Part 5 of "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz is published today. Use the link below to access previously published instalments.Part 1: Birth of an ideaPart 2: Opening moves - research and reportPart 3. The first Canteen Committee (C.C.)Part 4: The Inner CirclePart 5. Financial practicesAs a matter of routine, daily sales records of tea and cigarettes ...
Growing up in the Lower Ranks by S. MahalingamRead: Part I - The New FacultyPart II - Our First HomePart III - Early years of the University of CeylonPart IV - Working in the FacultyAt the time I joined the staff the Faculties of Medicine and engineering were considered professional faculties and the academic staff were paid higher salaries than ...
(First published at: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=38921)Professor Munidasa P Ranaweera’s recent glowing tribute to the late Professor Everard Frederick Bartholomeusz (1920-2011) titled "Engineering Mathematics Professor, a Great Mentor and Lifelong Inspiration" prompted me to add this personal note on "Batho" as we all affectionately called him during our university days. The distinguished Founder Professor of Engineering Mathematics at the Universi
Part 2 of "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz is published today. Use the link below to access Part 1.Part 1. BIRTH OF AN IDEAPart 2. Opening moves - research and reportAs a first step volunteers from this body were posted with permission at the service counter of the canteen for successive short periods of time to ...
Growing up in the Lower Ranks by S. MahalingamRead: Part I - The New FacultyPart II - Our First HomePart III - Early years of the University of CeylonPart IV - Working in the FacultyPart V - A change of departmentAnnual survey campOne of the highlights of student activity in the Civil Engineering Department was the annual survey camp for ...
Part 6 of "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz is published today. Use the link below to access previously published instalments.Part 1: Birth of an ideaPart 2: Opening moves - research and reportPart 3. The first Canteen Committee (C.C.)Part 4: The Inner CirclePart 5: Financial practicesPart 6. A leap forward - extension in services Initial plans were ...
Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214] has published a book titled "eFacMemories - My Four Years at Peradeniya" containing two articles serialised in this blog and some new material.eFacMemories - My Four Years at PeradeniyaISBN: 978-955-54783-1-1(Author publication, December 2015)Please contact PEFAA office at the Faculty of Engineering for a complimentary copy.All comments:rasika.suriyaarachchi@gmail.com ...
Eternal MemoriesWhen Podi Menike leavesSarasavi Uyana receives Misty sunrays reflects VIBGYORHiding behind the Hantana range "Peradeniya" rolls the green carpet outFlower petals studs the green Morning breeze leaves the Bamboo leafsA silky touch embraces your face Rumbling monkeys leap the branchesWith a cheeky grin to say " what's in store" Meandering Mahaweli flows in quietUntill it passes the pinnacle ...
Following is a short story written by K. S. Suthakar (E/82). English translation is by Kathir Balasundaram.This short story was originally published at (http://shuruthy.blogspot.com/2014/11/two-episodes-short-story.html) INCIDENT ONEIt all took place in the month of May, 1983.Those of us selected by the Engineering Faculty to attend the celebrated Peradeniya University found rooms in either the James Peris (J.P.), Hilda and Obryasekara men ...
Relationships are a part of life.Friendship is the most common form of relationship and it’s a voluntary relationship. It is a choice one makes out of free will. Some of these friendships are special, and some are extremely special – because they are precious. This story is about one of those rare special and precious friends.You feel that some friends ...
We recently published a letter from one of our Alumni, Ariyadasa Yapa, sent to the editor of this blog.Those who have not read that letter, can use the link below.https://efacmemories.blogspot.com/2017/03/letter-receieved-from-ariyadasa-yapa.htmlAs you can see from the link above, a few fellow alumni have said that they dont agree with the views expressed by Ariyadasa.It turns out that this is not the ...
This is an open invitation to all Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Graduates.Share your memories!Write to us:efacmemories@gmail.comIn the meantime, read following aricles already published in this site.1. It's time by Rasika Suriyaarachc
Continuing fromPART III - CLV Jayatilake's ThreatPART IV - Life after E-facIt took the faculty staff more than eight full months to release our final examination results. The wait was horrible. By that time, fellow students from Moratuwa Universi
Continuing from Part II: HHJ Keerthisena compares Peradeniya with Moratuwa PART III: CLV Jayatilake's ThreatI realised that I am helpless is correcting the status quo. However, there was still a slight chance of making the future less bleak. Tha
By Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214]Continuing from PART I - The beginning PART II - HHJ Keerthisena compares Peradeniya with MoratuwaOut of 250 students in our E/81 batch, only 90 got through all eight subjects at the first attempt. That was a mis
By Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214]PART I: The beginningIt has been a whopping twenty five years since we, the E Eighty One’rs, bid farewell to the picturesque surroundings of the mighty Hanthana valley, the vast array of buildings with fine archit
Message from the Editor - E-Fac Memories BlogPeople! We have good news!In response to our call for E-Fac Memories published in this blog in January 2011, Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214] has finally given his kind consent to publish an article he h
This is an open invitation to all Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Graduates.Share your memories!Write to us:efacmemories@gmail.comIn the meantime, read following aricles already published in this site.1. Engineering and Politics by Vick
READPART 1: Resist the RagPART 2: Science Faculty DaysPART 3: Confrontation with Electric GundaPART 4: A Marxist WinsPART 5: FinaleIn spite of, or rather because of, my commitment to the cause of the proletariat I did well in my academic work. Obviousl
