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Stefan D’Silva, newly appointed Rugby Director for S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia address the Old Boys of Sydney & Canberra at the AGM – “we will play to win but not at all costs”

Nov 10, 2017 Posted by In Biz News, English Videos, Home Tagged , , , , Comments 0

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Image source: Wikipedia      Two lines of a song,” once upon a time”, ending with “never comes again”, sung by the multi-talented, very handsome Bobby Darin, gave me the idea for this particular “article”, written especially for my fellow- entertainers of Sri Lanka. Once again folks, just TWO lines of a meaningful SONG, say so very much. As “entertainers” which carry a gamut of talented professions, we are all born into this World for one purpose ONLY, this being to “entertain” others on the “lower rungs” of life’s ladder. I only use the term “lower rungs” because of the fact that, as entertainers, WE are generally seen “on-stage, screen, or television”. There may be Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers or Scientists in the “audience” out there, but entertainers are, in a manner of speaking, on a “higher level” & the much more affluent, highly educated, influential audience have actually PAID to see or ...

Nov 3, 2017 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , Comments 0
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I have been asked to write an article about my cricketing journey from Colombo to Melbourne.. I have some reservations about how relevant my article will be. However, I trust that it will serve essentially as an insight to the exhilarating schoolboy cricketing era of the 1950s. I debuted for Royal in ’54 and captained in ’57. A couple of weeks after the Royal-Thomian I migrated to Australia, and was the first Sri Lankan to play District (Grade) cricket in Melbourne. In the ‘50s, Sri Lanka was far from attaining test status. Sri Lanka possessed great players such Mahadevan Sathasivam, F C de Saram, C I Gunasekera, Vernon Prins, and Mike Tissera, et al. The only exposure to international cricket that Sri Lanka had was a one-day friendly played when the English or Australian teams passed through Colombo on their way to Australia or England every two years. In Australia ...

Nov 3, 2017 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , Comments 0
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“DRIVEN TO DRINK” – by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ With everything that is happening around the World at the moment, most of what we hear about today, is nothing but bad news. As we grow older, the natural progression of everything around us is expected. However, The Australia that most of us, Burghers from Ceylon migrated to, was so very different, in so many ways, it is nearly impossible to imagine that, in barely half a century, education of the young,general living conditions, employment, medical benefits, nursing homes, palliative care, right down to undertakers’ yes, everything has changed & changed drastically, I must add.      This writer lived one hectic lifetime of 26 years in Ceylon, came to Melbourne (in the middle of a “White-Australia-Policy) only because I was a “sickly-white” colour after “having to leave” because of a “Sinhala-only” Policy, which meant that my skin had to ...

Oct 30, 2017 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , Comments 0
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“BREAKING NEWS”!!! by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ That is what we NEED right now in Australia. Some Bloody “breaking news”. Now that the little “rocket-man” has gone a.bit quiet, President Trump is concentrating more on “Presiding” rather than “sacking’ or “tweeting”, President Putin is “putting-in” more time at the “Russian” Parliment instead of just “rushing” out to confront Trump, Channel 10, in Melbourne is concentrating on some woman who “bared her boobs” for whatever reason, and Shane Warne being the next “bachelor”(all very interesting news, but, at the same time, a lot of rubbish), we DO need something that can stir the lethargy in our brains. CATALONIA in Spain, has been the “top” headlines on Melbourne television for the past few weeks. That is certainly “big news” in Catalonia, Barcelona & Spain, but what the hell has it got to do with Hampton Park, Melbourne & Australia? , I really ...

Oct 30, 2017 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , Comments 0
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SCATS NSW felicitated Bonny Fernando

SCATS NSW felicitated Bonny Fernando (Photos thanks to Roy Grafix) Click here or click on the photos below to view all the photos from the event on eLanka facebook page SCATS NSW felicitated Bonny Fernando On Saturday the 7th October 2017 SCATS NSW presented “Rhythms in Concert” at the Blue Elephant Auditorium in Pennant Hills to felicitate the well known vocalist in Sydney, Bonny Fernando for his voluntary contributions in entertainment within the community of Sri Lankan origin. The function was house full with an elegant audience to enjoy “Golden Oldies” in a mix of Western & Eastern music of the sixties & seventies. A session of “Sing Song” together with Bonny and Sri Lankan hip-hop Baila were well received to have packed the floor with young & old couples swaying nonstop with enthusiasm. A sumptuous buffet with entrees, wine and soft drinks awaited to treat the needs. The well ...

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