Vacation to Sri Lanka_2014

Hakgala Botanical Garden Located in Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka. This is the second largest garden in the Sri Lanka. This garden surrounded with beautiful flowers and trees. Also include rear and endangered plants. All visitors amazed with the big rose flowers and peaceful environment at there.    

 

Horton Plains National Park  is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by mountains grassland and cloud forest. It is a beautiful place with cool climate. If you visit there in a sunny day you can see beautiful sceneries and at the evening lots of reindeers coming to visitors path. When I was waking through the plains I felt like it is a different new world. So peaceful and for a person or a student who is interest in research on Biodiversity , Plants and active clouds this will be the best place. 

Baker's falls at Horton Plains

Reindeers

 

Water Falls and Sceneries on the way to Nuwara Eliya.

St. Clair's Falls  Talawakele, Sri Lanka.

 

Sri Lankan Elephants

Elephant is a sacred animal in Sri Lanka. Elephants are using mainly in religious activities in Buddhist temples like PERAHARE . Sri Lanka is a country that you can watch wild elephants in their natural habitats. World famous Elephant refugee centre Yala , Udawalawa are the places you can watch elephants closely.   

 

 

Sri Lanka 2013

Sinhala New Year

Celebration in Sri Lanka

 

 

 

Sinhala  New year celebrated in Sri Lanka every Year in April. Sri Lankan people celebrated this from ancient time. According to the astrology Sun starts new circle in this period. Mostly its falls on 13th or 14th of April.  During this auspicious time people do lots of religious activities. They are going to temple and worship to Buddha and Gods.  It is a key cultural event in Sri Lanka and it has a unique routines to follow. Lots of sweets and foods are made during this period and lots of traditional foods are bond with this cultural event. This two days are holidays in Sri Lanka. All the members of the families get together and attend to this Sinhala and Hindu New year activities. People go to visit their grad parents, relatives and neighbours with a plate full of sweet foods or cakes.

 

All the members of families wears new cloths. They clean there houses. Mother or female elder in the house Boil Milk when the new year begin and wish blessings for their families during the new year. Young children blast fire crackers when new year begin. Small children plays with their friends.

 

Some Foods Related to Sinhala  New Year

 

• Milk Rice
• Kavum (Oil Cakes)
• Mung Kavum
• Kokis
• Aluwa
• Pani Walalu
• Athi Rasa
• Asmee..... etc.

  

Hindu People also celebrate this new year according to their traditional ways.

 

 

Things I have learnt from my Jobs_ Useful tips for new employees

My First Job ( Data Entry Operator and Floor Supervisor)

 

New Year 2014 came. Five days pass like wind. Some times I think now time is going very fast not like my child hood. Since child hood I have beautiful memories with friends and family also we spent beautiful 13 years at school/ college. But now we are very busy we have to get up early and prepare for our jobs or day to day responsibilities that we are having as an adults. 

 

After my college end of 2005 I went to work as a Data Entry operator. As a child also I have in my mind I have to do a job after my school. Since my A/L results  not qualified me to start higher education at a university  I have made my mind to go for a job. Luckily I have passed my first job interview in my life. Considering that time I have received a good salary from my first job , also  I didn't take any money from bank for my use since at that time my father spend for me. Even my travelling fees.  I can remember  I was very simple girl at that time. I have dressed very simple Skirts blouses or jeans , T-Shirts. No makeup at all. only some perfume or powder. My work started at 7.00am and I have to leave home at about 5.30am since It's take more than one hour to go to  office.  I came home around 4.00pm since my shift was ending at 2.30pm. 

 

Since I started this job after my English course I was fully energetic. It was very easy to work there since I have a good typing skill. Starting a job is good experience with different people. After few months there one of my supervisor called me and asked about my computer knowledge. Since he thought to take me for his position because of his resignation. I have perform well at the interview and I  recruited as a floor supervisor there. It was a challengeable job and I learnt everything and start working in my new position. Supervising is a very stressful job. As a supervisor I have to deal with more than 35 employees and international higher management (Our MD if from Bangladesh). Since it is a out source company they have client requested targets and deadlines. Management is from Bangladesh and our clients are from USA. I need to engage all employees to the work and get there maximum. As a supervisor role I have to train new employees, take daily attendance ( Since at that time that office has only employee attendance book) , manage break time of employees and engage  and communicate with clients when there are matters or doubts related to work.

 

Day by day job gets very challengeable for me since other two supervisors some times making troubles for me. There are some trouble makers from employees sides also. But I have deal with matters well even I am a person with less experience in this area. I can remember the time Government increased  Rs.1000 budgetary allowance for all employees in our country. But our office management didn't add this to our salaries. I also didn't aware on this and employees begins to ask about that from me. So I went to the admin manager and told about this. Few employees also accompanied with me. It seems like they are purposely skipping this mandatory increment. After our conversation they promised to add this with the arias to our next months salary. Every one was happy. My salary also increased as per my promotion. But at that time I thought I'm doing more to the company than my salary. Anyway it is a good experience and I have continued there for one and half years. Also I think I'm very lucky to have job like this for the first time since it's  made me sharp in this field.

 

The things I have learnt from there.

• Working with different types of people. If you are a new employee you have to keep clam with every one in the company even with cleaning staff. You need to smile and learn everything carefully.

• Make notes on every new things related to work. From that you don't need to bother experiences staff and after some level they also consider you as a trouble if you start disturbing them repeat.

• Don't be TOO smart when you are as a new employee. At that point old staff will think you are a threat and they might say bad things about you to higher management. (You know some people). You can stat perform step by step. So every one is happy and your carrier also secure.

• Don't give promises that can't be done. To the both higher management and the employees. If you can't do or achieve let them know with the reason. Other wise after your failure they no longer trust you.

• It's good to find a job where you can travel easily. Other wise it is very stressful to do that. Since for me I have to travel more than one hour by bus. So morning and Evening it was  stressful for me at that time. Optionally you can rent a place nearby.

• English is must. Even you should have basic understand , writing and speaking skill. (If you are at non English speaking country and your company clients are from UK, USA)

 

I will share my second job experience in a new episode. Good Luke with your new JOBs.