Hi Harshi akki,

No trouble at all. It was my pleasure. The least we could do was give uncle and aunty lunch. He also seemed to have enjoyed himself thoroughly. He was a bit upset that he didn't have enough time and had to rush through his presentation. But unfortunately since we meet for lunch, and everyone has to rush off to work, we have to limit the presentation to about 25 mins with 10 mins for Q&A. It was, as I said, very interesting and informative.

How're your'll doing? Nothing very interesting happening over here.

We collected some funds from the Fair that we organized from our Batch last year and visited a home in Kalutara called Marcsri, which is a home for elders, orphans, handicapped and retarded kids. It's solely run by one lady by the name of rose and now has over 22 branches spread out. It was really sad to see some kids with no limbs etc. Apparently the parents freak out when their kids are born deformed and then come and hand them over to this lady. Was a real eye opener, specially for all the mothers in our committee who realized just how much they indulge their kids.

Quite coincidentially we discovered that her brother is uncle Tyrone (the doctor) and this lady was saying how Colomba seeya had helped him a lot in his studies and how she had taught all the aunts and uncles, including dad, aunty Dilhara, Uncle Ruki, Aunty Doreen and B. Rashmi. What a small world and this lady is performing a yeoman's task.

Akki came down for a whirlwind 2 week holiday, which ended all too soon. We all needed a break after they left;:)

Have to rush off as I'm stuck at work.

Will write soon. Take care and God bless!!

Love to Lakshan and your kids (none of whom we have met).

Thank you so much for your invitation. God willing we can come over sooner, rather than later;;)

Take care and God bless!

Love

Sachi (always your flower girl at heart;)
