Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Sinhalese translation of 'Cry of the Devil bird' out for sale.




Sri Lankan price - Rs.550/-
Contact for copies
Postage inside Sri Lanka Rs 200/-
Crossed Cheques accepted - Draw in favour of Dr.Philip G Veerasingam.
Address - 28, Mansuriya Lane, Honiton Place, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.


Price overseas US$ 20/- with packing and postage.
Cheques accepted.

A nice gift to give your loved ones. Describes the life of a doctor in various parts of Sri Lanka from 1965 to 2005.
philipv203@gmail.com

1960Batch entrants, planning a 'Get-together' in 2015.

To all ‘Batch of 1960 entrants’, to the Medical Faculty, Kynsey road, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

We are in the early stages of planning a get together in Sri Lanka in the year 2015.
1.     It will be a 24 hour programme.
2.     The venue would be Negombo.
a.     Negombo would be 15 minutes by expressway from the Kelani bridge. Anyone who wants to come back to Colombo for the night and return the next day would find this easy.
b.     Sea-bathing is an added attraction.
c.      A boat trip watching Dolphins could be arranged.
3.     The date selected is the second Saturday of June 2015.

Please send in your feedback on these suggestions to:-.

1. Durumila Kumara (nee Gunawaardena)
Tel. No for calls from inside Sri Lanka - 0112697188
Tel No for calls from outside Sri Lanka  - 94 112 697 188

Or

2. Sarath Kapuwaththa
Tel No for calls from inside Sri Lanka - 081 222 4983
Tel No for calls from outside Sri Lanka  – 94 812  224 983



Adorable toddler imitates eight months pregnant mother's waddle.


The little boy named Ellis is seen sticking his out belly. 'Show me how you walk like momma,' the man filming says in an American accent.
Read the full story:
22 July 2014

Educating your Grand-children.


This is worth a circulation Among our batch mates

On Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:24 PM Gallege De Silva < udaya51@yahoo.com.au > wrote: 

Yes so sad.
Pl. forward this to our batch so Each of us can educate our children and grandchildren.Thanks Piyaseeli.
Chitra 

On Friday, 18 July 2014 9:40 AM, Piyaseeli Wedisinghe < pwedisinghe@yahoo.com > wrote: 

It starts and ends sad so nice!! 


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BIRD ISLAND >>
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WHAT IMMENSE SADNESS ...... >>
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>> Subject: To disseminate as widely as possible.
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>> The power of man to destroy our Earth ....
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>> Hello there,
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>> The short video you will see (3'55) is filmed on an island

>> Is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3000 km from the earth more
Akin >>.
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>> No one lives on this island, there are only birds, and
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Yet ... >> Look what happens! ..
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>> Open this link: http://www.midwayfilm.com/ A short film all
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>> Everyone should see and draw conclusions ....! 

Monday, July 21, 2014

How kids see our world.



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Photo of a new generation!






NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'

OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. It read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'


KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now, she's hitting the bottle.'

MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'


POLICE # 1
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop?' 'Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. 'My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?'


POLICE #2
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked.  'It sure is,' I replied.  Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'


ELDERLY (Absolutely love this one!)
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'

DRESS-UP
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit. ' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.'


DEATH
While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Father, and unto the Son, and into the hole he goes.'(I want this line used at my funeral!)


SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'

BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?'
With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'



-------A day without laughter is a day wasted!

Horton Plains - Magnificent Lanka.


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Excellent video!

Ø  A celebration of Sri Lanka's magnificent highlands.

Ø  Nurturing environmental awareness to preserve Sri Lanka's unique natural heritage.

Just imagine that in the 1980s SL Govt. bureaucrats from the Dept. of Agriculture, the Livestock Development Board and the Dept. of Wild Life were engaged in a fierce debate about utilization of Horton Plains for growing potatoes, raising dairy cows or making the place a national park.

In the 1970s, the Socialist Govt. contemplated opening a plywood factory by Sinharaja forest to harvest the timber.

Did these people ever understand what a “National Heritage” was?


Sunday, July 20, 2014

Two trips in Sri Lanka, June 2014.


Here are the routes of the two trips Dr.Wignaraja with his three Australian doctor friends, Dr.Kaluaratchi and myself as 'tour guide' did.
1.     A.  Trip from Colombo to Avissawella, Ginigathena, Hatton, Nuwara Eliya, Ella, Wellawaya, Maligawila, Embilipitiya, Rathnapura and Colombo. Two over night stays.
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B.Trip from Colombo to Anuradhapura – Isurumuniya - Mihinthale,  Jaffna, Thiruketheeswaram, Mannar, Pesalai, Madhu, Thantrimale, Anuradhapura, Colombo. Three overnight stays.

The air-conditioned van we hired for the trip was driven by M. Suresh, a careful and courteous driver. His Sri Lankan Telephone Number is 0778948749. You can ring him up and discuss details re Rupees per Kilometer etc. with him.

The Hotels we stayed at during our first trip were:-
1.       ‘Grand Elle Hotel’, Elle -  
2.       The Centuria Lake resort, Embilipitiya -047 223 0514.
The places we stayed at during the Jaffna trip were:-
1.       The Gnanams Hotel –

2.        Pilgrims Rest, Thantrimale – Telephone 0728027626 – Three bed-room attached bath and you have to order your meals to be brought from out.
Videos  posted by me to Youtube. Please click on each of the blue lettered links:-

1st Trip

Kithulgala to Nuwara Eliya:-

Nuwara Eliya Gardens:-
http://youtu.be/SSghkdYUSUQ

Nuwara Eliya to Ella:-

Ella to Udawalawe :-

Udawalawe National Park:-

Milk feeding time, Elephant Orphanage, Udawalawe:-
2.       http://youtu.be/U8hIlqwgMns

     Centauria Tourist Hotel, Embilipitiya:-


2nd Trip

Jaffna to Thirukketheeswaram:-

Thirukketheeswaram to Pesalai:-

Pesalai to Thantrimale:-

Sights at Thantrimale:-

Thantrimale to Karawanella:-

Please inquire re further clarifications - 1960batch@gmail.com

Philip G V