The Beatles – ‘Get back’

Really rocking it.

Please click on the web-link below:-

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdr3nu_the-beatles-get-back_music

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner 
But he knew it wouldn't last. 
Jojo left his home in tucson, arizona 
For some california grass. 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged. 
Get back jojo. go home 
Get back, get back. 
Back to where you once belonged 
Get back, get back. 
Back to where you once belonged. 
Get back jo. 

Sweet loretta martin thought she was a woman 
But she was another man 
All the girls around her say she's got it coming 
But she gets it while she can 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged. 
Get back loretta. go home 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged. 
Get back loretta 
Your mother's waiting for you 
Wearing her high-heel shoes 
And her low-neck sweater 
Get on home loretta 
Get back, get back. 
Get back to where you once belonged. 

Memorial ceremony for Dr. Tissa Kappagoda on the 29th March 2015.

tissa kappagoda was born in sri lanka in 1943.

He grew up in Kandy, the home of Sri Dalada Maligawa (The

Temple of the Tooth), one of the most sacred places of worship in

the Buddhist world. His Buddhist practice shaped

his outlook on life and was reflected in his calm

and gentle demeanor. He was educated at Trinity

College, Kandy and University of Ceylon from

which he received his medical degree in 1965 at the

age of 22. He left in 1966 but always considered Sri

Lanka home and felt a deep love for the country and

its people, returning over the years to visit friends and family and

impart his love of learning to students.

He undertook postgraduate training in the United Kingdom,

earning a PhD in 1972 from the University of Leeds and

remaining as a Lecturer in Cardiovascular Studies. He later

moved to the University of Alberta, Canada where he was a

Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at

the Health Sciences Center in Edmonton. In 1990, he came to

the University of California Davis as a Professor of Medicine and

Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation. He also served as Director of

Clinical Trials and was later responsible for the Coronary Heart

Disease Reversal Program. He maintained an active research

program, focusing on neural regulation of the heart and

circulation, dietary factors in the development of atherosclerosis

and the physiology of blood vessels. He was a Fellow of the

Royal College of Physicians of London, Edinburgh and Canada,

a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the American

College of Cardiology. His contributions to cardiovascular

science both as an investigator and a teacher were great but

should not overshadow that he was also a caring physician

devoted to the welfare of all patients.

He never lost his delight in what he referred to as “life’s rich

pattern,” and his varied hobbies attest to his wide-ranging

intellect. He was always up-to-date about the world cricket

standings; relished debates about the finer points of Sri Lankan

and world politics; had an encyclopedic knowledge of British

mysteries and kept his daughters updated about critical

current events such as Justin Bieber’s brushes with the law. An

accomplished artist, he spent hours creating delicate watercolors

of traditional Sri Lankan scenes. He enjoyed visiting art

museums and attended many art classes and workshops here and

abroad, always willing to learn new techniques from other artists.

He will be remembered for his kindness, patience, wisdom

and humor.

welcome

Shanthi Kappagoda

blessing

Venerable Madawala

Seelawimala Mahathera

remarks

Nihal Kappagoda, Dianne Hyson,

Indika Edirisinghe, Sharon Myers,

Linda Paumer and Ezra Amsterdam

song

Doug Cort

individual remembrances

from family and friends

All present are encouraged to

share their favorite stories of Dr. K

as we gather to celebrate a life

well-lived.

closing

Manel Kappagoda, Poem:

“My Father” by Yehuda Amichai

Please stay after the formal program

to enjoy a light lunch.

A Delight in

“Life’s Rich

Pattern” Celebrating

the Life of

Chulani Tissa

Kappagoda

The Alumni Center at the

University of California, Davis

Sunday, March 29, 2015

10:00 to Noon

L K

Tissa’s family would like to

acknowledge the love and

kindness shown to them during

this difficult time. Thank you

for being here today and

sharing your memories.

People will forget what you said.

People will forget what you did.

But people will never forget how you made them feel.

—Maya Angelou

Please click on the web-link below:-

 http://nancychadwick.smugmug.com/Video-Galleries/Dr-K-Celebration-of-Life/n-LzH87q/i-GPvCx6t

Demise of the mother of Dr. Lakshman Karalliedde

Dear Batch-mates,

The mother of Lakshman Karalliedde passed away yesterday. She was 98 years old. A very sweet old Lady with the graces and habits of a golden age gone by. I had occasion to meet her. We had long chats about her days at Ferguson High School, Rathnapura where I also attended Primary School. Devoted to her family and the Grand-children she was a gentle breeze in a turbulent world.

May she attain the Bliss of Nibbana. Our condolences go out to Karals,Kanthi and family.

Philip G Veerasingam

When I’m sixty-four - The Beatles.

Please click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on:-

https://youtu.be/ViKkjSzdwL4

https://youtu.be/5z-XgIE-SOc

When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out 'til quarter to three, would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

You'll be older too
Ah
And, if you say the word, I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings, go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Ah
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck, and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?

Songwriters

Paul Mc Cartney;John Lennon

Published by

SONY/ATV TUNES LLC

Read more: Beatles - When I'm 64 Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

The song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Although the theme is ageing, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was only 16.^[3] It was on the Beatles playlist in their early days as a song to perform when the amplifiers broke down or the electricity went off.^[5][6] Both George Martin and Mark Lewisohn speculated that McCartney may have thought of the song when recording began for Sgt. Pepper in December 1966 because his father turned 64 earlier that year.^[5][6]

Lennon said of the song, "Paul wrote it in the Cavern days. We just stuck a few more words on it like 'grandchildren on your knee' and 'Vera, Chuck and Dave' ... this was just one that was quite a hit with us."^[7] In his 1980 interview for Playboy he said, "I would never even dream of writing a song like that."^[4]

^Wikipedia

Evolution of the anus

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Audi Auto Parking

email Chellah Pathmanathan

 - Unbelievable. This is interesting n astonishing how possible this car can park by it self. Check n all doubts will be cleared. Enjoy n share n bye or dream 4 Audi car.
Has to be seen to be believed!!!! 

Won't need a driver at all soon - we can sit and watch them at play.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/rgN8MOrss40?rel=0

Bacteria in the colon and being obese.

http://theconversation.com/are-you-overweight-the-clues-in-your-poo-38126

Sam the Man for the Sing-Along & Dance on 13th June 2015

email from 

daya & nalini rodrigo

Here's a bit (from the web)  about Sam the Man as we had a few e-mails asking who he was.

We have booked him & his band for our Get-together on the 13th June & the cost is Rs. 110,000. Hence the request for a few donations from those who remember him from the old days & would like to sing along & dance to his music!

"With nearly five decades of experience, veteran musician Sam the man with a new back up band comprising veteran musicians is to entertain his fans throughout the new year 2011. Versatile singer and experienced saxophonist Sam  will play at some of the leading hotels in Colombo and down south.

Sam the Man will be at his best after his recent USA Tour and he is the top man to perform in ‘sing-along’ parties which was introduce to Sri Lanka in 1997 by Sam himself".

Eartha Kitt - Under the bridges of Paris with you.

Please click on the web-link below with speakers on:-

1. https://youtu.be/_fs3J--izU8

2. https://youtu.be/qYQWqLV35J8

Verses of the English version.
How would you like to be
Down by the Seine with me
Oh, what I'd give for a moment or two
Under the bridges of Paris with you

Darling, I'd hold you tight
Far from the eyes of night
Under the bridges of Paris with you
I'd make your dreams come true

How would you like to be
Down by the Seine with me
Oh, what I'd give for a moment or two
Under the bridges of Paris with you

Darling, I'd hold you tight
Far from the eyes of night
Under the bridges of Paris with you
I'd make your dreams come true

Butts and beauty

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13588/20150320/likes-big-butts-man-actually-eyeing-spine.htm

Genetic map of the British Isles

http://theconversation.com/who-do-you-think-you-are-most-detailed-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles-reveals-all-38936

Bee keeping made easy.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/crowdfunding-investors-went-nuts-for-this-gamechanging-australian-invention-a-beehive-with-a-honey-tap-2015-2

Nina & Frederic - Oldies

Some of the best songs we love to hear over and over in the 1960s.

Please click on each of the web-links with your speakers on.

1. Counting colors in the rainbow:-

https://youtu.be/t57kIFOVnho

2. Jamaican farewell;-

https://youtu.be/qTJD7CVfjHs

3. Come back Lyza:-

https://youtu.be/zNBcGF54Thw

4. Listen to the ocean:-

https://youtu.be/HXeGhIJWG5I

5. Where have all the flowers gone:-
https://youtu.be/sxZxqs0vDVQ

6. Banana boat song
https://youtu.be/W0b9TVIEecA?list=PL390E2A31F6A23D8F

7. Banana boat song – Nina with Morecombe & Wise

https://youtu.be/wJNZjqkzFaI

1.    Nina & Frederik began singing together at the age of four, but since Frederik's father was the Dutch ambassador to Denmark, his family soon moved to Trinidad and Frederik eventually began to study at the university, where he formed a Calypso band. During this time he kept writing to Nina, and in 1957 they met again at her parents' home where one evening he played his guitar for her. To his surprise Nina began singing to it, and it was at that moment that they decided to sing together. Originally they sang only for their friends, and occasionally at house parties. This led to them being asked to perform at charity shows, and soon they were in demand professionally. On 1 July 1957, the duo made their professional show business debut in Copenhagen's top night club, Mon Coeur. Within a matter of months they became favourites throughout Europe, and also starred in the 1958 Danish singing-themed comedy The Richest Girl in the World. The couple married in September 1960 and, in 1961, had their own series on British Television, Nina and Frederik at Home.^[2]

Their earliest known single was "Jamaica Farewell"/"Come Back Liza", both calypso songs, issued in 1959 on Pye International 7N 25021, but showing a 1957 'recording first published' date.

Their debut album, Nina & Frederik, charted at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1960.^[3] Their second collection, also entitled Nina & Frederik but with a different selection of songs, peaked at number 11 in the UK chart in May 1961.^[1]

In 1963 they spent three weeks performing at the Savoy Hotel in London, and in December of the same year they gave a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and made guest appearances on the panel of Juke Box Jury.^[2] Shunning the limelight, Frederik insisted the duo retire shortly thereafter, and the couple eventually divorced in 1976.^[4]

Frederik died in the Philippines from gunshot wounds on 15 May 1994.^[1][4]

2.    Frederik Jan Gustav Floris, Baron van Pallandt (4 May 1934 – 15 May 1994) was a Danish-Dutch singer best known as the male, guitar-playing half of the singing duo Nina & Frederik, which was together from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.

Van Pallandt was born in Copenhagen, the son of a former Ambassador for the Netherlands to Denmark^[1] and Dane Else Dagmar Hanina Blücher, Countess of Altona.^[2][3][4] He and his first wife, Nina van Pallandt, created a sensation first in Denmark and then throughout Europe with music rooted in folk, ethnic, and calypso styles and, at first, their plain stage attire. Their recordings were released in the United States on the Atlantic Recordssubsidiary Atco, but did not enjoy the same success as they had enjoyed in Europe; they may have been ahead of the music curve which saw folk music enjoy a revival in the US in the early 1960s.

The couple had three children: Floris Nicolas Ali, Baron van Pallandt (10 June 1961 – 13 October 2006), Kirsa Eleonore Clara, Baroness van Pallandt (born 9 August 1963), and Ana Maria Else, Baroness van Pallandt (born 30 October 1965)^[5] and continued their musical careers until they parted in 1969, eventually divorcing in 1975.^{[citation needed]} The following year, on 10 May, van Pallandt married María Jesus de Los Rios y Coello de Portugal. Together, they had one child – Daniel Tilopa, Baron van Pallandt, who was born 12 May 1977.^[5] In 1979, van Pallandt bought Burke's Peerage from The Holdway Group.

According to his first wife's memoir, van Pallandt was an avid sailor, and settled in the Philippines in the 1990s. There he joined a major Australian crime syndicate, for which he provided transportation for drug trafficking. On May 15, 1994, both he and his Filipina girlfriend Susannah were shot dead in a hut at Puerto Galera in the Philippines, supposedly in a dispute over the sale price of his yacht, which he had recently sold.^{[citation needed]} However, their murderer is believed to have been another member of the drug syndicate.^[6] He was buried near his parents' grave in IJhorst in the Netherlands.

Sources - Wikipedia

Super-agers have younger brains.

http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20150213/superagers-seem-to-have-younger-brains-researchers-find?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Forro Dance.

http://www.metaspoon.com/forro-brazil-dance/?fb=346i1d4099a0

Old is Gold!!!

email from Imelda de Sayrah

Old is gold, it is always said. When I was a five-year old, some sixty years ago, my elders said their olden days were gold. Today, my son, who is around 30, says, “old is gold.”

I always wonder why everyone's olden days are better than their present. Old music and songs were good. Old films were outstanding. Old clothings were of better quality. Old craftsmanship was worthier. Old silk sarees were good. In the olden days, food was of high standards. Old vessels and wares were of high quality.

Times are changing fast. Values are eroding. Goodness is replaced and it is now measured by smartness to get on with life. We have become excessively vigilant, touchy and more suspicious for no real reason. Today, we frisk everyone, inwardly at least. We take things with a pinch of salt. Though today's material comforts — that could not even be dreamt of a decade ago — are aplenty, still something is amiss about life. What is it? Peace? Happiness?

There was contentment. Competition was less cut-throat. There was concern, affection and true bonding. There was togetherness. More important, people were patient. No doubt, there were poverty and scarcity, paucity and difficulty. But there was beauty in life and comity among all. Disputes were quickly and amicably sorted out. Courts had fairly less business.

People helped each other. There was camaraderie. Places of worship were serene and tranquil. There was no terror harbored, either in the mind or for real. All communities co-existed amicably and people waited for better times.

Old teachers were excellent. Old schools were better centers of learning. Old furniture pieces were more appealing. Old houses were user-friendly, airy and well ventilated. Old games with minimum but crude gadgets were more enchanting. The old Radio Ceylon entertained us all with high quality programmers. Old friendships were more reliable. Old wine was tasty.
Is it something to do with one's psyche? No. It cannot be brushed off or wished away simply like that. Old is, and was, really gold.

But why?

There was give and take, and there were real tears during hard times. Roads were free of flashy four-wheelers. Dresses were tailor-made and not readymade. Hoteliers served fresh food. Food was never refrigerated. Fruit juices were fresh, never tinned. Home food was oven-hot, never re-heated.

Today, it is use and throw, be it a battery, a gadget, a gear, father or mother. Those days, it was use, remember and respect. Old homes of the past are old-age homes now. Donations to charities and orphanages are bountiful now. Temples are mushrooming in every colony. Yet, humanity is drying up, and about divinity, the less said the better.

Health was not a worrisome issue. It is a psychic issue now. We market ill-health in so many names today. Medicines are a “buy-one take-two (diseases?) formula” now. Divorces were few and far between. Every wedding anniversary is a milestone now.

There was commitment in what one did those days.

There is commerce in every thing we do today. There are Valentine's Day, sisters day, fathers day, mothers day, friends day, doctors day, nurses day, husbands day, wives day, water day, sparrows day, diabetes day, AIDS day, TB day and every other day. There were only Mondays, Tuesdays and so on earlier. Forget the past, someone said. Why should one? Is it because the present is unbearable that the mind should not be tortured with the glory of the past? It is said not for nothing that old is gold.

Guess who this was aged 18 yrs ?

email from Chellah Padmanathan	11:34 PM (5 hours ago)

                            

WHO IS SHE? 

You would never have guessed that at 18 years of age, she was what many would have called a raving beauty.   I have wondered how come no man was able to win her heart but as one of Sent from someone;s iPhone rather than help ONE man!"

This picture is of Mother Teresa when she was a young 18 year-old girl!

The Microbiome.

Microbiome Research May Soon Pay Off Big

http://rss.sciam.com/~r/sciam/health-and-medicine/~3/nSErMOmptYo/

Programme for the get-together on June 13th 2015 at the Jetwing Blue, Negombo, Sri Lanka.

Decisions taken at Ms. Durumila’s place at Barnes Place, Colombo regarding the ‘get-together’ of the ‘1960 Entrants’ to the Colombo Medical Faculty.

Venue of the ‘Get together’ – Jetwing Blue, Negombo

Date – 13^th June 2015

Cost of the day programme – Rs.3500/

Agenda – 13^th June 2015

10.00am – Arrival, Welcome Drink.

Registration – Fee Rs. 3500/- includes Lunch and evening tea.

11.00 am – Group Photo (Copies Rs.2000/-each, delivered by evening).

Fellowship.

1pm to 3 pm Lunch.

4.30 – Remembering those who have departed.

5.30pm – Concert – Geri Jayasekara, Travis Perera Vijitha – Anula Nikapota and Buddy Reid.

7pm to 12 midnight – Music by Sam the Man - to have group singing of oldies and dancing, free style.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Confirmed bookings so far, for stay at the Jetwing Blue.

1.       Sujeewa Tinto nee Athulathmudali

2.       MBS De Silva & Karunanayake.

3.       Nannayakkara CS and wife.

4.       Bala Balakrishnan & wife.

5.       Nalini Rodrigo.

6.       Vijitha Nikapota.

7.       Amarasiri Pushpa.

8.       Felix Senanayake.

9.       Gunasekara Asoka & Ramya.

10.   Gunasekaram Jeyendran.

11.   Duru & Devi.

12.   Gunawardena HP.

13.   Hema De Silva & wife Paula.

14.   Hetttiarachchi Sydney and Pearl.

15.   Jayasekara Geri.

16.   Jayasinghe Daya.

17.   Jayasekera Asoka &  wife Shantha.

18.   Jayaweera Tissa.

19.   Kapuwaththe Sarath.

20.   Pathirana Udula.

21.   Suneetha.

22.   Ponnnambalam Arjuna Asoka.

23.   Reid Buddy.

24.   Thavarasa AS & Wife.

25.   Thenabadu Nihal.

26.   Thevarapperuma.

27.   Weerasinghe Tilak.

28.   Wignaraja.

29.   Jayalath De Silva.

30.   L.R. Amarasekera.

31.   L.D. Karalliedde.

32.   Ranjan Fernando.

33.   Philip Veerasingam & Ramya.

Anyone who has booked at the adjoining Jetwing Beach could be transferred to the Jetwing Blue. Please make the request to us, to do the needful.

The organising committee is not handling bookings at hotels. You have to do these yourselves. You can use your credit cards to do the bookings.

Please contact :-

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

Please find the applicable rates below for your perusal.

THERE IS NO HALF BOARD.  

FULLBOARD FOR SINGLE IS Rs.16600/-

FULL.BOARD FOR DOUBLE IS Rs.22000/-.

FULL BOARD FOR A TRIPLE IS Rs.28280/-

WITH THE DAY FUNCTION HALF BOARD IS NOT AVAILABLE.

  

Day Outing Rate at Jetwing Blue: Rs. 3,500/- Nett per person (Inclusive of Lunch & Tea / Coffee and Snack)

 If you are coming only for the day with no hotel stay for the night, you could have dinner also at the hotel for Rs.3000/- each.

If you have any doubts regarding your bookings please contact Durumila Kumara:-

durukumara@gmail.com

Home - 0112697188

77/3, Barnes' Place, 
Colombo 7

Fees for Sam the Man and his band has met with a shortfall of Rs.40,000/-. Rs.70,000/- balance from last get together will meet the balance, for total fee of Rs. 110,000/-

The organizers hope that any contributions from any members of the batch on the day of arrival  will meet this shortfall.

Please circulate this document among batch mates.

The Organising Committeee.

1960batch@gmail.com

Dear Phillip,

Geri called to discuss the problem of Rs.1.3 lakhs for Sam.

Please write to all the batchmates & say this is the cost & whether they would like us to go ahead with getting him & also whether any of them would like to give a small donation towards the cost. Better do it soon so that Sarath K can say yes or no to  Sam.

Thanks.
Nalini