HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:
1. She is not a 'BABE' or a 'CHICK' - is a
'BREASTED AUSTRALIAN.'
2. She is not 'EASY' - She is
'HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.' 3. She is not a 'DUMB BLONDE' - is a 'LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.' 4. She has 'BEEN AROUND' - She is a 'PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION.' 5. She does not 'NAG' you - She becomes 'VERBALLY REPETITIVE.' 6. She is not a 'TWO-BIT HOOKER' - is a 'LOW COST PROVIDER.' HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:
1. He does not have a 'BEER GUT' - He has developed a
'LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.'
2. He is not a 'BAD DANCER' - He is 'OVERLY CAUCASIAN.' 3. He does not 'GET LOST ALL THE TIME' - He
'INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.'
4. He is not 'BALDING' - He is in
'FOLLICLE REGRESSION.'
5. He does not act like a 'TOTAL ASS' - He develops a case of
RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.'
(Loved this one!)
6. It's not his 'CRACK' you see hanging out of his pants - It's
'TROUSER CLEAVAGE.'
|
This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Being politically correct - email from jksw
Sad news - demise of another of our batch mates , Ms. Swarna Premawansa( Samarasinghe)
Inbox
|
x
|
|
7:16 AM (8 hours ago)
 |
|
||
|
||||
Hi Philip
As discussed briefly with you on the phone yesterday , please share the very sad news of the death of Mrs Swarna Premaratne ( Samarasinghe )..
Swarna had died peacefully at her residence at Schofield Gardens, Colombo in October only witnessed by her house keeper.
Swarna had no surviving family as her husband had died few months previously. She had been working as Municipalty doctor at CMC.
A private funeral service had been conducted by her close relatives. Weda( M.P. Wedisingha in Kandy ) had been told by a friend of his who shared this sad news initially with us.
Wedi & Piyaseeli had visited her in Feb 2013.
Philip, you may remember Swarna along with few of us who attended the inaugural COMSAA in September 2012 at Bentota. ( Vipula, Wedi and Piyaseeli, Colvin, myself and few others). You very kindly took few photos on that occasion with a special photograph to include the 1960 batch mates who attended this event.
Wedi, Piyaseeli and I travelled in the coach from Colombo medical faculty to Bentota and return on that day.as usual we did crack few jokes recollecting our medical school days.
Swarna was a very quiet but a very friendly batch mate who joined many of our batch events held in Sri Lanka .
Please share this Sad news even though it is belated.
Other batch mates may know more of her qualities.
May we all offer our deepest sympathies even belated to all her surviving family.
May she attain the everlasting bliss of nibbhana .
Best wishes
Nana
C.S.Nanayakkara
As discussed briefly with you on the phone yesterday , please share the very sad news of the death of Mrs Swarna Premaratne ( Samarasinghe )..
Swarna had died peacefully at her residence at Schofield Gardens, Colombo in October only witnessed by her house keeper.
Swarna had no surviving family as her husband had died few months previously. She had been working as Municipalty doctor at CMC.
A private funeral service had been conducted by her close relatives. Weda( M.P. Wedisingha in Kandy ) had been told by a friend of his who shared this sad news initially with us.
Wedi & Piyaseeli had visited her in Feb 2013.
Philip, you may remember Swarna along with few of us who attended the inaugural COMSAA in September 2012 at Bentota. ( Vipula, Wedi and Piyaseeli, Colvin, myself and few others). You very kindly took few photos on that occasion with a special photograph to include the 1960 batch mates who attended this event.
Wedi, Piyaseeli and I travelled in the coach from Colombo medical faculty to Bentota and return on that day.as usual we did crack few jokes recollecting our medical school days.
Swarna was a very quiet but a very friendly batch mate who joined many of our batch events held in Sri Lanka .
Please share this Sad news even though it is belated.
Other batch mates may know more of her qualities.
May we all offer our deepest sympathies even belated to all her surviving family.
May she attain the everlasting bliss of nibbhana .
Best wishes
Nana
C.S.Nanayakkara
Swarna is standing next to Piyaseeli Wedisinghe at the CoMSAA get together at Beruwala in 2012.
 |
| Swarna at the 25th Anniversary get together in Kandy. |
Sunday, December 15, 2013
'Away in a manger' Christmas Carols
Samantha Jade
http://youtu.be/RehydPyAmj0
"Away in a Manger"
is a Christmas carol first
published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the
English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking
it joint second.[1]
Male and female logic - email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai
MALE vs . FEMALE LOGIC.
Woman:
Do you drink beer?
Man:
Woman:
Do you drink beer?
Man:
Yes
Woman:
How many beers a day?
Man:
Usually about 3
Woman:
How much do you pay per beer?
Man:
Woman:
How many beers a day?
Man:
Usually about 3
Woman:
How much do you pay per beer?
Man:
£4 which includes a tip
Woman:
And how long have you been drinking?
Man:
About 20 years, I suppose
Woman:
So a beer costs £4 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at £370. In one year, it would be approximately £4,500 …correct?
Man:
Correct
Woman:
If in 1 year you spend £4,500, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at £90,000, correct?
Man:
Correct
Woman:
Do you realise that if you didn’t drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man:
Do you drink beer?
Woman:
No
Man:
Where’s your Ferrari?
Woman:
And how long have you been drinking?
Man:
About 20 years, I suppose
Woman:
So a beer costs £4 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at £370. In one year, it would be approximately £4,500 …correct?
Man:
Correct
Woman:
If in 1 year you spend £4,500, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at £90,000, correct?
Man:
Correct
Woman:
Do you realise that if you didn’t drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man:
Do you drink beer?
Woman:
No
Man:
Where’s your Ferrari?
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Mary’s Boy Child Jesus Christ
Boney M
http://youtu.be/6QskYr5xpNs
"Mary's Boy Child"
is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. It is widely performed as a Christmas carol.
The song
had its genesis when Hairston was sharing a room with a friend. The friend
asked him to write a song for a birthday party.[1] Hairston
wrote the song with a calypso rhythm
because the people at the party would be mainly West Indians. The song's original title was He Pone and Chocolate Tea, pone
being a type ofcorn bread.[1] It
was never recorded in this form.
Some time
later Walter Schumann, at the time conducting
Schumann's Hollywood Choir, asked Hairston to write a new Christmas song for
his choir. Hairston remembered the calypso rhythm from his old song and wrote
new lyrics for it.[1]
Harry Belafonte heard the song being performed by the
choir and sought permission to record it.[1] It
was recorded in 1956 for his album An Evening with
Belafonte. An edited version was subsequently released as a
single,[2] reaching
#1 on the UK charts
in 1957. In 1962 the full-length version was added to a reissue of Belafonte's
previously released album To Wish You a
Merry Christmas.
The song
was also recorded by Mahalia Jackson in 1956 but titled "Mary's
Little Boy Child".[3]
From Wikipedia
Connie Talbot
Jose Mari Chan
Music notations for Sinhala songs - Forwarded by Piyusha Atapattu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Piyusha Atapattu <piyushaatapattu@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Subject:
To:
Isnt this lovely? not only chords but notations are also given here!!!
From: Piyusha Atapattu <piyushaatapattu@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Subject:
To:
Isnt this lovely? not only chords but notations are also given here!!!
Friday, December 13, 2013
'The Little Drummer Boy'
‘The Little Drummer Boy’
Lyrics
"The Little Drummer Boy"
(originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical
music composer and teacher Katherine
Kennicott Davis in
1941.[1] It
was recorded in 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers[2] and
further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale. This version was
re-released successfully for several years and the song has been recorded many
times since.[3]
In the
lyrics the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi
to the nativity where, without a gift for the infant Jesus,
he played his drum with
the Virgin Mary's
approval, remembering "I played my best for Him" and "He smiled
at me". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy
Boney M
Snare drum ensemble
John Denver at the Vatican
Johny Cash
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)