Formula E

It's said to be the highest class of competition for one-make, single-seater and electrically powered racing cars. But I doubt the success of this series in the immediate future despite the marketing campaign. If you take a look at the driver's lineup you can see there are a lot of ex Formula 1 Drivers involved. Needless to say all of them failed to secure a driver seat in Formula 1 this year.

Now that Formula 1 is effectively a Hybrid Car race I would like see Formula 1 going fully green with Electric power one day. Everyone including myself will miss the engine noise but it'll be revolutionary.

Kandalama

Heritance Kandalama Hotel is famous for its unique landscape and eco friendliness. We went to the hotel on 16th August 2014 and it truly was a beauty. The only pain was the long walk back and forth to your rooms.

Swimming pool at night

Camouflaged Hotel Building

Elephant by the lake

Tourists riding an elephant

R+L=J

If you are a fan of Game of Thrones here is an interesting theory about Jon Snow...

R+L=J Theory

Mercedes Split Turbo

In the 2014 Formula 1 Season there is one team that stands out at the front at every race – Mercedes F1 team. The main reason behind this is the advantage over the Turbo and the Engine Packaging. All Mercedes Engine cars have the split type turbo giving them a big performance advantage over all their competitors.

Mercedes Split Turbo explained

Vesak 2014

For the past 4 years or so the same decorations were done around Gangarama Temple. It’s high time they change the setup and the decorations. I felt there is nothing I haven’t seen before and it was waste of time going there.

Reflections of lights on Beira Lake

Boat on Beira Lake

The 10 Hot new emerging countries

Saw an interesting video on Bloomberg and I’m a bit surprised to see Sri Lanka to be among the top 10 of the emerging economies.

Bloomberg video on top 10 emerging countries

Some believe that the growth indicators published by the Sri Lankan authorities are manipulated but we’ll not know the truth anytime soon!

GDP Growth in Sri Lanka

Source(s): www.bloomberg.com, www.tradingeconomics.com

Birds in my backyard

Spotted a bird building a nest in my backyard. This tiny bird is lightning fast and it does not want to pose for the camera like the kingfishers.

Carrying items to build it's nest