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.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Thirukketheeswaram to Pesalai, Sri Lanka.
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| The bridge at the end of the causeway, Mannar. |
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| Town, Mannar. |
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| An 'Umbrella' tree, Pesalai. |
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| A 'Baobab' tree, Pesalai. |
http://youtu.be/XL1njx133Uw
Monday, July 7, 2014
One Line Humor.
email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
[1] Regular naps
prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving.
[2] Having one child
makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
[3] I believe we
should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
[4] Don't feel bad. A lot
of people have no talent.
[5] Don't marry the
person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but
whatever you do, you'll regret it later.
[6] You can't buy love,
but you pay heavily for it.
[7] Bad officials are
elected by good citizens who do not vote.
[8] Laziness is nothing
more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
[9] My wife and I
always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.
[10] Those who can't
laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
[11] Ladies first.
Pretty ladies sooner.
[12] You're getting old
when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.
[13] Real friends are
the ones who survive transitions between address books.
[14] Saving is the best
thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
[15] They call our
language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak!
[16] Man: Is there any
way to have a long life?
Dr: Get married.
Man: Will it help?
Dr:
No, but then the thought of long life will never come.
Golf in Kandy, 1940s, Sri Lanka.
Email forwarded by DRBDeS
An American officer with the SEAC playing golf in Kandy 1940s.
An American officer with the SEAC playing golf in Kandy 1940s.
Watch This ................. OLD SRI LANKA
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Jaffna to Thirukketheeswaram via Poonekary, Sri Lanka.
In the early 1960s during our medical student days, five of us did a bicycle trip to Jaffna from Colombo. The route was via Negombo, Puttalam, Wilpaththu, Mannar, Poonekari and by ferry to the Jaffna Peninsula. It took us five days of bicycling at times rolling our bikes over sand or muddy soil and once hip deep in water. The stretch from Mannar to Poonakary was over mud tracks. On an evening near Pallavaraayan Kattu near Poonekary we were warned by an elder not to proceed on the journey as wild elephants were active in the area. The bravado of youth did not listen to the well meant advice but proceeded on the journey only to arrive at Poonekary after the last ferry boat had left. We spent a miserable cold windy night in the jetty terminal.
We did part of this trip in the opposite direction in an air-conditioned van, on a well paved highway in June 2014. I have compiled this video from the series of pictures I took on the way.
Hope it shows you the rapid progress Sri Lanka has made in developing its infra structure.
Please click on the web-link below to relive the return journey done in June 2014:-
We did part of this trip in the opposite direction in an air-conditioned van, on a well paved highway in June 2014. I have compiled this video from the series of pictures I took on the way.
Hope it shows you the rapid progress Sri Lanka has made in developing its infra structure.
Please click on the web-link below to relive the return journey done in June 2014:-
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