VCD - DVD - Bluray haul Removal

 

Lifer blog was about mostly my short prose about nature, personal experiences in Sri Lanka, Poetry, my personal writings in the period of 2010 to 2014, Sinhalese and Sri Lankan reviews of films from the period of 2020 to 2021 and my personal goals and resolution achievement for the period of 2020 to 2021.

This was mostly superficial writings but were interactive due to use of photos.

This post is a stark contrast due to it's difference in many aspects of life and also my rate of posting have declined drastically from 2017 to 2019, which is a good thing because of the irrelevance of things I share.

VCD-DVD-Bluray haul removal is the title of this post. This is a personal story of our family where we invested a hell of a lot of money on VCD-DVD-Bluray from the period of 2005 to 2014. 

I also downloaded 1500 torrent based films wasting a significant amount of data from my home internet package. 

And also due to these hobbies, my education was dismantled partly leading to depression. 

So this is kind of a cautionary tale with a nostalghic touch about memories 20 years ago.

I reviewed many films I watched and was posted them as blog posts. The link to the relevant blog posts are below. These reviews were added to IMDB as well.

https://dimademoviefreak.blogspot.com/

I also prepared a list of films and television shows I watched as a blog post and also quoted John Lennon saying " Time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time". The link is below.

https://daysofmylifeupdated.blogspot.com/2018/08/artistic-meditation-making-hypothesis.html

My father and three of us purchased around 1000 films from film shops all around Sri Lanka, mainly Colombo and Gampaha. We even downloaded many films from illegal torrent websites since 2012. (YIFY now YTS, Piratebay, 1337x and Kickasstorrents) Many of the films we purchased and downloaded is against copyright laws but not in Sri Lanka. This is a 3rd world experience.

Many films we purchased were Hollywood, Bollywood or Tollywood.

Since our family were film fanatics we were ardent followers of Sinhala Cinema as well. Many old Sinhala films were purchased from Torana film shops in Sri Lanka. Now they are mostly in Youtube which shows our bad investments without value.

We were able to witness VCD to DVD and DVD to Bluray transition which reflected the technological advancements of the world.

And also since 2018 there were streaming services like Gluoo (For Sinhala films) and Netflix (For Hollywood films).

There were special DVD's with multiple films called Collections which provided high value but had low quality films.

These film CD's have bad environmental impact which reflects the carbon footprint. We were involved in as a hobby.

We purchased some originals from Singapore and other airport duty free shops during our trips. It was a great addition to our CD collection.

                                               

Special mentions should be made of the large 'Criterion' film collection we purchased from T.H. Entertainment, Kiribathgoda (Now Closed) It unlocked us to Europe (Ingmar Bergman), Japan (Akira Kurasowa) and India (Salaam Bombay).

Eagle DVD shop which was in front of Majestic City was a cost effective DVD shop which allowed us to buy a lot of films to a lesser price.

Overall it was a bad investment but also gave a great entertainment.

My advise to my post reader's is to know your limits.

Resolutions : 2023

 

By the end of 2022 like the previous year (2021) I personally established a list of resolutions focusing on goal achievement which will enhance my quality of life and new learnings.





2024 – New Year Resolutions


01. Try to organize and re-structure the auditing and accounting books (ICASL, CIMA, ACCA books) - 30%

02. Self-studies and start attending lectures to IBSL-DABF - 20%

03. Study the capital markets [CSE.lk / Atrad.lk] - 10%

04. Practice Physical Exercises. - Treadmill and other equipment - 10%

05. Public speaking and leadership skills training - 10%

05.01. Read books - Goodreads.com reading challenge 

05.02. Personal training

(05.01) Read books - Goodreads.com reading challenge
(05.02) Personal training

06. Stay at Sampath Bank PLC or make a good strategic career change - 5%

07. Become a vegetarian - 5%

08. Daily meditation practice - 5%

09. Personal Hygiene - 5%

* Brush teeth at night and morning

* Shave every week

* Cut fingernails every week

* Keep your legs on the ground

* Take a wash every day




During the previous year (2022) I was able to set 09 resolutions for the current year (2023).


2023 was the year of recovery after the economic conditions caused by the post-COVID environment but due to my unproductive nature, only a few achievements were made.

Like the previous year, I couldn't get through CASL: Business level. It was due to my personal decision to change my academic focus to professional life objective attainment. the objective was to try to organize and re-structure the auditing and accounting books (ICASL, CIMA, ACCA books) - 30%.

Thereby I missed an opportunity to achieve one of my resolutions for 2023.

However, I started self-studying and also attending IBSL-DABF lectures leading me to achieve one resolution. However, with the syllabus change and my failure to pass exams related to the field, it was partly achieved. (Total achievement - 20% / My percentage. - 5%)

I also invested and started analyzing the capital markets in Sri Lanka leading me to achieve another resolution marginally. - (Total achievement - 10% / My percentage. - 5%)

I didn't exercise very often. Therefore I was not able to achieve the no. (04) resolution. (Total achievement - 10% / My percentage. - 0%)

Though I was unable to practice public speaking and other leadership skills training I was able to read and achieve my 'Goodreads.com' reading challenge. - (Total achievement - 10% / My percentage. - 5%)

Another resolution was to retain my job at Sampath Bank PLC and maintain a stable career unlike in 2018 and 2019 which was achieved this year in 2023. - (Total achievement - 05% / My percentage. - 0%)

I wasn't able to become a vegetarian. Therefore one of my resolutions was not achieved. -  (Total achievement - 05% / My percentage. - 0%)

Also, I wasn't able to do my daily meditation practice. Therefore one of my resolutions was not achieved. -  (Total achievement - 05% / My percentage. - 0%)

Also, I was able to maintain and follow up personal hygiene in an acceptable manner which was achieved with personal margin. -  (Total achievement - 05% / My percentage. - 2.5%)

* Brush teeth at night and morning

* Shave every week

* Cut fingernails every week

* Keep your legs on the ground

* Take a wash every day

Through that, I was able to garner a 17.5% success rate in the leftover resolutions.

Therefore overall 17.5% success rate in achieving 2023 resolutions was maintained.

Overall the objective of having resolutions for a year is to have a good life.

And it was not a good year (2023) for me.

Hoping to go forward (survive) in 2024 better than in 2023.

The main reason for the lack of objective attainment is the lack of focus on academic targets.

And also too much weight on non-academic goal attainment.

Resolutions : 2022

 

By the end of 2021 like the previous year (2020) I personally established a list of resolutions focusing on goal achievement which will enhance my quality of life and new learnings.

2022 – New Year Resolutions


01. Try to organize and re-structure the auditing and accounting books (ICASL, CIMA, ACCA books) - 20%

02. Self-studies and start attending lectures to IBSL-DABF - 10%

03. Study the capital markets [CSE.lk / Etrade.lk] - 10%

04. Practice Physical Exercises. - Treadmill and other equipment - 20%

05. Public speaking and leadership skills training - 10%

05.01. Read books - Goodreads.com reading challenge

05.02. Personal training

(05.01) Read books - Goodreads.com reading challenge
(05.02) Personal training

06. Stay at Sampath Bank PLC - 20%

07. Complete blogging in Lifer.blogspot.com and pwarrsl.blogspot.com - 2.5%

08. Become a vegetarian - 2.5%

09. Daily meditation practice - 2.5%

10. Personal Hygiene - 2.5%

      * Brush teeth at night and morning

      * Shave every week

      * Cut fingernails every week

      * Keep your legs on the ground

      * Take a wash every day

During the previous year (2021) I was able to set 10 resolutions for the current year (2022).

2022 was one of the most challenging years for me and for the whole world due to the recovery from Corona / the Covid-19 pandemic. And also the after-effects of the post-pandemic economic conditions and the political unrest of the country lead to many productivity issues in the professional as well as personal life.

Like the previous year, I couldn't get through ICASL: Executive level. It was due to my personal decision of changing my academic focus to professional life objective attainment. the objective was to try to organize and re-structure the auditing and accounting books (ICASL, CIMA, ACCA books) - 20%.

Thereby I missed an opportunity to achieve one of my resolutions for 2022.

But I started self-studying and also attending IBSL-DABF lectures leading me to achieve one resolution. - 10%

I also invested and started analyzing the capital markets in Sri Lanka leading me to achieve another resolution marginally. - 10%

I didn't exercise very often. Therefore I was not able to achieve the no. (04) resolution.

Though I was unable to practice public speaking and other leadership skills training I was able to read and achieve my 'Goodreads.com' reading challenge. - 10%

Another resolution was to retain my job at Sampath Bank PLC and maintain a stable career unlike in 2018 and 2019 which was achieved this year in 2022. - 20%

I was able to complete blogging in 'Lifer' and 'PWARRSL'. - 2.5%

I wasn't able to become a vegetarian. Therefore one of my resolutions was not achieved. - 2.5%

Also, I wasn't able to do my daily meditation practice. Which led to a loss of 2.5%.

Also, I was able to maintain and follow up personal hygiene in an acceptable manner which is achieved with 2.5%.

* Brush teeth at night and morning

* Shave every week

* Cut fingernails every week

* Keep your legs on the ground

* Take a wash every day

Through that, I was able to garner a 55% success rate in the leftover resolutions.

Therefore overall 55% success rate in achieving 2022 resolutions was maintained.

Overall the objective of having resolutions for a year is to have a good life.

And it was a good year (2022) for me.

Hoping to go forward (survive) in 2023 better than in 2022.

The main reason for the lack of objective attainment is the lack of focus on academic targets.

And also too much weight on professional life and non-academic goal attainment.

Resolutions : 2017 (Not published)

 USA 2018 / Continuation with 2017 specialization in accounting, business studies, and economics.

(01) Like from 2015 to 2016, 2016 to 2017 I established a list of new year resolutions focusing the goal achievement and quality of life further expanding into many aspects of my personal and academic life.

2017: New Year Resolutions

The 2017 resolutions have been overly focused on many aspects of my personal life which drastically impacted my academic life. Unlike my previous year was based on personal evaluation 64.7% of new year resolutions (NYR) were achieved. But during the year 2017, the NYR achievement rate decreased by 57.5%. Many of these aspects reflects a differentiation in weighting based on the relevant year's (2017) goals and objective attainment.

Though unlike 2016 where a variable lifestyle was existent. Lived in Colombo alone also staying in Gampaha for six months and the rest in Gampaha fully, 2017 I spent the whole year at home sleeping, eating, studying, following my hobbies, and going to work in Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

But it has an impact from the previous year (2016) negatively to the current year (2017) as a re-generation of bad habits into the daily lifestyle.

Anyway to describe further, breaking of the habit of "Exercising" cyclically was not maintained, negatively impacting the year 2017 as well the goal attainment of 2017 NYR.

චිත්ත+පටි

මම දිමන්ත. මගේ බ්ලොග් පිටු වල මගේ සහාසික බවේ අභිරහස සොයමින් ලියවුනු බොහෝ ලේඛණ ඇත.

මට වයස 27 යි. වසරක සිට අසාර්ථක වෘත්තීය ජීවිතයකට හිමිකම් කියමි. (2018 Mar. - 2019 Mar.)

මා තුළ නලියන සහාසිකත්වය උපතින් ගෙන ආ සා0සාරික චරිත ලක්ෂණයක්ද බව මට විටෙක සිතේ.

මම මෙම තත්ත්වය හෙවත් ප්‍රහේලිකාව ක්‍රමයෙන් විසදමින් සිටිමි.

මෙහි එන සියළු සිද්ධින් සත්‍ය වේ. මෙය කියවා ඔබ අනිවාර්යයයෙන්ම මා බින්නොන්මාදයෙන් පෙලෙන පිස්සකු බව සිතනු ඇත. කම් නැත. මෙය මට නම් පාපොච්චාරණයකි.

බොහෝ විට උම්මතකයින්ගේ සිතුවිලි කියවීමට පාඨක පිරිස වැඩියි.

මෙහි එන ස්ත්‍රී චරිත ස්ත්‍රීන් ලෙසම නිර්නාමිකව ඉතිහාසයේ යටගියාවක් වනු ඇත. එය මට සිතාමතා කරන ප්‍රයෝගයකි. ස්ත්‍රී සාධකය මට නම් සැමවිටම සංකීර්ණතවයකි.

මම සහාසික වන විට දත් මිටි කමි. දත් මිටි තුලින් තිත්ත රසක් ජනනය වේ. එම රසය සමඟ මගේ මමත්ත්වය වැඩිවේ.

මම අර්ථ රසයට වඩා ශබ්ද රසයට කැමැත්තක් දක්වමි. ගීතය, කවිය හා සංගීතය මාගේ ප්‍රධාන ජීවන රසකාරකයකි.

මම කෝපයට පත්වූ විට  විවිධාකාර වෙමි. මනසින් මිලියන, බිලියන හා ට්‍රිලියන ගණනකට බිඳී යමි. ලෝකය විනාස කරමි.

මම විටෙක 'තෝර්' වෙමි. [ 'තෝර්' යනු මාර්වල් සිනමා නිෂ්පාදකයන් ගේ සිනමා කෘති හයක නිරූපිත කාටුන් වීර චරිතයක සැබෑ සජීවී නිර්මාණයකි. ඔහු දෙවි කෙනෙකි. ක්‍රිස් හෙම්ස්වර්ත් ඔහුගේ චරිතයට පන පොවයි.] 'තෝර්' නම් අකුණු හා 'ගොරවනවට' අධිපති ජීවිතයට අදාළ දේශපාලනය මාගේ කුටුම්භ හා සමාජ ජීවිතයට මා ආදේශ කරමි. ['තෝර්' / Thor යනු නෝර්වේජියානු දෙවි කෙනෙකි. මා ඔහුව දන්නේ 'මාර්වල්' සිනමා කෘති හරහාය.]

මගේම 'බොහිමියානු රප්සැදියක්' ගයමි. පිස්සෙකු වෙමි. යථාර්ථයෙන් ඇත් වෙමි.

මේ සෑම මොහොතකම දත් මිටි කමි. ලෝකය විනාස කරමි. 'තෝර්' වෙමි. මගේ ජීවිතය සාර්ථක වේද, අසාර්ථක වේද යන්න මම 'Thor' / තෝර්' සාධකයට සීමා වී ඇත.

මමත්වය ජයගෙන ඇත. මා මගේම ලෝකයේ පිස්සකු වී ඇත.

ඇයගේ රංගනයන් හමුවේ මත්වී ඇත. පිස්සකු වී ඇත.

මට මගේ BIG MATCH ගිය තුන්වරක් සිහි වේ.

පිස්සෙක්.............පිස්සෙක්.................. පිස්සෙක්................. පිස්සෙක්................පිස්සෙක්............

උන් මටද යකෝ කෑ ගහන්නේ.

මම සිතමි.

ජීවිතයේ කාලය අනන්තය දක්වා විහිදෙන හැඟීමක් බව මට සිතේ.

මාගේ ආදේශපාලනික කෙටි කාලින සිතුවිලි හරියට ස්වයං වින්දනය කරනවා හා සමානයි.

දැක්මක් නැත.

මම තනිවම දත් විලිස්සාගෙන සිනාසෙමි.

"සිනහව අතරින් කඳුළක් උපන්නා............"

පැරණි ගීය ගයමින් මම සිනහ වෙමි.

නමුත් කඳුළු නැත.

පොත් ගොඩක් මැද තනිවූ සහාසික බින්නොන්මාදී කමතුරයා පමණි.

A review on a porn [Suitable for 18+ years old]

 

The use of this image is purely on the basis of creating an artistic impression and not to disregard or disgrace any religion or its conceptual background.

Porn or pornography according to Merriam - Webster dictionary is,

1. The depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement.

2. Material (such as books or photography) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement.

3. The depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction.

Porn is considered unhealthy for mental health due to its unnecessary reflections of sexuality. And it even can become an addiction and even generate or stimulate excessive masturbation. This may lead to unsatisfied sex life or even to unnecessary sex practices in private life.

People don't review porn. It's clearly a guilty pleasure. As far as I know.

A review on porn is a confessional prose/poem fusion passage of porn and a masturbation addict.

It contains the mental and the physical suffering of overcoming addiction.



I know the title of this passage is shit.
Well, that's the whole point.
It reflects on the human element of attraction to
eroticism and finding pleasure

It's not something to be proud of
Addiction was a long-lost feeling...
You want to give up...
And later I gave up...
Now when I look back it's like the other addictions.....
But kind of worse......

Porn is like alcohol or tobacco
It stimulates your brain...
The difference is the blueprint that stays with you...
It imprints to every woman you see...
And trust me when you are sober it's worse......

It's like having a cigarette between your fingers every day.
You breathe filthy smoke every day.
And it sucks.

So I don't or won't review porn.
I want to forget.



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Motivation and the effects of Society / අභිප්‍රේරණය සහ සමාජය

 If you are mute, scream. 

If you are deaf, try to listen.

If you are stupid or feel like one start using your brain and start studying.

Go forward without hesitation.

If they call you spineless, act with a spine.

Act like real men. Face society with courage.

Depend on yourself, not society.

 

ඔබ ගොළු නම් කෑගසන්න. ඔබ බීරි නම් අහන්න තැත් කරන්න.

ඔබ මෝඩ නම් පාඩම් කරන්න, මොළය පාවිච්චි කරන්න.

නොසැළී ඉදිරියට යන්න.

ඔබ 'පොන්නයෙක්' වගේ කියනවනම් පිරිමියෙක් වගේ හැසිරෙන්න පුරුදු වෙන්න.

චීත්ත නොවී සමාජයට මුහුණ දෙන්න. සමාජය මත නොයෑපි තමා මත යැපෙන්න.