Back to School for 30 minutes

Friday, 5th February 2010,
Time 1:19 pm to 1:49 pm

I was having a hard time without a text book at Sunday school during the last few weeks. So yesterday, I was able to find some time to go back to my school, my Alma mater (St. Joseph's College) to get it. This post is about the thoughts that went through my mind during that 30 minutes.


It's been about 6 years now since I left school (April 2004). Time is exactly 1:19 pm when I entered the gate and came out at 1.49 pm. Just as I enter the gate I thought that things would look the same as in the past. But, unfortunately I was wrong.... Just as I try to pass the security zone, it's like entering a High security zone, where I had to get a n ID card and fill out a form as well. Ohh... Gosh! That's crazy. Rules seemed to have become very strict, seems like not even a fly could enter the area without a pass.

Somehow I sneaked in and just went around the premises to see the surroundings. Many things have changed..... Almost everything! except the staff rooms. :D

Environment seemed to have dried up and no grass in quadrangles at all. Quadrangles were like deserts... But, the small trees which we used to play 'Gus maaru' have grown big, just like us. I straight away went to the staff room to find Pius Sir. Along the way while I was passing the classrooms, I saw some of my old great teachers at some classes teaching the last few minutes of the day. When I left school, they had black dark hair, but now..... It has come gray or white and some of them have lost their hair completely. It was a nice feeling to have a walk on those corridors. Old wonderful memories of all sorts of crazy things we did, were going through my mind on every step I take. (Places where I was punished-kneeling down for hours, playing 1-bump in class rooms, hide-outs, everything!)

I had to wait till the end of days academic work to meet Pius sir. Until that time I went to the canteen to have a snack... During our days, on the way to the main canteen there was a danger zone where we had to pass a dog cage. Fortunately it has disappeared. Some canteens have changed their places and have become modernized. The staff at canteens were the same as in the past, except that they have grown old.

While I was walking along, I saw that some of buildings have disappeared and new tall ones have come up. Seems odd to me. And some of them seemed like old ruins. Not painted for years.... Also I behaved just like the way I used to be (According to my rituals in the past-washrooms, drinking water taps etc.), going to some places doing all the stupid stuff like in the past... :D

Suddenly, the final bell rang, it was just like the old days for me. I was watching everyone rushing to class rooms, picking up books and getting ready for the final prayer. Everything wonderful and precious. What a moment!
The prayer ended and I was waiting near the staff room. Some of the teachers recognized me at a glance and I had a small chat with them. I was very glad to have a word with them. (Everyone asked the same set of questions, except my name) It was very nice to see that they are still there, doing their invaluable service to make lives better of many generations.

Finally, I got what I wanted. But, upto now I missed out one special place where I was sometimes afraid to go because it was always dark (because they don't turn on the lights all day). But it's the most sacred place in the entire school - The Church. I entered the church from that unique door which I always enter in the past (out of the 24 doors) and sat down on my favorite same old seat, prayed for few minutes. Church was also full of crazy memories, even though it is sacred.

Somehow, time has come to go back!
So I decided to leave this Wonderful Dreamland which gave me the chance to live back 30 minutes of school life.

- Universal Vishwa

A Glance back at University Life

It's been 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days since I've first stepped into University a long time ago. Today is the end of the first week of my final year at University of Moratuwa. I've been following a BSc. Engineering degree course, specializing in the field of Electronic and Telecommunications. I thought about writing a note about the University Life memories and experiences I have come across so far.

When I first entered University on 31st May 2006 there were so many new Aspirations and thoughts about how wonderful it would be based on the things I've heard from society. They were full of wonderful thoughts filled with happiness and smiles all around. But, things I thought didn't not become a reality just as I thought in the past. But, I'll still say that "University Life is Awesome!"

Let me just state few thoughts I initially had in my mind when I first entered university,
"I thought that it would be a wonderful period of my life where I would find alot of new friends in all parts of the country of different culture, religion and diversity, where we all live together, share together and enjoy life very happily. And I wanted to get involved in extra curricular activities as much as possible. A life without pressure, tension and huge responsibility with atmost freedom."

Now to the reality,
During the first few weeks, university life was just the way I thought and it was Rocking awesome! No doubt at all. I found a lot of friends of variety. And also went on a trip which was so memorable. Even now, all those friends I met in Level 1 are very good friends of mine. But, after that, the competition for academics started and everyone suddenly changed quicker than the weather. The differences and up-downs as in normal society started to rise up widening the gap of rural and urban society among us, along with internal political battles. Everyone was much more concerned about books, assignments and exams too much. Only a few got involved in club activities, sports. Fortunately I too was able to be active in a club and did few projects which was again a wonderful opportunity and achievement in my life. I'm not saying that University life turned into a nightmare. But, suddenly the portion I had interactions were reduced dramatically upto about 50%. And not much time for fun as I thought.....
But there were alot of good happy days here and there, where we had small get-together's, hanging around the canteen and other places until laughing and chatting till dark falls.
Go to the grounds and play cricket at unexpected times etc. and many more. And especially some experiences of very good strong friendship.....

Then. I'd call "Level 2 is a year without purpose" on my words. Seems crazy isn't it? The reason I say it is, We enter to department specialization in the second year. Therefore the big pressure on entering a good field vanishes and freedom again! By then, the bunch of people I interact most reduces further upto about 15% (50). In level 2 I found some new close friends too. Some how my second year had a big purpose, which is to "Play Tennis". I got involved in it. It was a very nice opportunity and blessing. It was a year with new friends; some were weird, some were familiar. Time passed on....

Level 3 was one hell of a year yet again... There were a whole big lot of subjects and I screwed it up entirely..... But there was some special period of time in level 3 as well, "The Training period". Where we have to go for a company as an engineering trainee. It was silly, stupid but a nice time of my university life. I went to Dialog Telekom, where I had a good and happy time. During my training I was able to taste how my future career would look like and how I can develop myself to become "The One" who I want.

Now, today, at the start of the Level 4, "The Final Year" I think even though University Life was not entirely the way I imagined, I'd still say it will always be "A wonderful period of my life". It always will be forever!
So, I got one more year to go. One more year to get the most out of University Life. One more year to earn an invaluable experience and move into the so called world with big challenges.

I want to very specially dedicate this to all my University friends who have been so close to me through out... It's because of you all, this university life has become such a wonderful and memorable experience to me.
Thank you all!

Universal Vishwa

Princess who plays hide and seek with my Heart

Morning sunshine is bright,
But not as bright as my sweet little princess's face.

Songs sung by birds are always pleasant to listen,
But not as pleasant as her sweet amazing voice.

Cats eyes are like glittering stars,
But not as shinning as her sparkling eyes.

A candle brings light to a small dark room,
But she can enlighten anyone's life with her beautiful smile.

Velvet skins are soft and smooth as comfortable can be,
But it is still unmatchable to the feel of her touch.

The smell of a Jasmine perfume attracts anyone's attention unknowingly,
But the smell of those perfumes remain unnoticed when she is around.

Calm waves of the ocean brings peace to our mind,
But the only thing that brings relief to my heart is the wave of her hair.

- Universal Vishwa

My Heart

It Breaks because it’s Brittle
It’s Stony because ice burgs are Tough
It’s Strong because it’s a Glazier
It’s Cool because it’s Ice
It’s Adaptable because it can Change to vapor or gas
It’s Rarely Angry like Boiling water
It’s Flexible like the Shape of Water
It’s Pure because it’s Transparent
It can Recover any faults instantly like Changing Phases
It can Clean your Heart because it’s made of Water

My Heart is like Water!

Fate, Destiny and Reality of Universal Vishwa!

Nine long years have passed. But the condition of the situation still remains 'Critical' .......

I wanted to forget her
I tried to forget her
I know I can't
Cuz' she is always around me
Perhaps that's my fate!
I still want to forget her
I tried to deceive my heart
It still doesn't work
I tried to stay away from her
But everyone around me reminds her to me
I still want to forget her
I know I can't
Perhaps that's my destiny!
'The One' thing I want to say is,
"Reality is different from Fantasy"
Only we both know that

'Prarthana' has no value over my '?Vasana'
And
'Vasana' never gave me 'Prarthana'
Perhaps that's the reality!
Perhaps not!

Only S.Man can understand this.

-Universal Vishwa

The Birthday I never wanted anyone to remember!

Special note about Sunday, 1st March 2009

Time & Place : 10.42 am close to the gul guhaawa at St. Joseph's Sunday School.

Now you must be wondering what am I trying to tell you this time? Actually, aaaa......
This year I didn't want anyone to remember my birthday. I don't know why? May be cuz' I wanted to save the money to be spent on a party or may be.... Somehow, I just wanted to be unnoticed in every way this year in 2009.

I know that we all like to get wishes from everyone around us for our birthday. Even I do like it. But this year for some reason I feel like I don't want it this year. So I even told Nadeesha not to tell it to anyone because she remembered it at first.

But today something very strange happened.
Suddenly Sheruni came walking to me with a smiling face and said "Vishwa aiye, apita party ekuk one. Mee week eke oyage birthday ekane." I was shocked! And started to wonder 'How on earth did she remember that? It can't be!'. I asked her how did she get to know it? She replied, 'We both know it. Shihani and I.' I was really amazed about those words.

Sheruni and Shihani are two of my students who was in my class last year. They were very good with me. Had almost all the fun we can have. But not with me always comparing with the other children in the class. It is really weird that those two remember my birthday. But they do! I simply can't believe it. It's unbelievable!

I was wondering about this all day about this amazing, wonderful but strange thing happened to me. I realized a lot of things. In situations like this. I mean on our birthdays, we want our most special and closest friends, relatives, or even girlfriend/boyfriend to remember us, because they are so special and precious to us. What would happen if one of them forgets us on a special day like birthday?

The truth is,

Sometimes even though they are so special to us, but we are not as special to them as we think.

Ya.... I agree that it's a stupid statement. But, what I'm trying to say is,

"Sometimes some people in our lives who are less-noticed to us, see a value and specialty in each of us."

On an instance where a stranger remembers your specialty and appreciates it, you will also feel the amazing unexplainable feeling that I passed through today. A moment like this would certainly brighten up an entire season in your life for sure. Just like mine. Simply ...... (Don't know how to say it!)
And by this, I also would like to remind you that,

You, Me and all of you are special. Special to someone in the world and no one is left out, no matter who you are, what you do and where you come from.

So finally what I would like to say is,

Thank you so much Sheruni and Shihani for making this birthday an unforgettable day in this year of being unnoticed!

And I would also like to wish Shihani a "Very Happy Birthday with loads of happiness in everything you do". (Because today is Shihani's Birthday!)

Universal Vishwa

7 Weired things I like to experiment!

I've been eagerly waiting to experiment at least one of these in my whole life before....

1. Become an Ambulance Driver for 7 days.
2. Spend 7 days at a Refugee Camp.
3. Occupy as a Scavenger for 7 days.
   
4. Become a Street Racer for 1 race.
5. Live in the world of Beggars for 7 days.
6. Become a Prisoner for 7 days with heavy hard work.
7. Spend 1 hour at a Cemetery at midnight alone.

- Mind Hacker

Unluck strikes me again!

Thursday, 26th June 2008,

I never thought about writing a post like this in my blog to spoil it's value. But, still I thought sometimes it might be a reminder to me in future, for not to let something like this happen again.
I expect none of you to read it. So, don't you dare read it!

This is about a recent incident happened to me. It's about a Hope. Actually, I realized that I had a hope on that after it ended. You can consider it as anyway you want. But, on my side, it's like living without a purpose.

So, let me get to the story straight away.

When I entered to study in the university (University of Moratuwa), I wanted to do a sport during my stay at the university. My favourite sport was Tennis as you all know. On the second day I saw the Tennis team of the university practicing . So, I was very to keen to join them. Due to competition in academics, I had to sacrifice one year of my sporting career. All in all, Somehow, I was able to start my practices in the second year.

From that day onwards, I sacrificed everything to get to a good level in the game. Carrying the damn heavy racket bag, motivating all the new comers, attending and organizing extra practice hours, cutting lectures, some days I purposely went back home to get a short or shoes and especially getting scolded heavily from my parents for concentrating only on Tennis and many more...

I can honestly say that I was very successful. I was able improve very well. I kept my heart on the racket when I was practicing. I always took advice from the great masters of our team and concentrated very very hard. So, somehow as a beginner, I was good. Well, actually I was able to be in the top (not No.1) out of the beginners list.
Also, I enjoyed the game and the company of my team mates to the maximum.

This year I and my fellow new comers got the chance to play for the trials to get into the official tennis team. I badly wanted to get there. There was 7 to compete and only two were selected.
Just before this mini-tournament was announced, a stupid hamstring injury struck me. And I couldn't move my feet on the court like I used to. It showed signs, that I'm about to get into trouble. And then I did.

During those matches I was only able to beat one opponent. I lost the rest of the matches very badly. I never thought that I can perform as poor that. Hopeless! I hardly had a chance. Thankx to my hamstring. And so was my luck. It always acted against me.
Finally in simple form "I couldn't make it".
More than one year of very hard work and sacrifices.

So, I was upset, in fact a lot upset about what happened. Because I had nothing to do about it. I wouldn't have felt such a bad feeling if I wasn't so bounded to it. So, then only I felt that I have failed yet again because of my own hopes.

Now, today I don't consider this as a bad memory, but as a good learning experience.
Now, I feel a lot free about this. Just concentrating on the usual practice.
Usually, I perform well when nobody expects anything from me.
And I also feel a lot proud and happy about being in the best sporting team in the university.
By the way I also have to mention about the two great cap's Tharaka aiya & Roshan aiya, who motivated me 'not to give up' and keep on fighting. Their guidance just gave me a super-strength to practice harder than ever.
After all, this is just nothing, because more disastrous things happening to people.

Finally, I'll always remember this wonderful incident in future as well, which will give me courage and strength in whatever I do to make things happen for me or you!
After all, 'middle path rule' is always the key to success.

Finally at last, this is kind of another victory for me. Because I have never experienced the feeling of 'defeat in a sport' before. So, it's a bonus.

"Tennis means Mora & Mora only!"

Universal Vishwa

Driving your Life like a Car!

Life is like driving a car!

You can see what's ahead of you in the whole world (future) from the big windscreen. Also you can see what's behind you from the three little rear view mirrors (past).
Without them you can't drive. You need to balance your focus to drive properly;
If you don't look back, you never know who will overtake you.
Also if you don't look ahead you don't know where you are going.

If you drive too fast, you may face an accident very soon.
If you drive too slow you might not be able to complete the journey of life (and win it).

If you take the shortest path in a difficult roadway, you will be exhausted at the end of the journey. Or,
If you choose a long comfortable high-way, time will run away from you.

If you don't maintain your car properly, you might run out of fuel and will certainly have to push it by yourself.

You can only drive your life depending on the type of your Ride!
If your car is a "Morris Minor", you hardly can do anything with it at present.
If your car is a Super car like "Ferrari 599 (264, 333 and 999) or Bugatti Veyron(777)", you can drive your life at the speed of sound. It is very fast but, it certainly doesn't suit Off-road conditions.
If you have a "Bus", you can certainly do a lot of good to many others by providing transport to them. But, it certainly is slow, because you have take them with you too.
If you have a "Defender (464) or a Hummer", you can drive it under any circumstances, no matter what the conditions of the environment, even though it is not the fastest-best ride to get to your destiny.

Universal Vishwa

The Worst and Best Prize Giving

This year, I got a group of students who I've taught 2 times before. I've been their teacher in grades 4 and 6. This time I'm teaching them as their grade 9 teacher. This batch of students had some stunning abilities, in fact almost everything about Super talents. You name it, they have it! Even I enjoyed very much teaching this bunch of fun lovers. This year I also added more to their lives with extra super lessons too.


I taught them very well. Better than ever before. And they were expected to perform excellent in every aspect. Plus+, we wanted to do a very nice rocking performance for the prize Giving at the end of the year. Somehow, there was one small issue, in fact it was a big issue.

Usually, it is the class teacher who decides and controls what to be done in the prize giving. But, this time, I thought that I should ask my students and get their involvement in deciding it. We wanted to do a drama that includes a song to have a dance scene.

I asked few students to join with me to write up the play. There were about 5 writing the drama with me.We had loads of fun during those days. Fun to the extremes! Sometimes I had stomachaches at night as a cause of laughing for hours. Somehow, because of the exams for them, we had only 3 days to practice. Most of them questioned me out, how I am going to do it in three days. There were parents (& ...) who came asking me this over and over again. Everything worked out well. Because, we believed in ourselves very badly and had the faith that we can do anything.

And during those three days, we had even more fun. Joking , laughing, chatting, dancing, everything about fun. We were all together. Those few days will always be in my mind forever. Simply unexplainable. And of course we did our performance very well too.

So, you must be wondering why I called it 'Worst prize giving'?
In fact, here is that sad story. The day of ultimate fun came along. It was Sunday, 9th December 2007 @ 3 pm. It was really a good day till about 5.30pm. So great! But after wards everything started to go wrong, when the prizes were given away. A lot of them was expecting a prize because they answered the examination very well. But unfortunately, some of them missed out. And simply, some of them tried hard to hide their tears. It's not all about exams, I know. But, they do count as well sometimes. Believe me they do.

At the end of the the ceremony I thought that I Lost! All my effort was of no use. Actually, I thought that I let them down. But, I would like to mention some things happened after wards.
Some students came to me and thanked me. The only thing they said was,
"Thank you aiye for what you have done for us. We learned a lot and enjoyed your company very much. It's true that we couldn't get good marks for you. But, today we bow to you because we are lucky enough to be your students for this year." (This is just the compressed idea)

A tank of Tears came to my eyes on that moment (but, I hid them inside as always) and I really couldn't control my feelings when I heard those words. Honestly, it really touched my heart very badly and still makes me ...
I was crying for about 10 days after the prize giving. Luckily no one saw it.
Even now, tears are coming to my eyes when I'm typing these words.

That day I realized how lucky I am. That is why I always thank God for making me a 'Teacher'. It's the best gift I have in this world! It's all about self-satisfaction. It's a wonderful feeling which is very hard to explain. Life can never be more better than this.

That is how that unforgettable day passed on. After all, now I realize that everything has worked out well. That is why I named this year as "The Best Year".
Finally, what I have to say is,

"It doesn't matter what you teach as long as you teach it with all your heart"

That is my greatest strength and will always be!

Universal Vishwa

About Me...

I am an ordinary guy who lives in the town Nugegoda in Sri Lanka. There are four in my family. I have one brother. I studied at St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10. And now I'm at University of Moratuwa, following a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (2006-2010). My passion is to become a good Teacher, even though I am studying to become an engineer. Also I like to play Tennis and Cricket badly. Specially I want to become a very good tennis player ASAP.
I love to have fun because I can't control my mouth. I love to Smile, Laugh and Joke every second I live.

"I always want to see about life in a different perspective/angle every time I breath."

That's all about me in a shorten form (simple sentences).

Universal Vishwa
264~464