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Chains of Sri Lankan #culture and how they are broken #lka cerno.wordpress.com/2023/05/…

Obedience trap

Sri Lankans worship obedience. Obedience is dressed up as respect (for the unrespectable). We are conditioned to make it the default reaction to authority. It’s an instinctive conditioning in…

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The annual obsession over auspicious times in #lka #culture is poison. cerno.wordpress.com/2023/04/…

Are you auspicious now?

Each Sri Lankan new year strains my tolerance for auspicious times. It’s an idiotic practice. Symbolising the madness infecting the island and its culture of the last 40 years. If doing something a…

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#chatGPT on #entrepreneurship in #lka cerno.wordpress.com/2023/02/…
What Chat GPT says about Sri Lankan views of entrepreneurship

What Chat GPT says about Sri Lankan views of entrepreneurship

What follows is a direct copy paste (not the American spelling) of the Chat GPT out of the question “Explains why Entrepreneurship is not valued in Sri Lankan culture”. It does a nice j…

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Looking back and forward on my 16th year of #blogging #amwriting #lka cerno.wordpress.com/2023/02/…

16 years of blogging

I started this 16 years ago today. Here’s the traditional link to that first fart. It’s not a bumper year for posts. By the number of posts since this started is at an all-time low. Or …

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#blog post 888 : the #freedom that's taboo #amwriting cerno.wordpress.com/2023/01/…

Freedom from desire

My generation grew up with the wrong idea of freedom. Freedom meant fulfilling desires. The desire to watch porn instead of studying for mind-numbing exams. Escaping the tedious, stupid rules of Sr…

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Lessons about #power and #life my #dog has taught me. #blog post number 887 #amwriting Reading time: 2mins cerno.wordpress.com/2023/01/…

5 easy laws of personal power my dog taught me

Nonverbal is the top dog of communication. Posture and facial expression are its power tools. Together they insert the outcomes you want into the minds of your audience. Then it’s easier for …

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Suspicions about #rituals in #srilanka culture - 1st #blog post of 2023 (number 886). Thanx 2 @xygalatas :) cerno.wordpress.com/2023/01/…

Suspicious rituals

I’ve been suspicious of rituals that permeate Sri Lankan life. It stems from a powerful lifelong inner conviction I’ve had since I was a child. The rituals around me – from dinner…

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#blog post 885 on inner changes of a plague. #lka Looking back and forward in #janus moment. cerno.wordpress.com/2022/12/…
Gift COVID gave to me

Gift COVID gave to me

It’s feeling comfortable with not giving fuck about tribal affiliations and associated displays. It’s accepting that I’m an introvert who prefers not to socialise as a detached fa…

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Data about the first 268628 Words - #blog post 884 about #writing 106 words a day since 2019 cerno.wordpress.com/2022/12/…

The first 268628 Words

In the last 711 days, I’ve written 268628 words. The quota is a minimum of 106 words a day. It started in December 2019. Despite gaps, the writing activity is one of the few anchors to my rou…

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#books in the background #blog #post 883 on snooping #readers and #reading cerno.wordpress.com/2022/09/…

Books in the background

What you read says a lot of unsaid things about you. So I tend to snoop on people’s bookshelves. This post covers some of the critical points. That was pre-COVID.  Now I have to rel…

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Processing July cerno.wordpress.com/2022/07/…

Processing July

July is a miserable month. It continues to be in new, unexpected ways. I’ve given up processing Sri Lanka’s history or the current historical. Eight years ago, my father called Sri Lank…

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Our #dog is injured. So he keeps teaching more about life and love. cerno.wordpress.com/2022/07/…

Dog injured

First time I’ve written a post with tears in my eyes. Me out of all people. A calm, cool, responsible adult during an economic depression. A vegetarian who dislikes animals. Except he’s…

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Does #srilanka have what it take to cure the cause and not the symptoms? #SriLankaCrisis #blog post 880 cerno.wordpress.com/2022/05/…

Sri Lanka’s politicians are the problem NOT the solution

Sri Lanka’s professional politicians are the cause, not the solution, to the country’s current catastrophe. They must ALL resign from politics. We must end the idea of politics as a pro…

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Person responsible for #SriLanka 's #economic collapse cerno.wordpress.com/2022/04/…

Person responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic collapse

I didn’t wish him a happy new year. How rude of me. In Sri Lankan culture, every mess and mishap is someone else’s fault. The natural thing to do is blame the culprit. Sneer and yell at…

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#srilanka politicians refuse to return stolen billions #lka #corruption #blog post 878 cerno.wordpress.com/2022/03/…

Sri Lanka politicians won’t return stolen billions

Sri Lankan politicians have refused to return billions of dollars they have stolen over 50 years. These funds are believed to be scattered across countries with confidential banking. The money is t…

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#srilanka secret FOREX reserve will save #economy #blog post 877 cerno.wordpress.com/2022/03/…

Sri Lanka’s secret FOREX reserve will save economy

Tourist arrivals, legalising sex tourism, dollar casinos or beating up minorities will not save the Sri Lankan economy. However, the nation’s secret offshore foreign exchange (FOREX) reserves will.…

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This blog's 15th year - post 876. #blog #amwriting #writing #wordpress cerno.wordpress.com/2022/02/…

15 Years of blogging later

Started this blog 15 years ago. Here’s the traditional link to my first post from 6th Feb 2007. It’s the longest thing I’ve done consistently. It’s older than my marriage, kids an…

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#srilankan #dance without the costume is had to image. Because it's part of a dance that's meant for something else. cerno.wordpress.com/2022/01/…

Dancing without the costume

The video below represents my generation’s Sri Lankan male culture when created by “good” COLOMBO boys’ schools. It’s American. Yes, it’s modern dance. The costu…

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R u Pro #COVID or Anti COVID? The difference may not be what you think. But it decides how much you think we r @ #war cerno.wordpress.com/2022/01/…

Are you Pro COVID or Anti COVID?

There is no going back to the pre-pandemic world. Because we are at war with a virus, it has only one aim – to reproduce. If the host dies or is cursed with health problems for life, it canno…

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Kid in the picture 13 years later - 1 min read. #lka #srilanka cerno.wordpress.com/2022/01/…

What would you promise this kid?

Took this as the war was ending. He should be an adult or in his late teens now. The current economic mess doesn’t offer him much explicit hope. At least the pre-pandemic era offered the prom…

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