Benjamin Vere La’Brooy, sad to say, passed away into the Lord’s Realm on 16th.October 2020 and was cremated at the Mt. Lavinia Crematorium two days later. It was most disappoiinting that there was hardly a soul to farewell Benji due to the restrictions of the pandemic. Benji, as he ...
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Daily Archives : December 6, 2020
Come all ye fair young maidens, hearken unto me! Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be. Randier than a sailor, who’s been six months at sea, Never let a cricketer’s hand, an inch above your knee. First let’s take the paceman, pure speed from first ...
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The Burgher Exodus from Sri Lanka: A Reading in 1988 source:-thuppahis Barbara Crossette, in New York Times way back in 1988 …. where the title runs thus “Colombo Journal; A Proud People, Scattered and Forgotten by Time” In Sri Lanka, a country torn by violence, the holiday season is perhaps most poignant for ...
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Source: Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION Newsletter rofessor Tissa Wijeratne is a world-renown Australian-based Neurologist and is currently on a special mission. Professor Tissa Wijeratne is the first ever visiting Professor of Neurology to be appointed to a Sri Lankan University. He was appointed as a Visiting Professor of ...
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Source: Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION Newsletter The weather was perfect in Perth on Sunday the 25th. The city woke up to many events- There was Radio car racing at Langley Park! The Targa City Sprint showcasing the classic movers of the past! Mustangs, Toranas … Evos, and an ...
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Source: Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION Newsletter Chris and Mercia arrived in Perth in 1995 and became members of WASLA very soon after. They have both been valued and active members ever since. Chris joined the Committee in 1998, and held various positions including that of Treasurer, until he took ...
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Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION – Seniors’ Lunch 8th October Source: Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION Newsletter Advocare Presentation: Acting CEO Justine Martyr and Senior Advocate Leonie The talented Line Dancers: The Fab Four– Helen, Chen, Stephanie and Kanisha The post Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION – Seniors’ Lunch 8th October ...
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WASLA Committee 2018-2020 at the Break-Up Party Source: Western Australia SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION Newsletter One of the best perks to be offered – especially when one has been fortunate to get to the age that I am – is to be driven/taken to parties or places of entertainment particularly after ...
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Mahendran Thiruvarangan Source:-colombotelegraph When cultures and faiths meet one another, there often crop up debates, dissonances and worse, even violent conflicts. But is that all we can say about such events that history unfurls time to time? Didn’t such moments of the past also include cultural fusions that make ...
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