Two Past Presidents 2005-06
Jen Reider (Newark, DE, USA) & Manoji Samararatne (Colombo Uptown, Sri Lanka)
Jen Reider (Newark, DE, USA) & Manoji Samararatne (Colombo Uptown, Sri Lanka)
Our first group presentation was to the Colombo Uptown Rotary Club. The meeting was held at the TransAsia Hotel in Colombo. The Uptown Club is a dinner club and the home club of each of our hosts. They normally meet on Monday evenings but made the change this week to Tuesday so that they could host our group. District Governor Nalin and GSE Chair Ari also attended the meeting. Our presentation was well received by the audience. Governor Nalin gave a short talk as well and complimented our team on being an adventurous group as proposed exchanges initially with Denmark who could not gather a team and secondly with Sweden who could not find a team leader both fell through.
Some club business followed our presentation and then the meeting adjourned for fellowship and a buffet style meal. I had my first Egg Hopper for dinner - a hopper is kind of a thin, crispy pancake but not sweet like our pancakes. I filled it with a spicy vegetable mixture and a hot chili sauce. It was very tasty and folks were impressed that I could eat it - and live to talk about it!
During the fellowship I met PP Manoji Samararatne who presided over the Uptown Club the same year I was the Newark RC president. Manoji is a Marketing Lead for Microsoft and we enjoyed a few minutes of conversation about the challenges of being club president as well as the challenges facing new US President Obama.
Some club business followed our presentation and then the meeting adjourned for fellowship and a buffet style meal. I had my first Egg Hopper for dinner - a hopper is kind of a thin, crispy pancake but not sweet like our pancakes. I filled it with a spicy vegetable mixture and a hot chili sauce. It was very tasty and folks were impressed that I could eat it - and live to talk about it!
During the fellowship I met PP Manoji Samararatne who presided over the Uptown Club the same year I was the Newark RC president. Manoji is a Marketing Lead for Microsoft and we enjoyed a few minutes of conversation about the challenges of being club president as well as the challenges facing new US President Obama.
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