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” IT’S FUN TO PUN ” by the “Star of eLanka” Desmond Kelly! Upun my sole, I now have my feet up and feel in the mood to have a “play on words”,which of course, ends up in a pun. As I’ve said, many times now, English is a very strange tongue indeed. . Being the International language that it is, one would not expect it to be as complex as it is, but unless you are well-read, or read well(take your pick), you will not see the fun in a pun,as I put it, but I will put it to you, that there are many puns in something that is very dear to me. ” Musical Puns” to the sound of music, many of which I have read and now write for you. I used to work on a farm as a pilot.I used to pile it here ...
Oct 12, 2016
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“AS TIME GOES BY” by Desmond Kelly : the Star of eLanka! A beautiful old song from an era that spawned them. Now, a “true story” with a difference.It was during the 1980’s in Melbourne. I had already been resident in my new Country for more than twenty years, now 48 years old, I had already been working here for 22 years, having started permanant/part-time employment less than a week after arrival. I still remember my very first job here, as a “mail-clerk” in Melbourne Town, rushing to the Spencer-Street railway station each morning to pick up the mail-bags from the “Southern-Cross” rail & “back at the office” sorting out the thousands of letters, cards, etc., (parcels were dispatched from another section), for the Australian Postal Service, then sending them off to each & every corner of this huge Land. It was my “first job”, it was a great job ...
Oct 11, 2016
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A better way to check your diabetes: Written by Dr Harold Gunatillake FRCS-Health writer Most Sri Lankans do ignore a simple test to check for diabetes when required after the age of 40, as they do not realise the serious issues of the disease and the ability to control better when detected early. Those who have a family history of diabetes do check to find out whether they have got high blood sugar levels. To check for fasting blood sugar finger prick test would do. If you have your own glucose testing monitor, you could check it at home when required. In a normal non-diabetic person the reading would be about 90mg/dl. (6 mmol/l). When it reaches 126mg/dl (6.9mmol/l) you would be considered a pre-diabetic. The complications with pre-diabetes and full blown diabetes are similar. So, it is important at the pre-diabetes stage to nip in the bud by eating ...
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Oct 11, 2016
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Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! It’s officially In Oxford Dictionary Now! “Aiyoh”, a common expression in Sri Lanka, South India, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa. Now it is among more than 1000 newly pinned words that made it into the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary last month. Oxford Dictionary is the most widely referred book for English nuances. The Oxford dictionary is 150 years old and for people who swear by it, if a word is not included in this book that word is not English. Period. It keeps updating its list of words each year by adding some commonly used words. ...
Read More →Five Haikus by Alok Das (Writer’s note: Haiku is a Japanese genre of writing poems) 1. Train to Richmond The train goes home everyday I also want to go home Not sure where home is. 2. Note to my destiny You took me from my village You failed to take my village Out of me 3. Sonai river Sonai river sings to me I can hear her songs Does she hear mine? 4. The bank teller The bank teller knows Too many stories Anyone knows his? 5. My hidden treasures Walking down memory lane I visit childhood days Whenever I want to. ...
Read More →Sweet and sour Sri Lankans have something to smile about Australia showed what a champion team is made of by shrugging off the 3-0 whitewash in the Tests to totally annihilate the Sri Lankans in the one- day and T20 series and returned home with some of their tarnished image somewhat intact. ...
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Bulldogs and GWS stake their claim for Premiership glory HAWKS “Fourthorn” still a distinct possibility BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Not for as long as I can remember has the Premiership flag been open to anyone of the top six teams but this year’s crackerjack season has set up just that scenario leaving only the bold to make a standout prediction. Hawthorn will always be the favourite going on their hat trick of wins over the past seasons but from the rest, there is little to choose as even the underdogs of the past, Greater Western Sydney and the Western Bulldogs have shown enough to suggest that they are quite capable of going all the way. ...
Read More →All Blacks throw down the gauntlet saying “Catch us if you can”: Bledisloe Cup tucked away for another year BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE High in confidence after their memorable World Cup triumph, the mighty All Blacks reminded the Wallabies that their pain was to continue for another year, 14 consecutive in fact, thrashing their trans-Tasman rivals to take a firm hold of the Bledisloe Cup for another year. The retirements of Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and a host of others who formed that fearsome All Black World Cup winning team threw a glimmer of hope to the other nations about their possible vulnerability as the world champion regrouped with their emerging stars. But it has made little difference to a nation which could throw together another line up that could still beat the other nations in the world game. ...
Read More →Gavin Senn is no more BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Brilliant Saxophonist and outstanding vocalist and keyboard player Gavin Senn has suddenly departed this world for a better place. The multi-talented musician who thrilled music lovers worldwide succumbed to a kidney ailment which has borne him down over the past few years. An affable personality on and off the stage, Gavin was endeared by many of his peers in Sri Lanka’s vast music industry and his fans, touring with several bands notably Mirage with whom he played for many years. Gavin was an old boy of St. Peter’s College Colombo and St. Benedict’s College Kotahena, two schools that produced outstanding musicians in Sri Lanka. His untimely demise while yet in his fifties was a sad loss to the music world and the void he leaves behind will be hard to fill. He was cremated on September at the General Cemetry ...
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