'Hai hoi Babiachchige' - email from Sunil Liyanage.

Wally Bastian's Hai Hooi Babiachige

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Sunil Liyanage	03:52 (2 hours ago)
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Brings back good ole memories of the 60s when we were teenagers. You can listen to old favourites on Youtube.

http://youtu.be/7ioWILuytV4
Wellington Mervyn Bastian aka Wally Bastiansz is the god father of Sinhala Baila, who brought Kaffrigna to the fore. By profession he was a police officer who played in the police band during the 1940s. It is said that he had been given special permission to attend musical events by then prime minister Sir John Kotelawala. Wally also played Banjo, Violin and the Spanish Guitar. His music style was later followed by many other successful Baila singers such as Anton Jones, M. S. Fernando, Desmond De Silva, Saman De Silva. His other popular songs include, Mathakai Amme,  Nurse Nona, Irene Josephine, Le Kiri Karala and Ratak Watinawa.

Haai Hooi Babi Archchi is a song about an eccentric old woman who lived in Moratuwa in the 1940s, one of top hits of Wally. Whilst as Police Officer attached to the Police Band, for Wally during the 1930s and 40s it was quite common to play tunes of Western Marches, and other tunes with 6/8 rythm. Therefore, quite naturally Wally re-arranged some of these tunes to suit his own lyrics to create great Baila songs and rythms. Babi Archchi was one of such creations that paved the way for many other Baila artists such as Maxwell Mendis, A.E. Manoharan, Anton Jones etc. Babi Archchi was based on the Repasz Band March written by Charles C. Sweeley and Harry J. Lincoln, copyrighted in 1901.

The original Repasz Band, a non-military brass band, was founded in Williamsport in Pensylvania in 1831, and is still continuing in the United States, being the oldest non-military band. The Repasz Band March is their signature tune. 

Some more:-
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Google Maps helps reunion.

Reunited after 20 years using Google Maps:-

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Recycling - email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

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Government Hospitals, Sri Lanka - email from Piyusha Atapattu.

For all docs who work hard without much reward

and for non docs to have faith in medical care in SL

sent by a non doc friend of mine

May all our hospitals be like the excellent Dambulla Base Hospital

I am 71 years and, until recently, I had never been an in-patient at any medical institution in my entire life. But last month, during a trip to Trincomalee organised by my church, I was forced to go to a hospital. To my pleasant surprise, my brief stay there turned out be a heart-warming experience, apart from my illness.

On the way to Trinco, our holiday party stopped at Sigiriya. I was suddenly taken ill at the foot of the Sigiriya Rock. I experienced severe nasal bleeding.

A three-wheel driver rushed me to the nearest rural hospital, at Kibissa, I believe. The hospital staff were most courteous and helpful. Unfortunately, they were not equipped to deal with my case, so they transferred me to the Dambulla Base Hospital.

I used to have a low opinion of government medical institutions, but my experience at the Sigiriya rural hospital and the Dambulla Base Hospital changed my opinion completely.

The doctor in charge at the Dambulla hospital wasted no time attending to me. My blood pressure was very high. I was kept under examination for well over two hours, during which time medical officers visited me every five minutes to check on my progress.

It was nice to be surrounded by young, pleasant-looking medical personnel, including the V.P., Dr. Zarook Sahabdeen. I was greatly impressed by their dedication to duty. The wards were clean and not congested. I had a comfortable bed with a mosquito net.

I hope that every government hospital in the country will emulate the standards of service and hygiene found at the Dambulla Base Hospital.

Thanks to the excellent medical attention I received, my blood pressure was back to normal the next day, and I was able to rejoin the rest of the party at Trincomalee.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to the medical staff at both the Kibissa hospital and Dambulla Base Hospital.

David Williams, Kotagala

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Mini short-story, email from Kalu Nana.

From: Charith Nanayakkara <charithsena@me.com>
Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Subject: What a lovely story

Kalu nana

Elephant giving birth - email from Kitta Rajaratnam.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SUCH AN EVENT?

IT IS WORTH WATCHING THE MIRACLE OF LIFE!

HUMANS ARE TAUGHT CPR! INSTINCT IS WHAT THIS MOTHER DOES TO RESUSCITATE ITS BABY!!

Really amazing. Nature's wonders.   This is ...  awesome...!  I don't think that this is something any of us could ever have witnessed in real life! So, now watch it on the screen!  How amazing creation is !!.     So easy compared to human birth. No hospitals, no painkillers, just pure instinct!   Click and watch this amazing video!!!   Click here :http://www.fwdder.com/player/video/184431/0

Marggie and Winnie - email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai

> KNOWING WHAT MAGGIE WAS LIKE THIS COULD BE TRUE.

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> While visiting the United Kingdom , Winnie Mandela was invited to a
> cocktail party which was also to be attended by Margaret Thatcher.
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> When Winnie saw the ex-prime minister on the other side of the room,
> she barged past everyone, spilling the drinks of several invited guests
> on the way. Winnie elbowed her way to Maggie, stood brazenly in front
> of her and declared, "I hear they call you the Iron Lady!"
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> "I have been referred to by that name, yes," replied Maggie, peering
> down her nose at this impudent upstart, "And whom, may I enquire, do I
> have the honour of addressing?" asked Maggie icily.
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> "I am the iron lady of South Africa!" bragged Winnie, waving her fist
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> "Oh, yes," replied Maggie dryly. "And for whom do you iron?"
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