'Happy' Aponsu in 1960.

Recalling memories - Kalu Nana

Dear Suresh

The detailed e mail you sent to uncle Kapuwatta was copied to me by another of our batch mates- Philip Veerasingham and I just read it.

I an not a Thomian nor am I a Josephian but proud to be an old Richmondite.

I came to know your father only when we entered the medical school. He may have told you that he was at Bloemfontein medical hostel. I was also in the same hostel with him and became very close friends since then. We had a wonderful time in the hostel and during our medical college days.

I kept in touch with him since then for many years till I left Sri Lanka. He used to visit me at various hospitals I worked in Sri lanka and came and stayed with me at Hambantota hospital when I was the DMO from 1971 to 1974. I was known as Kalu Nana ( I am not that dark anyway) amongst my batch mates.

He was a wonderful friend and was always happy true to his name.

I do not think that I had met you with your father in person.

I am in UK and still visit Sri Lanka. I sometimes use Qatar Airways for these trips.

I am very sorry to hear the very sad news of the death of your beloved father and the details of his last few days and months.

Even though he is out of sight and out of touch, he will not be out of our memories nor will he be gone out of our hearts.

Please accept our deepest condolences even though this is quite belated.

May he rest in peace.

Very best wishes

Uncle Nana

C.S.Nanayakkara

UK

Letter from Happy Aponso's son to Sarath Kapuwaththe

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To: kanka_kapuwatte@hotmail.com
Subject: A small Note
From: SAponso@qvc.com.qa
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:54:32 +0300


Dear Uncle,

I was glad to see the 1960 Medical Batch Pics. It also brought some wonderful memories of my Child hood, where I attended along with my Father & Mother for these get together.

I remember very well the Kandy one, and that was sort of the last time I met Uncle Motilal who was a very close friend of Thaththi's. In fact he was his best-man.

I also remember how you passed comments on my father saying that he had made the right choice by enrolling me as a Thomian rather than a Josephian. I can not forget Uncle Jeri’s skit as well.

However, times have passed, and the memories linger, well I never ended up being a Doctor, but I am in Qatar and had been out of Sri Lanka for the last 8-10 years.

Thaththi had a cologne cancer in 2007, and he was operated. This year by April he was weak and he had a slurring speech.

This prompted us to get him checked again, and he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Dr Colvin operated on him. In fact on his 70^th birthday exactly. It was a 12-hour over night operation at Navaloka.

Though he recovered from the initial OP, after about 5-6 hours, he started bleeding. They did open up again, however he did not recover after that. He was in a coma for 8 days and he was on life support right through. On the 3^rd of May he passed off. Thank you so much for the publishing the obituary on the Web,

Also when I saw the pics of you on the web, I knew how much time had passed since I last saw you.

Anyway, hope some day when I come to Colombo I may bump on to you. Who knows could be even at a ROY-THO. By the way I am heading the Doha Thomians, and this year we thrashed Doha Royalists on Cricket & Rugby both. Just a bit of infor for an Old Thomian

Take care
& Gob Bless



Happy’s son
(Anton as he was called in the UNI)
Suresh Aponso.
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Get-together, Batch entrants 1960, at Habarana, Sri Lanka in July 2010

Hello Batch-mates,

The details for the reservation for the get-together at Habarana is found below with the contact details.

Doctor’s Get-together | July 2010

Personal Details
Full Name
Address
Telephone
E-mail
Accommodation Rates
Basis	Single (Rs.)		Double (Rs.)		Triple (Rs.)
HB	9500		11000		14000
FB	10500		12000		15000
Deluxe Supplement: Rs. 2000/- nett per room per night
Extra Lunch: Rs. 1400/- nett per person
Gala Dinner: Rs. 2000/- nett per person
Reservation Details
Arrival Date			Departure Date
Arrival Meal			Departure Meal
	Meal Basis (HB/FB)	Superior		Deluxe	Special Arrangements
					Extra Lunch	Gala Dinner
Single
Double
Triple
Remarks

Please be kind enough to make an advance payment in order to secure your booking on or before 4^th January 2010. The bank details are as follows:

• Account number : 001-023423-025
• Account name : Ceylon Holiday Resorts Ltd.
• Bank : HSBC
• Swift Code : HSBC LK LA

Person to contact:-

Indu Chandrawansa
Senior Marketing Executive
Keells Hotels Management Services Ltd
130,Glennie Street ,
Colombo 02, Sri Lanka
Tel :011-2306628/2439049-51
Fax :011-2320862
E-mail :indu.khms@keells.com
Website : www.johnkeellshotels.com
HR Website : www.johnkeellshotelshr.com

Message from Dawood

rehana24

Life Goes On

If I should go before the rest of you
Break not a flower
Nor inscribe a stone
Nor when I am gone
Speak in a Sunday voice
But be the usual selves
That I have known

Weep if you must
Parting is hell
But life goes on
So .... sing as well

Joyce Grenfell
1910-1979

Dear Phillip,

Another of our batch has paased away. I read of Asoka Weerasekera’s death in yesterdays Daily News. This only serves to remind us all of the impermanence of life more so at our age. This brings in to question even the need to book as early as September for the July 2010 reunion!

Asoka Dissanayaka

Guess who?