tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post5266493339517888211..comments2024-03-28T03:38:00.778-07:00Comments on Colombo Medgrads 1962: It's 56 years and counting!Lucky Abeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-44542308764604954102018-10-24T20:00:55.563-07:002018-10-24T20:00:55.563-07:00Thank you!Thank you!anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239843833112375089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-38493768290243966562018-06-03T03:31:53.417-07:002018-06-03T03:31:53.417-07:00Hi,Suri,
The batch-mate who brought and released t...Hi,Suri,<br />The batch-mate who brought and released the white cock was no one but our own Yoga.I saw with my own eyes the whole scene.I was in the last row in the lecture theatre.Yoga was last one in the row.<br />Good old memories will never fade easily.<br /><br />SumathiAHTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199985963771377784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-36586135877103304902018-06-02T08:11:51.741-07:002018-06-02T08:11:51.741-07:00Thanks Bunter for filling the blanks but I think P...Thanks Bunter for filling the blanks but I think Prof had changed it a bit. <br />I too remember the green sari an blue blouse we had to wear for the rag.I remember feeling very shy to wear mismatching colours, using public transport. The funny thing is that this combination is very fashionable now . In fact I have a couple of saris teaming Vishnu blue and emerald green ! Suri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-37956697009656930812018-06-01T11:15:21.687-07:002018-06-01T11:15:21.687-07:00SORRY guys I had gone AWOL for awhile. Nothing ser...SORRY guys I had gone AWOL for awhile. Nothing serious, I am still alive and.... just about well.<br />Now that I have bounced back, promise not to go AWOL again.... till the next time!!<br />Suri, the poem by Tajore is something that we all should be aware as "life is such"!!We are never gone,only still imprinted in our memories indelibly.<br />As for all mates who have passed on I was closest to Russell since our 6Month Course days. We have had some very jolly times at my place along with several of our then mates playing Bridge consuming toddy and enjoying my Mum's cooking. R & I used to go to Gampaha to visit Waidyaratne, (went to Pera.) and now in NZ where I moved very closely. Going to Wadya's, was on RUS.'S lambretta... me on the pillion!!... what a sight that was??<br />Right through my school days I knew Bernard very well indeed. What ND has said I shall not repeat.<br />As for all those departed batchmates may I say Rest in Peace -- till we meet again in our afterlife. That will be something to look forward to.<br /><br />Razaque Razaquenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-89516855677133478802018-06-01T11:05:33.568-07:002018-06-01T11:05:33.568-07:00Suri, you have a good memory of all the stupid thi...Suri, you have a good memory of all the stupid things we were "forced" to do! I remember wearing a mismatched sari and blouse (blue and green, I think) with tennis shoes, during rag-week. I came by bus from Wellawatte wearing this! I think we also had to wear a flower in our hair, but I don't think I wore that on the bus.<br />Now about the Seven D's of alcohol ingestion, I found it somewhere and have it posted on my fridge! Here it goes, with the blood alcohol percentages:<br />Dull and Dignified (< 0.03)<br />Dashing and Debonair (0.05)<br />Dangerous and Devilish (0.10)<br />Dizzy and Disturbing (0.20)<br />Disgusting and Disheveled (0.25)<br />Dead Drunk (0.35)<br />DEAD (0.60)<br />My granddaughter saw this and asked "Can you really die?" I guess I got my message across to one person!Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-83038350380006206142018-06-01T10:47:08.484-07:002018-06-01T10:47:08.484-07:00I've been reading all your comments and remini...I've been reading all your comments and reminiscences about our departed friends, and our time together so long ago. On May 30th I did find a quiet spot in a park nearby to think about them. My thoughts kept going back to Sunna, and remembered visiting him with my family when he was in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. I remembered that he played an album (LP!) for us by a singer named Buffy Sainte Marie. She is Native American and her songs have anti-war themes. I thought I should listen to something sung by her in honor of Sunna. I was pleasantly surprised when I found some on Apple Music and was able to listen right there in the park! Oh, the magic of technology, and I have been knocking it quite a bit! I particularly like one that is titled "Universal Soldier." Some of you might enjoy it.Srianee Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378560870613337294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-63778335795002682412018-06-01T09:41:41.735-07:002018-06-01T09:41:41.735-07:00Sorry for mis spelling your name Speedy Please for...Sorry for mis spelling your name Speedy Please forgive me <br />SuriSuri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-78663672562183273212018-06-01T09:39:58.987-07:002018-06-01T09:39:58.987-07:00hi Sppedy Thank you for posting the Tagore Poem I ...hi Sppedy Thank you for posting the Tagore Poem I sent in You take so much trouble to make the presentation artistic.<br />I just love this poem in fact I have told Manique and Shaan ( much to their consternation) that if they ever have a Memorial service for me, to get it printed. Suri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-80429183196038055552018-06-01T09:13:33.524-07:002018-06-01T09:13:33.524-07:00Hi Everybody I am sure most of us spent some time...Hi Everybody I am sure most of us spent some time on the 30th May thinking of our dear departed batch mates remembering the good and bad times we shared.<br /><br />I read Nihal's article for the second time and it was really great going down memory lane . Hats off to you Nihal on your heart warming masterpiece. <br />However I want to point out that your comment on the lack of participation of the girls in some events like the Law Medical and Block Nite is not quite accurate. We did attend the Law Medical ( though of course we did not get drunk) <br /><br />To digress I remember Prof Koch giving a lecture on the 7 "D" s of drinking complete with slides that morning . Someone released a white cock bird from the back in the Physiology Lecture Theater and Prof was NOT amused! I have been trying to recall the 7 stages and only been able to come up with Devilish and Delightful, ....... and Disgusting , and the last one Dead Drunk. I even contacted Prof Colvin Gunaratne , but he too could not remember .<br /><br />I distinctly remember that we had to wear a Black blouse and a White Sari for the match and the Law girls wore Red blouses and white Sari's. The poster parade was very entertaining with the censored posters being cheekily displayed.<br /><br />I remember our first "Block Nite"very vividly. I even remember the sari I wore. We were sitting outside the boys common room when I heard the sound of a familiar song I innocently remarked "They are singing a song I really like ". Every body sitting in our circle gave me strange looks. It was only then I listened to the words and realized to my horror that the version of Sweet Violets was extremely naughty !<br /><br />SuriSuri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-20945566483888417512018-06-01T05:17:38.524-07:002018-06-01T05:17:38.524-07:00Damn good,Suri,you made him to eat his humble pie....Damn good,Suri,you made him to eat his humble pie.In seventy&eighty,almost all the British(White)were very arrogant and never listen to what we have to say.They,thought were were there to listen and learn from them.I remember my own boss at Ratnapura telling me an incidence,while he was working in Edinburgh for his Membership.<br />WAS.Silva was my boss.He had diagnosed an amoebic abscess in a patient and gave the diagnosis to his Medical Registrar.Registrar paid no heed and went onto do a scan.Scan confirmed an abscess.I,have no idea whether the Registrar had to eat his own pie.<br /><br />SumathiAHTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199985963771377784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-8068782099815206322018-05-31T07:52:16.601-07:002018-05-31T07:52:16.601-07:00Suri,
Your choice of the Tagore poem is amazing . ...Suri,<br />Your choice of the Tagore poem is amazing . Thank you.<br />Srikantha, trained in anesthesia in the UK and then chronic pain management, before crossing the big pond to the USA. He practiced in New Jersey, the state adjacent to New York so I had the opportunity to meet him several times. He had to be one of the earliest to get into chronic pain management. I believe his daughter is in the same field too.<br />He became quite a serious man in his years in the US staying focused on work and finances.<br />As for Russel he was an exceptional person, always fair, clear headed, exceptional student.<br />How he was failed in zoology and had to go through the six months course is difficult fathom. Somehow I have no faith in the essay type of questions and answers we had at that time. It is an effort to go through each and every answer and how can the examiner be fair minded and remember the answers read a week or two ago in comparison with one that is read today. <br />I really got to know Lucien during internship. Nice man.<br />I had Soma's son ( interested in psychiatry ) for a couple of weeks in NY, visiting Coney island hospital at that time.<br />Again Mahendra Collure I really got to know well as an intern, he had a subtle sense of humor, an ability to design things decorative.<br />There was one year he came visiting in Colombo,when i happened to be there, having just returned from the UK with his Fellowship and appointed to the NSU, at GHC.<br />We visited him in Gisbourne, NZ several years later where he and his wife were great hosts. <br />ia<br />ia<br /><br />ia<br /><br />iahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834328964175766121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-64153490194819694502018-05-30T02:03:19.631-07:002018-05-30T02:03:19.631-07:00Hi,Suri,
I am glad that you have read my blog.Our ...Hi,Suri,<br />I am glad that you have read my blog.Our good old mate,Srikantha had two nicknames,Cossack and Norman.<br />His appearance and the behaviour was bit similar to Norman Wisdom.How,he got the nickname Cossack,heaven only knows.He had a companion,called Sivarajasingham-Senior to us.Both them used to come late at night and after finishing the dinner,went on a spree of smashing the plates.Prof.Ranaya was our warden at that time.Srikantha and his cham got away scot free.No one had the courage to take them for their misbehaviour.Sivarajasingham was big lad but. he was a very gentle soul,when sober.<br />We,had very enjoyable time,in spite of silly behaviours of a few lads.I,later heard that Sivarajasingham became a teetotaller after his marriage.Srikantha,married a sister of another good friend of mine.He,told me that Srikantha too followed suit.<br />This information is no disrespect to two colleagues I have known for years.I,certainly was good friend of both during three years in Bloem hostel.<br /><br />Sumathi.AHTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199985963771377784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-75576472519699749042018-05-29T09:33:14.106-07:002018-05-29T09:33:14.106-07:00Suri, this is just right for the times we live in....Suri, this is just right for the times we live in. I have added a picture and sent to Lucky who no doubt will post it.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-35428726996866753062018-05-29T08:58:02.067-07:002018-05-29T08:58:02.067-07:00Yes I do consider myself very fortunate indeed to ...Yes I do consider myself very fortunate indeed to have been trained at King's. The guy at the main entrance thought I was Indian and remarked " we had a very pretty doctor from your country working here " He was referring to Rita Faria who was Miss World and given the opportunity to complete her Medical studies at Kings. I did have a couple of bad experiences .. One that stood out was how a patient refused to be treated by me when the Pain Team was visiting the wards. The Consultant Charlie James told her " She is the 2nd in command in my team if you don't want her to treat you sorry we cannot help you !! " I was rather touched by his stance and I told him " Its OK Sir, I will keep away " but he didn't change his decision. Another incident springs to mind. A junior registrar in Surgery was closing up an emergency laparotomy when the scrub nurse informed him that the swab count did not tally. He ignored her and continued to stitch. I told him to re open and check for swabs. He rudely told me to mind my own buisiness and said I know what I am doing! I told him very politely to at least take an X ray post op . He glared at me muttering about coloured 3rd world doctors ! Next day I found out that he had not taken an X ray and I used my clout as an SR to get it done .. which proved that a swab had been left behind ! Suri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-86559029187775526232018-05-29T08:27:36.733-07:002018-05-29T08:27:36.733-07:00Thanks Speedy for posting what I sent in. Whatever...Thanks Speedy for posting what I sent in. Whatever our religious beliefs may be, we all believe that death is not the end of the road but a new beginning. We defer in what what we believe what form that existence will be. I hope you will post the Tagore poem I sent in as well. I think that is so beautiful SuriSuri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-3110694981560469752018-05-29T08:17:42.198-07:002018-05-29T08:17:42.198-07:00Hi Sumathi
You are so right about Srikantha I t...Hi Sumathi <br />You are so right about Srikantha I think we all remember his classic answers at Signatures.... When asked how much Potassium is there in the body he put he put his thumb and fore finger together and said "this much sir ! " and again at an anatomy Signature when asked to trace the course of the Ulnar nerve ... he said "it comes up to here and then it goes that way "... when the demonstrator looked horrified he said "no no it goes this way! !" He really had a great sense of humour. I wasn't aware that he too had specialised in Anaesthesia. SuriSuri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-45057018231147905112018-05-23T01:21:42.974-07:002018-05-23T01:21:42.974-07:00Hello to all my colleagues. If you have any specia...Hello to all my colleagues. If you have any special poems, sayings, quotes, pictures or photos suitable for Remembrance day, please send them to me and I shall compile them and send to Lucky for posting. Suri has already sent me a lovely poem, two in fact!Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-65891077562998758922018-05-22T23:53:05.290-07:002018-05-22T23:53:05.290-07:00Hi Nihal, I worked at at Kurunegala as a Junior a...Hi Nihal, I worked at at Kurunegala as a Junior anaesthetist in 1972 Long after you lot gad departed. I dubbed the quarters " Nari Ruk Sevana" because they used to whistle and cat call when ever I walked past it on my way to the hospital from the house I was boarded in down Jayanthipura Mawata.( I was boarded with the Buells who had a Play School) I was not scared of them as I was senior to most , and whenever I stopped to try to identify who was making the racket they used to duck behind the half wall on the verandah ! Kurunegala was a lovely station to work in , people all so friendly , and any excuse for a party !Suri Amarasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982513734604250686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-41285904651394638292018-05-22T01:34:16.983-07:002018-05-22T01:34:16.983-07:00I missed my chance of paying tribute to some of my...I missed my chance of paying tribute to some of my friends and batch mates who left this world prematurely.<br />JG,was not only a batch-mate,but also a bridge player during our Medical student days.Sirry,JG and myself played bridge at Sirry's(Cassim) and JG place on several occasions.He was my room-mate during our intern period at Ratnapura.Among a contingent of 12(first largest group)in the history of Group of doctors in the history of Ratnapura,General,were,late,Colla,Lucien and Sidat. .Kithsiri,Jaima were,late arrivals.JG,alone with Ranjith Dambawinna,visited me at Birmingham,when JG was working in Wolverhampton.Soma(Bobby),was in my Anatomy signature group.He used to rattle off non stop to all the questions thrown at him by the Demontraters.It was a surprise,when he got referred at the 2nd MB.Since departing after the finals,I encountered Soma at Malaria training course,at Kurunegala.<br />I gathered,subsequently,he was enrolled in higher training in Psychiatry.He,later got a job in Leighton hospital in Cheshire.He came with his family to offer alms in memory of 1st son's tragic death.He stayed overnight with us on that occasion.I also remember meeting him at Susil Attale's house prior to his visit to Birmingham.<br />BL,known to some as BAL,was close friend during Medical school.I met his after we have graduated,once in Nugegoda.I was taken to his wife's home at Nugegoda and enjoyed a meal.<br />I,met him again when he was working as a GP in Birmingham.We visited each others homes on several occasions.He and his family left West Bromwich,where his house was; and settled down in Scotland,when his health had deteriorated and succumb to ultimate death.<br />Colla,I met after our internship in early 1980,at Medical school canteen.He had return after his fellowship and was working in Colombo general.I have contacted him,via email about an year ago,before his death.<br />Lucien,had been a close friend during Medical student days and also during our internship.I met him on a later occasion,when he was a Surgeon at Colombo South hospital.<br />Sidat,I never met after our intern period.Jaima and KIthsiri joined us later at Ratnapura.They were close friends during the Medical student days.<br />Srikantha,was a contemporary Bloemite and also in the same Anatomy signature group.He was a joker and did not do well at signatures.I had the opportunity of meeting him again in Birmingham,when he was an SR in Anaesthesia.I,still remember his speech at the 25th Anniversary,held in London.<br />Didn't he do well in America(failures are pillars of success.Booby(Soma),too was in the same boat and was an Examiner for Membership in Psychiatry.<br />May,all of them,enjoy afterlife.<br /><br />Sumathi<br />AHTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199985963771377784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-8424664784263678552018-05-21T17:22:18.247-07:002018-05-21T17:22:18.247-07:00UK, USA and SriLanka (in that order) are leading t...UK, USA and SriLanka (in that order) are leading the race in the number of pageviews right now. With 63 comments, this post is now leading the field in the Most Popular Post".Lucky Abeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-25502737703771619122018-05-21T09:58:53.509-07:002018-05-21T09:58:53.509-07:00Sumathi. One Srianee (the Bunter variety), is not ...Sumathi. One Srianee (the Bunter variety), is not as she has contributed (you need to scroll upwards). The other Sriani does comment from time to time and indeed has posted also. <br /><br />My own feeling is that as time passes and the "river of life" flows over increasingly new areas, the desire to look back at old territory gets less and less. "Moving on", as they say, and interest dwindles down from interest in all Batch colleagues to only those with whom you are in contact either through friendship or through geographical proximity.I think this is very natural.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-80049534915093431322018-05-21T09:12:36.909-07:002018-05-21T09:12:36.909-07:00Hi,Lucky,
In the 21st century,almost all of us sho...Hi,Lucky,<br />In the 21st century,almost all of us should know how to send and reply to emails.I learn the hard way to contribute to the blog column.Friends in the States should do better than us.I,am sure the two Srianees are having a break.<br /><br />Sumathi.AHTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199985963771377784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-24721323080896983222018-05-21T01:09:14.005-07:002018-05-21T01:09:14.005-07:00Hi Bala
How wonderful to hear from you and thank y...Hi Bala<br />How wonderful to hear from you and thank you for the kind words. I do remember those days of wine and roses at Kurunegala and the raucous parties late into the night. There always were the little niggles between the Ambaruk Sevana and the other HO's Quarters but it never amounted to much. I recall with great nostalgia Tudor W, Derrick De Silva and Sidath Jayanetti and the many others who made it more than a home for us. <br />Bala, please try and communicate with us through the blog in these last few laps of our journey. Meanwhile take care and enjoy life.Dr Nihal D Amerasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583970465135902534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-84736002068875628282018-05-20T18:56:45.738-07:002018-05-20T18:56:45.738-07:00Having read all the comments so far, I wish to mak...Having read all the comments so far, I wish to make one more comment.<br /><br />I agree with Speedy that many viewers do visit the blog but rarely if ever comment on a post due to a variety of reasons. I already knew that Bala is very familiar with computers but comments selectively. Thank you Speedy for offering to assistothers who wish to comment but are unable to do so probably because they don't know how to.<br /><br />As expected, this particular post has generated a record number of comments (59) and that our blog has been bombarded with a record number of "hits" (1,056,969).<br /><br />ND should be mindful that we have two Sriyanis (or Srianees)- Fernando and Dissanayake who are both regular blog enthusiasts.<br /><br />Let us all continue this as long as possible.Lucky Abeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-38993276666747049042018-05-20T14:52:18.716-07:002018-05-20T14:52:18.716-07:00This is the link to Lucky's article in the Sun...This is the link to Lucky's article in the Sunday Island.<br /><br />http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=184852<br /><br />Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.com