Mini-reunion at Lucky’s home in Sri Lanka on Friday 18th March
2022
From Srianee Dias
It was a beautiful, sunny and warm (no surprise
there!) afternoon in Colombo when I joined Indra and Rani Anandasabapathy in a
Kangaroo Cab and made our way through dense midday traffic to Lucky and Mangala
Abeyagunawardene’s beautiful home. We joined Senarat and Hemantha
Jayatilake, Sanath Lamabadasuriya and Sura Fernando, and enjoyed a sumptuous
lunch as is the usual case at Lucky and Mangala’s home. It was a lovely
intimate setting with the flowering wisteria just outside the door. The
conversation was lively and interesting as usual. It was lovely to meet
even a handful of my batch mates after two long years.
Indra Anandasabapthy who sent
the photographs adds: - Thanks Sura Fernando for more photos
A great meal as is usual and company followed by
a tour of their beautiful garden.
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"Permission to speak Sir!"
Srianee
ReplyDeleteThank you for the write-up about the wonderful get together. So lovely to see so many join despite the many issues to keep us apart. Thanks Indra - A picture is worth a thousand words. Everyone looks well and happy and long may it last. I will raise a glass to your good health.
Great to see friends. Wish there were more and wish evenmore that I was there! Lucky and Pram are wonderful hosts to our group and it was good to see the Blog Initiator Lucky. We are indeed Lucky to have Lucky! Thanks Srianee for the text and Indra for the photos.
ReplyDeleteSrianee
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for letting us know the lovely time you had with the few of our batch mates and spouses at Lucky's place.
Indra
Thank you very much for the photos which make it so valuable.
Lucky
Thank you very much for your invitation which I couldn't accept due to many reasons as I told you. I wish I was there to enjoy.
We are all grateful to you Lucky for initiating our Blog which keeps our batch mates together and to Mahendra for keeping it alive.
Chira
Thanks again Lucky snd Mangala for organizing this very lovely lunch. During my stay in Colombo I was able to catch up with several batch mates on the phone. Being in the same time zone helped. But if I hadn't gone to Lucky and Mangala's home that afternoon, I would not have met anyone face to face and I would have felt cheated!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, my getaway had a little bit of added excitement! We were minutes from our descent to Hamburg (where I will be staying for a week) when the Captain announced "There is a disabled aircraft blocking the only operating runway in Hamburg, so we have to detour to Copenhagen and await further instructions from Emirates!" The thoughts that went through my mind briefly were, "Will this be overnight? Will we have to take a train and a ferry?" I quickly reminded myself that this situation was beyond my control and continued watching my movie!. My only concern was to get a message across to my daughter who was probably already on her way to the airport! Fortunately, after about an hour we were soon airborne and on our way to Hamburg 40 minutes away.
Phew! and Phew again Srianee. Adventure and excitement seems to follow you. Glad your story ended happilly.
DeleteI added more photos, taken by Sura and sent to me by Srianee. The food looks delicious and I am sure it was!
ReplyDeleteThe food is gorgeous. Is there a way to send me a bit of everything by WhatsApp?
ReplyDeleteSrianee: you have a knack of attracting disruption on your trips. I must make it a point to avoid the flights you take to keep away from trouble!!! Well done for making it to Hamburg, tired but safe and sound.
Nihal, Sending food via WhatsApp would be fantastic! It is quite possible that sometime in the future we may be able to "beam" objects and even ourselves as they did in the TV series "Star Trek." I think your decision to stay away from my flight plans is a wise decision! I have a few more flights to take before I get to Connecticut. Who knows where I will end up?
ReplyDeleteFlights of fancy, Srianee?!
DeleteSrianee
DeleteDelivered by WhatsApp - Food for thought!!
Enjoy Spring in Hamburg and the Summer in Connecticut.
I wish I could have been there not just the great company, but the delicious Sri lankan home cooked food. Bunter I hope you had your fill have a safe trip back.
ReplyDeleteRajan
Good to see you back on the Blog after a lapse Rajan. Hope all is well with you and yours.
DeleteRajan
ReplyDeleteYou were with us in spirit on our big day in London. Take care my friend and keep in touch