On blogging and killing

There’s an old saying that "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."

As far as the Sri Lankan blogsphere goes I’m just a newbie. But already it’s been apparent that blogging has some severe side effects that seem to consume the blogger from within.

First it comes as asserting your own opinions and establishing grounds for an online ego. But it doesn’t stop there. These opinions and established grounds slowly creep up to have an impact on real life. Of course, blogging is a reflection of thoughts and feelings in a given instant, not necessarily a glimpse of the blogger herself.

But the problem is; writing these thoughts and feelings down, not only makes them immortal but it also make them seemingly real. Absurdly real.

It’s kind of like building and sticking to a business brand, doing a PhD or worse yet,
getting involved in a long-term relationship.

There are a lot of things to do in Sri Lanka (i.e. reverse engineer modern fabrication processes to accelerate industrial development, build standards for safety inspections and non-destructive testing, establishing a fully fledged forensics division for the Sri Lanka Police, facilitating policies to help grab a portion of the offshoring R&D markets like nanotechnology etc etc etc etc)

And if I ever feel bored or alienated there’s plenty to do in the world as well….

Quite frankly I cannot afford to let myself be trapped in a cage that I have conveniently created for myself. It's time to commit suicide and start a new life.