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, June 3, 2013
London 1920 in Colour - email from jksw
London in the 1920s
A pioneering colour video travelogue - released by the British Film Institute
This is amazing cinematography - history in motion.
THERE ARE OTHER VIDEOS AT THE END IF YOU WISH TO SEE THEM
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Guests dancing at a wedding, Yakkala, Sri Lanka.
See what life in Sri Lanka is now at present. At a middle-class family's daughters wedding.
Click on the web-link below:-
http://youtu.be/Ta_mgNOn4z0
Click on the web-link below:-
http://youtu.be/Ta_mgNOn4z0
Saturday, June 1, 2013
New Zealand laws - email jksw
Now we know .............
A day with Deepal - email Piyusha Atapattu.
Please watch this video. I have seen this man (whom I thought is a
tramp) feeding cats and dogs in different places all over Colombo; and
often wondered who he is and where he gets the money to buy all the
fresh food he carries in two large bags for cats and dogs. He is
actually a Thomian, and a graduate from an English University. I thought
he is a mere vagrant. A vagrant he is in the true meaning of the word,
but one with more noble ideals than most of us (at least more than yours
truly) ! Story of a Thomian who chose an unusual and unglamorous path in
life.............
Friday, May 31, 2013
A Chinese tale - email from Piyusha Atapattu.
Stories From Ancient China: ‘A wise judge’s sentence’
Epoch Times German StaffCreated: October 17, 2008Last Updated: October 17, 2008
A beloved Chinese painting motif: landscapes with mountains, rivers and lakes. (Courtesy of Zhang Cuiying)
A farmer in ancient China had a neighbor who was a hunter, and who
owned ferocious and poorly trained hunting dogs. They jumped the fence
frequently and chased the farmer's lambs. The farmer asked his neighbor
to keep his dogs in check, but this fell on deaf ears.
One day the dogs again jumped the fence and attacked and severely injured several of the lambs.
The farmer had had enough, and went to town to consult a judge who
listened carefully to the story and said: "I could punish the hunter and
instruct him to keep his dogs chained or lock them up. But you would
lose a friend and gain an enemy. Which would you rather have, friend or
foe for a neighbor?" The farmer replied that he preferred a friend.
“Alright, I will offer you a solution that keeps your lambs safe,
and which will keep your a neighbor a friend." Having heard the judge's
solution, the farmer agreed.
Once at home, the farmer immediately put the judge's suggestions to
the test. He took three of his best lambs and presented them to his
neighbor's three small sons, who were beside themselves with joy and
began to play with them. To protect his son's newly acquired playthings,
the hunter built a strong kennel for his dogs. Since then, the dogs
never again bothered the farmer's lambs.
Out of gratitude for the farmer's generosity toward his sons, the
hunter often shared the game he had hunted with the farmer. The farmer
reciprocated by sending the hunter lamb meat and cheese he had made.
Within a short time the neighbors became good friends.
A saying in old China went something like this, “one can win over
and influence people the best with gestures of kindness and compassion.”
A similar American saying: “One catches more flies with honey than with
vinegar.”
Map of Sri Lanka.
Very useful. Click on a district to expand. Awesome !!
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