Maheshi Karunarathna

   It is correctly said that "when you plant a tree, you plant a life." Trees are one of the greatest blessings for humans from mother earth. The most important thing one must remember is that trees do not need us, rather we need them. Apart from the countless benefits they have, trees our certainly our best friends. They are the friends who always give us everything without expecting a single thing in return. These have inherited this earth longer than humans however humans tend to forget this fact. They fail to recognize their significance and continue to exploit them endlessly for short term benefits. Just like our friends, tress also come in our use in various ways. We usually share everything with our friends similarly, trees do the same. They give us their fruits, seeds,  flowers, wood , medicine and more. It is impossible for human life to function without trees as they belong to the category of principal sources of oxygen on earth. They provide shelter to them whi...

  "Every mountain top within reach if you just keep climbing." Jayanthi Kuru Utumpala became the first Sri Lankan woman to summit Mount Everest. She completed her adventurous journey at 5.03 am, on 21st May, 2016. She became not only the first Sri Lankan but also the first Asian to scale up to the very top of the great mount Everest. Jayanthi was passionate about expeditions and mountain trekking since her childhood. Her great determination led her to be the woman who she is now.    She met her friend, Johann was as passionate about climbing mountains as Jayanthi during her thirst of climbing mountains. The pair , first scaled island peak, Nepal in 2012,  Mount Kilimanjaro in 2014 and Sri Lanka's own mountains, such Adam's peak.                                               "There are four camps located on Mount Everest and before we climbed the peak of ...

                                    POEM                     LEISURE What is this life if , full of care, we have no time to stand and stare. N o time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, streams full of stars like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can  Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand stare.                                                                              ...

 In this essay on technology, we are going to discuss what technology is, What are its uses, and also what technology can do? I think technology refers to the use of technical and scientific knowledge to create, monitor and design machinery. Also technology helps in making other goods that aid mankind.  Experts are debating on this topic  for years. Also the technology covered a long way to make human life easier but the negative aspect of it can't be ignored. Over the years technological advancement has caused  a severe rise in pollution . Also pollution has become a major cause of many health issues. Besides, it has cut off people from society rather than connecting them. Above all it has taken away many jobs from the workers class. As they are completely different fields but they are interdependent on each other. Also it is due to Science contribution we can create new technological tools. Apart from that the research conducted in laboratories contributes a lot to...

  WATER WATER  is the basic necessity for the functioning of  all life forms that exit on earth. It is safe to say that water is the reason behind earth being the only planet to support life. This universal solvent is one of the major resources we have on this planet. It is impossible for life to function without water. After all, it makes for almost 70%  of the earth.  However, despite its vast abundance, water is very much limited. It is a non-renewable  resource   In addition, we need to realize the fact that although there   is  an abundance of water, not all of it is safe to consume. We derive some very essential uses from the water on a daily basis. If we talk about our personal lives, water is the foundation of our existence. The human body needs water for the day to day survival. We may be able to survive without any food for a whole week but without water, we won't even survive for 3 days. Moreover our body itself comprises of 70% fu...

  MY PET     My pet lion shepherd.  My pet name is  RAFEE . My dog is not just like every other dog in the   street, it is special dog that loves me unconditionally. I found the dog with my parents. My dog is incredibly and unconditionally loyal to me. He loves me as much as I love him or sometimes more. We always play catch outside my house or sometimes in the park. Whenever I fight with my parents on friends, Rafee my pet dog will always be there with me to support me and shower unconditional love on me.  Rafee is not just our family member he is the most clever member of our family. He will play games with us, keep all our family members together with his love and cuddles and also he keeps thieves and uninvited guests out of our home. My pet is the best thing ever that happened to me in my life.   When I have a free time I play the ball with my pet. I like him very much. My pet looks very beautiful. I give it meat, fish, egg, milk and spec...

  MY FAVOURITE HOBBY: My favorite hobby is  gardening. I spend most of my leisure time when I am not cooking or playing soccer in gardening. Gardening has been a huge source of knowledge, education, delight and entertainment to me. I have  had the opportunity to learn a lot of new things on flowers, plants, vegetables, butterflies and even birds from gardening. My parents have a little plot of land where I pursue and practice this hobby. I have different varieties of vegetables, flowers and a few fruit trees in my garden. Some of the vegetables I grow are carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, chili, radish, brinjal, lady finger etc. I also grow some flowers like jasmine, roses, carnation, anthurium, orchids and etc. These flowers make the garden a delight to behold and give the garden a soothing fragrance.  There are a few fruits trees in the garden including Banana, Mango, Guava, Papaya, The garden is visited often by quite a number of birds and there are even some birds are ...

JELLY PUDDING RECIPE IN MY KITCHEN JELLY PUDDING RECIPE, learn how to make?  What a delightful jelly and cream dessert that you  can make with simple ingredients. This dessert will leave your family members interesting. This dessert will be a sure hit with guests  if they are jelly fans. And I am sure lot and lot of kids are jelly fans. Adding the cream to the jelly will give it such a fantastic flavor than even adults will love this jelly pudding recipe when you serve it. INGREDIENTS 2/3/4/5 Packets of jelly (flavor of your choice. You can even make it multi color. I have used strawberry flavor, orange flavor,  lemon flavor and apple flavor) 1 cup of milk  1 cup condensed milk 1 packet  of gelatin 1 spoon of vanilla  Start with a colored  bottom layer by stirring a 3- ounce package of flavored jelly (I started with the blue flavor) with 1 teaspoon of unflavored gelatin into 1 cup of boiling water until completely dissolved. This is the only laye...

 Use the healthy eating plate as a guide for creating healthy, balanced meals- whether served at the table or packed in a lunch box.  Looking for a printable copy? and hang it on your refrigerator to serve as a daily reminder when planning and preparing your meals!                                                   Building a Healthy and Balanced Diet Make most of your meal vegetables and fruits - 1/2 of your plate. Aim for color and variety, and remember that potatoes don't count as vegetables on the Healthy Eating Plate because of their negative impact on blood sugar.    Go for whole grains- 1/4 of your plate. Whole and intact grains -whole wheat, barley, wheat berries, quinoa, oats, brown rice, and foods made with them, such as whole wheat pasta- have a milder effect  on blood sugar and insulin than white bread, white rice, and othe...

  IBBAGAMUWA CENTRAL COLLEGE My school is IBBAGAMUWA CENTRAL COLLEGE.  Education is a vital part of life for every individual. A school is a place where we get an education. It prepare us for our bright future. It is directly connected to the quality of life. In fact, an individual's future is designed in a school. A school guides us to plan our our life and our quality of life. It teaches us to conquer problems. It develops our personality and behavior which transform us into an idol citizen. Education's purpose is to replace an empty with an open one. My school is the ideal school in our cities. I think my school is most beautiful school in our province. In my city, I attend the Ibbagamuwa central college , and I am grateful to be a student there. My school has all of the necessary sports, study, and other activity facilities.  My school has a very good and successful history in education. And our teachers here are very competent and cooperative.      ...

The two boys walked slowly across the valley. Then suddenly stopped and sat down on a large stone. "It's no use." He said. I can't go any further. I'm absolutely exhausted. George looked at him for a minute." oh come on"! he said it's not very far now. Only five or six miles at the most.                                                                                                                                                                                                           ...

ALUVIHARE ROCK TEPLE The ALUVIHARE ROCK TEMPLE (also called Matale Alu Viharaya) situated in my area. Alu Viharaya is a sacred BUDDHIST temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri Lanka. The Aloka Vihara became Aluvihare. Folklore has many meanings to the name Aluvihara. One is that the pali word Aloka was Alu (light) in ancient Sinhala and  as it was the abode of Theras, it was a Viharaya. Hence the two words have been coined to make it Aluvihara. Another view is that although there is a huge rock, east of the main rock cave, it has not cut off the light. Therefore it was known as the Aloka Lena (cave with light) .Surrounded by hills, the famous Aluvihara cave temple 8km far in my house. The history of Aluvihara is traced back to the 3rd century B.C in the reign of King DEVANAMPIYATISSA. It is believed that the King built the dagaba and planted the Bo sapling.                              ...

Bathiya and Santhush also known as BNS are a SRI LANKAN Pop duo consisting of BHATHIYA JAYALODY and SANTHUSH WEERAMAN. They both were born in COLOMBO   Sri Lanka. They have been one of the most commercially successful music acts in our country in the last two decades. Bathiya Jayakodi was educated at ANADA COLLEGE, while SANTHUSH WEERAMAN was educated at ROYAL COLLEGE, Colombo.                                         Since the inception of their act in 1998,they have over 50 number one hit singles, six platinum selling mainstream albums, four commercially successful EPs and countless movie soundtracks. BNS  are one of  the biggest musical acts to hit the Srilankan musical scene since the 19990s, mixing SINHALA, TAMIL, and ENGLISH rap verses in their originals, while they have also mixed HINDI rap verses in their  folk hop remixes  bringing out their cont...