The Freedom Writers...

I watched a movie today, just to keep awake because my father is not at home, and it's heavily raining outside and can't hear a thing. But it turned out to be very inspiering couple of hours.

The movie was called "The Freedom Writers", based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary. And I'm eager to find the book and read it. Because it contains true stories. Stories of young teenagers, who have seen worse in their lives but thrive to become the best. A teacher who sacrificed her life to make her students realize their potentials. And I wonder whether I ever
survive in situations they were. And yes, that was in United States of America. The most powerful country in the world.

This is about the lessons we can learn from this great story.I always considered writting as
one of the best ways to convay thoughts within us. What we want others to hear. And from this movie it was proved how powerful writting can be. It also shows how and ordinary individuale can make a better difference for a group of people, for community, for country and for the world. The most important thing it shows us is that, no matter how much big problems you have or face, how much injustice happens to you, or how many people gang against you to pull you down, if you, yourself understand the calling from the bottom of your heart, if you get to know who you want to be in your life from the deep inside no matter what's in the surface, you must have will, beleife in yourself, earn respect from yourself and others, and give respect for the people who it deserves, and thrive all the way up to the ladder making immpossible things possible.

It's a story of our time.

Though I live miles away from where this happened, I think every youth can relate to this story in a someway.

The Freedom Writers

"It won't be over... "

Knock... Knock...
the lights went off,
the wind rushed through the window,
slammed.. the door get closed..

I lighted a candle
but the wind blew it away.
All was dark and
there was no way out..

There was a chilling coldness
a shiver caught up with me
and I was thrown to the darkness
couldn't catch up my breath.

I was on my knees
crawling and sighing
nothing could be seen
and no where to go..

A pain went through my body
and memories began to haunt
and the story of harsh truth
unveiled before my eyes again

I heard a deep voice,
it whispered into my ears,
"It won't be over..
it's just beginning.."

And flashes came one by one
I was loosing the glimpse of light
reminding me there's no end to a round
light came through the window pane,
and it will happen again.

Betrayal…

Imagine Cup 2007 - Sri Lanka was held in Galadari Hotel, Colombo on 18th June 2007. And few of my friends along with team from our institute went to this event. And from everything they said in the following morning I gathered that they have witnessed and experienced an event with great new innovative ideas, young enthusiastic people, spirit of the youth, what exactly the
commercial world look for in a product, irony, sarcasm, challenge, final decisions and most of all betrayal from the people we trusted.

First of all I will salute the youth who came up with their OWN great new innovative ideas. No matter who won the competition I think that everyone who was there is a winner as long as they
came up with their OWN new idea and implement that effectively. Only because they have given the society the chance of a solution for a problem in a new way. So well done for everyone who was honest with them selves.

Now comes the betrayal part..
I know that my friends had the shock of their lives that evening, and so did I, when I heard it in the next morning. When we first got know about the Imagine Cup competition, we too had planned form up a team of our own. We worked hard towards it with amazingly new and great idea which one of my friends had. she gave strength to that idea by adding parts to it day after day, night after night. And we all made it stronger with our knowledge. And finally we came up
with a great proposal. But unfortunately for us, it was very hard for us to set our mind and strength to a powerful idea like that, with lack of time, with serving the working community every week day and sometimes even Saturdays and with our studies. Eventually we gave up the opportunity we had because we wanted our idea to have the depth it deserves when it comes alive, not just rushed work.

But alas..
At that evening my friends witnessed that our proposal had being given away to another group
without our knowledge at all. They even got a place in the competition. My friends saw how badly that the other team had tried to implement our proposal. It was a tragedy. But I say the
blame does not go to this other team, but to who ever the person that gave our proposal away.
Apart from the people who worked for this idea, it was know only to people whom we had lot of
trust, people whom we thought we can count on. But our trust is paid off like this. And I say this is Intellectual Property stealing. The thing is, it would have not being mattered this much if, who ever the person who gave this away, inform us before giving it to some other person. We wouldn't have said no. At least it could have save the pain which caused to us. And I think, who ever the person who gave this away at least should do us the courtesy of apologizing from us for what he/she has done.

And I wish, may the strength be with us to face the challenges like this which come across in our path...

Make it disappear...

Make it disappear, disappear
Please do make it disapear
Plea........se do........
make it disapear
my loneliness, loneliness
Please do make my loneliness
disa.......ppear

I hope you to
hold me, hug me, kiss me and cherish me,
and most importantly
make my loneliness disappear
disappear, disappear in to thin air
disappear in our love
please do make it disappear

Make it disappear, disappear
Please do make it disappear
Plea........se do........
make it disappear
my loneliness, loneliness
Please do make my loneliness
disa.......ppear

Please do make this work,
and let the passion grow,
and make our world light.
Do let me feel secure,
and hold your hand in mine
and feel the love in your heart in my veins
Please do make our love win my fear.

And please do make it disappear
make it disappear, disappear
Please do make it disappear
Plea........se do........
make it disappear
my loneliness, loneliness
Please do make my loneliness
disa.......ppear

Paradise of love...

When you cross the bridge to the paradise of love,
And when you walk through that beautiful gate,
You'll be enchanted by the beauty you see,
You'll be captured with a glow of your passion,
And all your dreams will be bound with love,
And all your feelings would be uncontrollable.

And when you cross the bridge to the paradise of love,
And when you walk through that beautiful gate,
You'll walk through beautiful paths with hand to hand,
You'll feel the warmth rising through your nerves,
And you'll give anything to feel that warmth,
And you'll be haunted by the memories of every moment.

And when you cross the bridge to the paradise of love,
And when you walk through that beautiful gate,
You'll see that there are prickles on the stem of red rose,
You'll face with huge mountains in the beautiful path you took,
And you'll see the beauty of rose without wounding your fingers,
only if you are protected by your love.
And you'll get to the mountain top,
only if you walk with hand to hand, with courage and love.

And when you cross the bridge to the paradise of love,
And when you walk through that beautiful gate...