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“UP, AUNTY A.B.C.” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29774804 A shining example, folks. “The King’s Speech”, an excellent movie, already seen by this writer, but so good, that I wanted to watch it again, & even “rang-up” a few friends to commend it to them, only to be disappointed and disgusted with the fact that this great film, featuring, among others, a superb Aussie Actor in Geoffrey Rush as speech therapist Lionel Logue (teaching our Queen’s late father, King George Vl, not to stammer so much), contained MORE commercials than the film itself. Channel 72, in Melbourne (we could have done without the figure 7 in the above number), must certainly get a “hand’s up” for choosing some superb movies, and I commend them for it, BUT, to include this multitude of “commercials”(I reckon there must have been at least ...

Dec 26, 2017 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "UP, AUNTY A.B.C." by Desmond Kelly 'the Star of eLanka', Desmond Kelly Comments 0

“OLD CEYLON” The resplendent Isle. Part 2 – by Desmond Kelly ‘Star of eLanka’ To “carry on” from the beautiful photographs of old Ceylon, featured on the award-winning “eLanka” website that I am so very proud of, as recently as the week, past, I am now happy to bring “our readers” the above, also, now featuring my Original Composition, “Ceylon, my Island of dreams”, from the “Ultimate DVD”, also featured on eLanka, which is available for you good readers out there, TOTAL benefits going to a little Convent in Tangalle, Lanka, aptly named “Kuda-Kusum” (little flowers), orphan-girls who are totally reliant on our help, in order to survive. I was more than happy to do this, through eLanka & especially Michael Fernandez of the “Lanka-Times” of which I remain the Editor. This particular “article” on-line, gives readers more insight on the Country that we were born in, only to reluctantly ...

Dec 24, 2017 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "OLD CEYLON" The resplendent Isle. Part 2 - by Desmond Kelly 'Star of eLanka', Desmond Kelly Comments 0

“A SAD CHAOSMAS” – By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ A happy Christmas, for most of us, a sad chaosmas for those unlucky folk, run down by a lunatic in Melbourne Town, very recently. While I do not particularly want this article “on-line”, via eLanka, simply because it’s just another “bad-news” one, (God knows we have had too many, in 2017 anyway), however, why this happened, how it happened, & how it could be possibly be “stopped” from happening, at all, starting next year, is my reason for writing this one. I has to be quite obvious that the latest W.O.D.(weapon of destruction) is the common motor vehicle. This seems to be the easiest, most convenient way for any “nut-case” to carry out his/her evil plans of killing people. A “vehicle”, so commonly seen by so many, on our roads every single day, would be something ...

Dec 24, 2017 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "A SAD CHAOSMAS" - By Desmond Kelly 'the Star of eLanka', Desmond Kelly Comments 0

“ONCE IN A BLUE MOON” – By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ Image Source: You Tube – Kenneth Olsson Another favourite Lankan phrase, not heard of, in OZ,but suddenly, “out of the blue”, so to speak, this writer was doing what he loves to do, this time, very early in the am, on Christmas Eve, listening to some “old” Country Music on “you-tube”, when “memories” wafted me.back to someone I had listened to, back in the early 60’s. Many “Country” lovers still remember him, singing perhaps a bit nasally, but still singing songs that will never be forgotten, I suppose. His name was Hank Snow. The song was called :- “When our blue moon turns to gold again”, This particular “version” stands out because he is singing with another favourite of mine, the famous Anita Carter, beautiful, talented member of the “Carter family”. The song was written by ...

Dec 24, 2017 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Comments 0

“WILLIE NELSON” Facts & Figures by Desmond Kelly Willie Nelson, the name is so well-known, the media in L.A. (not the real ones, but of course, as Donald Trump calls them, “the fake ones”), seem to have nothing better to do, so they are “killing-off” “legends” & Willie is the latest, (oh, my humble apologies), Willie is NOT really “dead” yet, but the news is out that he now wants everybody out there to pray for him, because he is now on the cusp of eternity, & very soon, another “chosen” Undertaker from Los Angeles will be making much more money covering the Willie Nelson funeral.This is one of the “brighter” starts to my stories Definitely one of the “best businesses” to be in folks, as people all over the World “die, to come to you”. The facts & figures right at this moment are these. Willie Nelson is.not dead (yet) however, ...

Dec 21, 2017 Posted by admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "WILLIE NELSON" Facts & Figures by Desmond Kelly, Ben Dorcy, Paul Anka, Willie Nelson Comments 0

ANOTHER “AUSTRALIAN STORY” by Desmond Kelly Another “Australian Story”, in a series of two episodes, most recently, featured an Investigative Journalist who was, without any doubt, one of the very best in that field. A “Reporter.Actor & Presenter” also, his name, Michael Willesee, a “dinkum Australian” in every sense of the word, good-looking, debonair, when he had to be, outspoken, ruffling many “important feathers”, at times & liking it. Michael, as I remember him, was certainly in the top ten of the most recognised Aussie Characters in the era, on Australian Television. It was around 1967 that Mike came into prominence on the A.B.C. Channel 2, on a programme called “This day, Tonight”, & later, “This is your life”, followed by the popular 4 Corners. Even then, just 5 years since we came to Melbourne, 2 was the only T.V.Channel one could watch without all the various “ads” involved with Channels ...

Dec 21, 2017 Posted by admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged ANOTHER "AUSTRALIAN STORY" Comments 0

A PARODY OF THE BIG PUSSIES by Desmond Kelly Source: Wikipedia By Tigerman2612 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link After 37 long years, years of heartaches, trouble & strife, culminating in the fact that the Club was almost lost to “Aussie-Rules” a few years ago, Richmond’s “Tigers” have now reached the pinnacle, hit the top, and stayed.on top to win the 2017 “Cup”. This is not going to be “an Epistle of an “Article”. Everything that has to be said, has already been done, since the “final siren” @ the M.C.G. last arvo. My own view was that I fully expected a “closer” Grand-Final. ...

Dec 21, 2017 Posted by admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged A PARODY OF THE BIG PUSSIES by Desmond Kelly Comments 0

The nature of survival For a change, the “title” of this story belongs to just one man, his name? , Doug Lang, who has written the book. As my advice to the readers of eLanka has always been, if you wish to “see” Australia at it’s very best, watch the A.B.C. television programme called ‘Landline”. For my fellow-Lankans, CEYLON, as I prefer to call her, was always, is now, & will always be, one of the most beautiful Countries on God’s Earth. Yes, I did say “one”. What is the other? , well, spread over the area of “many Ceylons”, this Island Continent of Australia, would have to be the other, in my opinion. ...

Dec 21, 2017 Posted by admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged The nature of survival by Desmond Kelly Comments 0

JUSTICE FOR JUSTINE by Desmond Kelly A beautiful young Australian girl goes to America to marry the man she loved, made herself completely at home in Minnasota, was loved by her neighbours &, in fact, most of the Americans who, together with her husband-to be, thought the world of Justine. She was in the process of getting everything ready for her forthcoming wedding, when what could term “the ultimate tragedy” occured. Her partner was still at work, when it seems that Justine heard what sounded like a woman-neighbour in trouble & according to what she told her boy-friend in an urgent phone call she made to him, was that it sounded that this woman-neighbour was being raped. Nothing was known at the time, who the adversary was, so her partner told her to ring the police immediately on 911 & let them handle the matter, which Justine did. She immediately ...

Dec 21, 2017 Posted by admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged JUSTICE FOR JUSTINE Comments 0

“ON-LINE WITH LATE-LINE” By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ “Aunty A.B.C.”, the ONLY T.V.Channel one can watch without the annoying interruption of “silly-ads”, every two minutes, has always been, as far as many Lankan-Aussies (myself included), the very BEST T.V. on offer, in Melbourne, anyway. Naturally, I cannot speak for our “viewers” in the other States in this sun-burnt Land, but I have always opted for the A.B.C. because of it’s straight-forward approach to what is sometimes quite inapproachable “subjects” without fear or favour, which is “the way to go”. Unfortunately, now, in the topsy-turvy World that we live in, Politics play a major part in decisions that are sometimes difficult to comprehend. The Channel 2 “Four Corners” has been in the “gun-sight” of the Federal Government for a while, now, simply because this t.v. programme tells it like it is. “Aunty” will take a “story”, good, bad, happy ...

Dec 9, 2017 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "ON-LINE WITH LATE-LINE" By Desmond Kelly 'the Star of eLanka', Desmond Kelly Comments 2