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Essay competition to mark Intl. Childrens Day
State banking giant Peoples Bank has entered into partnership with the popular and informative childrens magazine Funday Times， issued with The Sunday Times， to conduct an all-island essay competition that will coincide with International Childrens Day 2008.
The competition was announced in June 2008， and was open to all children island-wide. At present finalists have been selected from the 25 districts. The second round is scheduled to be held on August 9 at designated centres around the country.
There will be four categories in which children can participate： these include Grades 2 and 3， Grades 4 and 5， Grades 6 and 7， and Grades 8 and 9. Each category will have a different topic to write on， and the essays can be written in Sinhala， Tamil or English.
As a responsible corporate citizen， Peoples Bank has for more than 47 years carried out various programmes aimed at nurturing the talents of future generations. Through its Isuru Udana and Sisu Udana products， designed especially with the welfare of children in mind， the Bank has paved the way for all children to learn the value of savings.
Through this essay competition， the Bank， together with the Funday Times， aims to encourage the language and creative writing skills of children. The winners will be rewarded with valuable prizes and certificates at a ceremony which will be held on October 4.
Stress on Campus
Before I came to PKU， I thought it was paradise there， because I felt so much stress when NCEE was turning the corner that I must cheat myself by something. But now I know that I actually cheated myself.
In campus， we all feel three main sorts of stress. They are study， love and life. For I have not a GF， and I consider its too early to think about life problems such as employment (I am only Grade One)， feeling annoyed by study takes most of my time.
There is too little time for me to complete the work we need to do. And what is my fault that I have chosen too many courses to study. I miscalculated my ability. However， if I take less like what I did last term， I would waste my spare time playing computer games， sleeping， talking and fooling around.
I am still puzzled about that. But recently I even have no time to feel puzzled. There are eleven papers and two big tasks in all this term. Maybe its good for us to have something to do instead of giving ourselves up to daydreams. It is said that a certain amount of stress can stimulate us and increase our level of alertness.
So， dont be worried about it. Just do it！ Nike tells the answer. We should believe that our latent capacity is unlimited. It is what I want to say to some students oppressed by papers and myself. It is better to develop our abilities to deal with stress rather than to escape from it， right？
Come on！
别了，我的六一
十三年的年华转瞬即逝。你如同悬在头顶上面的点滴瓶。一滴一滴流逝干净。多少人同我一样，也这样伫目凝送着你的坠落啊。却竟乎只得到了一个相同的数字十三滴。又有多少人的心相继错落着沉到了谷底？屋子里晦暗沉郁，而窗外依然是阳光灿烂的晴朗世界。就是这样了吧。
我想起你。一次一次而不能停止。你只是静静地站在那儿，平静得像没有心跳的木偶，或者亡去的故人。以致于几乎看不到一点斑驳，偶尔望到了几点星疏的白点，竟成了唯一的寄托。我们那么疏远
但我又能怨尤些什么呢？
十三年。十三次。你每次总带来了最纯洁，最快乐的韶华，你到来的时候，总是帮我们擦去了其余三百六十多天所有的烦闷。你在我们身边的日子里，我们都是最天真，最可爱的孩子。
是我错了。我不该自作聪明地将你给的回忆叠成一只又一只的纸船，就那样认为美好地放入溪里。今日，你亦化为一只纸船，与我别离。
如果我是那雨滴的话
那么，我能够像把不曾交会的
天空与大地连接起来那样
把你的心串联起来吗？
你回眸轻语：别傻了，你已经长大了呢。
这算是什么，诀别语么？
或许，我又错了。我不该那样地依恋你我长大了呢。也许我该学着去走，那只有一个人时的路了。
别了，我的六一。