Waterfall Lovers

Waterfalls are one of the most fascinating natural phenomenons. They are charmed for human beings. Although Sri Lanka is a tiny island compared to the size, this consists of largest number of waterfalls. There are 109 waterfalls in Rathnapura District, 75 in Nuwara Eliya and 40 in Kegalle. Some of the waterfalls have interesting stories behind with humor. I also have visited some of the waterfalls pours its way down with a little breeze.

- Diyaluma Waterfall

With an appearance and location this is the highest waterfall in the island. This tall and thin "Diyaluma" waterfall pours its way down and flows towards Kirindi Oya below a bridge on the highway from Beragala to Wellawaya. The scope of water spill downwards is so great during the rainy season makes alters for the tediously undisturbed water trunk falling from head to foot with no middle pour at all. Its geographical location by one of the mostly used Highways on both sides of the Hill Country to the simply speaks for its reputation not only here but in other parts of the world as well. This is very interesting waterfall which falls down and tourists can enjoy the sound of nature.            

- Dunhinda Waterfall

"Dunhinda" is one of the habitually spoken-about waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Although she couldn't come even close to the highest waterfalls of the earth in height she is a competitor for many of the waterfall friends. When it comes to the natural beauty that it gives on the environment and it is situated about 2 km distance from the main road runs to Taldena from the remote city Badulla in the Uva Province. This is easily accessible and frequently visited by local and foreign visitors. On the way can be seen the "Kuda Dunhinda" ( "Kuda" means small in Sinhala ) which is the initial remarks to its mighty brother . In native tongue "Dun" means mist which is the ideal explanation for a waterfall creating covering of mist on its way down.

For visiting the Dunhinda waterfall the visitors need to walk more than 1 KM in the through the biggest jungle. There are many small animals as well where the guest can watch. The rarely appearing plant also can be seen. Along this foot path there are many native venders selling herbal drinks to refresh and rest yourself. At the end of the path there is a secure stage constructed for viewers to see the waterfall. If you are brave enough you can reach the foot of the waterfall and cross the river and see the most beautiful view of the fall.

           

- Ravana Ella

This beautiful waterfall is situated in the Dry zone off Welimada, Sitha Eliya. This is a continuous stream of life to the villagers as it provides a good deal needed water for the cultivation of vegetables, their main income. The support role of this tiny, beautiful waterfall is seen high. While the surrounding mountains were dirty and dry this particular mountain was greenish and cultivated. It derives its name from the mythical king Ravana of the great Indian epic The Ramanya.

- Ramboda Ella Falls

Gigantic water fall having three parts and very close to the 53km post along the above A-5 trunk road. The first part is above the road in the jungle (100m), second part is close to the road (3m) and the third part (100m) is below the road. Traveler should tumble down to the "Ramboda basin", where the famous "Ramboda Inn" situated from where guest can see the whole fall. When we were there the upper part was covered with a fog and what you see in the picture was the third part. If look carefully, one can notice a smaller section of the waterfall in the jungle means bit below the road too.

These waterfalls are very interested and made my life happier by covering through the water and breeze. I enjoyed the way to all of these waterfalls and paining to visit the other falls as well in my life.

  

These are some of the other waterfalls in Sri Lanka.

Devon Waterfalls

With a strange appearance conveyed to it by its formation in three continuous falls. This waterfall’s nickname is "Devon Falls". This pours down to the valley beneath not a long distance away from its brother the "St. Clairs". On the main road opposite to it; there is situated a modern tea center finding.     

Bopath Fall                             

Just 15 km from the Colombo- Ratnapura road, it falls from a height of 100ft into the Kurd gang river. The shape itself is a rare beauty with a perfectly heart shaped head, similar to the leaf of the sacred Bo tree, therefore the name Bopath.

Bambarakanda Fall                           

This is the highest (241 M) water fall in Sri Lanka. The fall is situated in the Badulla District, Belihul Oya area.  From the Rathnapura - Balangoda road, turn left for Weerakoon village and continue for 5km to the fall.  

·         Hunas Fall	·         St. Clair's Fall
·         Gerandi Fall	·         Helboda Fall
·         Anagimala Fall	·         Bakers Fall
·         Duvili Fall	·         Hathmale Fall
·         Rahas Fall	·         Puna Fall
·         Thudugala Fall	·         Bamarakiri Falls
·         Kirindi Ella Fall	·         Kuda Dunhinda Fall
·         Surathali Fall	·         Makeli Fall

The Tree of Life - Coconut

The coconut palm gives several ways of assistance to humans to spend the life. In Sri Lanka there are many coconut trees planted to gain the benefits. Sri Lanka is indeed fortunate that the coconut palm is indigenous to the island and forms a major tree crop covering the bulk of the planted coastal areas of the island.

Coconut grows on sandy soils close to the sea and also prospers local up to height 1, 600 feet. Their royal emergence, standing so tall, lends enhancement to the natural beauty of the coastal belt. Its beauty alone is not the reason why Sri Lankans are so endeared to this notable tree. Its value in terms of utility is truly gigantic and therefore, truly the tree of life for Sri Lankans.

Prominent branches of Coconut Tree and Its exploits

Living creature digs up variety of benefits from the leaves down to roots for many ages on tropical countries and slowly got introduce to other nations. As there is a huge benefit of using branches of coconut tree this is known as “Tree of Life”.  The parts of the tree used for building houses, decors, and even and also can produce creative ornaments from its roots. C Coconut Water is used mostly for re-hydration and kidney cleansing. Researchers are even still doing ongoing study on different products that can be produce on Coconut Water to support us.

An important element of the Coconut Tree is the Coconut Fruit which is regard as a functional food. Coconut Fruit justifies its own page due to the broad uses it serves us.

Coconut Meat is a good source of protein and an effective natural laxative. It is also a source of other products such as coco flour, desiccated coconut, coco milk, coco chips, candies, copra, and animal feeds.

Also used as a main ingredient for salad and other sweet delicacies.

Uses of Coconut Tree from its parts

- Coconut Roots - Beverage, dye stuff, and medicine purposes

- Coconut Trunk - Buildings parts

(Handy and durable wood - To make various pieces of furniture and novelty items

Paper pulp - extracted from the trunk)

- Coconut Shell- Handicrafts items, charcoal for cooking

- Coconut Husk - Coir

- Elastic fiber - Rope, matting, and coarse cloth

- Coconut Leaves - Thatch and Puso.

- Coconut Leaves - Produce good quality of paper pulp, midrib brooms, hats and mats, fruit trays, fans, midrib decors, lamp shades, bag, and utility roof materials

(In a provincial City of Cebu, Coconut Leaves are used to wrap white rice called Puso.)

- Coconut Spathe and Guinit – To produce helmets, caps, "bakya" straps, and handbags

- Coconut Inflorescence - To produce Coconut Juice, Coconut Toddy or Tuba

(The fermented juice is the common alcoholic drink in the coconut region)

- Coconut Oil - Used for its benefits for the skin, hair, and face

(Extracted from copra and notable for its anti microbial properties)

Coconut Tree Products 

Slipper, Ubod brine, Post, Fruit tray, Parquet flooring, Yeast, Dye stuff, Insulator, Rope, Floor husk, Doormats, Latik, and Charcoal.

Bright shining college accomplishment stars and student’s life

The college success mainly depends on the parental support. This may useful in arranging tuition lessons to the student in order to understand subjects taught at school easily. However the parents are daring while improving the spirit. As a consequence of this, students will be further driven to academic accomplishments.

Also the romantic relationships prove the academic success of student’s life. There are some students maintain a little relationship in the student life emotionally to gain success in the college life style. Sometimes these relationships may be beneficial to student’s academic endeavors.

For instance, if one person encourages the other to study and share their notes will improve their studies. But sometime more nowadays students are not able to do the best job because of the jealous devil. But in my academic life I help students without jealous. Every time I work according to the Buddhism. Although committing to one person take up lots of times I sacrifice my valuable time by thinking that person also need to pass the exam same as me and this will improve my genius study skills. Therefore I manage the time for my studies plus others helping time too.

However everyone will have a distinctive role to play in society and within their unit of existence, and their path to success must be stamped out to lodge their special needs as well as their idiosyncratic talents.

High school is a key period in the life of young populace. In my opinion, there are personal and social factors have great impact on the student’s life for the school success. Although, there are several personal factors, which contribute to academic success, the most valuable thing is the will power. Also the student must need to have a wish and a greater aim.

Social factors are greatly required in the in victory of school life. A positive family environment provides the love, support, and encouragement for the student while proving the same to the other students by treating them as a same mother’s family. Also the positive thoughts comprising family is trying the best to install discipline and ambition.

The friendship that develops by a student at the college age is highly depending on the studies. Therefore the parents need to look for the students relationships and help them to select the best in the life without falling to any trouble. But also the school itself decides the student’s academic success through the teachers. But this may sometimes unfair as well. All these have a significant impact on the young person’s motivation to do extremely well.

If student is studious and does the best to have academic achievement then the student can become an important associate of the civilization.

Factors related to the academic success of high school student

Education is the foremost footstep which turns out to be a benefit for the life for everybody. The location where the student study is not a substance but all depend on the student’s capability and learning environment that is contributing to his or her academic success.

The main critical factor is the ability of the student to gain success. If the students are like to learn the new things it will assist to keep away from the complexity that the students face in the higher education. With determination anything a student can achieve successfully.

Moreover students’ families play important role which make known the traditionally fond of learning are more encouraged to work better than the others. Parents must pay attention over student studies in order to get best results at the end. Teachers’ enthusiasm and expertise can make weak students better and boost excellent students’ position. Truly, many teachers have changed a whole class with their dedicated teaching.  

Therefore, success or failure at academic level is not driven by inborn intelligence or any other external factor, but it is based on hard work, luck or mere chance. In order to gain more successful academic success in the student life the main necessity is the learning strategies. This is evident from the fact that some students who study less but demonstrate rocking performance while the other students who work from dawn to dusk and burn midnight oil but rarely get a chance to claim any big academic victory.

In order to make the performance better the following skills are important. They are writing, reading, listening and speaking skills. Writing skills are needed to attain academic grades intelligently. Today mostly students have the idea in the mind and is difficult means not straight forwardly has the ability to express the ideas in the form of words. But they are pitiable in writing skills as they are unable to express it in the written form. But in my experience I am excellent in writing skills where I can express the ideas in straightly more than in the form of speaking. The reading skills are nowadays mostly precious limited for the students because their lives are very busy and they have limited time to learn after going to college.

Therefore the students sometimes when needed the necessary reading materials will be read and learn maximum and shine in academic performance. But in my familiarity I mostly do reading to extremely improve my knowledge while attaining many benefits at all. Students who have learn superb reading skills learn maximum form minimum time and perform very well. The most effective needed communication skill is speaking which is believed to be vital for success in academic life. Students who are able to express their ideas very well and are in a position to get their message to others give better performance.

Listening is one of the most important elements in academic life. Getting the message of the lecturer or tutor is deliberate to be very useful. Students who have ability to listen very well, absorb as much information as possible and make comparatively better performance than the ones who just listen for sake of listening not for understanding. Therefore students require improving upon these skills very well in their academic life to get better performance in the education success. 

Computers can translate all kinds of languages well. Do our children need to learn more languages in the future?

As computers have the ability to translate one language to many other languages it represents that the computer is playing an important role as interpreters. This helps even human beings to learn another new language in the life while improving accuracy of knowing the usage.  Same as computers the students also should be able to study the foreign language by encouraging. In the technical world the main drawback is that; the computers are minimizing the need for children to learn foreign languages translation. This wouldn't benefit the students for the development of the cognitive skills as they grow into the maturity.

Because of the language translation is doing by the computer the careers are increasing for the translators too in the global economy. Children can avoid time consuming by mastering on a particular language by conducting self-study or learning in order to be a star shining in the sky. This discloses the development of an individual and makes him proud. Therefore the students can gain valuable skills in their studies. If a student can do translations almost immediately than a computer in a single click of the mouse will help to save time for using the computers. This will help to advance the personal progress.

 Being able to translate single language to another language bring many benefits to the individual. Although students think it is difficult to learn another language it is a must to study that anyhow to attain achievements by making the dreams in the real world coming true. Computer cannot teach the translation of a particular language to supplementary but only it can perform translations. Children who learn many other languages with the native talking lend a hand to come to a better place to cope and integrate with other cultures. 

Do our children necessitate learning more languages?

It is true that computers can translate all kinds of languages. However, it translates a word of another language to the needed language. Learning language helps it is easier to associate with people and also access to the traditions of the world. More languages you are acquainted with signify money comes as a stream while brighten your future. Therefore, children need to learn more than a language. 

Learning another language is a strong way to capture people and their culture. To learn efficiently, children need to contact with the lifestyle and culture of people who speak the language as a mother tongue. Then learning language will improve children knowledge about information that relates with the language.

For example, if children want to learn to write English, they need to know more idioms and phrasal verbs, therefore, they need to watch or read Shakespeare’s plays or fairy tale of England. Hence, they will know more about Britain culture and history as well.

For children, who learn more than one language; will have benefit in the future. During internationalization, business companies prefer bilinguals than one main language. As people discover another language from childhood, they can speak/ write creatively with a frequent ability of usage in the society. It also gives children more opportunities to find a suitable job. There are a lot of jobs for people who know more than a language.

For an instance, as my mother tongue is Sinhalese I started to learn Tamil as well and did for G C E O/L Examinations too. So this shows you how important are the necessity of knowing more than a language. As I know Sinhalese  English and Tamil I will be able to get a good career in future of my life. This will assist me to be a translator in future too. 

Should retirement be compulsory at 60 years of age?

Many careers, as well as companies, have mandatory retirement ages. A mandatory retirement age is the age that a person in a particular job is automatically required to retire. It comprises of the maximum age a person that can perform a particular job.  

When considering the official positions on companies; the current procedure is based on the pension’s minute. The retirement age of 55 provides employees to request for work ahead of the age of 55. This establishes an obligation for employers to consider those requests based on objective criteria means that age 55 people sometimes live with good health, expert knowledge and skills.

Today, the life expectancy at birth has risen to about 72 for males and 76 for females. Sri Lankans are today living longer. So far, they retire from paid work at the same age as before. Public officers once they turn the age of 60 years give up working. But retirement is an unproductive interval between regular employment and death. This is quickly disappearing. The compulsory retirement opens many avenues for an active retiree to follow part-time employment or even a second career.

Retirement in a late life brings certain point of leisure with a certain level of wealth.  The retirement at 60 characterizes a loss of efficiency for society by older people. Today a person in sixties lives longer, is better educated and is in better health. It does not make economic sense for the society to continue to pay a pension for a longer duration to a retiree. Increasing the age of retirement is an intimidation in that; it delays a younger person from entering the labor market.

At present most public sector jobs are in the service sector, in knowledge generation. Generally, in most countries the normal retirement age is 65 and possibly even 70. There is also provision for early voluntary retirement where qualified staff can voluntarily retire between 50 and 59. Early retirement in the interest of the professional exercise of duties may be permitted between 55 and 65 years arising as a result of an organizational review. In addition, early retirement due to redundancy may be permitted when there is a loss of a post that requires an employee to be shifted.

As we know the importance of old people’s value we must treat them well in an effective manner. The new joiners for the company should help the people who are in the point of retirement by joining the post.  The usual retirement age in contracts of employment is 65. Some retirement ages are established by law and the law sets out the maximum age of staff.

If you are self-employed, there is no set retirement age.  

However, in general, the concept of   retirement of people consists of   several advantages and disadvantages.

 

          ·         Loss of Experience

One of the major disadvantages of a mandatory retirement age is that it requires people to leave a position at greater experience level. This means that they will not be allowed to remain at the organization to pass on their knowledge to younger people.  

           ·         Younger Generation Entering Workforce

However, by pushing an older group of people out of a particular profession makes the box open for the younger generation to enter the workforce. If a profession does not see significant turnover, then younger people will often be less liable to train to enter it. The younger crowd is trained to offer a good qualification.

           ·         Loss of Income

Many people who are pushed out of a job after they reach a particular age are not qualified to perform work. It is often extremely difficult for older workers to get hired, particularly for positions in which they have little experience.

Today there are stiff debates about age when people should retire. In reality, some people think that it is fair to make for 55 years old the age boarder for retirement. However, other people think that 60 years of age is a late time for people to retire by enjoying the life with work. Personally I think that people should retire earlier than 55 years of age.