Radhika Nilupulee Rajapaksha - How I made my dream come true….

Radhika Nilupulee Rajapaksha - How I made my dream come true….

I am Radhika Nilupulee Rajapaksha, who studied at the Horizon Lanka
Foundation, Mahavilachchiya, in the first batch until I reached senior
student level.  I was just 9 years old when I first attended Horizon
Lanka. Now, at 19 years of age, I am employed at Microimage (Pvt) Ltd.,
a Colombo based organization, as a trainee Web Designer.

I felt I had to write the story of how I got such an opportunity at this rather young age.

I learned Web & Graphic design at Horizon Lanka. I learnt about web
design when I was in Grade 4, and was very keen to learn more about
this. When someone asked me, “Radhika, what would you like to do in the
future? What is your ambition?” I would answer, “I want to be a Web
Designer. This was one of my greatest dreams. Today my dream has come
true. I am truly happy to have reached my goal!

It started first of all when I used to dream about having my own
computer. But I got my first PC when I was in Grade 8 through Horizon
Lanka. Mr. Harsha Purasingha, the CEO of Microimage
where I now work helped me to buy my first PC. I designed my first
website on this PC ~ it was a simple one. After visiting my website Mr.
Purasingha was very pleased. I learnt many things from my computer and
used to work until midnight because I love to work with computers. Mr.
Purasingha visited Mahavilachchiya a long time ago as the Chief Guest
at the Horizon Lanka’s Prize Giving.  I was selected the Best Overall
Performer and received my award from Mr. Purasingha.

Then I began to design websites for Horizon Lanka and for some other
companies as well. I also designed a map for a local company. Having
become aware of these things Mr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of Intel,
invited us ~ Ruvini, Iresha and myself ~ to make a presentation. Again
I met Mr. Purasingha on the stage at the Intel event. I was very
fortunate to receive a brand-new laptop from the Chairman of Intel on
this occasion.

Then in order to further increase my knowledge, having sat for my A/L
examination, I attended a training program at the Eurocenter DDC in
Colombo with the kind assistance of Mr. Mano Sekaram, the CEO. There I
learnt about lots of web design tools and obtained a good knowledge of
web designing. Having completed the training I re-designed my personal
website with what I had learned at Eurocenter. Then I hosted it with
the help of my friend and it can be viewed at: http://www.radhikanilupulee.com

Having visited my personal website Mr. Purasingha asked me to
present myself at an interview for a Web/Graphic Designer and I was
delighted to have been selected! I have been working at Microimage for
two weeks now, and am learning new things as well. I never imagined I
would one day be working for Mr. Purasingha, when I first met him as a
youngster many years ago!

I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to everyone who helped me make my dream come true!