Computer skills for 100 Sri Lankan students

I was lucky to get a chance to work as a trainee at EucoCenter DDC in Colombo. I went to EC on 22nd of October and stayed there 2 months till 22nd of December with two of my friends Iresha and Ruvini. First I would like to thank Mr. Mano Sekaram and Mr. Johann De Cruz for giving this opportunity to us.

Once I went to the EC I was bit scared to work because we didn’t know them and didn’t know much about Colombo. But they were very good and helped us every time. They were very friendly and we could work easily with them.

During those two months I learned a lot of things there. I saw how a company is running. I didn’t know how a company works. And I saw how people work together and teamwork. I got a chance to work with a team. We have many responsibilities when we are working with a team. There is a sport club at EC. At EC we designed their sports club website. We got helps from the EC employees too. Actually that was our main project at EC. We didn’t know how to handle project in correct way. We got lots of experiences doing this project. There is a method to do a project. First we should have a "kick-off meeting" and then we have to gather requirements. Then we have to draw Story Boards. After that we should design the main templates and develop the site. We followed this method and we succeeded.

We learned lots of software when we were doing the EC sports club website. We learned Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Macromedia Dreamweaver, CSS, Java Script, Macromedia Flash etc. And also we learned about Web servers, Internet and CMS.

I got a chance to participate in two special occasions. They were Christmas Party and year End Party. I didn’t have participated in a Christmas party before. I got a gift from Santa too and got lots of experiences. I was really happy to participate in Year End party too. And also I participated in a Table Tennis tournament too. I got a chance to play as well.

As I mentioned at EC we learned lots of things. Actually the employs are very good and very helpful. I should thank all of them for their kindness. Every time when we were at EC they were with us to take care and help.

And also I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Charles who gave us accommodations and foods. We stayed their house in Rajagiriya and we were very comfortable there. And also I should thank Mrs. Muththamma and her family for taking care of us and treating us well.

I forgot something to write in my story. I learned Table Tennis as well at EC. I was very keen to learn Table Tennis when they were playing. Ruvini, Iresha and me learned Table Tennis we used to play Table Tennis during our lunch time.

I got lots of experiences working at Eurocenter. And also I got lots of nice friends, helps for Eurocenter to learn things. I would like to thank again all of EC people for helping us and being nice friends. Thank you!