Remembering Anton Fernando

 

Sunday, May 30, 2010

email from Dawood re Anton Fernando.

Dear Phillip,I feel obliged to write a few words about "Anta"- that wonderful personality - the recently departed Dr.KAJ Fernando.I never met him after March 1965 when we dispersed throughout Ceylon as young interns. I had longed to meet him after I finally returned to live in SL.But he was said to be in Botswana.Anta and I shared many a laugh together in the common room, Uncle's canteen and elsewhere. He was a a jolly friend, always with a smile on his face, never a scowl whatever the outcomes of Sigs and exams! The recently posted image of the "Jolly Mandarin" would fit him to a "'T'".Gallops, Split seconds and triples were reasons for hilarity!Things to do with Horses, Races and Bookies!His hilarity however was subdued, gracious,never gross, and never at the expense of another!Not a bitter word have I heard him utter about a colleague or teacher.He was completely without rancour. For him,The sun always shone and the birds always sang!May it be so in eternal life too!.I will always remember Anta with joy in my heart and a smile on my lips!Dawood

Posted by Philip Veerasingam at 7:58 PM

Comments re blog

Dear Phillip,

I cannot adequately thank you for creating this 1960 Blog & continue to keep it going. I can spend days & days going through all the Posts & being inspired by them. No body so far contributed over the years for our 1960 Batch, as you have. Most grateful.

In Friendship, Always, Please insert this in the Blog.

Thanks,

Jey/Jeyandran/Gunsie

Phillip,

A comment such as this from Gunsie has been long overdue. Your batch blog has kept us all connected to each other and to memories of our days at college. Just reading those names ,not necessarily of close mates , evokes a sense of nostalgia of those happy days. Without any reservations I fully endorse Gunsies words. A Nobel Prize for passion effort diligence single mindedness and a genuine affection for all his batchmates.

Dawood