email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

Dear All,

Just thought you would like this different approach to a wedding.  Just click on the link below. 

Certainly a different way of starting the ceremony, I thought it was great!

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pristwedingh2#.VEmXV7epy5g.email

A boy and a barber.

Email from Lesley Sirimanne

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you." 

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?" The boy takes the quarters and leaves. 

"What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!" 

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. 

"Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?" 

The boy licked his cone and replied, 

"Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!"

A different Surgeon.

email from Lesley Sirimanne

A surgeon was checking on a patient who had a hernia operation three days before. 

The doctor asked the man why he had not gotten out of bed. 

"I hurt," the man said. "You dont know how it feels." 

"I know exactly how it feels," the doctor said. "I had the same procedure last month, and I was back at work two days later. There

​'​

s no difference in our operations." 

"Oh yes there is," said the patient. "You had a different surgeon."
   

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Dance, Seethawaka Regency, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Wedding receptions in Sri Lanka have dance items thrown in to entertain the guests. Here is one of them at a wedding reception I attended. 

Philip

Click on the web-link below with your speakers on.

http://youtu.be/vsEDv8csGCk

Just divorced!!!

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai

 Http://www.youtube.com/embed/n36YuKMyzNA#t=53 

A child's tale.

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai This tale is about the bond formed between a little girl and a group of building workers. It's allegedly true and might help to confirm your belief in the goodness of people and that there is hope for the human race.................... A young family moved into a house next door to an empty plot. One day a gang of building workers turned up to start building on the plot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in the activity going on next door and hung around. Eventually the builders, all with hearts of gold, more or less adopted the little girl as a sort of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had tea and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. They even gave the child her very own hard hat and gloves, which thrilled her immensely. At the end of the first week, the smiling builders presented her with a pay envelope - containing two pounds in 10p coins. The little girl took her 'pay' home to her mother who suggested that they take the money to the bank the next day to open a savings account. At the bank, the female cashier was tickled pink listening to the little girl telling her about her 'work' on the building site and the fact she now had a 'pay packet'.  'You must have worked very hard to earn all this', said the cashier. The little girl proudly replied, 'Yes, I worked every day with Steve and Wayne and Mike. We're building a big house.' 'My goodness gracious,' said the cashier, 'And will you be working on the house again next week?'  The child thought for a moment. Then she said seriously: 'I think so......provided those wankers at Jewsons deliver the f***ing  bricks on time.'

Signs that make you smile.

email from Gallege De Silva

Girls lead academically globally

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/V4vR-JXdMHc/150126125015.htm

Near death patients

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/23/checklists-identifying-patients-near-death-to-be-trialled-in-sydney-hospitals

History of photography

http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2014/dec/22/the-many-inventions-of-photography-mirjam-brusius

Sir John Kotelawala, ex Prime Minister of Ceylon in Hollywood.

 

email from Senaka Weeraratna

2 Feb (2 days ago)

This was the first and probably the last occasion where a Prime Minister of Ceylon was feted in Hollywood.

https://vernoncorea.wordpress.com/tag/st-marks-church-badulla/

17th ANNIVERSARY OF CEYLON INDEPENDENCE (1965)

email from 

Senaka Weeraratna

British Pathe short film on Independence celebrations held 50 years ago in Badulla to mark 17th anniversary of Ceylon Independence (1965)

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/anniversary-of-ceylonese-aka-17th-anniversary-of-c

Various shots of the celebrations in Badulla to mark the 17th anniversary of Ceylon Independence. Prime Minister Mrs Sirima Bandaranaika and Governor General Mr William Gopallawa with a host of officials watch the parade. Various shots of the parade: soldiers marching, tanks, marching bands, elephants, schoolchildren, flag bearers, gymnasts, traditional performers and dancers, decorated floats etc. 

Shots of Dr. N.M. Perera, Dr. Mackie Ratwatte, Anil Moonesinghe, Thomas Amarasuriya, Felix Dias Bandaranaike, A.P. Jayasuriya, T.B. Ilangaratne, M.P. De Z. Siriwardene among others are vividly shown. 

The pageantry drawn from Sri Lanka's history showing reputed freedom fighters is part of this spectacle. 

Duration: 4.08 minutes

This video has no sound

Recall of Memories - Tissa Kappagoda.

email from Lakshman Karalliedde	9:54 PM (7 hours ago)

From: Mary Kappagoda <mhkappagoda@hotmail.com> 
To: kanthikaralliedde@yahoo.co.uk <kanthikaralliedde@yahoo.co.uk

Sent: Tue, Feb 3, 2015 12:12:29 PM 

 Hi again Kanthi and Lakshman,

We are being rushed to have the memorial for Tissa on the 14th March. (By the priest....he is saying it is too long to wait)  As a result I am once again asking for your help.  Manel is hoping to find a venue that will allow us to webcast part or all of the proceedings.

I am told that if you scan a picture or a photo into the computer you can send it as an e-mail and it will arrive in the inbox as a "Jpeg"
file. This is way, way above my techspertise but I am assured that it works.

I am sure you must have many memories, stories, anecdotes, school pictures, adolescent times, cricket matches, times at Trinity and subsequently in Colombo.

Would you be willing to share some of them with me?  Tissa really never talked about himself so anything would be so welcome.  Tell me if they can be shared as the patients are very hungry for any information about him.

Any funny pictures or stories about him would be great as everyone here thinks of him as  in a three piece suit ,tie and cuff links and always solemn. Any pictures of him learning Buddhism?  I seem to remember that he was taught at the temple at an early age ,so a picture of that would be great.

We are hoping to have a wall of tributes, one of stories and one of his paintings , books, articles and press cuttings so anything at all that you would be willing to share with me will be treasured.  Insights into his life before he left Sri Lanka as well as  time in England and Canada.  So anything at all that you have that can be scanned into the computer and that you feel will be appropriate will be welcomed.  As you can imagine I am not at my best just now to undertake such a project so I need all the help I can get rom the Sri Lankan community around the world who knew him.  Feel free to pass my request on to anyone anywhere you think might be interested in helping me.

Love

Mary

Hi Batch-mates,

This is a request for memories and photos from Mary Kappagoda. Any of you could contribute. Send your contributions by email to :-

<mhkappagoda@hotmail.com>

or

<1960batch gmail.com="">

Philip G Veerasingam

Genetic memory

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2015/01/28/genetic-memory-how-we-know-things-we-never-learned/

How mitochondrial donation involved in three parent babies works.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11385315/How-mitochondrial-donation-involved-in-three-parent-babies-works.html

1960 Entrants Batch, get together, at the Jetwing Blue, Negombo, Sri Lanka - Programme and Payments.

Dear Batch-mates ( 1960 Entrants, Medical Faculty, Colombo),

It has been a long 50 years after we passed out of the Medical Faculty in 1965. We intend doing a get together, our fourth such reunion held in Sri Lanka. The first was held in Kandy on passing the 25th Anniversary. The second and third were at Dambulla.

This may be the last batch get together as all of us have passed the 'Three score and ten years'. Please make it a point to come for this get together.

We have made it a one day programme to make it more affordable.

____________________________________________________________

This time it is proposed to have it at the Jetwing Blue Hotel at Negombo on the 13th June 2015.

The agenda for the day is as follows :-

1. 10.00 am - Meet and greet.

2. 10 to 12 noon - Fellowship.

3. 11 am - Group photograph

3. 12 noon - Buffet type Lunch.

4. 12 to 4pm - Leisure.

5. 4pm - Meeting 

a. Tributes to departed  by volunteers.

b. Sing-along.

6. 4.30pm - Concert  - Items on a an impromptu voluntary basis.

__________________________________________________________

For those attending as a day event:-

At ‘The Jetwing Blue’, Negombo, Sri Lanka.

Registration – 10 am 13/6/2015.

Payment – Rs. 3500/- Includes Welcome drink, Lunch, Afternoon Tea.

For Dinner Additional Rs. 3000/-

_____________________________________________________________

It is easy to travel from Colombo for the event. You can use the Katunayake Expressway from Colombo, to come for the day event. It takes about 30 mins on the Expressway.

Come early and stay late.

__________________________________________________

For bookings of rooms at the Jetwing Blue for overnight stay:-

 Payment Includes Registration fee of Rs. 3500/-, Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast the following day.

Single room – Rs. 16,000/-

Double room – Rs. 22,000/-

Triple room – Rs. 28,280/-

Credit cards accepted. Cheques in favour of ‘Blue Ocean Beach Hotel (Pvt) Ltd,’

Bookings and clarifications re booking rooms to:-

            Ashan Ranasinghe,Senior Sales Executive – Corporate Sales

            ashan@jetwinghotels.com

            JETWING HOTELS LTD.

46/26, Jetwing House, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo – 02, Sri Lanka.

T: +94 11 2345700 Ext 1329  F: +94 11 2345729  M: +94 774750908

www.jetwinghotels.com

If there are vacant rooms available at the Jetwing Blue due to cancellations, those who have booked at the Jetwing Beach could be transferred to Jetwing Blue.

The organising committee is not handling bookings at hotels. You have to do these yourselves.

Please contact :-

ASHAN RANASINGHESenior Sales Executive (Corporate Sales) - Jetwing Hotels Ltd. 
ashan@jetwinghotels.com
T: +94 11 2345700 ext: 1329  F: +94 11 2345730  M: +94 774750908

The organising committee.

Duru, Sarath, Ranjini and Philip.

Those who have not informed us regarding your participation in this event, please inform us by email early to <1960batch gmail.com="">. Please indicate how many people will be accompanying you. This is to inform the hotel in advance, regarding the number of participants.

Micro-biome

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Antibiotic overuse

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Clues to dampen pain

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Scopes and superbugs

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superbug-spread-through-contaminated-scopes-sickened-dozens/

Carl Djerassi, Scientist Considered Father of Birth-Control Pill, Dies

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