tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post3713196093241949775..comments2024-03-29T03:47:06.305-07:00Comments on Colombo Medgrads 1962: Some enduring and endearing memories of my family (II)Lucky Abeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-86878964237851691742017-03-03T03:20:38.390-08:002017-03-03T03:20:38.390-08:00Patas.
Great to hear from you. We last met at the ...Patas.<br />Great to hear from you. We last met at the Cinnamon Grand in 2012. Still miss your humourous one liners and the loud laughter.Dr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-81279218419516887292017-03-03T02:21:52.489-08:002017-03-03T02:21:52.489-08:00on computer classes with Speedy and Bunter with Ow...on computer classes with Speedy and Bunter with Owlie as a student, Enjoy your stories. We have a lot in common, your wife and my wife share a common heritage being chineseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653169708200501185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-17175628301141758342017-03-02T06:29:09.390-08:002017-03-02T06:29:09.390-08:00Yes, I would really like to read a few more storie...Yes, I would really like to read a few more stories about your grandmother. ThanksSrianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-20498048678926512122017-03-02T02:04:43.286-08:002017-03-02T02:04:43.286-08:00Rohini
Thank you. Your comments have been a great...Rohini<br />Thank you. Your comments have been a great inspiration. I hope you too will find the time and the incentive to write your memoirs. Believe me it is cathartic and also a piece of family history for the future generations of your own rich heritage.Dr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-86435705409449812092017-03-01T20:44:29.736-08:002017-03-01T20:44:29.736-08:00Nihal,
Such an endearingly beautiful and moving n...Nihal, <br />Such an endearingly beautiful and moving narrative of your young days with your mum and grandparents.<br />Thanks immensely for sharing it all with us.RohiniRohini Ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-11973981190845576082017-02-28T09:32:41.568-08:002017-02-28T09:32:41.568-08:00Srianee
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ow...Srianee<br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts and own personal experiences. I couldn't help but write with such great tenderness and love about my mum and grandparents. It is comments like yours that encourages me to write to the blog and I am certain other contributors must feel the same. Despite your busy schedule your commitment to your children and grandchildren wouldn't have been any less.<br />I have written a special piece about Harsha on this blog to say thank you for his services. He is indeed very special.<br />My grandma was a tough emancipated lady in the mould of the suffragettes. During the ethnic troubles she kept her Tamil friends in her home and refused to let them leave until the danger had passed. I must write more about her. She had a strong sense of right and wrong in an era when women were treated as 2nd class.<br />Thanks again SrianeeDr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-66373016060194411412017-02-28T08:03:40.486-08:002017-02-28T08:03:40.486-08:00ND, Thank you for this lovely tribute to your pare...ND, Thank you for this lovely tribute to your parents and grand parents, especially the tender description of your mother and the relationship you shared. Being a parent is so different nowadays. There is so much rushing around, whether it be Sri Lanka, USA or Germany, which are the places where I can make my observations. You were very lucky to have had such a close relationship with your grandparents. My maternal grandfather died young, many years before I was born, and my paternal grandfather died shortly after I was born. Being the father of five sons, I was told that he was delighted at my birth, his second grand daughter! Although I remember my grandmothers well, I was still quite young when they passed away. I enjoy a close relationship with my grand children in Germany, in spite of the miles separating us, but it is so different from what you described in your narrative. Thank you for taking us back to a simpler quieter time. Your grandmother sounds like a very progressive, interesting woman. It was uncommon for women to have careers during those days. Perhaps you could write more stories about her. Do you have any of the mementoes that she saved?<br />Thank you also for your acknowledgement of Harsha Samarajeeva. He is a very special doctor, who takes care of several of my family members. I'm not sure what we will do when he decides to retire! Keep writing, Nihal.Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-69950701188930078292017-02-28T00:26:29.766-08:002017-02-28T00:26:29.766-08:00Mahen
Thank you for the comment. I have bared my l...Mahen<br />Thank you for the comment. I have bared my life on this blog. It is a wealth of memories of a time now long gone. There are many who have contributed to make it such a rich collection of digital memorabilia. I do hope the contents of the blog can find a place in an archive or library as it is a part of the rich heritage of the Faculty of Medicine and also of the many who entered its portals in 1962. Dr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-45705618219282444682017-02-27T22:53:07.878-08:002017-02-27T22:53:07.878-08:00Many threads run through your narrative. The histo...Many threads run through your narrative. The historical aspects of early Sri Lanka or Ceylon as we knew it, the deep admiration for your grandparents, the genuine love you had for your mother, and concersely, she had for you, maybe just a tinge of regret countered by a sense of realism. How your grandparents got married was itself fascinating in an era dominated by arranged marriage. ND, I am sure you put this down to your faithful companion, the ever present AFOD! Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.com