{"id":82749,"date":"2021-12-29T05:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=82749"},"modified":"2021-12-29T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:36:16","slug":"sharing-my-varied-journey-excerpts-of-a-memorable-holiday-for-many-reasons-spent-in-sri-lanka-from-nov-29th-to-dec-23rd-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sharing-my-varied-journey-excerpts-of-a-memorable-holiday-for-many-reasons-spent-in-sri-lanka-from-nov-29th-to-dec-23rd-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing my varied journey & excerpts of a memorable holiday for many reasons spent in Sri Lanka from Nov 29th to Dec 23rd 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharing my varied journey & excerpts of a memorable holiday for many reasons spent in Sri Lanka <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

from Nov 29th<\/sup> to Dec 23rd<\/sup> 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

by<\/strong>\u00a0Mrs. Corinne King – (ne\u00e9 Pereira)<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Sharing<\/p>\n

I am Corinne King (ne\u00e9 Pereira) – the daughter of the late Douglas Noel Pereira – a dedicated teacher of St. Thomas\u2019 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 \u201cBulto\u201d to the many hundreds of students he taught during his long teaching career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dad was known as \u201cBulto\u201d a nickname he received at STC in the early 1950\u2019s – around 1953\/1954 when as a light smoker he decided to take to sucking the black and white striped lolly called \u201cBulto\u201d!\u00a0 This nickname stayed with him throughout his entire teaching career at STC.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Dad – Douglas was a son of C.V.Pereira – A Scholar & Writer of Latin Textbooks. \u00a0C.V.Pereira along with Warden Stone wrote a Latin Text book that was used at St. Thomas\u2019 College in the 1920\u2019s and 1930\u2019s.\u00a0 These learned skills were instilled into my Dad by his father – C.V.Pereira.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am proud to be the Grand daughter of the late C.V. Pereira – a former student, scholar & \u201cLion\u201d of Trinity College Kandy and teacher at St. Thomas\u2019 College Mutwal & Mt. Lavinia from 1896 to 1931.\u00a0 My Grandfather was also known as C.V.P or \u201cSoapa\u201d.\u00a0 A nickname he derived during his time as a teacher because he used soap to twirl the ends of his moustache!<\/span><\/p>\n

An idea to spend time in Sri Lanka was originally instigated by a lifelong friend of mine for many reasons and these when given deep thought by us turned out to be a perfect picture no one could ever comprehend at the time of quick planning in the month of October 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was with great thought and continued perseverance that what was an original & distant plan came into fruition with a few emails that flowed \u201cto and fro\u201d from Australia to Sri Lanka and back that started the \u201cball rolling\u201d in more ways than one!!<\/span><\/p>\n

It was with great thought and continued perseverance that what was an original & distant plan came into fruition with a few emails that flowed \u201cto and fro\u201d from Australia to Sri Lanka and back that started the \u201cball rolling\u201d in more ways than one!!<\/span><\/p>\n

A planned \u201cmission\u201d of sheer dedication & true love was to donate valuable books used by my Grandfather the late C.V.Pereira and my Dad the late D.N.Pereira to St. Thomas\u2019 College, Mount Lavinia – an institution that they both venerated and loved beyond words could ever describe.\u00a0 They both lived & breathed the Thomian air to such an extent that their values of teaching & educating the young students that passed through their hands were of paramount interest in their lives as dedicated teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Grandfather – C.V.Pereira – was a strict disciplinarian who as a student excelled in Ancient Greek, Latin, English & English Literature.\u00a0 He was a personal friend of the English Scholars & Pioneers that were associated with St Thomas\u2019 College in the early 1900\u2019s – one of them being Warden Stone.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Dad – D.N.Pereira was nurtured in this background and was guided by his father to be a Scholar & Teacher of the Classics too.\u00a0 Dad or D.N.P. accepted the strict upbringing he had from his father who was sought by many parents of students at St. Thomas\u2019 College to tutor their sons in the early 1900\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am aware of these facts because as a young child I was constantly drawn into the realms of my Dad\u2019s anecdotes and love of his \u201cAlma Mater\u201d and I was as an only child instilled into the \u201cThomian way of life\u201d and being a daughter,\u00a0 my Dad not being blessed with a son, I was the \u201csponge\u201d that listened to many a tale my Dad related about his Father and the lessons that were taught, \u00a0and the boys that came through their \u201clearning years\u201d and the \u201cteaching years\u201d that both C.V.Pereira and D.N.Pereira enjoyed in their tenure years at St. Thomas\u2019 College.<\/span><\/p>\n

Consequently, I had a huge problem on my hands when my husband Ian & I sorted out the contents of my parents home in 2016 – we were aware that my Dad had approximately 5 bookcases of books in his office \u201cfloor to ceiling\u201d – but when we investigated the shed at the back of the garage – we nearly \u201cflipped\u201d as we found 100\u2019s more books still in boxes intact from when we migrated to Melbourne 46 years ago!!<\/span><\/p>\n

This proved a huge problem to me as I sat systematically and categorized the books that should be kept for donating & shipping over to the 2 main Colleges of interest – Trinity College, Kandy which was the College my Grandfather C.V.Pereira was a student at until 1889.\u00a0 There were his Prize Books in leather-bound jackets and in pristine condition from 1883 to 1889.\u00a0 There were books he had used as a student at Trinity College and the oldest book was a Greek to English Lexicon (Dictionary) which was a 1st<\/sup> publication dated 1859 (now with the Curator of the STC Museum \u2013 Mr. Jan Prins).\u00a0 These books and many more Dictionaries – Latin to English Dictionaries & Poetry & Prose – Works of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, The History of England and the list went on and on!!<\/span><\/p>\n

With great deliberation and planning we decided that we will make the trip to Sri Lanka for many varied reasons and with this thought now confirmed, I started to correspond with the Warden of St. Thomas\u2019 College – the Rev. Marc\u00a0 Billimoria\u00a0 and a Member of the Board of Governors, Milinda Hettiarachchi to seek a word of acceptance, if books from the \u201cesteemed libraries\u201d of my Grandfather C.V.Pereira and my Father D.N.Pereira would be accepted at the College for keeping in the \u201cArchival\u201d & \u201cMuseum\u201d Cabinets respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a few emails that flowed \u201cto and fro\u201d – the final acceptance arrived in an email and I was ecstatic that I had achieved a goal that had been quite a burden on my shoulders ever since my Father passed away in 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, having had the approval from the Warden Rev. Marc Billimoria regarding his acceptance for our donation of the \u201cpriceless and valuable\u201d books to the Archival Library & Museum at St. Thomas\u2019 College, we then sought the help of Sri Lankan Airlines our Carrier to grant us some extra kilograms in addition to our normal baggage!\u00a0\u00a0 When we received clearance for an extra 20 kilograms of \u201cbooks\u201d to be carried by us we were very pleased and relieved travelers and felt that all our plans were now coming to fruition.\u00a0 We would like to acknowledge and thank Sri Lankan Airlines for this kind gesture.<\/span><\/p>\n

We left Melbourne on November 29th<\/sup> 2017 flying direct to Colombo with Sri Lankan Airlines – a flight of 10 hours duration which we found most favourable in many ways with the service, food and beverages offered to all passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The morning of December 1st<\/sup> 2017 was a day my husband Ian & I awaited eagerly to dawn for the important \u201cmission\u201d we had undertaken to be realized for the donation of my Grandfather\u2019s and Father\u2019s books which was arranged to take place in the Main Library and those attending were The Warden of St. Thomas\u2019 College, the Rev. Marc Billimoria, the Sub Warden Asanka Perera, a Member of the Board of Governors, Milinda Hettiarachchi, the Curator of the Museum of the College, Jan Prins and the Head Prefect of the College, Sebastian Sansoni.<\/span><\/p>\n

We met with all of the above Gentlemen and I handed over the books that were relevant to be placed in the Archival section of the College Library. The Warden Rev. Marc Billimoria accepted the donation of \u201cpriceless books\u201d with great appreciation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I then handed over another collection of books to the Curator of the Museum Jan Prins who kindly and enthusiastically accepted the donation of books for the Museum of the College<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once these two donations were made I was overwhelmed with a feeling of great satisfaction and inner peace.\u00a0 I had the feeling that my Grandfather & Father had patted me on my back and said \u201cA job well executed and well done for all your efforts\u201d!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mind you when I did start out to get the entire plan on the table I was very skeptical as to if I was going to be doing the right thing – but then again I felt that the books needed to go back to where they belonged and now that is where they are resting forever!<\/span><\/p>\n

On December 3rd<\/sup> 2017 was yet another significant and very special event my husband Ian & I were looking forward to on our holiday calendar and that was attending the 70th<\/sup> Anniversary of the St. Thomas\u2019 College Festival of 9 Lessons and 9 Carols in the Chapel of the Transfiguration at Mount Lavinia which has the famous \u201cMural of the Transfiguration\u201d as painted by David Paynter and completed by him in 1968.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sharing<\/p>\n

The late Rev. Bowyer Yin who had joined the Staff of St. Thomas\u2019 College in 1946 had been a former Assistant Chaplain at King\u2019s College Cambridge in the UK and it had been his dream to incorporate the format of the Festival of \u201c9 Lessons and 9 Carols\u201d \u00a0to St. Thomas\u2019 College and this he did on December 7th<\/sup> 1947.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a pleasure that the Warden of St. Thomas\u2019 College – Rev. Marc Billimoria had designated 2 seats for us in the VIP row for guests which was the 3rd<\/sup> row and we enjoyed the privilege to be seated for this esteemed Carol Service in the great College by the Sea – a College every student that has passed through should be so proud to call himself a \u201cThomian\u201d!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Service we met with many & enjoyed the illuminated Quadrangle when we came out of the Chapel – a sight to behold and due recognition should be given to those students who were involved in lighting the numerous \u201cpahanas\u201d!!\u00a0 A spectacular sight indeed!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Such great words were written by the 7th<\/sup> Warden of St. Thomas\u2019 College the late Rev. Buck when he advised each & every student of the College in his tenure of office from 1896 to 1901 to always be \u201cGreat Men and Gentlemen of their esteemed College\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In concluding I would like to include in this article of mine the grave plaque of my dear parents now as per the kindly request of Rev. Marc Billimoria when I mentioned to him on Dec 1st<\/sup> in the College Library that my Dad had the \u201cThomian Crest\u201d on his grave plaque – hence the \u201cGrave Plaque\u201d of my parents herewith included.<\/span><\/p>\n

When my father – Douglas Noel Pereira passed away on 25th<\/sup> April 1993 – the grave plaque was made for his \u201clawn grave\u201d and incorporated the \u201cThomian Crest\u201d on the right hand side of the plaque.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Springvale Botanical Cemetery Trust Management in Melbourne Australia indicated to us that it was the only grave in the Southern Hemisphere with the \u201cThomian Crest\u201d inscribed on a grave plaque!\u00a0 However, we are not aware if it is the only grave plaque in the World with the Thomian Crest!\u00a0 This has yet to be investigated and clarified – but up to 1993 it was the only grave plaque in the Southern Hemisphere with the \u201cThomian Crest\u201d engraved on it. Esto Perpetua indeed!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The above article & photos contributed & written by – Mrs. Corinne King – (ne\u00e9 Pereira) – dated January 2018<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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