I am an undercover gamer

 So if you ask me, what my side job is, my answer is, I am a gamer. 😂

I may not be a fulltime gamer, but apart from my daily practice routine and my studies, the next thing I do with a lot of interest is playing video games. Haha I know it might be difficult to believe, but let me tell you about some games I have played.

Since 2001, I think I've been playing games. I can remember playing

1. Super Mario 

I was 4 years old when I played this game. surprising eh?

Then, in 2007 or so, I think I started playing GTA Vice City.

Then I think, with the development of technology and all, the best Games I played in the recent years are 

Assassin's Creed (Brotherhood, Black Flag)

FarCry 3, 4, 5

COD (modern warfare, WW3

I can name many many games. And some I don't even remember . hehe,

So yeah, here is my secret job - Playing games!!!!!!!!!

What is Anime?

 We all know about cartoons. We all know what films are. But what is Anime? is it a cartoon or a film? 

So from Marriam Webster I have quoted the following definition for the word "Anime"

"Anime is a style of animation originated in Japan that is characterized by stark colourful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots with fantastic or futuristic themes"

So if you got an idea from this definition, that's great. But I don't think it will just explain it clearly. 

an example picture is shown below for anime cartoons. 

When I was in school, my friends talked all the time about an anime called  'The Alice academy'" which later turned out to be a famous Anime series. So these type of cartoons are not just for children, even adults can enjoy these because their plots and themes are well organized and written. The messages that are underlying in some of Anime cartons are really great. 

One of my favorite Animes are 'The Black Butler" . It has a supernatural touch to it and it amazing. 

So Anime is another mode of entertainment anyone with the taste can enjoy. 

Fairytale - Alexander Rybak

 Young hearts have at least got broken once. It is very rarely that a young person does not get a heart break because of a love relation in his/her life. So Alexnader Rybak, a Russian singer and composer created a song called "Fairytale"  that talks about a heartbreak of a young person whose love left him long ago. But this character likes to live inside the fairytale where he is still with this girl. So , even though it hurts, this character likes to live inside the fairytale.

When talking about the music arrangement in this song, the song opens with a strong entry of a solo violin played by the singer himself. The song is played in the key of D minor.  After the violin,, a country rhythm follows. Then the song begins. 

So, this song got stuck in my head specially because of the violin parts in the song. Also, in the middle of the song, two female voices support the lead vocalist with harmonies. I love that part too. It is a really nice song. 

I will include the link below if anyone is interested. 

Official Music Video

Live performance - Fairytale

Black Magic

 Black Magic is form of dark art that is employed by witches and Wizards use in order to achieve their greedy targets. Most often, the reasons behind using black magic turns out to be anger, jealousy and greed. 

This is the definition given in the dictionary

* Magic used for evil purposes; witchcraft; sorcery (contrasted with white magic)*

So, I have heard that in Middle East countries, this practice is abundant. also in India there are many cases related to black magic. There are movies related to black magic and the most frightening series is the "Siccin" series.

If you watch this, you will definitely get frightened. 

As I remember, there are 5 or 6 movies in this movie series. hehe If you don't want to sleep, watch it. 

Difference between Surviving and Living

Most people just survive. They eat, drink, sleep, procreate and I would like to call it survival.

But living is something totally different in my opinion. Living not just means the things I told before. Living includes enjoying, living in diversity and being different. 

For this, I am pretty sure we need money. No matter how much you may argue that happiness can not be bought by money, I believe that we can buy some things that make us happy. Of course we can't buy happiness, love and health using money. I am not telling that. But think about this.

Do you enjoy life or struggle through your life to meet ends? Just ask yourself

As a Sri Lankan, I cannot be satisfied and happy if I am a government servant. Nah. I can only survive. Not live. 

So in order to add some happy points in to your life, start something new. Start your own small business. Don't depend on this so much of a salary that absolutely gives to nothing. Start living. (Don't do bad things as a business - think rationally)

So here is a point to think about. Living Vs Surviving. Are you living... or just surviving?

What Sadhguru taught me

 Once an Indian philosophical man told on YouTube :

" Don't be dead serious about your life, it is just a play"

When I heard this, it actually hit me to the bottom. and I started to think. even if I am dead serious about my life and its goals and all, nobody is serious about my life. It is only me who is being hard on myself and pushing myself to certain ends that I can't even cope with. So with that in mind, I started to focus more on the brighter side of life and less on the stressful negative side. Sadhguru's preachings are really handy if you are looking for life advices

So this is what I learnt from him. 

Frankenstein

 Do you know who Frankenstein is? 

One day, a clever scientist wanted to prove that death is just as temporary as life. So in order to accomplish his target, he started to create a human out of dead human parts. He finally achieves his target, but this monster whom he names as "Frankenstein" pleads his creator to make another one just as him, a female, to accompany him. But, the creator refuses it and chooses to leave Frankenstein alone. After this, the monster gets angry and destroys every important thing in the scientist's life. He even kills the creator's bride.

I know, this story seems very sickening, but this is how the novel goes.  

The name of the creator is Victor Frankenstein and he names his monster after his own name. According to me, Victor was unfair to his creation because nobody likes to stay alone in this world with no one else to talk to or share ideas. The look of the monster was so hideous  that no human would like it. Everybody ran away when they saw him.

So what happened to Frankenstein the monster, is very unfair. You should really read this novel by Mary Shelley. it is a Gothic masterpiece.