Thursday, September 27, 2007

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Beautiful Fall in Winnipeg










The word fall is now mostly a North American English word for the season. It traces its origins to old Germanic languages. The exact derivation is unclear, the Old English fiæll or feallan and the Old Norse fall all being possible candidates. However, these words all have the meaning "to fall from a height" and are clearly derived either from a common root or from each other. The term only came to denote the season in the 16th century, a contraction of Middle English expressions like "fall of the leaf" and "fall of the year".

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Hot Air Balloon Rides in Winnipeg

Balloon flying season is from May 1st to October 31st. I've seen they fly twice a day seven days a week from May (if weather is permitting). It's beautiful sight even from ground, and for more details click the link below..
http://www.sundanceballoons.com/winnipeg.asp

Sunday, September 09, 2007

my lover......

I just want you to know who I am

GooGoo Dolls - Cit...


And I’d give up forever to tutch you,
Cause I know that you feel me somehow.
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be,
And I dont wanna go home right now.

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breath is your life
Well sooner or later it’s over
I just don’t whant to miss you tonight.

And I don’t whant the world to see me,
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s ment to be broken
I just whant you to know who I am.

And you can’t fight the tears that aint coming
All the moments of truth in your lies.
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive.

And I don’t whant the world to see me,
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s ment to be broken
I just whant you to know who I am.


And I don’t whant the world to see me,
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s ment to be broken
I just whant you to know who I am.

I just whant you to know who I am

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Sinhala Online Radio

Neth FM....Click on the play button to listen..Depending on your connection speed it would take some time to start up.











Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Apples! yes really on a tree!!

Gala apples are small and are usually red with a portion being greenish or yellow-green, vertically striped. Gala apples are fairly resistant to bruising and are sweet, grainy, with a mild flavour and a thinner skin than most apples. They are also considered to be a very soft eating apple due to their lack of crispiness, well-suited for denture wearers.





Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Strawberry Picking in Winnipeg,Canada

Strawberry Picking in Winnipeg Canada,
Do you know in Winnipeg Canada you can pluck your own Strawberries from the farm! It just costs 8CD$ per pail. With the fun you would get while plucking it’s really a good deal. Moreover while you are plucking you can eat as much as you want without paying anything for that.

In the U.S. strawberries typically peak during May in the South, and in June in the North. Crops are ready at various times of the month depending on which part of the state you are located. In order to produce good local strawberries, producers depend on ideal spring weather conditions.
Here are some sights in the strawberry farm located in St. Norbert Manitoba, Canada.
You can find places by logging on to the following site: http://www.pfga.com/straw.asp




Monday, August 20, 2007

Peace Garden (US\Canada)

Since 1932, nestled on the U.S. and Canadian borders of North Dakota and Manitoba in a symbol of friendship, lies a “One of a Kind” International Peace Garden. Reflecting pools and dazzling colorful floral displays of over 150,000 flowers splash across the grounds of the Formal Garden’s terraced walkways.

Here are some snaps of Peace Garden...









Sunday, August 19, 2007

Loreena McKennitt-Mummers Dance



When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair

When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone

"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand"

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

St. Norbert, Manitoba

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St. Norbert is a heavily bilingual (French and English) neighborhood in the southernmost part of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It began as a Métis settlement dating back to 1822. It was in St. Norbert, on October 19, 1869, that a public meeting was held at St. Norbert Roman Catholic Church. At that meeting, the Métis elected the Comite national des Métis with Louis Riel as secretary. The first act of the Committee was an erection of a barrier across the Pembina Trail to keep out unwanted emissaries of the Canadian Government.

The population is just over 5,000.

Located just south of the Perimeter Highway, St. Norbert is home to the ruins of a Trappist Monastery, Our Lady of the Prairies. It also hosts the St. Norbert Farmers' Market every summer, drawing large crowds from South Winnipeg. Other attractions include the St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park, and the Red River Flood Gates

Today, St. Norbert is the southern gateway into the city of Winnipeg.





Thursday, July 26, 2007

SIGHTS of PINE FALLS GENERATING STATION,MB




PINE FALLS GENERATING STATION, built by
MHEB on the Winnipeg River at Pine Falls, went into service. The first power project to be developed under the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Development Act of 1949, the construction of Pine Falls was initiated by the provincial Department of Mines and Natural Resources, acting on behalf of MHEB. Six units were installed during the fiscal year of 1951-52 for a total capacity of 82 MW.

Source: http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/history/hep_1951.html

Monday, May 28, 2007

My SHared Files!!!!!

Soon I hope to add all my MP3 files here!!
So cross your fingers my friends!!


Sunday, March 18, 2007

The Teaching of all the Buddhas

Conqueror Buddha

Siddhartha then made his way to a place near Bodh Gaya in India, where he found a suitable site for meditation. There he remained, emphasizing a meditation called "space-like concentration on the Dharmakaya" in which he focused single-pointedly on the ultimate nature of all phenomena.

After training in this meditation for six years he realized that he was very close to attaining full enlightenment, and so he walked to Bodh Gaya where, on the full moon day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, he seated himself beneath the Bodhi Tree in the meditation posture and vowed not to rise from meditation until he had attained perfect enlightenment. With this determination he entered the space-like concentration on the Dharmakaya.

As dusk fell, Devaputra Mara, the chief of all the demons, or maras, in this world, tried to disturb Siddhartha's concentration by conjuring up many fearful apparitions. He manifested hosts of terrifying demons, some throwing spears, some firing arrows, some trying to burn him with fire, and some hurling boulders and even mountains at him.

Through the force of his concentration, the weapons, rocks, and mountains appeared to him as a rain of fragrant flowers, and the raging fires became like offerings of rainbow lights.

Seeing that Siddhartha could not be frightened into abandoning his meditation, Devaputra Mara tried instead to distract him by manifesting countless beautiful women, but Siddhartha responded by developing even deeper concentration.

In this way he triumphed over all the demons of this world, which is why he subsequently became known as a "Conqueror Buddha."

Siddhartha then continued with his meditation until dawn, when he attained the varja-like concentration. With this concentration, which is the very last mind of a limited being, he removed the final veils of ignorance from his mind and in the next moment became a Buddha, a fully enlightened being.