email addresses Australian batchmates

                                                                                                28^th Nov 2017.

Australia    Group.

Lucien W , Travis P.  Carlyle P , Daya J , Chitra de S , Buddy R ,

Dear  friends.

May I  first   offer  the  Seasonal Greetings  to  one  and  all.

I am  writing  on behalf  of  a  Group ,  consisting  of  Jayalath de S,   Lucky J , Philp V .  Karals , Asoka D  ,

Piyaseeli W  , Udula P  , and   Chitra de S  , formed  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  meeting  in 2018.

Our  intension is  to  have  a  Batch Re Union  ,  in July  2018 ,  tentatively  fixed  for  7^th ..

If  there is a    demand  for a Re Union  ,  in sufficient numbers ,    from  our   batch mates   ,   we  will   try   to make it happen.

Could  you please discuss  among  yourselves  ,and  make  a list of  the  e  mails  of those  living  in  Australia   and submit it to  me  at  your  earliest convenience.   The  available list  seem outdated.

Please  send  only one  list  , by  any one  of  you , to  make  matters  easy  for  me to sort out.

Please use  the   e  mail address  given  below.   

 It  is  created  only  for use   in   Re Union  matters.

E mail address:          2018reunionmedbatch1960@gmail.com

Thank you.

Mana Wedisinghe  -        for the  Group

Manasara Wedisinghe	10:00 PM (6 hours ago)
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E mail addresses of Batch mates

                                                                                28^th Nov 2017.

U.S.A.      Group.

Palitha.V ,H.Piyasena , Suneetha .P  , Hema de S.  ;  H.P.G ,

Nihal . G ,  Viji.S  ;  Lalith.Shanthie F  ,  Gunasekaram.J

Dear  friends.

May I  first   offer  the  Seasonal Greetings  to  one  and  all.

I am  writing  on behalf  of  a  Group ,  consisting  of  Jayalath de S,   Lucky J , Philp V .  Karals , Asoka D  ,

Piyaseeli W  , Udula P  , and   Chitra de S  , formed  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  meeting  in 2018.

Our  intension is  to  have  a  Batch Re Union  ,  in July  2018 ,  tentatively  fixed  for  7^th ..

If  there is a    demand  for a Re Union  ,  in sufficient numbers ,    from  our   batch mates   ,   we  will   try   to make it happen.

Could  you please, take the  trouble to  discuss  among  yourselves  ,if necessary ,and  make  a list of  the  e  mail addresses  of those  living  in  U.S.A   and submit it to  me  at  your  earliest convenience.   The  available list  with us  seem outdated.

Please  send  as few  lists as possible  ,  to  make  matters  easy  for  me to sort out at  this  end.

Please use  the   e  mail address  given  below.   

 It  is  created  only  for use   in   Re Union  matters.

E mail address:          2018reunionmedbatch1960@gmail.com

Thank you.

Mana Wedisinghe  -        for the  Group

Manasara Wedisinghe	11:09 PM (5 hours ago)
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Reunion 2018

Hello  friends.

We have  finally settled down to form a  Group to start work on  a  Re Union   in 2018.

The Group  is  led  by  Karals  , Asoka  Dissanayaka ,Lucky Jayasekara  and  Piyaseeli Wedisinghe.

Main  adviser , (legal  and  illegal  ), will be Philip.

They will be  ably assisted by  Jayalath de S   ,as  finance   manager ,( when finances  come into play),   and   me ,  (wedi ),   signing  in as  communicator , correspondent  ,spokes person  ,IT person  etc  etc when indicated.

All agreed to  set  the  date  for  the  meeting   as  1^st week end  of  July.    That  will be  Saturday  the  7^th.

It  will be  a  one  day affair,  with minimal activities.    Meet & Greet  around 9.00 am  ,welcome  drink  , tea + short eats    followed by  Lunch  around  1.30 pm.

There will be  tea  again around  4.00 pm.    Those  who are  participating  for  the  day only   ,may  decide   to  leave  there after.

There  may be  a  Musical evening  around 7.00  pm    followed by  Dinner.    DANCE  may be possible  on demand /  finances. Etc.   

Those  who  stay in  the  hotel  may  leave   after  B’fast  next  morning.

This is  only  a  tentative  programme.

Then , we have  decided to write  to  a  few  selected  individuals  , residing  in different  countries  to  collect  e mail addresses  of  our  batch mates living  in  their countries ,  and  forward  them  to  us,  as soon   as  possible. These special  ones  will also  have  to coordinate with us in future activities connected  with  the  Re Union.

Our  current   e  mail address book is   out dated.

If  there  are  less  than  50    batch mates  willing  to  participate ,   we will   NOT  organize  the  event.

Any comments  from  you  will be  appreciated,  before  I  write  to  the   rest  of  membership.

Wedi

Hi Wedi and all others in the Group,

Million congratulations. We will do what ever we can to help. Date suits me well as I have been thinking of coming end of June ( Kumi’s first death anniversary).
Regards to all,

Karu

Manasara Wedisinghe	5:26 PM (11 hours ago)
Philip Veersingam	Excellent start Wedi & Piyaseeli. Philip Virus-free. www.avast.com	6:12 PM (11 hours ago)
Karu	10:33 PM (6 hours ago)
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Memories of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka tour videos 

Click on each Web-link with speakers on :-

Landing at Bandaranayake International airport

https://youtu.be/zmiEY14duA8

Disembarking

https://youtu.be/Uyt_ajWiiHQ 

Colombo

https://youtu.be/6-rj-725rTo

Train journey Colombo to Badulla

https://youtu.be/EPPIcrRUznY

Demodara rail loop

https://youtu.be/ioQSJ4RONpo

Kandy market

https://youtu.be/6E8fnQ4y9OE

Jaffna
https://youtu.be/ulyt-1YR7rkhttps://youtu.be/ulyt-1YR7rk

Trincomalee market

https://youtu.be/-txwNE16i4Q

Fish sales, Batticaloa

https://youtu.be/XnjTaqwtzZ4

Batticaloa
https://youtu.be/EkWnaF8632M

Leaving Bandaranayaka International, Sri Lanka.

https://youtu.be/xIaYGf6qUY0

Reunion 2018

Dear Nana et al,

Now that you have given an idea of what needs to be done. Give me a little time to see how best I can chip in to help organize the get together.  As has been mentioned the major problems are that most of us are out of circulation and in many cases the children too are not here so the circle of influence is rather limited.

Anyway let’s keep trying.

Asoka D

Asoka Dissanayake	5:40 PM (11 hours ago)
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Reunion 2018

I am so pleased to see the enthusiasm amongst you all for your enthusiasm in organising the next Get Together in 2018.( I am only copying this to a very few but please share these details with any of your mates known to you)

Of the previous veterans, only Kapu is not with us for any active help except in spirit.

As I said earlier, this Get Together would also be a nice way of showing our gratitude to his leadership.

I am also pleased to hear that Asoka ( Dissa) has agreed to take an active role if the meetings are held in Colombo during the week days.

I am also aware the willingness of Lucky Jayasekera, Ranjini Thevarapperuma( I do not have her contact details)  Nalini Rodrigo and Duru amongst many others domiciled in Sri Lanka.

Udula will be in Sri Lanka very soon & she would hopefully contact most of you for further details.

I leave it to you to decide the composition of the ‘Team’.

The most important item would be to decide on  the tentative dates. As indicated earlier, we would never get a consensus but I would suggest we plan for September 2018 preferably a week end preceding or proceeding the COMSAA ReUnion( and avoid  a clash of the dates)

We do need to give adequate notice for those who are willing & keen to participate.

We have not had the opportunity to meet some of the batch mates at any of the past Get Togethers but we are equally optimistic of those who would very likely be willing and keen to join. Numbers may be dwindling but we do have to accept the reality.

A location within 25 mls from Colombo would be attractive and the minimum would be one Saturday/Sunday with facilities to stay the previous night for those who wish.

Getting  a reasonable hotel discount would be great and any sponsorship for some of the expenses if at all possible would be an added bonus.

Those who are domiciled  overseas, could identify ourselves as the contact person(s) to mobilise some of our batch mates from the respective countries and also offer some form of assistance if agreed.

I sincerely hope you would take the initiative without any further delay and wish you very best wishes and every success in your endeavour.

Best wishes

Nana

Charith Nanayakkara	Oct 21
to me, M.P., Asoka/Chandra, Jayalath, luckyhb, Udula, M.G.S, Daya, Lalitha

Reunion 2018

Dear Udula..

Thank you.

Organising  a  re union is  no  easy matter.   Among  the  ones remaining  in  the  Paradise,(SL) ,  one  has  to  find  some one   to  play  the  role played  by   Kapu   earlier.

He/She   is  the  leader,  and  constantly  checks  on  what  is  going  on  ,with  his  team.

There  should  be  representatives  from    different  countries  ,UK  ,Aus  ,  NZ  , USA.  etc,who will  collect  information  , coordinate  with  residents  of  their respective  countries. etc.

Then  there  is   one  or  a group   making   arrangements  with  hotels  ,  checking  on availability  of time  &  space,   negotiating  with them to  obtain  concessions  on  meals  etc.etc.

Then  there  should  be  someone     to   look  for  a  music  group  ,  if there is  going to be  a dance    or  live  music  during  the  dinner.   Negotiate   the  price  etc.

If  there  is  going  to be  a  Souvenir  , some one  or   a group  will have  to  plan it.  ,get  it  printed  in  time  etc.

All that  costs  money.    We  are  not  working.   Hence  we  will  not  find  any  sponsors  any  more.

If  there  is  a  photograph  of  the  batch ,  that  will too  have  to  be  arranged.   Who  is  going  to  do  all  this.

If  there is  going to  be  a  variety  entertainment  ,some  one   will have  to  arrange  it.

As  i  said  before,  I  will  attend  to  correspondence  with  our  batch  mates.   That  is  alll I  can  do.

So... it  is  imperative   that  we  find   a full  team  for  the  job.    More  activi ties  mean  more  money!!!! ,,,   Are we  prepared  to  fork  out  all that  in  the  evening  of  our  lives.

We  have  to collectively  decide.

I  am  copying  this  note  to  Philip,  Nana ,Karu , Lucky, Piyaseeli  ,  Karals , Jayalath.

Bye  for  now

Wedi

Manasara Wedisinghe	Nov 12 (2 days ago)
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Reunion of surgical trainees

At a dinner organized by some of my ex post-graduate trainees in surgery at the NHSL, Colombo on the 12^th November 2017. Dinner held at the ‘Chutney’ restaurant, Crescat Hotel, Colombo. All of them in the picture are well respected Consultants. Arrangement in the group photo – Dr. Asoka Wijemanne, Consultant Surgeon GH Kurunegala, Dr. Jagath Rathugamage, Consultant Neuro Surgeon, NHSL, Colombo, Dr. Nissanka Jayawardena, Consultant Surgeon, Wathupitiwala, Dr. Lalith Perera, Consultant Surgeon, NHSL, Colombo, Dr. Murugadas, Consultant Surgeon, GH Kaluthara, Dr. Gamage, Consultant Surgeon, NHSL, Colombo. I was very proud to be with them, recalling olden times.

1st Death Anniversary Dr Sarath Kapuwatte

 - Fondly remembered

Hi Philip 

Please share this with our batch mates.

It is a little over a year that Kapu left his family, his friends and well wishers.

I can still visualise his radiant smile and his warmth towards his batch mates and I cannot but reflect on many of his rare qualities even at this late hour after his 1st Death Anniversary.

Most of us would agree his untiring efforts and organisational skills and without his leadership & Team effort, it was very likely that we would not have had the last 3 batch ReUnions in Sri Lanka.

Even when his health was deteriorating, he was determined to organise the last reunion. Those who attended the last Get Together in June 2015 at Jet Wing Hotel in Negombo would bear testimony to his untiring efforts and how he mobilised his faithful Team to provide that wonderful opportunity for us to meet, greet and gossip as a family.

I remember meeting him at his house in Kandy about a year prior to his death. He was so pleased to see his friends and also told me that every surviving day of his life was an extra bonus as he was told that post operative liver transplant would have a survival rate of 10-15 years maximum ( his surgery was  more than 15 years ago he counted with me)

Kapu was a multi talented colleague who was faithful, helpful and caring. He was so proud to have a dedicated wife and was very proud of his daughters too.

This is reality in life. If any one is born, we can always be certain that death would follow but it is always uncertain when, where and how.

As a mark of respect and to show our gratitude, it would be a fitting tribute( and a challenge)  if we can organise our Reunion in Sri Lanka , once again in September  2018 as I have hinted earlier.

Hi Kapu, I can see you smiling at us from far above.

We all miss you.

Fondly remembered

Nana

C. S. Nanayakkara

Kettering , UK.

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Charith Nanayakkara	1:29 AM (3 hours ago)
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Recalling old days

E.mail responses to the 'Resurruction' series written by me

Dr.Tissa Kappagoda, e.mailed on 22/6/2006

This is so vivid. I have spent the best part of thirty years chasing Claude Bernard and his internal environment!  This was the topic of the oration I gave earlier this year at the SLMA.  Professor Koch's lectures were exactly as you described them.   Their significance dawned on me 10 years later when I started doing research in Leeds.  Things went the full circle for me when I was invited by the Physiologists in Colombo to deliver his memorial lecture.  Professor Basnayake was in the audience and he came up to me before the lecture and asked me if I remembered him!  How could one forget these people?

 Best wishes,

 Tissa

Phllip:

My overwhelming impression of Professor Basnayake was his sense of kindness.  In many ways one felt that it was genuine reflection of the man himself and how he viewed his place in the world.  Around 1989 I was visiting my parents in Kandy and someone suggested that I give a lecture  to the Department of Physiology in Peradeniya.  After my presentation, Professor Basnayake offered to give me a lift to my parents' home in Kandy. As we left the Department and headed to his car he suddenly excused himself and rushed back to re-position a saucer which was by the door of the building.  I noticed that it contained some colorless liquid and as we moved away I asked him what he was doing with it. I was thinking in terms of a physiological experiment. "It's the ants," was all he said and we moved on to other topics.  Much later I mentioned this to a friend at Peradeniya who smiled and said, "That's Bassa for you!"  According to my friend Professor Basnayake was moving the saucer which contained some sugary liquid to a spot where the ants could get better access to it.  Although I cannot vouch for the accuracy of his interpretation, it is conceivable that his concern extended to more than humans and puppies......

Tissa