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Once a drunken American met a Burmese on a road and asked “Hey! What Ese are you?” The man was bewildered and so the American says “I mean to say are you a Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese or Vietnamese since you must end in one of the Ese?” The man replied that he is a Burmese because the Junta who change the name from Burma to Myanmar has forbid anyone using the name of Myanmarnese.

Even though man is essentially an economic animal and greed always supersedes the need, great caution should be taken by the Western world regarding Burma. They should not to be too excited or hysteria about the opening of Burma as Dr Zarni describes it as hyper ballistic characterization that the country is "on the verge of great transformation."

It has been Two and a half years since we all celebrated some of the most happiest days in Sri Lanka. One might say, it was the happiest day ever in our history.

In mid seventies when one introduced himself, in Saudi Arabia, as a Sri Lankan some were not aware where Sri Lanka was but when they were told, it is the country that produced tea –‘Balad al Shai’- practically everyone knew and promptly came the response as ‘Sailan’ with an expression of real joy on their faces.