Thursday, December 19, 2013

Cleaning fruit



 Friend of mine forwards this to me and  I (should) treasure it very much(if I was a fruit eater)because I (really) don’t know how to clean fruits nowadays; I mean how to wash away the chemical on the fruit. (That’s important!)
 




















 

'We three Kings of Orient are'


"We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns and Song in 1863. John Henry Hopkins, Jr., then an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church,[1] was instrumental in organizing an elaborate holiday pageant (which featured this hymn) for the students of the General Theological Seminary in New York City in 1857 while serving as the seminary's music director. In 1872 Hopkins was ordained an Episcopal priest and later served as rector at Christ Episcopal Church (Williamsport, PA).[2]





The illusionist, Hans Klok - email jksw




The illusionist, Hans Klok, was challenged in Holland to show what he could do in 5 minutes. I hope you enjoy this amazing spectacle.
The show that you are to see is unique in the world. The cost of entry per person is ¤150 from 5th back row. You'll be in front line and seeing the show for free... Enjoy...


Meeting some old friends at Nalini's house.











People to be identified:- Sujaee Tinto (nee Athulathmudali), Lucky Weerasinghe (nee Wanigaratne), Chandra Pitigala (nee Ranasinghe), Sujeeva Ratnaike (nee Ratnatunge), Nalini Rodrigo (nee Ratnaike), Ramya Veerasingam, Mr. Pitigala, Mr. Weerasinghe, Dr Daya Rodrigo, Dr. Ratnaike. 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Joy to the World" a popular Christmas carol.

The music was adapted and arranged to Watts' lyrics by Lowell Mason in 1839 from an older melody which was then believed to have originated fromHandel, not least because the theme of the refrain (And heaven and nature sing...) appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of therecitative Comfort ye from Handel's Messiah, and the first four notes match the beginning of the choruses Lift up your heads and Glory to God from the same oratorio. However, Handel did not compose the entire tune.[4] The name "Antioch" is generally used for the tune.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Watts wrote the words of "Joy to the World" as a hymn glorifying Christ's triumphant return at the end of the age,[2] rather than a song celebrating His first coming. Only the second half of Watts' lyrics are still used today.[3]
As of the late 20th century, "Joy to the World" was the most-published Christmas hymn in North America.[1]

Click on each of the web-links below:-

http://youtu.be/MpgaWm2pnNs

Muppets

Dolly Parton

John Rutter and the Cambridge singers

G string Rally at Fort, Colombo, Sri Lanka.



I am sending this to all the ladies-
and a few a few males!
jksw
 





All in the tradition of W.Dahanayake 

The AMUD~E


Members of the All Ceylon Peasants’ Federation held a protest rally at Fort today.

They distributed handbills accusing the Government of ignoring their plight and not fulfilling the promises it had made before the budget.

The protesters are seen clad in the traditional loin cloth. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
 
Next farmers of the gentler sex will be in the streets .







Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Silent night


Lyrics

The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village on theSalzach river. The young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before. He had already written the lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungauregion, where Joseph had worked as a coadjutor.
The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.[1] Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night