{"id":69381,"date":"2021-07-20T02:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T02:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=69381"},"modified":"2021-07-20T02:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T02:07:37","slug":"the-good-the-bad-the-bitter-and-the-sweet-by-bernard-vancuylenburg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-good-the-bad-the-bitter-and-the-sweet-by-bernard-vancuylenburg-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GOOD THE BAD THE BITTER AND THE SWEET \u2013 by Bernard VanCuylenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>THE GOOD THE BAD THE BITTER AND THE SWEET<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u2013<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993366;\">by\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><b>Bernard VanCuylenburg<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-69382 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/THE-GOOD-THE-BAD-THE-BITTER-AND-THE-SWEET-\u2013-by-Bernard-VanCuylenburg.png\" alt=\"THE GOOD THE BAD THE BITTER AND THE SWEET \u2013 by Bernard VanCuylenburg\" width=\"235\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Life in the Boarding taught us from an early age to take the good and the bad, taste the bitter and the sweet, and face life squarely and stand our ground. When we left College, we were well rounded human beings (hopefully !) equipped to give life our best shot, no matter where the road of life took us. Sadly, that road took us in different directions and on leaving College, little did we realize that we would never see some of our childhood friends again. True to the script, destiny took us to lands far away, and most may have lost touch with our fellow boarders and schoolmates as the years passed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This email I&#8217;m afraid is not all peaches and cream, because I have detailed below a list of Antonians, I knew who have departed this life. Fellow Antonians may know most of them, and others I may have been inadvertently omitted. Some were senior to me, some much junior, and this list covers a time span of eleven years of my life in College 1951-1962. But as Boarders, our paths often crossed in the hallowed halls of that great College&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.along the corridors in the Quadrangle, on the playing fields, in or near the Tuck Shop (!!)&#8230;&#8230;. anywhere in the precincts of College if the rule &#8220;Out Of Bounds&#8221; was willingly disobeyed ! Grief is like living two lives. One is where you pretend everything is alright. The other is when your heart silently cries out in pain. But when somebody you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">THEY STAYED FOR ONLY A MOMENT. BUT WHAT A FOOTPRINT THEY LEFT IN OUR HEARTS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Hector Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anton Wijeratne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">David Berenger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thiaga Rajasingh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cecil Udulagama<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Gabriel Joseph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Jayantha Athurupane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Senerath Palamakumbura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Arlo Tyler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">C.Nallathamby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kadirgamarajah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sreetharan. (Nallathamby&#8217;s younger Brother).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rahulananthan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">D.Nadarajah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tony Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Siyambalagamuwa.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ettampawela.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Senarath\u00a0 Bulankulame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kingsley Thomas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anton James.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tutu Tenuwara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vasantha Seneviratne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Clement Warnakulasuriya. (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Charlie Joseph\u00a0 \u00a0 (Passed away in Sydney).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sweeny Mulholland\u00a0 \u00a0 (Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Michael Landsberger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tony Maxworth.\u00a0 \u00a0 (Passed away in England).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cedric Linden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Asoka Bulankulame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ranjit Samarasekera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Franco Rudolph.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in England)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ashmore Rudolph. (Passed away in England)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anton Beekmeyer.\u00a0 (Passed away in England)\u00a0 -Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kenneth Beekmeyer. &#8211; Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Peter Beekmeyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Oriel Wanigasekera\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Monty Wanigasekera &#8211; Day Scholar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Eric Labrooy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Day Scholar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Freddy De Run.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ian Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Karthirgesu Aramugam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thirunavakarasu. (Journey&#8217;s Ender)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Christy Gomez.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in Brisbane).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Christopher Koelmeyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Christopher Wanigasekera &#8211; Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Christopher Pereira. (Fatty). (Passed away in Brisbane).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tissa Bulankulama.\u00a0 (Journey&#8217;s Ender).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mahinda Bulankulama.(Journey&#8217;s Ender)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Krishnamoorthy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Journey&#8217;s Ender).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">P.Subramaniam.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Journey&#8217;s Ender).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Neville Van Starrax.\u00a0 (Journeys Ender).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Franklyn Pereira.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Day Scholar. (Passed away in Canberra).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ivan Boteju.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">R.A.F. Perera.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Day Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tarzan Winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Bruce Winter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Journey&#8217;s Ender &#8211; passed away in Brisbane).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Neumandeen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar &#8211; Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Gerald Eude.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Merrick Poulier.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Louis Retty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in South India).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Papu Retty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in South India.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Francis Retty. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anton Guneratne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George Benzie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Barney Daniels.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sooriya Pillai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dayawansa Wijaratne. (Passed away in Germany).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Tony Harridge. (Passed away in New South Wales &#8211; Aust.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chulani Halangoda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Denzil Halangoda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Guy Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Nihal Fernando. (Passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cecil Rodrigo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Michael Raj.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Prairin De Silva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thilak Thalakada.(Day Scholar &#8211; passed away in Melbourne.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Harold Silva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rex Sebastian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Robert Aelred Samarakoon.\u00a0 (Passed away in Ireland).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Roy Rosairo . (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Jeremy Taylor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Percy De La Motte.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Florian Nanayakkara. (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dicky Macky.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kenny Stevens.\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Saliya Kulatunga. (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lal Wijesinghe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cuthbert Pereira.\u00a0 (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Michael Babapulle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">S Epasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Nihal Madawela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sarath Weerasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">L.B.Tissa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Edmund Cooray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lakshman Algama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vere Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rajaguru.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cecil Rodrigo.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rodney Kehl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ralph Candappa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Wei, Win Chu.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar &#8211; Passed away in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Leslie Jayasundera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Stanley Kurukuladitthiya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mohammad Adumai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">P.B.Tennakoon.\u00a0\u00a0 (Day Scholar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Johann De Bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">P.Thangavelu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Raymond Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Doranegama Brothers, (Upali, Saliya and Ranjit) the Rambukpotha Brothers (Anton and Brian) the Premaratne Brothers (Wijeypala, Samson, Buncho and Totti), and Srilal Seneviratne, all famous cricketers in the teams of the mid-fifties have gone to greener pastures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">THERE ARE SOME WHO BRING A LIGHT SO GREAT TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE GONE, THE LIGHT REMAINS. NO MORNING DAWNS, NO NIGHT RETURNS, THAT WE DONT THINK OF THEM. THOSE LEFT BEHIND WERE GOOD BUT NONE REPLACES THEM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The following is a list of those wonderful teachers whom we were privileged to have had as our Mentors, and have gone to glory. I am sure you will know most, if not all of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.George Macky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Robert Wright. \u00a0 (Passed away in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.George Denlow. (Passed away in Sydney)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Tiddy Wijeyratne.(Passed away in Sydney).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Jean Arasanayagam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ms Yvonne Monarawalla<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.&amp; Mrs. W.Barnabas. (Mrs.Barnabas passed away in Melbourne).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Kanniah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Siromani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.&amp; Mrs. Chinappa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Mendis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Kasturiaratchi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr. &amp; Mrs.Major Weerasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Rose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Thavaseelan. (Passed away in Perth).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.B.L.Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.John Isaacs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Pararajasingham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Fred Tangiah.\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in Bangalore, India.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.&amp; Mrs.Dias.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr. P.B.A.Weerakoon.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.P.B.A.Weerakoon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Coomaravel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Cyril Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Stephens.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Pearlyn Amerasinghe. (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Willie Fernando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr. Angelo Peries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.P.Don Quintus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.S.Abeyrante.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Vernu Gopal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Jim Rogers .(Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Jacolyn Seneviratne. (College Bursar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Melder .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Office Clerk and Receptionist).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Bambaradeniya.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.L.Ekanayake.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs .Alwis. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father D.I.Robinson.\u00a0 (Passed away in Sydney).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Hildebrand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Anthony Padillian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Maurice Fernandez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Angelo Rosati. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Passed away at College).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Tonini. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Passed away in Rome).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Valentine Eusubio. \u00a0 (Passed away in Rome).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Hilarion Rudolph.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Passed away in England).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Columban Macky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Bishop Leo Nanayakera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverand Father Lanfranc Amerasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Sena Ranaweera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Miss.Thambyah. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Miss Rani Wijesinghe. \u00a0 (Lower School) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Brother Hugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Victor Hapuaarachi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Constantine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Lower School).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">M.Piyatilake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Terry Silva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">D.F.Nanayakkara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">S.B.Ellagalla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">M.Mahesan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">S.Hettiaratchi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Maurice Perera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vincent Perera. (Librarian).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ananda Dissanayake. (He was a Member of Parliament later on in life).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">T.S.Sirimanna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">M.Jayaweera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Chandra Bandaranayake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs. Irene Chandraratne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Gunasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reverend Father Bruno Daniel. (Passed away in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Sarathchandra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Brother Valentine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">THOSE WE LOVE REMAIN WITH US FOR LOVE ITSELF LIVES ON. CHERISHED MEMORIES NEVER FADE, WHEN THOSE WE LOVED HAVE GONE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The following is the Roll Call of the beloved Matrons, or &#8220;The Lilies of the Mahaweli&#8221; as I once referred to them in a previous article. They nurtured us from childhood to adolescence in that great College on the Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Inez Griffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Nancy Byrde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Pillai. (Tuck Shop).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Tilly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Perera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Symonds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Isaacs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Silva. (Rainbow Cottage Refectory)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Mulholland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Miss.Imbuldeniya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Maddox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Miss. Tissaweerasinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Don.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Page. (Sickroom).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Sethupathy\u00a0 (Tuck Shop).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mrs.Magill.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Sickroom).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lest we forget, there is a brigade of the minor staff who by dint of honest toil and the sweat of their brow rendered yeoman service to College. Remember, this was a period when they did not have any representation by way of Unions to safeguard their rights, and they just had to obey instructions and get to work. You may remember most of them. The struggles they faced from day to day, were struggles that never seemed to fade away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">NO LONGER IN OUR LIVES TO SHARE, BUT IN OUR HEARTS, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Solomon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Charlie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Piyasena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Jamis, the cook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Peter Baas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Binder Perera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Pakiri and Mooki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Francke.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (In charge of the Piggery).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Berenger. (In charge of the Shoe Repair Shop).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Banda.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Assistant to Mrs.Pillai in the Tuck Shop).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lazarus.\u00a0\u00a0 (Assistant in the Tuck Shop before Banda).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Michael.\u00a0\u00a0 (Lab.Boy\u00a0 &#8211; Zoology &amp; Botany Labs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Romanis\u00a0 (Watcher)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Socrates. (Carter).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Piyasena. (Veteran Peon in the Lower School)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Petersen. (He was in charge of the Shoe Shop before Berenger).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr.Miller.\u00a0 (He was in charge of the Piggery before Francke).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anthony.\u00a0\u00a0 (He was brought in to assist Mrs.Pillai for some time).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Tuck&#8221; Joe. (He was working in The Tuck Shop the year I joined College &#8211; 1951.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Edmund. (Lab Boy?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr Saram was a Supervisor looking after the plumbing and was a familiar figure we spotted almost daily, sometimes carrying a wrench in his hand. Mr.Siriwardena was in charge of the College Farm which was located in the vicinity of &#8220;The Mansion&#8221;. I wonder if some remember &#8220;The Great Farm Robbery&#8221; where a group of Boarders carried out a daring raid on the Farm which was a dismal failure ending in the apprehension of all the culprits !!\u00a0 Mr.Saram and Mr.Siriwardena went to their eternal rest many years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I shall conclude quoting an epilogue which I used in my article &#8220;Lillies of the Mahaweli&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8221; Goodbyes make us think. They make us realize what we had, and what we have lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 And, what we took for granted. Most of all, &#8220;Goodbyes&#8221; hurt when the story is not<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 finished and the book has been closed. But the Book of Antonian memories will always<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 remain open, and there are still many memories to be made&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thank you to Michael Macky and Tilak Pananwala for drawing my attention to some Teachers and Old Boys whose names I had omitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thank you to Chris Duff Tytler in Adelaide for his never-ending moral support which was the trigger for me to put pen to paper, and give my memory bank a good workout !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">My apologies if I have left out any names. The pendulum of memory swung back and forth as I parted the veil of time, and the distant past at times was a hazy mist&#8230;&#8230;..Fair winds my friends, and may &#8220;Lux De Coelo&#8221; be your guiding light on your journey through life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69383\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bernard-VanCuylenburg-550x400.jpg\" alt=\"Bernard VanCuylenburg\" width=\"293\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Bernard VanCuylenburg<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GOOD THE BAD THE BITTER AND THE SWEET\u00a0\u2013 by\u00a0Bernard VanCuylenburg Life in the Boarding taught us from an early age to take the good and the bad, taste the bitter and the sweet, and face life squarely and stand our ground. 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