Friendship

According to the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, there are three types of friendship. The first type of friendship is based on mere pleasure. It is a pleasure for a gambler to seek the company of other gamblers. A drunkard keeps company with drunkards. Friends of low taste get together and relish coarse themselves as friend, there is no strong bond of friendship among them. Though they eat, drink and enjoy together, the evil elements of suspicion, jealousy, ingratitude and selfishness ECT. Lie hidden among them knowingly   or unknowingly to them

My Favorite Novel

My favorite novel is Madol Doowa. It was written by a well-known writer Mr. Martin Wickramasingha about half a century ago. I have read this novel several times as it is so much interesting. I am always keeping a copy of it in my bookshelf. I have never heard of any other novel which has become so much popular among children among children.

                                                                                                                                      This book contains several episodes of interesting incidents. All these incidents are based on mischief of rural boyhood, the tendency of boys to behave in a playful  and annoying way.

The Game Cricket

Cricket is the national game of the English hence its cradle is England. But now it has spread in many countries. Cricket has become the most popular game in Sri Lanka too.

When we walk on the streets of a town on a holiday, teenagers as well as small children

Are seen plying cricket with soft ball and a home-made bat in whatever the limited space available for them, very often creating a menace to the pedestrians. The same situation prevails everywhere in the country.

                                                      On the days of big international matches not only the boys and girls, but also the elders stop their work and sit in front of television enjoying it from the beginning to the end. On such days, streets are scarce of people and even three-wheeler taxis are very rare to be found on the streets. Hey all have become a kind of cricket conscious community and the names of great cricketers are enshrined in their hearts.                                                     

Paddycultivation in our country

The cultivation in our country is done in done in two main season of the year, namely “Maha” and “yala” Maha the more important season commences  around September and extends to February or march. During this season rain is experienced in dry zone. “Yala” normally extends from April to August. During this season rain is experienced in dry zone. Paddy is cultivated both in dry Zone and wet zone.  

                                                                                          Well- know paddy is growing

 

Districts likes like Polannaruw, Anurdhapurya, and Hanbanthota ECT are lying in rhea dry zone. Districts like Kandy and colombu belong to the wet zone.  In ancient times especially during the reign of king Prakrmbahu, our country is said to have been described s the granary of the East.

New Year day

When our feathered messenger koha perched on a branch of a tree whistles, we are accustomed to say New Years is approaching. Erabadu trees are found full of red flowers. The whole environment seems to get ready to give a warm reception to the New Year princess. Small children are very happy. They wait anxiously for the New Year. People whitewash and clean their Houses. They buy new clothes, new things Adequate food stuffs. Every house wears afresh look. Sweetmeats like oil cakes, Kokis, Munkarali are prepared in every house. In addition to them, pickles, curd and treacle, bunches of ripe plantain ECT are kept ready. Sweet smell of delicious food emanates from every household. On the New Year day, the whole nation holds the New Year function together. Following a din of explosive crackers, mothers kindle the hearth at the auspicious moment. They cook milk rice, the first meal of the New Year. All the family members get together and eat the first meal of the milk rice from their mother’s or father’s hand, at the lucky time. All, especially the children wear new year present given by their elders, friends and relatives. During punyakalaya the period of time prescribed to be dedicated for meritorious activities, people visit the temple with their kids and kings carrying alms for the priests. They pay their homage to the priests, observe the five presets pansil, and get the blessing of the Triple Gem. Plates of sweetmeats are exchanged among neighborhood houses. They visit their relatives and friends with New Year present. They place sheaves of betel in their elders’ hands, kneel in front of them and worship them. They invite friend and relatives for lunch and dinner. Throughout the festive day, the children make fun in different ways. Village damsels ride on the swings hung in their home gardens. Some play Punchi a traditional indoor game of the New Year season.

My mother

 My mother is Mrs. Mallika Ekanayaka.She is house wife. She is 34^th years old. She mother is Mrs. Punchimanike. She father is Mr.punchi Banda. She has two brothers and three sisters. She likes to drink orange juice. She father is famer.She mother is house wife. She brothers are Chaminda and disanayaka. She sisters is sudarshani, anula,chamila.

Joseph Lister

Found that microbes were causing infection in wounds. He experimented

With ways to sterilize surgical instruments. He found that carbolic acid was

Effective to fight germs.

Louis pasteur

 

Found that he could grow germs of deadly diseases in his laboratory.

Then he injected those germs into healthy animals and processed a substance

This could be injected to humans. When this was done human beings became immuned to the disease. In this way he found the treatment for rabies which was a fatal disease.

Robert koch

Found the germs that caused tuberculosis of the lungs. He discovered How harmful germs cause infectious diseases