An Issue of Blood

This story reveals a healing from all kinds of desperate situations. “A large crowd followed and pressed around Him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting […]

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A Museum of Family History at Sanguvelli

Since Dad restored my grandmother’s property at Sanguvelli, Jaffna; I have been collecting family memorabilia from mainly the Arulanantham family side, and adding to the collection we have there now. We have some very old photographs restored and framed, the entire Perinpanayagar-Arulanantham-Spencer Family tree pretty much up to date, Ammamma’s old Prize Books restored, and […]

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A Reunion in Bremen

Now that my sister has moved to Bremen, I thought I would go and see what is so wonderful about that place…..as I quickly found out, nothing! After wondering if hell looks a lot better than this place, I took the opportunity to meet with some friends from Hanover, Germany. I had not seen them […]

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Project: 504Cab

Been working on this classic from 1973, a LHD 504 Cabriolet TI imported from France. I have been looking for a later model, but the Mark 1 is so much easier to work with, with more parts available. Had to go shopping in Germany, France, Italy, and even Australia for bits and pieces. Had the […]

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Project: 306Gti

I’ve spent quite a bit of dough on this car; after buying it twice (yes, twice thanks to Dayalan), it’s now got new leather for the front seats and door cards, a roof lining, Chrish’s old Pioneer Head Unit, a Base box and Amp (thanks to one of my students Ajay Chander), gone through a […]

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Lawyer’s Diary

(This piece of work is acredited to my friend Ronita, which I  thought was quite witty to come up with. all in a frustrating day’s work!)  Hours spent at work: 14.2 (v. good); billable hours: 5.7 (v.bad);  minutes spent staring out window: 97 (needs improvement.); minutes spent mentally reliving conversations and imagining what I should […]

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Arranged marriages

STEP 1: Who should bring proposals? Proposals should be brought by someone reasonably close to your family; and when I mean reasonably, I DON’T mean your Aunty’s Second Cousin Twice Removed (and once put back), who is married to the boy/girl’s great grandmother’s cousin. STEP 2: Get to know the Terminology From now on, you […]

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Engineering Jokes

SEVEN WAYS TO CATCH A LION !!! guys, if u remember, physics and mathematics, we studied in 9th grade, then its really funny…  enjoy.. 1. Newton’s Method: Let, the lion catch you. For every action there is equal and opposite reaction. Implies you caught lion . 2. Einstein Method: Run in the direction opposite to […]

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Return to Jafna

On 4th December 2003, after almost Twenty-five years, I was able to visit my homeland and birthplace Jaffna. It was an emotional experience, and even though I had lived outside Sri Lanka for the majority of my life, just being in Jaffna felt as if I had finally come home, and ironically, very peaceful.   […]

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