'Kalu Nana', his wife, and his cousin, dropped in at my residence in Avissawella. We had a rollicking time recalling old times. Above are some photos taken at that time.
Philip
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.
Friday, April 6, 2012
'Kalu Nana's visit to Avissawella.
'Kalu Nana', his wife, and his cousin, dropped in at my residence in Avissawella. We had a rollicking time recalling old times. Above are some photos taken at that time.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sri Lankan Cooking - Try your hand at it.
Want to try your hand at cooking. Here are two recipes from Sri Lanka. Hope you are successful in your efforts.
Jack Curry - 'Polos'
Recipe
Tender Jak........................................... 250G
Saffron powder.................................... 1 teaspoon
Roasted 'curry and chillie' powder........ 1 dessert spoon
Coconut milk........................................ 3 cups from half a large coconut
Roast dark and ground fine the following
Scraped coconut.................................. 1 dessert spoonful
Rice...................................................... 1 dessert spoonful
Curry leaves...........................................1 sprig
Salt water...............................................4 1/2 dessert spoonfuls
Vinegar...................................................1 dessert spoonful
Maldive fish.............................................1 dessert spoonful
Goraka.....................................................2 pieces
Cinnamon................................................1 small piece
To temper
Curry leaves............................................A sprig
Dill seeds.................................................1/2 spoon
Coconut oil..............................................2 dessert spoons
Lime........................................................1/2
Roasted curry powder..............................1 dessert spoon
Preparation
Cut the tender jak with the skin in large pieces. Boil well with sufficient water to cover. Cut off the skin and center after boiling and cut the remaining into 1" cubes. Mix in all the ingredients (other than the roasted curry powder, coconut oil, curry leaves, dill seeds and red onion). When mixture is ready, temper it with the coconut oil, dill seeds, curry leaves and red onions. Cover and cook on a low fire. Stir occasionally when cooking. When sufficiently cooked, remove from fire and spread the curry powder and cover.
Fish buns
Recipe
For the dough
Wheat flour............ 500Gms
Salt
Yeast.......................1 teaspoonful
Sugar......................1 tablespoonful
For the Filling - Mash it up
Boiled Fish or salmon
Boiled Potatoes
Black pepper
Preparation
Sieve the flour. Mix the sugar, yeast, salt and water to make the dough. Knead and mix it well. Cover the prepared dough with a wet cloth and leave it for about 8 hours to ferment and rise. At the end of the 8 hours make small balls with the prepared dough. Flatten the balls of dough and insert the prepared filling and cover with the dough keeping the filling in the center. Beat some egg white and brush the top of the buns with some of the beating. Switch on the oven and let it heat up to 250 degrees Centigrade. Insert the buns on tray inside the oven. Bake at 250 degrees Centigrade for 15 mins. Check that they are baked well and remove from the oven.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Middle-wife, a story.
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The middle Wife' by a Prac Teacher : A true Story
I have three children myself, but the best "birth" story I know is the one I saw in a second grade classroom when I was prac teaching at East Gambier Primary over four weeks.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always had a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids brought in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, I'm trying not to laugh and the kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe'. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother.. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat I'm sure I applauded the loudest.
Now you have two choices...laugh and close this page or pass this along to someone else to spread the laughs. I know what I did!!!
Live every day as if it is your LAST chance to make someone happy!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Some popular songs old and new
Some of my favorite songs. Maybe you would like to listen to them. Click on each separate web-link to listen to each one of them.
Philip G V
Annies song
The Mull of Kintyre
Take me home country roads
Theres a tavern in the town
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Roll out the barrel
Am I That Easy To Forget (1963)
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Glen Miller Orchestra - In the mood
Glen Miller Orchestra - 'In the mood' :- Classic of the 1960s
Friday, March 30, 2012
Sunil Liyanage - email - Good laugh.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
14th April 2012 - Melbourne - Get-together
Hello Batchmates,
A get together is being planned for overseas vistors Anula and Vijitha Nikapota and Chandra Pitigala(Ranasinghe)
for Saturday 14th April at lunch time.
Please let me know as soon as possible, whether you are able to attend. A reply by the end of this week would be appreciated as I will be away from Melbourne from the 4th to the 10th of April.
Thanks,
Buddy
A get together is being planned for overseas vistors Anula and Vijitha Nikapota and Chandra Pitigala(Ranasinghe)
for Saturday 14th April at lunch time.
Please let me know as soon as possible, whether you are able to attend. A reply by the end of this week would be appreciated as I will be away from Melbourne from the 4th to the 10th of April.
Thanks,
Buddy
E mail - buddygreid@hotmail.com
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