Creative Spot - Song composed by Mahendra Gonsalkorala

Our talented Med School colleague Mahendra Gonsalkorala (Speedy) has composed a special song (which as you can hear is a Baila which is the form of music that seems to be the most popular at batch gatherings) to celebrate our batch blog topping the 500,000 mark in Pageviews. In his own words, he thought that "500,000 hits cannot be allowed to just pass by!"

 

Click on the following link to hear the song:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDSvT0oohwU

 

He has also provided the lyrics.

Fond Memories Colombo Medgrads 1962

Nineteen sixty two was the year we all adore

Young and green and full of hope we walked in through the door

Eager eyes and simple minds some rich and some were poor

All were bright and strong in will we knew that much for sure 

 

So much fun - so much joy

Studying joking making friends and living happily  

So much worry - but still happy

Walking cycling bussing to the medical faculty

 

Musical interlude.......

 

Anatomy physiology biochemistry

Kocha Hoover Waas Carlo recall gratefully

Losing sleep and biting nails and losing hair as well

Little did we know how tough our trail was going to be

So much......

Block was over we were wiser onto third MB

Microbio, Pharmo, Forensic Public Health 

Kotte, Lionel  Fonseka Chapman Path Cooray

Tins and cans and pots and pans our Patchaya kiyanney  

 

So much.....

 

Holding steths and feeling tums looking for a spleen

Now we feel like proper docs when in the wards we're seen

Plantars rectals creps and rhonchi got to know so well

Rajasuriya gave us creeps but gentle Nava was swell

 

So much....

 

Tutorials, ward classes, sigs and field work too

Lectures attachments exams with a smile we do

Block nights and Trips out we did have lots of fun

Then at last the day came when all was said and done

 

So much fun so much joy

Studying joking making friends and living happily  

So much worry, but still happy

Walking cycling bussing to the medical faculty 

 

So much fun so much joy

Studying joking making friends and living happily  

So much worry, but still happy……

We’ll never forget our times in the Medical faculty.