tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post237223197913597670..comments2024-03-28T06:08:29.049-07:00Comments on Colombo Medgrads 1962: Health Benefits of being active in retirement - Musically speakingLucky Abeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-7976554389215552492017-04-06T04:05:16.157-07:002017-04-06T04:05:16.157-07:00Thanks Zita. We all missed you too but understood ...Thanks Zita. We all missed you too but understood why you couldn't come. I enjoyed doing the presentation and it was good to get some nice feedback. I hope you will be able to come for the next one, whenever and whereever it is.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-6670711609339680112017-04-06T03:25:04.380-07:002017-04-06T03:25:04.380-07:00Mahendra, I wish to congratulate you whole hearte...Mahendra, I wish to congratulate you whole heartedly for delivering this excellent, helpful, and truthful, glass-half-full, assessment of our state of retirement and ideas for management of this last but most important stage of our lives. I would have loved to see the slides and hear the songs but I could see them in my mind's eye and hear them in a phantom ear. I have no doubt that our batch mates had an excellent audio visual treat and it made the big event even more meaningful, joyful and above all gave everyone some pearls of wisdom. Well Done! And Thank you, Lucky for including it on the Blog for the non attendees also to share in it. From, ZitaZitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985029776566371971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-58854211069112387132017-03-29T13:31:20.915-07:002017-03-29T13:31:20.915-07:00Yes Speedy, We should not be too concerned with th...Yes Speedy, We should not be too concerned with the lack of, or the color of the "capital fungus" or other transformations that occur with advancing age. It was such a wonderful time together, and I was so pleased that some of our batch mates were able to join us just for Saturday's activities. And as you said "At the end we parted even closer than when we met." I hope we do our best to stay connected until we meet again at another Reunion. Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-15983055052790676212017-03-27T14:23:36.872-07:002017-03-27T14:23:36.872-07:00As you all know we had a quiz run by Suri. The fir...As you all know we had a quiz run by Suri. The first quiz for some of us however, was a "guess who". Most have transformed their looks and shapes while retaining a great deal of semblance to the original product but not in all cases, especially when parted for many many years.Changes in personal scenery included presence or absence of capital fungus, the colour of the summit, whether the summit was more like a dagoba surrounded by devotees or no devotees at all, the cirumference at the equator, the curvature of the spine, in possesion or not of the complete 36, the position of transformation from shirt to trouser (the satiety line) for males and the size and position of frontal chest appendages in the fairer sex and many more.... But we managed. Not just managed, but did exceptionally well as we caught up and refreshed our memories and at the end we parted even closer than when we met. I cannot recommend highly enough a Reunion such as this, in pleasant surroundings, in a relaxed atomosphere with no externals to divert us with a chance to share memories of a special time in our life. My thanks once again to the Organising committee and all others who played a part in making this what it was.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-8639140576499859642017-03-27T10:31:33.350-07:002017-03-27T10:31:33.350-07:00Speedy, this was good advice presented with humor,...Speedy, this was good advice presented with humor, and a perfect topic for the 50th. In many cases, and I am no exception, there was "so much (more) of us" than when we left Med School 50 years ago. So it might have been a Freudian slip!Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-22818870663369331912017-03-27T03:10:27.512-07:002017-03-27T03:10:27.512-07:00I am not claiming to be linguistically observant. ...I am not claiming to be linguistically observant. I for one didn't spot it as an error. Knowing Speedy, I thought he was just being humorous. In fact, I looked around to see whether there were males in shorts and females in mini skirts! So you see, there was nothing wrong in Speedy's statement, if the members of the audience wore scanty attire.Lucky Abeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-77694533039440773742017-03-27T00:30:36.103-07:002017-03-27T00:30:36.103-07:00The linguistically observant among you may have sp...The linguistically observant among you may have spotted my error in saying "lovely to see so much of you" as it should have been "so many of you" but at the same time, I did see "so much of you" without for one moment thinking it was "too much of you"!Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-6205695376944575652017-03-26T13:58:24.372-07:002017-03-26T13:58:24.372-07:00Mahen,
Thank you for posting this- Nihal has said ...Mahen,<br />Thank you for posting this- Nihal has said it all! Rohini Ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-11024022631318203442017-03-26T03:37:20.265-07:002017-03-26T03:37:20.265-07:00Mahen
I wish I was there to hear it live as the de...Mahen<br />I wish I was there to hear it live as the delivery, the body language and the ambience all help to enhance what is said. It is lucid and easy to read and the contents are a useful reminder to us all of life, age and the final exit and how best to use our time. Thank youDr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.com