Obit

Dr G K Matthew (GKM) Eng Prof at MCC passed away this morning. May his Soul rest in peace and Pray that his family is comforted by the Almighty at this time of grief. I could still remember his classes which we all used to enjoy a lot.

Wish you all a Happy New Year!!!!!

Hello Everyone,
Its been a while since I visited our blog. I have been pretty busy this second half of 2010. I took a new role with Nokia as HR Specialist for Americas and have been in transition from my old role to new one, Training and travelling for the same. I will be taking my consultancy experiance from site level to reagional level, so in the new role, I will provide HR consultancy to all our remote sites in Americas ( US, Canada and Latin America) and focusing on change management since we are going through a change in the mobile industry. I am very excited about my new challenge. It is lot of work and learning the local processes of 3 regions is not easy, but I am very excited about my new job. Jay and I have also embarked on a new project to Build a new home in my ancestral property in Kerala. It will be a unique experience to oversee everything remotely with my parents' help and interesting to see how this project will shape up!!!
I am taking a well deserved time off this weekend to kick up my feet and relax and have some quiet moments with my family to usher in the 2011.
I hope you all are doing the same. It is wonderful to see Prem's Christmas wish on the blog. Maha I feel your pain regarding the learning curve, I seemed to have got myself in the same boat as well. Although it is tough at times I am sure you are enjoying it as well....
Roshin, Its been a while since I visited your blog about your kids, I hope your little lambs are doing well and creating opportunities to make you smile. Miss your Chennai musings. I get my updates on our beloved Chennai from you. Usha, I am sure you are busy with your family as well. when everybody gets too busy cought up in their own world; you always remind us to take time to reach out to say hello to dear friends. You hold us all together and keep the blog alive. keep it up! We need a champion amongst us always:)
Amos, hope you are having a great time at your work and hope Grizly and kids are doing well as well. Its been a while since I saw postings of your wise and thought provoking Phrases. Do keep posting them, it is very refreshing to read and take time to ponder on them between our busy schedules. Venky must be busy with his political career. Not sure what Annie is up to???
Rajiv, our dear professor in Thailand, hope you are having a geat time with your family.
And all those silent readers of the blog, hope you all are doing well as well...
It still amazes me to see how we have all become mothers, fathers, family providers, house wives, Career Oriented; scattered all over the world.... from our teenage days in the woods of MCC. We continue to grow older and wiser perhaps and bring up a new generation through our children and see them go through the phases we went...
Hope we will continue to keep in touch..

I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. A toast to 2011, May it bring many memorable events in all your lives.

Wishing you the very Best....
Sunita

          Dear friends let's thank the almighty for giving us one more opportunity to say "Merry Xmas" to our friends,  family members, well wishers and those who are dearer and nearer to us.

               Wish you a

    " Merry Christmas "

Greetings

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to the world!
~ Charles Dickens

As ever,
Rajeev.

Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year

We Wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New year, May 2011, bring many more happy healthy beginings to you all and your families.
Whats everyones vacation plans? Stay at home.. work..? visiting families.. hope you all find some time to catch up.
Hope to see more news from you all. Have a Blast. wishing you all and your families the best. Any get togethers?Keep in Touch.
take care. God bless you all.
.

What am I up to these days?

It has been a steep learning curve in this new position and there is a lot more to go. So, life has been busy. I am also taking some courses outside of work and that has kept me busy as well. And then there is family life....

I have been hopping from conference to conference mostly within the province, but to those of you who know Canada it is a big country - geographically speaking.

Arul is going for tenure this year, so he has been very busy with that process. James is doing fine in school and this year he is actually enjoying school (Whew!)

But in spite of all that we managed to host a good Diwali part with 25 some people and we are looking forward to Christmast Holidays ( Now I get them too :)). We will be staying home for Christmas.

We hope to go away for holidays during our spring break and then again in May.

Hope you guys are all well (and are probably busy as well). But let us keep this blog alive.

Love to all,
Maha.

Happy Diwali

Prem said he wanted a post but he likes to read- Not write!!!!!
We have Venki who does a lot of speech's, now I am sure, but no time for Writing on this blog.
Miller too busy working? Gladi comes reads, if i tell him there is a post,he is so busy too like the rest... Rajeev what happened to you? Murali does he come online?.
Maha new job must be very busy.. suni... ?
Roshin has her hands full.. rest of u all..?All of you are working,then house work,i am at home don't find time..!!!
I was busy with a house full of guests.A break before next guests come.
Hope and wish you all a happy Diwali, may the season bring all of you and your families the best in the years to come.May You and your families have great health and happiness.
Now prem, i hope you and others don't just read and go back to busy lives.. please stop and comment in the chat box or in the comment box.I am sure everyone of you have your busy hectic schedules.Please take a few mins to lighten your lives and others. Take care.

Reva's arangettam

Here are pictures of Venky's daughter's arangettam yesterday evening. Annie, Grizilda, Prem's family including his sister and son were there. Couldnt get any pics of Annie and Griz as they left before the programme got over.

Flagstaff

This was a national park called walnut willow park. We stopped here on the way to grand canyon. These were the homes of early Native Americans(cliff dwellings)wonder how they reached it/lived.we were able to access a few.
serene place. sat on a rock and waited for others.narrow paths with deep gorges .Climb up was worst.Nature is just amazing.

Bhatt Family

I got into our blog today after my trip to India and was shocked to see this message. I have such fond memories of the whole family. I spend many evenings at their place and had such wonderful meals with the family. I always looked forward to maam's meals, they were a welcome change for me from the hall meals. I used to walk with Poopy and Priya in the evening all around the campus, they used to take me to all the remote areas of the campus where none of us would ever try to venture. They were a loving couple, they cared and respected for each other so much, it was a treat to watch them. I used think lucky are those people who truly find a soulmate in their life. There were days when maam got back from work and she felt very tired and would go and lay in her bed and ask sir if he could massage her legs and sir would very lovingly do it for her, those images are still fresh in my mind. I also had the pleasure to introduce Jay( my husband) to them and Jay has been able to meet them many times after that. He loved them so much. He will be shocked to hear such a sad news. Sir was the reason I chose a red saree for my wedding. He had suggested me to choose a red saree since the color red is very auspicious. True or not I really feel blessed in my married life. I had such a great time with them. I will miss them a lot. They have been a great part of my life and will continue to be. Sir and Maam are truly great souls and I feel blessed to have known them. They will forever be in my heart and their kids in my prayer.
I hope the kids are able to cope with the loss of such wonderful parents.

Sunita-