tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post1842049502864001430..comments2024-03-29T03:47:06.305-07:00Comments on Colombo Medgrads 1962: THE SPEEDY VIRTUAL INTERVIEW SERIESLucky Abeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-14200939900629672602018-05-10T08:35:20.415-07:002018-05-10T08:35:20.415-07:00Dear Zita That was indeed a fascinating interview....Dear Zita That was indeed a fascinating interview.Many facts that you mentioned were known to me. I remember how we met in the block being body partners diseting the Lower Limb. The friendship that began way back in 1962 has stood the test of time. We have shared so many experiences you hold a very spcial place in my heart ! You have modestly left out your skill of writing poetry. It was such a delight to get verses penned by you for bitrhdays. Remember the one you wrote at the end of DR Misso's appointment... Not much luck with the diathermy aney..... When the assistant burnt poor Gane...!! What about the one you put up near the staircase wishing our Senior Batch for the Finals ..... We wish you luck right from our hearts ... before the frantic scribbling starts ! You alIso left out how you pioneered Laser Surgery at S J G H . <br />My heartiest congratulations on your many and varied achievements . God Bless you Zita my dearest friend. Love Suri Suri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-82875027864138458332017-06-03T11:22:03.744-07:002017-06-03T11:22:03.744-07:00Mahen and Zita, thank you for this lovely conversa...Mahen and Zita, thank you for this lovely conversation. I am going backwards on these "Speedy Interviews" because I've been preoccupied with other things for a few weeks. Speedy, as Zita said in her comment, you have a knack at making your subject feel comfortable and sharing their thoughts and feelings without being self conscious. Well done, both of you! Zita was rather modest though, wasn't she instrumental in starting laser techniques in eye surgery in Sri Lanka? I'm not sure if I have got that fact correctly.Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-74341352386397015252017-05-24T07:37:45.147-07:002017-05-24T07:37:45.147-07:00Mahendra, I am terribly shy of these times when I ...Mahendra, I am terribly shy of these times when I have to speak about my history and myself. But you made it really easy and it flowed without much feeling of 'nerves' or embarrassment. Well done, to you! Now let's hope our dearest friends in the Batch let us have this insight into some aspects we were not privy to during those years of immersion in books where no other life existed except lectures, 'signature's, revisals, dissections, exams , vivas and occasionally, detention! I look forward to reading you taking them back 55 years, a glimpse in to the past, tracing one coming back, looking back with love, whatever one likes to call it. ZitaZitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985029776566371971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-68646273277415510392017-05-24T07:28:47.337-07:002017-05-24T07:28:47.337-07:00Hey Substantial One! that's a good 'take&#...Hey Substantial One! that's a good 'take' on those of us who did the six months' course in Chemistry! But to tell you the truth I used to feel jealous of those who went to 'The Other Place' when I used to see photos and when we made the odd visit there. It is idyllic and I thought, a good place to be immersed in one's books. ZitaZitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985029776566371971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-24155444070855065282017-05-20T07:32:40.118-07:002017-05-20T07:32:40.118-07:00Zita you have to be congratulated on agreeing to b...Zita you have to be congratulated on agreeing to be interviewed. I am hoping to post a few more and I do hope my colleagues will oblige. The next one, Episode 4, is about to follow. Watch this space!Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-18010388232011278222017-05-20T07:30:30.122-07:002017-05-20T07:30:30.122-07:00Your American credential showing Indra with Sulfur...Your American credential showing Indra with Sulfuric acid rather than Sulphuric acid!Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-75383774119124706642017-05-20T00:40:27.665-07:002017-05-20T00:40:27.665-07:00I have to congratulate Mahendra and Lucky for thin...I have to congratulate Mahendra and Lucky for thinking of doing a bit of dissection of the batch mates of 1962. We didn't have the time to get to know each one well but now we have. So that's where I once again look forward to our batch mate stories. It's really a dissection of 55 plus years of our lives where one person negotiates the unrelenting march of time, events, successes, failures, with references to the places where the whole thing was enacted. The person interviewed is the innocent by stander who tries to make sense of what's happening around him or her. So here's looking forward to each one's life's opera.Zitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985029776566371971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-34101851416307852962017-05-19T10:41:11.530-07:002017-05-19T10:41:11.530-07:00One of the questions in that CHEMISTRY paper was I...One of the questions in that CHEMISTRY paper was INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE OF SULFURIC ACID if you recall. What is its relevance to undergraduates & MBBS.iahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834328964175766121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-69678979244455622812017-05-19T05:14:56.573-07:002017-05-19T05:14:56.573-07:00Lovely & illuminating interview speedy.Lovely & illuminating interview speedy.iahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834328964175766121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-12146311315988565382017-05-18T11:43:48.480-07:002017-05-18T11:43:48.480-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.iahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834328964175766121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-12017836850832600342017-05-18T04:56:58.912-07:002017-05-18T04:56:58.912-07:00For the benefit of those who would like to quickly...For the benefit of those who would like to quickly access Episode 1, please type Cyril on the search bar at the top (long white bar) and this will open it up,OR here is a link to it<br />http://colombomedgrads1962.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=cyrilMahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-56286632056379294642017-05-18T02:35:00.626-07:002017-05-18T02:35:00.626-07:00An interesting addition to the blog-
I wondered w...An interesting addition to the blog- <br />I wondered where episode1 was ! I had obviously missed it at the time it was posted. However, thanks to Lucky's methodical indexing I managed to find it- Was also a superb interview- Thanks Mahen,Zita,Cyril and LuckyRohini Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415723772964781031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-2580762676952427162017-05-17T19:39:08.373-07:002017-05-17T19:39:08.373-07:00Razaque is very close to it. But he has missed Puw...Razaque is very close to it. But he has missed Puwan Ramalingam Sivanathan and Ranjith Kariyawasam who too were with us in Colombo. All the others went to Peradeniya.Lucky Abeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-84414672460989987152017-05-17T10:25:52.632-07:002017-05-17T10:25:52.632-07:00That was a very interesting interview not often se...That was a very interesting interview not often seen in this much in depth.<br />Zita, Lucky, Kunasingham, Cyril & 'The Substantial One' were the ones from the 1st MB 6-months Chemistry Course of 15 of us that ended up & continued on in Colombo. The others went to the "Other Place"!!.... forgive me if I have missed any others!! <br />I think that interviews of this nature with other of our Mates would be a welcome change to our Blog profile, Speedy.<br />Raz,--- your "Substantial No: 1"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-21119097773244279342017-05-17T04:58:33.362-07:002017-05-17T04:58:33.362-07:00This came from Cyril Ernest "I did read your ...This came from Cyril Ernest "I did read your virtual interview of Zita with much interest.You certainly do have a flair and quite an imaginative streak to probe and conduct such interviews and maintain interest"Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-42597780085742305382017-05-17T04:46:20.493-07:002017-05-17T04:46:20.493-07:00I would like to do more of this. Any volunteers? P...I would like to do more of this. Any volunteers? Please email me and don't feel too abashed! I am sure it makes good reading.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.com