Message from Razaque

AYUBOWAN----- OBA SAMATAMA.

PIUM WILAK SEY SUWANDHA PATHIREWA,

PAHAN SILAK MHEN NITHU DHAL WEWA, 
VASANTHAYAK SEY DIVI SARU WEWA,

NAVA VASARE OBA SAMATAMA KIRI-ITHIREWA.

In short ---- to all my Great Batch Mates , wish you all a very happy NEW YEAR and the 

MOST PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY one too.

                   GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

RAZAQUE, FARINA & FAMILY                    

p/s will be shortly starting being 'regular' & normal service shall begin too!!!!.... to the Blog.

Happy New Year!

I wish all readers of this blog, a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year - 2018

Auld Lang Syne - Happy New Year From Rohini Ana

(From the You Tube)

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)

New Year Greetings from Speedy

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

Pohutukawa - New Zealand Christmas tree (Metrosideros excelsa) which flowers during the Christmas season coloring the coastline a brilliant red.

Close up of Pohutukawa flower

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