{"id":85389,"date":"2022-01-30T07:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T07:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=85389"},"modified":"2022-01-30T07:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T07:17:55","slug":"memories-of-gurutalawa-lanka-nesiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/memories-of-gurutalawa-lanka-nesiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Gurutalawa &#8211; Lanka Nesiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-item-top-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"blog-item-title\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title entry-title--large p-name\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-content-field=\"title\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>Memories of Gurutalawa &#8211; Lanka Nesiah<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stcobasydney.org\/articles\/memories-of-gurutalawa-lanka-nesiah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stcobasydney.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-item-meta-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_98\" class=\"blog-item-content-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_97\" class=\"blog-item-content e-content\">\n<div id=\"item-5edd7d2dc796372e535d1283\" class=\"sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12\" data-layout-label=\"Post Body\" data-type=\"item\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_96\" class=\"row sqs-row\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_95\" class=\"col sqs-col-12 span-12\">\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1591779558759_6313\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\" data-block-type=\"5\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_94\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1591779558759_6313\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\" data-block-type=\"5\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_94\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<figure id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1643575108623_93\" class=\"sqs-block-image-figure image-block-outer-wrapper image-block-v2 design-layout-card combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default image-position-left sqs-text-ready animation-loaded\" data-scrolled=\"\" data-test=\"image-block-v2-outer-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"image-card-wrapper\" data-width-ratio=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\">\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"35.5\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85390 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Memories-of-Gurutalawa.png\" alt=\"Memories of Gurutalawa - Lanka Nesiah\" width=\"486\" height=\"323\" \/>Written Circa 2010 in support of the Gurutalawa Building Fund project.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Lanka Nesiah, a proud old boy of STC Mount Lavinia, taught for a short stint at STC Gurutalawa, while waiting to start his university studies a Peradeniya.\u00a0He became a banker and spent 15 years in Oman before retiring to Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Entered eternal glory in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fondly remembered by family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1591576775005_5293\" class=\"sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1\" data-block-type=\"21\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-e78076e79605ab58d355\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In December 1960, I had just sat for what was then known as the University Entrance Examination and was due to leave school from the College Arts A form. If I was successful in gaining admission to the University, the academic year would begin in July 1961. I was going to be at a loose-end for six months and so wrote to Dr Hayman asking if he had any opening for me for six months. He promptly wrote back saying that a master was going on study leave for six months and would I be prepared act for him? He offered me board and lodging and an allowance of Rs 60\/- per month. Having lived for years queuing up on Thursdays after school for the weekly pocket money of 50 cents, Dr Hayman\u2019s offer seemed extremely generous. I immediately wrote accepting his offer &#8211; before he could change his mind!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Somewhere in mid January, I travelled by train to Nanu Oya to start my first \u2018job\u2019. The college van met me at Nanu Oya and I found myself going to Guru with another six or seven other boys who had travelled in the same train. One of them happened to be Earlson Kellar, the then Head Prefect at Guru. When I arrived at college, I was given accommodation in the staff <em>\u2018chummery\u2019<\/em> in a tiny room facing the senior dorms. It seemed smaller than my cubicle in Copleston House! But it was to be the beginning of one of the happiest six months of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I was to act for Mr Samaranayake who had taken leave to study and sit for his London Arts degree. I was to teach History in the Lower 6th and English, History and Civics in the Lower 4th, Upper 4th and 5th forms. I was also Master-in-charge of Boxing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I do not know how much I taught the boys but I learnt a lot about life myself. In the evenings, we had boxing only on two days and on the other days, I joined the boys at practices in cricket or basketball. I also assisted Mr D Jayasuriya with the work of the Junior Literary Society and for the first time produced a magazine \u2018Junior\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As one just out of school at Mount, I got on well with both the boys and the staff. By the end of the first term, I think I knew almost all the boys by name. On week-ends, we went on hikes or trips or played cricket matches. I played with the staff cricket team in matches at Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. I also took the school cricket team to play a match at Badulla against Uva. We also went on several hikes to Horton Plains and Diyatalawa. I joined the staff and boys on a trip to climb Adam\u2019s Peak, the first and only time I have done the climb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The staff used to meet on most Friday evenings for drinks and dinner. I remember one such evening in Mr George Pillai\u2019s house. As the evening grew, the exuberance of those present also grew and the party became a little noisy. Dr Hayman\u2019s bungalow was directly across the fields and he quietly walked across with his torch and from the roadway below gave us a gentle reminder that our noise level needed to be toned down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We had a superb team of staff then at Guru. The school owed much, very much, to the leadership of Dr Hayman and his able lieutenant Fr Foster, the Chaplain. The senior staff members included Messrs Chapman, Jayasinghe, Oswin Wright, Gnanamuttu, Chinniah, George Pillai, Laffir andMarasinghe. Mrs Hayman was in- charge of the sick room and Mrs Jayawickrema in-charge of the Commissariat and feeding the boys. Those were truly the heyday of Guru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I have kept in touch with Guru ever since I left. The school went through a bad patch, particularly following the death of my cousin Bala Gunasegaram, who was Head Master for far too brief a period. But thanks to Jacques Huyghebaert and the present Head Master Fr Marc Billimoria, Guru is slowly but surely returning to its earlier glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I am glad Fr Marc has started the Hayman Foundation not only to perpetuate the memory of a person who strode Guru like a colossus for the first twenty years but also to bring back Guru to that early glorious era. From humble beginnings, Dr Hayman built up Guru to be a magnificent edifice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Let us therefore support the efforts to maintain and build further on that edifice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Esto Perpetua!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memories of Gurutalawa &#8211; Lanka Nesiah Source:stcobasydney.org Written Circa 2010 in support of the Gurutalawa Building Fund project.Lanka Nesiah, a proud old boy of STC Mount Lavinia, taught for a short stint at STC Gurutalawa, while waiting to start his university studies a Peradeniya.\u00a0He became a banker and spent 15 years in Oman before retiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[29266],"class_list":{"0":"post-85389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-lanka-nesiah","9":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Memories of Gurutalawa - Lanka Nesiah - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Written Circa 2010 in support of the Gurutalawa Building Fund project. 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