Source: Financial Times – Sri Lanka S. Thomas’ College was created as the fulfilment of a dream and vision of the First Anglican Bishop of Colombo, the Rt. Revd James Chapman on 3 February 1851. The college was first established in the then prestigious location of Mutwal, overlooking the Colombo Harbour. S. Thomas’ College thrived at this location and grew from strength to strength. The vision of the Founder was to produce men of character and also be a platform from which God-fearing men who would want to serve the Lord, as Christian Ministers would emerge. However, besides producing men for the church, the college produced men who could be rightly referred to as “Giants amongst Men” for the Nation of Ceylon. Most of the civil society leaders from political leaders to those who headed the State Assembly and then the first Parliament and the Judiciary as well as that ...
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With the intoxicating aromas of spices and coconut blended into authentic Sri Lankan flavours you could be excused for thinking you are in sunny Sri Lanka when you are dining at Upali’s in Blackburn Road. Cathy Cruse, Manager of Upali’s Restaurant in Glen Waverley is swapping her wonderful culinary hub for the hot and rocky Grand Canyon for the sake of humanity. Cathy’s challenging herself in a feat of endurance with competitors worldwide over seven days walking 273 km self supported from 23rd September to raise awareness and funds for a worthy cause. Under tough conditions from zero to 40 degrees, sacrificing creature comforts, no food just water for 7 days which she has to carry, sharing a tent to sleep with many others, Cathy is dedicating this challenge to raise funds for The Cyril Dharmwardana Foundation. Australian based non profit organisation CDF (Cyril Dharmawardene Foundation) Patient Transport Charity provides the ...
Read More →Former Sri Lanka seamer Graeme Labrooy is expected to replace Sanath Jayasuriya as Chairman of Cricket selectors, mirrorcricket learns. Sri Lanka Cricket is likely to make the appointment later this week, in time to finalize the Sri Lanka squad for forthcoming series against Pakistan. Sri Lanka will play two Tests, five ODIs, and three T20 internationals during their tour to UAE. ‘We will make the appointment soon, probably by Saturday,” said a highly placed Sri Lanka Cricket source. His appointment comes after Jayasuriya-led committee resigned at the end of the disastrous home series against India where Sri Lanka lost all-nine matches in the series (3 Tests, 5 ODIs and a T20I). Labrooy who is currently employed as an ICC match referee is expected to relieve his duties with the global body to take up the new appointment. He represented Sri Lanka in 9 Tests and 44 ODIs during 1986-1992. Though ...
Read More →I plagiarised this title from myself, bear with me for the repetition. It fits so well that I did not bother to create a new heading to tell a repetitive story. I wrote the original after the elections in 2010 when UPFA had an astounding victory. That was when I published the original ‘Bowling without Umpires’. The gist of the story was that the ordinary Sri Lankans were getting hammered left right and centre by politicians in power who wrote the rules at their own whims and fancies. That was then, this is now and I did make some changes here and there to fit the current tableau. All that is political, the same Diyawanna-Oya meander’s in the vicinity of the same parliament and the same parliament stands majestically menacing, sheltering those we elected to rule us and a fair number of them to ruin us. Reminds me of the ...
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Read More →image source: Wikipedia “RAMONA, I HEAR THE MISSION-BELLS ABOVE RAMONA, THEY’RE RINGING OUT THEIR SONG OF LOVE I’LL.PRESS YOU, CARESS YOU AND BLESS THE DAY YOU TAUGHT ME TO CARE I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT RAMBLING ROSE YOU WEAR IN YOUR HAIR RAMONA, WHEN DAY IS DONE YOU’LL HEAR MY CALL RAMONA, WE’LL MEET BESIDE THE WATERFALL I’LL DREAD THE DAWN, WHEN I AWAKE, TO FIND YOU GONE RAMONA, I NEED YOU, I DO” A.beautiful “old song”, written in 1928 by L.Wolfe Gilbert with music by Mabel Wayne. Above is only the “chorus” as was recorded initially by Jim Reeves & later by Rudy & Riem de Wolfe, for the “Philips Lable”. I did not have the honour of meeting Jim, personally, but I did.meet “The Blue Diamonds”, Rudy & Riem de Wolfe when they came to Ceylon, shortly before I left for Australia. They were great guys, both of them, ...
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