a souvenir.

However, considering the group of friends I associate, it was quite hard to keep their sober eyes off a small bottle of fine Scottish whisky. I had to bear up with endless phone calls on Poya days on how I am depriving a great little get together because of a useless obsession with the bottle.

I used to reply to them saying that we should save it for a special occasion and its not yet the time. They would prompt me and ask what better occasion than this?? I would sarcastically say it would only be opened on the day that Prabhakaran dies and this war of ours is over……

Fuck!! Am I gonna lose my little Chivas?

The Smoking Shark...

Well, what did you expect? A live one underwater?