Good News From Jayam
May 1, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 30 items
– By Jayam Rutnam
Niroshan Kahawatte Elected President of Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California (Founded in 1973)
Niroshan Kahawatte has been elected President of the SLAASC. The oldest organization of its kind in the USA. The SLAASC celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2023. The swearing in ceremony will be held on Sunday April 30th
at 2 pm. Everybody is invited. See Invitation below:
Sri Lanka Association in Los Angeles Celebrated Aluth Avurudha-Puthandu in Woodley Park, Van Nuys, Ca. |
Jayam’s Choice
Céline Dion – My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from ‘Titanic’)
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Aitken Spence Travels welcomes
4,000 cruise passengers for April 2023
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Aitken Spence Travels welcomed 4,000 cruise tourists to Sri Lanka on the eve of Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The luxurious cruise ships, MSC Poesia and MSC Magnifica docked into the port of Colombo with an atmosphere filled with excitement and celebrations. The shore excursion teams from Aitken Spence Travels were on site, ready to delight these visitors with an array of experiences that showcased the very best of Sri Lanka during the holiday season. |
Sri Lanka as one of the best travel destinations
Sri Lanka which has a high tourist attraction has been named as one of the best tourist destinations in the world this year.Sri Lanka has been listed in the Forbes list as one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023. US based international travel influencer Juliana Broste, an award-winning travel filmmaker and host, showcasing adventures and fun things to do around the world, recommended Sri Lanka to be listed as one of the best places to visit in 2023. This was a result of her visit to Sri Lanka in 2022, under the Visiting Blogger Programme of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau 2022.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Government has included Sri Lanka among the 20 countries it approves for its citizens to travel to, says Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona,
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Awrudu Customs and Rituals
Reach China through the Silk Route
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The Embassy of Sri Lanka, together with the Sri Lanka – China Economic, Education, and Cultural Association (SCEECA), organized the “Beijing Soorya Mangalya” (National New Year) on 16 April 2023, at the Embassy following rituals, customs and tradition. Over 250 invitees, including, Ven. Dr. Bodagama Chandima Nayaka Thero and his disciples, the Sri Lanka community, Sri Lankan students, and Chinese friends attended. Addressing the gathering, the Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona extended warm Awrudu wishes to everyone. He said that Sri Lanka is hoping that the reopening of China will result in many Chinese tourists visiting Sri Lanka and helping to revive its flagging tourist industry which was buffeted by COVID-19. We are grateful that Sri Lanka is in the list of 20 countries published for Chinese tourists to visit. China was the main source of global tourists in 2019. |
Sri Lanka v Ireland:
Hosts well on top in first Test
Sri Lanka ended day two of their first Test against Ireland in a commanding position as the tourists laboured to 117-7 in reply to their hosts’ first innings total of 591-6 declared.
Ireland will go into day three in Galle trailing by a massive 474 runs and with the prospect of defeat looming large.
Four players scored centuries as Sri Lanka built up a formidable total. Prabath Jayasuriya has taken five of the seven Ireland wickets to fall to date.
Adios Amigo Janaka Palapathwala
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Lakruwani’s Concert – Save The Date
December 2nd, 2023
19 Sri Lankan STREET FOODS Across Sri Lanka!! COLOMBO Kottu Roti, JAFFNA Seafood + TRIBAL Curry about
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“Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo April 20th, 2023
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Eid Mubarak – and stay blessed! The Terminator plugs holes, the sea’s largest garbage patch, a global entrepreneur with Fortune 500 experience gives tips and another shows beauty in Batik, get ready to adopt an ambulance, economic and market news & the world’s amazing mosques!
Obituaries – Sad News
James Oswald (Ozzie) Schumacher (83) of Lakewood, Ca. passed away on April 16th, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents James and Esme, his siblings Glennie, Desmond, Dawn, Bryan, Rebecca, and his beloved grandson Anthony. Ozzie is survived by Anne, his loving wife of fifty three years, as well as his
daughters Susan Esme and Jamie Rebecca and their husbands Diego Amarilla and Nick Johnson, Ozzie’s granddaughters Corina, Chloe, Natalie, Madeline, and Zarina, his sister Fay and her husband Terrance, his brother Mark and wife Kyoko, his sister June, as well as many nieces, nephews.
Celebration of life will be on Saturday, May 6th, 2023,
see below:
Max Gerreyn passed away in Perth, Australia. Husband of Shereen. Max was one of the most talented cartoonists that Sri Lanka produced.
The Funeral Service for Maxwell GERREYN was held at St. Mary Of The Cross MacKillop Church, Perth , W. A. on April 21st 2023. Residential Address-
128, Appleblossom Drive, Mirrabooka, W. A. 6061.
(See caricature by Max below)
“You brightened many a Life with your wit and humour on your long and eventful journey on Earth.” – Sri Lanka HighCommissioner to Australia Somasundaram Skandakumar
Recipes From Roma’s Kitchen
Squid/Cuttle Fish or Dhallo Curry
(which ever name you call it)
Ingredients
1 lb.cuttle fish
2 tspns. salt
2 slices ground ginger
2 teaspoon fenugreek
1/2 tspn. sweet cummin powder
1 1/2 tspns corriander powder
a sprig of curry leaves
2-3 tspns. lime juice
2 dessertspoons oil
4 oz. 1st extract of coconut milk
2 dessertspoons chilli powder
6-8 cloves garlic
1 tspn. pepper powder
1/2 tspn. cummin powder
3-4 green chillies chopped
1 oz. red onions,chopped
12oz. 2nd extract of coconut milk
Method
1.Clean cuttle fish. Cut into 1″ pieces
2.Mix together with all the powdered
ingredients and salt.
3.Heat oil. Add curry leaves onions and fry
for a few minutes.
4.Add cuttle fish and left over ingredients
and cook for 5-7 minutes.
5.Add second extract of coconut milk and
cook until done.
6.Add 1st extract of coconut milk.Bring to
boil add lime juice and take off fire.
Ingredients for 8 portions.
Should you have any questions or requests,
please email me at :
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