Saturday, July 10, 2010

The arrival - Habarana, 2nd July 2010.

The arrival of the two buses from Colombo and the rush for registration in the foyer of 'The Cinnamon Lodge' are seen in these two photographs.



Arrival, Habarana.

Sujaee, Ragupathy, Piyasena, Thenabadu, Kalu Nana and Sankara.
'Kalu Nana' paying for the group photo.

Photos - Arrival, Habarana.


Daya Rodrigo, Sujeeva, Samarasiri, Daya Jayasinghe, and Sankara.
A shy Sankaranarayana cornered by Sujeeva.

email from Dawood

Geri, Suneetha, Vipula Ariyasena, Anula Nikapota and Kalu Nana.

Suneetha Halahakoon - Piyasena holding forth in classical Mandarin to an audience of laymen.

RgdsDawood

Friday, July 9, 2010

email from Dulcie Arulanandam - Dharmaraj

Dear friends of 1960 Batch,I was terribly sorry to miss out on this Get-together which I was looking forward to so much.My husband and I were supposed to attend the celebrations.Unfortunately my husband had to suddenly undergo Cholecystectomy a week before the get-together so I deemed it wise not to travel around at this juncture.As I had'nt seen any of the batch mates other than Anula and Vijitha Nikapota and Leeda in this interim 50 years, I am sure I would'nt have recognised any of them if I had met them on the street ! So it was good to see atleast how they are now in the picture sent through email.All who managed to attend the get-together are truly lucky. I can't get over this lost opportunity to meet all those of the 1960 batch who attended this event.All of you are in my thoughts. Wish you all the best of health and happiness for the future.Hearty congratulations to all those who were involved in organising this event.
Love and God Bless,
Dulcie Dharmaraj nee Arulanandam

Thursday, July 8, 2010

email from Bernard de Silva

Please forward to Derrick.
A great picture of both of you,
Thanks,
Let us find a way to meet here,
Derrick you are only 7 hrs away non stop from Frankfurt
Others are various distances away,
Still most welcome,
Its is a beautiful part of the world,
A bit of every place on earth is well represented,
Can travel thousands of miles, drive for days,with no border crossings[except some police hat as a job control the speed, but overally they are mostly good guys,have met thousands of them,in official capacity etc,
Leaft me with much admiration for the vast majority[some rotten apples at times highlights headlines,,but still the credit remains]

I was too affected by my loss, and has to do much of the work we shared,
And she helps still,with all the good memories and her devotion during these long years.

Phillip, please convey to Wedishghes, that my share th 30,000 to complete the suvenior,
Is with me[I really have cash in RS]
Or it can be sent to the account[if I fail to get someone to deliver it in Colombo or kandy[can do it via my close relatives wither Mr Harilal wickremaratna or Pol Wikka, our famous other lawyer ,in kandy.

Derrick you look great, wife really compliments you.

With very kind regards

Bernie[de silva]
3475 vista av
Cincinnati ,ohio 45208,USA

Ph 1 513 831 0770
I live n Hyde park, just off interstate 1 71,a couple of KM from downtown, the river andall the action, both Baseball and football stadia,,river[the mighty ohio, like Mahaeli and kelani, almost nearly pretty]

email from Dawood

Kalu Nana and better half.

Nana speechless for once!
Rgds
Dawood