<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:21:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@thanya/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["Georgie" the Honeybunch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, Let me introduce this snowy furball, "Georgie" the Honeybunch". He is one month old and became a family member of ours exactly one week ago. Despite the obvious differences and circumstances of birth,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196708/@thanya/georgie-the-honeybunch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196708/@thanya/georgie-the-honeybunch</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196708]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPt357CN6okmL39dqEW6fzRaSGnUmF3tDcGRyaEGPCJJRUH6Dp8BK8PczYKR6fM8mjG7K9XytKX4Epaf1cphi3Sxgt3ZTuEc2ZWbi27H1ari?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Words, science, nature, sun, outpouring love.. Reading "A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking on a sunny day in my garden.. This is what I call "paradise"...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@thanya/paradise-c941968e537b7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@thanya/paradise-c941968e537b7</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwh1uu162G67FG6FAnT8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Departure of a dreamer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Stephen William Hawking, aged 76, passed away yesterday after his lifetime of struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a motor neurone disease that rendered his body paralyzed, still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@thanya/departure-of-a-dreamer-bf55bdf967a2b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@thanya/departure-of-a-dreamer-bf55bdf967a2b</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:07:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMe3h1sLuHmEZMX8Xi4kN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing in the rain]]></title><description><![CDATA[We compose so many tunes and sway and move our bodies to their rhythms.. And then we forget the most basic rhythm the nature plays.. The rain... So I stepped out into my garden, let the raindrops kiss]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/dancing-in-the-rain-bee9bfea2390c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/dancing-in-the-rain-bee9bfea2390c</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxSaWjwsyeNYM4Bp83YJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-vented bulbul nest -2]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a wait of one and a half week, finally the little fellows decided to hatch out.. Parents are busy finding food and feeding the babies. I have heard that red-vented bulbul parent birds wait until]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/red-vented-bulbul-nest-2-10b9289b9b023</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/red-vented-bulbul-nest-2-10b9289b9b023</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:38:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3EBdPmuSyFrmfsWjcQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity in the middle of chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the heart of my country's capital Colombo captured in another one of its noisy and busy nights. This lake in the middle of the city keeps making gentle ripples despite all the chaos in its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/serenity-in-the-middle-of-chaos-c060a7043b6b5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/serenity-in-the-middle-of-chaos-c060a7043b6b5</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgFHsQ6TpdgAoVHRkdU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-vented bulbul nest]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a nest of the red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) I came across in my garden with 3 tiny eggs in it.. In Sri Lanka, we call these birds "konda kurullo" and they are not a rare sight]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@thanya/red-vented-bulbul-nest-2e54c3f74d2e2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@thanya/red-vented-bulbul-nest-2e54c3f74d2e2</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:05:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwL71NfgQarSAVJw8i5c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balance]]></title><description><![CDATA[How many different roles do you have to play in your life? Have you ever struggled to keep the balance between all those roles? In my case, it is a constant struggle, becoming more and more complicated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/balance-c3df3628019ef</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/balance-c3df3628019ef</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzZbWrkTJU5EPwcXhanJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunshine and holidays, Playhouse and swings..]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was wondering for sometime, whether that little joyous kid inside was anywhere to be found.. And one moment I was looking at playthings of my nephew, and the next I was transforming into that lovely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/sunshine-and-holidays-playhouse-and-swings-1a3fcc99051ed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/sunshine-and-holidays-playhouse-and-swings-1a3fcc99051ed</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfWYUmzKTR2Zw69xKfoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy birthday brother mine!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's his birthday. I don't often say this out loud. But today is an exception. I'm blessed to have you as my brother. Next to dad, you're the man who loves me the best! Keep smiling.. @theguruasia]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@thanya/happy-birthday-brother-mine-c4a487337783c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@thanya/happy-birthday-brother-mine-c4a487337783c</guid><category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5QNjCWPpahNJUSZqmuG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many different horizons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel that the act of living is like watching a far horizon where the sea touches the sky.. There are these misty mornings, cold and foggy, where we see nothing but the gloom blurring everything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/many-different-horizons-f371ea8bab48e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/many-different-horizons-f371ea8bab48e</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:38:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMeSRWUmRNa3CzhMTAUCN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the trees just observe]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I had my clinical rotations in the National Institute of Mental Health, Sri Lanka as a medical student, I came across this painting done by a psychiatric patient and these few lines written below..]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/and-the-trees-just-observe-369697639780a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/and-the-trees-just-observe-369697639780a</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:59:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwz1FyG7wC24Mi3ABiJi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lost mermaid]]></title><description><![CDATA[They call me a mermaid.. And I often wonder; what am I more; fish or human? I feel that I am a lost little human girl, lost in the vast ocean, the aquatic world of fish, trying to figure out a way to blend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@thanya/the-lost-mermaid-20a1d51afd0a2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@thanya/the-lost-mermaid-20a1d51afd0a2</guid><category><![CDATA[adoptaminnow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:05:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwhkyq8peViFCzeER5VG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["I love not man the less, but nature more"]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you take a walk into the woods alone, you'd think you're surrounded by a deafening silence. But if you really listen, nature is full of voices speaking of many a thousand stories.. Nature will speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/i-love-not-man-the-less-but-nature-more-9dd3364bc683d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@thanya/i-love-not-man-the-less-but-nature-more-9dd3364bc683d</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwKrSexqsoZRCBN2J4YW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In case you wonder what I am]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is what I do for a living.. Practicing the art of healing.. I'm a medical undergraduate aka a trainee doctor. I spend most of my day with patients, those lovely human beings in need of help, care]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/in-case-you-wonder-what-i-am-bb131c5591ff3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thanya/in-case-you-wonder-what-i-am-bb131c5591ff3</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:32:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN4hEBs77ERN6anZ4U9YS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quick glance at the little girl from this end]]></title><description><![CDATA["Who are you?" That's a question which has always had the potential to make me nervous. Who am I? Am I the name I bear which everyone else used to call me since the day I was born? Am I a figure,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@thanya/a-quick-glance-at-the-little-girl-from-this-end-839d986f2e47a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@thanya/a-quick-glance-at-the-little-girl-from-this-end-839d986f2e47a</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3bm1b9ibRtyMH9EzSAa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a voyage to explore the simplest truths of universe..]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder why we are placed right here, on a lonely lovely planet, gifted with a consciousness to perceive and ponder about the deepest mysteries and simplest realities around us.. And I believe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@thanya/on-a-voyage-to-explore-the-simplest-truths-of-universe-9ca49014b6b53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@thanya/on-a-voyage-to-explore-the-simplest-truths-of-universe-9ca49014b6b53</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thanya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5QXKCtfq9npezmb9DK4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>