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Sharing my varied journey & excerpts of a memorable holiday for many reasons spent in Sri Lanka from Nov 29th to Dec 23rd 2017 by Mrs. Corinne King – (neé Pereira) I am Corinne King (neé Pereira) – the daughter of the late Douglas Noel Pereira – a dedicated teacher of St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia from 1951 to 1972. Also known as Mr. D.N.Pereira – (Douglas Noel), (D.N.P.), (D.N.) or otherwise known as “Bulto” to the many hundreds of students he taught during his long teaching career. Dad was known as “Bulto” a nickname he received at STC in the early 1950’s – around 1953/1954 when as a light smoker he decided to take to sucking the black and white striped lolly called “Bulto”!  This nickname stayed with him throughout his entire teaching career at STC. My Dad – Douglas was a son of C.V.Pereira – A Scholar & Writer ...