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Saturday, December 30, 2017
New Year Greetings from Sriani Basnayake
Let me wish all our batch mates good health and happiness in the coming year.
Our phones are wireless
Cooking is fireless
Vehicles are keyless
Food is fatless
Tyres are tubeless
Dresses are sleeveless
Our Youth are jobless
Our leaders are shameless
Relationships are meaningless
Attitude is careless
Females are fearless
Babies are fatherless
Feelings are heartless
Education is valueless
Children are mannerless
Everything is becoming Less and less……. BUT,
Our hopes are Endless.
Finally, wishing all of you a happy new year, and saying good-bye,
I am Speechless.
Cheers,
Sriani
(From an old IMPA newsletter)
Friday, December 22, 2017
Thursday, December 21, 2017
New Year message from Rohini Ana.
Counting my gifts before Christmas, and Greetings from NZ
To my dear friends in the blog-
Firstly an apology, as I have not responded to some of the questions directed to me in your comments recently, and I have not responded to some of your emails -
I hope you will all forgive me - it has been, and is, a dizzying time and I am totally overwhelmed !
However, you are the gifts I have received with no Xmas trees, tinsel, wrappings or ribbons ! which I have greatly appreciated through the years.
In alphabetical order! - “Anonymous”!, Cyril, Indra, Kumar, Lucky Weerasooriya, Mahen, Manel, Nihal, Razaque, Sanath, Srianee, Sriani, Sumathi, Zita - I have thoroughly enjoyed your “chat” and learned much from you all. Your friendship has been a great gift to me.
Lucky Abey , thank you for being the “Post Master Extraordinaire ” ! without whom most of these gifts would not have been received .
It has been wonderful coming to know you all even in small measure, and
thank you very much for being in my life-
I wish you all, and the rest of my batchmates a wonderful festive season and a glorious New Year .
Rohini Ana
To my dear friends in the blog-
Firstly an apology, as I have not responded to some of the questions directed to me in your comments recently, and I have not responded to some of your emails -
I hope you will all forgive me - it has been, and is, a dizzying time and I am totally overwhelmed !
However, you are the gifts I have received with no Xmas trees, tinsel, wrappings or ribbons ! which I have greatly appreciated through the years.
In alphabetical order! - “Anonymous”!, Cyril, Indra, Kumar, Lucky Weerasooriya, Mahen, Manel, Nihal, Razaque, Sanath, Srianee, Sriani, Sumathi, Zita - I have thoroughly enjoyed your “chat” and learned much from you all. Your friendship has been a great gift to me.
Lucky Abey , thank you for being the “Post Master Extraordinaire ” ! without whom most of these gifts would not have been received .
It has been wonderful coming to know you all even in small measure, and
thank you very much for being in my life-
I wish you all, and the rest of my batchmates a wonderful festive season and a glorious New Year .
Rohini Ana
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| Pohutukawa - New Zealand Christmas tree (Metrosideros excelsa) which flowers during the Christmas season coloring the coastline a brilliant red. |
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| Close up of Pohutukawa flower |
Monday, December 11, 2017
A Terrific, Loony Season's Greeting
Terri- Luni
dialogue of Season’s Greetings
Luni: I am
used to going around you but I never thought of saying Hi!
Terri: I am so
used to turning around my own self I often ignore you except once in a full
moon!
Luni: Without me you can’t function. I keep your
waters in high and low tides.
Terri: Oh yes,
a big lot that helps! How about when you made those Giant waves?
Luni: That
was not my fault. That was because you cracked up in quakes.
Terri: So, you
had no part in the Tsunami!
Luni: Don’t
change the subject! How about your avalanches and earth slips, you terrible
creature?
Terri:
Whatever you say, I am the ones human beings love. They live here.
Luni: Sour
grapes! They tried hard to land on me.
Terri: I have
a Sunny friend who gives me light and energy! Your light is what is reflected
off him!
Luni: Without
Sunny, you earthlings will perish! But I can manage with my beings!
Terri: So you
have ‘beings’?What are they? Bacteria? Our men who visited you couldn’t detect
any other beings!
Luni:
Incompetent, incapable idiots they were! They won’t find out my secrets anytime
soon!
Terri: OK, OK!
I only wanted to wish a Happy Festive Season and Prosperous 2018!
Luni: In fact,
that’s the same reason I said ‘Howdy’! To wish earthlings a really Happy
Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
Terri: That’s
welcome! We have special beings here, have you heard of Batch 1962?
Luni: Of
course! They are a brainy, witty bunch! I hear words, like ‘speedy, lucky,
rohini, sumathi,nihal even professor and anonymous!
Terri: So, you
want to wish them all?
Luni: Yes of
course a Very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2018!
Terri: Same from me too!
-Zita Subasinghe Perera– December 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
Mary, Did You Know? - aKaPeLLe (Pentatonix Cover) From Srianee's daughter Manjula
To put all our viewers in the real Christmas Spirit, I wish to add yet another to the list of children of members of our batch who have excelled in the sphere of Arts. The latest addition is an outstanding performance by Manjula, who is one of the singers in her group in Germany. Manjula is the daughter of Srianee (Bunter) Fernando Dias.
In this capella video, as you would have already guessed, Manjula is in the centre of the group. (Srianee claims that Manjula looks a bit like her. I am not going to argue about that but leave it to the reader to decide!). Manjula also advises the viewers to listen to the video with speakers on or with good headphones. For the benefit of the uninitiated (like me), a "Capella" video is one where the music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment or a piece intended to be performed in this way. "Capella" is an Italian word used for "in the manner of the chapel".
Let me now digress, as I usually do even when writing a short piece! This is another spin off from this blog - learning new things almost every day! No sooner I read Srianee's e-mail, I rushed to Google to see what a Capella video is. That is how I learnt about "Capella", and for a moment pretended to have known it right along! This is also the first time that I got to know at least this much about Srianee's daughter although I have been acting as if I have known Manjula for a long time!
Now, back to Manjula and her video. By way of an introduction, it is a Christmas song by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene. Arranged by Pentatonix, Paul Langford and performed by aKaPeLLe, from Hamburg, Germany (of which Srianee's daughter is a member).
This post about Manjula and her Capella video introduces her to an exclusive group - children of our batch colleagues who have excelled in varying fields, some of whom have already been featured on this Blog. Names that come to mind are Sujatha Maligaspe Lena, Malkanthi Wijesuriya McCormick, Suriyakanthi Karunaratne Amarasekara, Anton Ambrose, Sanath Lamabadusuriya (whose son won fame in Scrabble), Indra Anandasabapathy. I am sure there must be much more out there whose achievements have not reached our ears mainly because their parents are too modest to share with others.
Click on the following link and enjoy!
Have an enjoyable holiday season.
Lucky
OR see below:
In this capella video, as you would have already guessed, Manjula is in the centre of the group. (Srianee claims that Manjula looks a bit like her. I am not going to argue about that but leave it to the reader to decide!). Manjula also advises the viewers to listen to the video with speakers on or with good headphones. For the benefit of the uninitiated (like me), a "Capella" video is one where the music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment or a piece intended to be performed in this way. "Capella" is an Italian word used for "in the manner of the chapel".
Let me now digress, as I usually do even when writing a short piece! This is another spin off from this blog - learning new things almost every day! No sooner I read Srianee's e-mail, I rushed to Google to see what a Capella video is. That is how I learnt about "Capella", and for a moment pretended to have known it right along! This is also the first time that I got to know at least this much about Srianee's daughter although I have been acting as if I have known Manjula for a long time!
Now, back to Manjula and her video. By way of an introduction, it is a Christmas song by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene. Arranged by Pentatonix, Paul Langford and performed by aKaPeLLe, from Hamburg, Germany (of which Srianee's daughter is a member).
This post about Manjula and her Capella video introduces her to an exclusive group - children of our batch colleagues who have excelled in varying fields, some of whom have already been featured on this Blog. Names that come to mind are Sujatha Maligaspe Lena, Malkanthi Wijesuriya McCormick, Suriyakanthi Karunaratne Amarasekara, Anton Ambrose, Sanath Lamabadusuriya (whose son won fame in Scrabble), Indra Anandasabapathy. I am sure there must be much more out there whose achievements have not reached our ears mainly because their parents are too modest to share with others.
Click on the following link and enjoy!
Have an enjoyable holiday season.
Lucky
OR see below:
Saturday, December 2, 2017
A Christmas Wish
A
Christmas Wish
.
Never let me outgrow
Christmas
Loose the wonder and
delight
In Christmas trees and
decorations
In singing carols by
candlelight.
Never let the spirit of
Christmas
Be forgotten this time of
year,
The joy of Loving,
Caring, Sharing
Wishing all people Peace
and Good Cheer
Never let me lose the
simple
Vision of a little child,
Never let me doubt or
question,
Ever-trusting all the
while.
Keep me just the way you
made me,
When I first saw light of
day,
Give me what is
necessary,
Taking all the rest away.
Never let me outgrow
Christmas,
Nor the lessons I have
learned,
Let me not expect a
bonus,
Only that which I have
earned.
As I kneel outside the Stable,
Draw me ever close to
your side,
Help me to Serve, be Gentle
and Forgiving
Day by day, let Love be my
guide.
Suriyakanthie Amarasekera
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