{"id":103541,"date":"2022-11-07T11:23:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=103541"},"modified":"2022-11-07T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:24:53","slug":"on-the-couch-with-gerard-fernando-an-interview-with-denis-anthonisz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/on-the-couch-with-gerard-fernando-an-interview-with-denis-anthonisz\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Couch with \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Gerard Fernando (an interview with Denis Anthonisz)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>On the Couch with \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Gerard Fernando (an interview with Denis Anthonisz)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/silverscene-official-newsletter-of-the-silver-fawn-club-inc-issue-november-december-2022-brisbane-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silverscene Official Newsletter<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103542 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gerard-Fernando.png\" alt=\"Gerard Fernando\" width=\"332\" height=\"362\" \/>Bio<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard Fernando went to school at St. Sebastian\u2019s, Moratuwa and migrated to Melbourne as a young man where he worked as a Cashier with Brambles. In 1975 he met Thomazine Harris and they married in 1976 after a whirlwind romance. Gerard and Thomazine have a son, Enrard, who is married to Amy. Their daughter Evelyn (two), is the apple of grandad\u2019s eye. In 1987 Gerard came to Brisbane in the role of Cash Manager of World Expo 88. Gerard and Thomazine decided to settle in Brisbane and began their Brisbane sojourn in Albany Creek. Following Expo he worked in the Finance Department of Suncorp. In 2000 Gerard began a successful career in Real Estate, joining L J Hooker. Two years later he became principal of his own franchise. A move to acreage on the river in Whiteside occurred in 1997 where Gerard retired in 2020 to become a \u201cgentleman farmer\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Silver Fawn History<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard became a member of Silver Fawn in 1987, invited to join the Club by foundation member, Ivor Ephraims. He has given long and passionate service to the Club, holding many positions on the Management Committee in the roles of Committee Member, President, Vice-President and Treasurer. His dedicated service was recognised in 2019 when he became a life member. Gerard values the Club\u2019s role s providing an opportunity for getting people together and as an avenue of friendship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sport and Recreation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard loves cricket, playing school cricket in Sri Lanka and local Club cricket in Melbourne. Today he is a couch devotee to all forms of cricket and also enjoys watching Rugby League and Rugby Union. Gerard loves fishing and is an enthusiastic angler whether it be in a boat, from a pier or from the shore. When asked what his favourite catch is, he replied, \u201cAnything that bites!\u201d Gerard has feasted on the plentiful seas off Norfolk Island on three occasions, filling the boat on all three occasions and also landing a shark on each visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard is not a book worm but enjoys reading newspapers and magazines that feature cricket and fishing. His love of dabbling as a handyman sees him as a reader of D.I.Y. publications<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Movies<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard enjoys western and action genres in movies. \u2018The Magnificent Seven\u2019 is his favourite. Gerard is also a fan of James Bond movies and nominated Sean Connery as his favourite actor in that role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Television<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard enjoys watching sport on TV, especially cricket. His other favourite is \u2018Who Wants to Be A Millionaire\u2019 where he has a fifty per cent success rate as an armchair quiz champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Gastronomic Delights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard nominated Pepper Pork as his favourite food. He enjoys dabbling in the kitchen, with hoppers and stringhoppers as his favourites. He is Silver Fawn\u2019s cooking maestro at our Camps and food fares. Whiskey is his preferred beverage, and he loves sipping a glass or two of Chivas Regal when the opportunity presents itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What sustains you?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI like to reflect at the end of each day on what I have done during the day and get the most satisfaction when some of my time has included gardening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard does voluntary work three days a week with ADRA, the non-sectarian Adventist Development and Relief Agency which specializes in crises relief and assistance to the poor and marginalised. His work for the agency is centred around packing food parcels and packing of meals. \u201cEvery Tuesday, we have about 170 cars coming to pick up food parcels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What saddens you\/irks you?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard\u2019s initial response was, \u201cGetting old!\u201d He finds the world today a sadder place, \u201ca world without trust and certainty.\u201d He gave an example of the complexity of plane travel today to the simplicity of getting on a plane in the seventies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Do you have a hero?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard admires the Queen who devoted her life to service. \u201cNo-one has a bad word to say about her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>If you had a magic wand how would you change the world?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gerard said he\u2019d like to go back to the good life of the seventies when \u201cthe world was a younger and more innocent place.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>We congratulate Gerard on his commitment to Silver Fawn and his long history of illustrious contribution to the Club.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Couch with \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Gerard Fernando (an interview with Denis Anthonisz) Source :\u00a0Silverscene Official Newsletter Bio Gerard Fernando went to school at St. Sebastian\u2019s, Moratuwa and migrated to Melbourne as a young man where he worked as a Cashier with Brambles. 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