A Trojan Horse in Diyawanna Oya – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Aren’t we all wondering what is going to happen to our beloved country? Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans ...
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Mokata Matters by Capt Elmo Jayawardena We have enough and more good articles in the newspapers. Of course, some could be a bit warped and wrongly presented for ‘politically ...
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Feb 20, 2022
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Gas Maaru Pethi Choru by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena When I was a kid, (which was a very long time ago), I grew up in the serenity of an old style ...
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Dec 18, 2021
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Tagged Battle Of The Golds, Gas Maru, Ratmalana International Airport
Somebody stole my Christmas by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena Christmas is special, rather very special. Everybody looks forward to Christmas. Silent nights and silver bells, mistletoe and pine smells, all wrapped ...
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Sri Lankans – for better or for worse By Capt Elmo Jayawardena I wrote some articles to the newspapers mainly about Sri Lankan matters and the political climate ...
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Dec 9, 2021
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Tagged British Airways, Capt Elmo Jayawardena, Golden Gate Bridge
Rata Yana Grandmothers By Capt Elmo Jayawardena Remember the bygone years! Daughters got married and became pregnant a few rounds more than the current rate. The average production ...
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Nov 9, 2021
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Tagged grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, Rata Yana Grandmothers
NADAGAMKARAYO – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Some days ago a fellow Captain dropped in to see us at home. He was accompanied by his wife. Amidst the light conversation and pleasant ...
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“The JAFFNA” and the Bird Aeroplanes by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Some years ago, I was writing a book for the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. They were commemorating 100 ...
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Oct 6, 2021
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Tagged Capt Elmo Jayawardena, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, Sithiyawan Gnanapathipillai
FLIGHT OF THE DOUBLE SUNRISE-by – Capt. Elmo Jayawardena “One more wild goose chase,” that‟s what Dil, my boss said when she reluctantly agreed to accompany me to the southern fringe ...
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Hobson’s or “Homben Yana” Choice?–by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Source:History Works Way back in the 16th century there lived a man in Cambridge by the name of Thomas Hobson. He rented and ...
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Jul 8, 2021
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