A popular song in the 1960s
Hello Thava,
I am in love with a wonderful guy - From the musical South Pacific
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Hello Thava,
Welcome to the club of
Grand-fathers. My daughter Queenie, completed her MD Anaesthesis &
Intensive care in SL. She had to do a one year overseas to become fully
registered as a specialist. She got 2 years study leave and is working in
Romford. She has already finished one year and is doing well in UK.
Her husband and son joined her 3 months later. Wife & myself went and spent
a 4 month holiday with our grand son. It was getting cold hence we got back to
SL. I met quite a few of our crowd and quite a few of my students from Kandy and Colombo in the UK. It
was a round of dinner parties and trips.
Wish your better half and children
all the best. Enjoy life with your grand-child.
Philip
Dear All
Vijita and I are hoping to
move forward in the grandchildren stakes but don't know when as our younger son
Ashok (Clinical Oncology SpR) marrried Leonie (SpR Paediatrics)last year!. Our
daighter Sharmila and husband James have two lovely daughters who
we spend quite a lot of time with -41/2 and 3 yrs. Sohana and jacinda.
Oldest son Damita film producer - I have trouble keeping track with girl
friends so no grandchildren!
Congratulations to all the
grandparents in our group.
Anula Nikapota (nee Aluwihare)
Dear Phillip,
Daya had chickungunya ( did you know
it meant a crouched old man in tanzanian where it originated) & is still a
bit lethargic (I've lost my young husband for the moment!) so I'm sending you a
few of the million pics!!
Your
stories are certainly interesting & I'm sure lots of folk are reading them
- but have no time to reply!
Are you going to print a book?
Should be interesting.
Good luck with it!
Nalini
Phillip:
I
have been reading you stories with great interest and in fact look forward
to receiving them.
I
have a suggestion based on a book I got from my friend Neil Halpe. This
was a history of the Peradeniya university through the eyes of about 15-20
people who spanned the years from 1943 to 1993. The essays were
wonderful, especially because I had no idea what life was like
in the 1970-1990 period in Peradeniya with rise of the JVP and the like.
I wonder whether you would consider a similar venture on our experiences in the
sixties in the Colombo Faculty. Perhaps you could ask for volunteers to
write a chapter to be included in a book - I suspect you may receive about
15-20 volunteers. I could help you to edit it and get it ready for publication
as I have some experience in this area (if you need my help!). There
are so many interesting stories we can recall which would be worth preserving -
before our memories fade altogether!
All the best,
Tissa
Kamalika Weeratne (nee Abeyagunawardene).
Incidentally, did you know that Sr
Reginald Watson-Jones had a Rolls-Royce, with a number plate, RWJ 1. He was
brought to Ceylon
in the late’50’s to attempt some spinal surgery, on my sister in law’s brother
through Lord Francis himself.
My husband and I, have been auto
enthusiasts, from even before we got married, we used to do rallyes in Ceylon, with the Ceylon Motor Sports Club. We still
do Rallyes here in the US,
and my husband does some auto cross events, and he was second in his class at a
national event, a few years ago in a Mercedes SL.
Prof Milroy Paul also had a red
three wheel car, that students called the Red Peril.
Kamalika
Dear Philip,
Thanks for sharing your Batticaloa
Cyclone experience with us.
I was at the Southeast Asia
Anaesthesiologist Conference organaised by our anaesthetist colleagues 2 years
ago when a video showing the devastation of tsunami and its effects on the
hospitals left many in the audience crying. Again Batticaloa was badly
affected.
I have now fully recovered from the
CABG. As an anaesthetist, it was a great experience being on the other side of
the surgeon's knife and full of fun! Thanks for your kind wishes at that time.
Regards,
Victor.
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