1960 Medical batch, Colombo, Sri Lanka.: Colombo

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Odds and ends, Cuckoo waltz,

Cuckoo waltz

https://youtu.be/tYcTzJ4Wizs

Dinakantha’s blog

https://www.cambridgeimmunology.org/?fbclid=IwAR1yQKVQCAWo7KMIBTMVSBp9s_4U-I-uxJxGwvGUr-rZ-bWi8epSW1LaM1g

Victoria Memorial Hospital, Colombo

http://lankapura.com/2013/10/victoria-memorial-eye-hospital-colombo/

Queen Elizabeth's wedding ring

https://www.quora.com/Where-did-Prince-Philip-get-the-engagement-ring-he-gave-to-Elizabeth-Does-she-still-wear-it

Sunday, February 16, 2020

1960 Medical entrants, Colombo, mini get together, 16th February 2020

Please click on each of the web-links below :-

1. https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2020/02/1960-medical-entrants-kynsey-road.html

2. https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2020/02/1960-medical-entrants-colombo-sri-lanka.html

Saturday, December 28, 2019

1960 Medical entrants, Colombo, Batch blog.

1. Please click on the underlined batch blog to see the home web-page.

1960 entrants batch blog

2. Click on the red title - Older posts - in the bottom right hand page to see earlier postings up to the start of this blog in March 2009.

3. Look at the box saying - Search this blog - on the right hand side of each page - and type what you want to search for eg.your name, or reunion, subject etc

4. You can see the listings of the blog posts in alphabetical order in red on the right-hand side of each page, under the heading Blog Archives. You can scroll down searching for any posting that you are interested in. Click on that particular link to see the posting.

5. Under the title, My Blogs, you can see all the blogs that I publish. Click on each of them to read the posts in each one.

Hope you enjoy watching the pages of this blog on the doings of the 1960 batch entrants, Medical Faculty, Kinsey Road.

Philip Veerasingam

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Reminiscences of 1960 Medical Entrants, Kynsey road, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Please click on the web-link below:-

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2019/06/reminiscences-of-1960-entrants-batch.html

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

List of our departed batch-mates

Dear All,

Due to a printing mistake the names of some of our bereaved batch mates have not appeared in the souvenir printed for the 2018 Reunion of the Medical Batch of 1960. We deeply regret the error. The complete list of the departed batch mates is attached. - EDITORS

Medical Batch of 1960

We remember our departed batch-mates

July 2018

Abeynaike, C L V

Alwis, Keerthi H

Amarasinghe, Gunasoma

Aponsu, W M M A

Arulananthan, T

Athureliya

Balasundaram, Appiah

De Silva, Basil

De Silva, J B C

De Silva, Merle

Dias, Jayasinghe E A

Duraisingham, M

Ediriwira, Kamala

Fernando, Dayasiri

Fernando, K A J P

Fonseka, G D

Fonseka, M N T

Gajaweera, Neville P

Ganeshanayagam, K

Gnanasegaram, K

Gonsaga, M D L

Gunathilake, G

Gunathunga, Pemsin

Gurunathan, G

Jameel, A H M

Jayasekara, Perin

Jayasundera, H D

Jayawardana, L D

Jeyaratnam, Joe

Johnpulle, Geneview

Kanagaratnam, Navamalar

Kandiah, Mercy

Kandiah, Parameshwaran

Kappagoda, C T

Kapuwatte, Sarath

Karthigesu, R

Karunakaran, C S

Liyanage, Isabella

Manuel, Godfrey

Mendis, Lalith

Muniratne, Metta

(Kulasekara)

Murugananthan, N

Nadarajah, K

Nadarajah, Manoharan

Nanayakkara, Siri

Panchach, Aram V

Panchacharam, Padmini

Pathmanathan, Sivanesan

Pemawansa, Swarna

(Samarasinghe)

Perera, M A C

Perera, Shanthana

Perera, Sujatha

(Nanayakkara)

Rajapaksa, Dayananda

Rajapaksa, Padma

(Samaranayaka)

Ramanathan, Linus

Ramanathan, Rita

Rasalingam, N

Rasamuttiah, T

Samarasiri, H H S

Selvanayagam, Rita

Sivaguru, K S

Sivapalan, M

Somadasa, Kongahavitage

Subasinghe, Srima

(Jayasinghe)

Subramanium, Kamala

Udupihille, M N D

Vasanthanathan, N S

Visagesan, S

Vithana, Thilak

Wanakukorala, Raja

Weerasekara, W M A E

Wickremasuriya, W D F

Wijeratne, N

Wijethunga, A D

Wimalaratne, K D P

Thursday, July 12, 2018

1960 Medical entrants, Kynsey Road, Colombo, Get togetherr 2018

Please click on the web-link below with speakers on :-

https://youtu.be/COw5XuYRFxc

Sunday, July 8, 2018

The 1960 Medical Faculty entrants, Kynsey road, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A record of the activities of the 1960 Entrants Batch of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo.

Please click on the following web-link to read the article:-

http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=187483

Monday, July 2, 2018

Reunion, 1960 Medical Entrants, Colombo, at Negombo, July 2018

Re Union 2018. 7th July. Hotel Jet Wing Lagoon ,Negombo

Dear Batchmates.

The Organising Committee Welcomes you , one and all to the 2018 Re Union.

This is likely to be the final missive , sent out before we meet on the 7th July 2018, at the Hotel Jet Wing Lagoon , Negombo.

Purpose of this missive is

1. To clear the air regarding payments to be done.

2. To make the Final Programme available to all before arrival

at the Hotel.

Payments to be done at registration

A fee of Rs 3500.00 per person will be charged solely to cover the cost of Lunch and Tea (morning & evening). For children 5 – 12 yrs, at half rate.

Payment for Gala Dinner.

All those who have booked into the Hotel, on Half Board basis

will be charged by the Hotel , an additional fee of Rs 2000.00

per person. This amount will appear in the final bill , when you leave the hotel.

( For the non residents of the Hotel , please check up with the hotel for the rates.)

Payments for copies of the Group photograph.

Please note that the Group Photograph will be handled

by Dr C.S.Nanayakkara , and Dr Udula Pathirana. Those who wish to have a copy each , please contact one of them at Registration. The charge will be Rs 1000.00 per copy.

There will be no email available hereafter. For urgent communication needs you may contact.

Mana Wedisinghe Mobile 0712750162

Jayalath de Silva 0714962508

Programme on 7th July.

Anniversary Celebrations 2018

Medical Batch of 1960

Date : 7th July 2018

Venue : Hotel Jetwing Lagoon, Negombo

Agenda

9:00 Registration (Registration fee Rs. 3500.00 per person)

Meet & Greet

10:30 Tea/Coffee with Snacks

11:00 Commence Meeting

• Welcome address by president, Dr. Asoka Dissanayake.

• Remembering deceased colleagues, presented by Dr. N. Sivarajah.

• Tribute to the late Dr. Sarath Kapuwatte, by Dr. Asoka Dissanayake.

• Short presentations –

1. Dr. Pearl Hettiaratchi – Life of a Doctor. What matters most in the final analysis

2. Dr. Sydney Hettiaratchi – Continuing Association with Batch of '60.

3. Dr. J. Gunasegaram – Anecdotes and Memories.

4. Dr. Philip Veerasingam – Will read a few poems.

5. Dr. C.S. Nanayakkara & Dr. Philip Veerasingam will jointly reminisce the student days

1:00 LUNCH

Followed by Group Photograph.

4:00 Evening Tea/Coffee with Snacks

5:00 End of Day Programme.

Evening Programme

6:30 Musical Event

7:00 Sing Along with Music Band

8:00 GALA DINNER

9:00 Dance

11:30 End of Programme

Date : 8th July 2018

Breakfast at Hotel.

Depart / Good Byes.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Recall of students during Medical College days, 1997.

Friday, April 6, 2018

The departed of 1960 entrants, Medical, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Please click on the web-link below :-

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-departed-from-1950-batch-entrants.html

Monday, September 11, 2017

Another 1960 entrants batch reunion ?

1960 Medicoes , another Reunion- To be or Not To Be!!

Inbox

Charith Nanayakkara

4:07 PM (13 hours ago)

to me, M.P., M.G.S, Daya, Jayalath, HB, Udula, Keerthi/Sriyan., Lalitha, Buddy, Nalini, Derryck, Asoka/Chandra, Sujai

Dear Philip

Please share these thoughts with our batch mates for their response.

1960 Medicoes, Probably the last ReUnion- To be Or Not to be !!

1. The last ReUnion was held in 2015 and most of those who attended it were keen to have another one , sooner than the usual 5 year cycle.

Some of us have repeatedly highlighted the importance of having another ReUnion before we lose more of our batch mates and who may very likely lose some of our mental and physical faculties as well.

2. Philip in response to our previous appeal, very kindly volunteered to organise a batch Get Together this year

in Avissawella but no positive response was forthcoming. ( in fairness, we do need reasonable advance notice especially for those who are domiciled overseas).

3. It is likely that any planned future ReUnion may be sadly be the last & the final one ( others may disagree)

4. Let's reflect on the past ReUnions:

a. Most of us agreed that these ReUnions were a wonderful Forum for us to meet & greet. These would ideally be held in Sri Lanka mostly for the benefit of our colleagues who reside in Sri Lanka (even though not many 'locals' have actively participated for variety of reasons)

b. The last few ReUnions held in Sri Lanka were very successful thanks to the dedication and combined efforts of the Organisers led by Kapu. He is no more and I feel it would be very fitting to organise the next one in Sri Lanka to show our respect & Gratitude to his sustained efforts.

c. Durumila who also took an active role is functionally incapacitated but still strong mentally( I had a long chat with her few weeks ago at her residence)

d. Ranjan F is still around but appear not too capable of any active support.

e. Of the rest of the Organising Group, we are left with Mana/ Piyaseeli ( who are still active and willing), Jayalath and Philip. They do need few active local supporters to organise another ReUnion soon. I do not want to name those capable mates but I am copying this to some of them who I believe would volunteer.

f. My personal thoughts are any planned future ReUnion would very likely to be the last and final one as the organisation takes so much of effort, commitment and dedication.

g. We have a good guess as to who would very likely support this idea. We know by now those who have continued to participate over the years and those who have not attended any of the past ReUnions ( for variety of reasons). We also know how difficult to get a consensus as to the mutually agreed date, venue etc.

I also feel the need to organise any of this event closer to Colombo rather than outside ( for overall convenience/ commuting).

May I suggest that we plan to have at least one more ReUnion say in September/ October 2018 in a mutually agreed location near Colombo. May I appeal to Mana/ Piyaseeli and Philip to take the initiative and get few other active volunteers in and around Colombo to form the organising committee.

We would offer our support in whatever way we could to make this a great success.

Let's all put our combined effort and dedicate this to all our departed and disabled colleagues.

Best wishes.

Nana

Mana Wedisinghe

10:33 PM (6 hours ago)

to Charith, bcc: me

My dear Nana.

It is a good idea.

Might i suggest that we combine our batch get together along with COMSAA next year.

Comsaa , as you know will have a one day session on a sunday. Some members gather the previous day ,have a sing song and a dance.

Why dont we gather the day prior to Comsaa meet , have a joint sing song in the evening and attend the comsaa next day and depart.

This is only a suggestion. Logistically easier to manage.

Your views please.

Another Reunion

Inbox

Udula Pathirana

10:20 PM (7 hours ago)

to me, Nana

Dear Philip,

I am thankful to Nana for starting the dialogue about another batch reunion. Like Nana, I believe batch reunions are a great opportunity for us to meet our old friends/batch mates we don't meet otherwise in our day to day lives. Most of us in 2015 voiced our opinion that the next reunion should be in three yrs time, and not five as before. Hence 2018 is the year we should meet again. Not for the last time I hope. We are still young at heart with a few aches and pains here and there!

Though you tried to organise a get together this year, due to poor response I presume it never materialised. I hope you have not taken it as a let down, ( we never meant it to be, but as Nana says we who live overseas need advance notice ) and will rise to the occasion and take the leading role in organising the next big one in 2018 as you did before. The organising committe has shrunk a bit, but I am sure you should be able to coax a few others to give you a helping hand. Nalini , Ranjini Thevaraps, and Lucky come to my mind as would be willing supporters in addition to Wedi, Piyaseeli and Jayalath. I know Nalini and Ranjini were highly involved in the past. Duru though confined to a wheel chair will I am sure help in whatever way she can. She is very alert and keeps in contact with her friends as before. Ranjini would be able to get her help. There may be others who will be happy to support you and take some of the burden off your hands. Some of us would offer support in whatever way we could from distant lands.

As Nana's suggested a location close to Colombo would be best and September/ October would be ideal timing. That is a year from now. You need a fair few months to get everything finalised and adequate time for those living overseas to make holiday / travel arrangements.

As Nana says, lets put our combined efforts to make the proposed get-together a success and dedicate it to the departed colleagues.

You can tell Nalini, Ranjini and Lucky that I proposed their names.

Good luck.

Hello Udula,

Thanks for the sentiments expressed in your email. Now that we have started discussing about the get together it should gather momentum and hopefully reach a concrete objective. All my best wishes go to you.

Philip.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Updated second Blog of 1960 Medical entrants, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Please click on the following web-link:-

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.co.ke/

Keep clicking on the title 'OLDER POSTS' or 'NEXT' at the end of each web page' to see all the past postings.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

1960 Medical entrants Batch, Colombo, Sri Lanka, mementos.

The first 1960 medical entrants Batch Trip to the Peradeniya Gardens in 1960. The earliest photo of the batch that I have. Can you identify the individuals in the photo?

The cartoon by Collette in the Daily News, after the Law-Medical match in 1960, when our batch as 'block juniors' raided the Nurses Training School Hostel. All became very respectable Adults later in life.