https://blog.thameera.com Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:57:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/paypal-for-sri-lanka/ https://blog.thameera.com/paypal-for-sri-lanka/#comments thameera Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:57:32 +0000 Uncategorized paypal sri lanka http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=883 PayPal doesn’t fully support transactions for Sri Lankans. Yes, we can pay for stuff with Paypal, but we can’t receive money from others. This has always been a major problem for the country’s freelancers. Most clients prefer making payments via Paypal. There are several other options like Moneybookers, but none of them are as popular…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/paypal-for-sri-lanka/" title="Continue reading ‘PayPal for Sri Lanka’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p><img alt="" class="alignright" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="200" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/paypal-for-sri-lanka.jpg" title="paypal for sri lanka" width="300"/>PayPal doesn’t fully support transactions for Sri Lankans. Yes, we can pay for stuff with Paypal, but we can’t receive money from others. This has always been a major problem for the country’s freelancers. Most clients prefer making payments via Paypal. There are several other options like <a href="https://www.moneybookers.com/" target="_blank">Moneybookers</a>, but none of them are as popular as Paypal nor are supported by most sites.</p> <p>Indi <a href="http://indi.ca/2012/03/why-sri-lanka-doesnt-have-paypal/" target="_blank">wrote about this</a> some time back. According to his post, the culprit is the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. You can send out as much as money you want but you can’t receive any. No inflows; only outflows. This is ridiculous.</p> <p>Now there is <a href="http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/enable-receiving-money-to-sri-lanka-through-paypal" target="_blank">an online petition</a> in change.org demanding the restrictions for receiving money through Paypal be lifted. Initiated by <a href="http://budhajeewa.com/" target="_blank">Budhajeewa</a>, the petition has received over 950 signatures as of this writing. The target is 1000, and will be increased most probably once this target is met. There is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/paypalforsrilanka/271774012935542" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> and a <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ppforsrilanka/home" target="_blank">small site</a> as well.</p> <p>Please do sign <a href="http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/enable-receiving-money-to-sri-lanka-through-paypal" target="_blank">the petition</a> if you haven’t already and share the link with friends.</p> https://blog.thameera.com/paypal-for-sri-lanka/feed/ 2 883 https://blog.thameera.com/matara-the-wondrous-city/ https://blog.thameera.com/matara-the-wondrous-city/#comments thameera Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:44:49 +0000 Uncategorized matara sri lanka http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=584 Matara. It’s the most beautiful city in Sri Lanka. If you disagree with me you haven’t been to Matara lately or haven’t travelled around the city much. If you still disagree I will put my hands in my ears and cry OH LA LA so that I won’t here you. The southern railway is under…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/matara-the-wondrous-city/" title="Continue reading ‘Matara – the wondrous city’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p><img alt="Matara" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-585" decoding="async" height="214" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/matara.jpg" title="Matara" width="300"/>Matara. It’s the most beautiful city in Sri Lanka. If you disagree with me you haven’t been to Matara lately or haven’t travelled around the city much. If you still disagree I will put my hands in my ears and cry OH LA LA so that I won’t here you.<br/> The southern railway is under renovation these days and will emerge as the best rail track in Sri Lanka after an year or so. And the southern highway to Matara has only months or perhaps weeks to be opened. Which means access to Colombo in less than one and half hours. How cool is that?<br/> Matara will become one of the most sought after cities to live in in a few years. Too bad me and most of my friends won’t have that luxury coz of work. But at least we will be happy to know that Matara is just one hour or so away from Colombo.</p> https://blog.thameera.com/matara-the-wondrous-city/feed/ 5 584