long time...

Hey , How are you all doing? How is life treating you all.. been too busy to check gutter club? Well , it was for me :just got some free time thought would write a few lines and hope to see some of my classmates finding time to update on their summer.. heard a few of you went to madras/India for vacation.. Maha sent a few photos .. it was great to see some of our profs/college.
Rajeev/miller did you get to see friends or profs?
venki/prem too busy with your career?
Murali/gladi/Rosh..? busy with your journals..
Suni..how is your house building back home..
what news of Annie/usha nair.. and other friends..
Grace don't see much of her either..
hope all of you and your family are doing well,was busy with different church /kids activities.. school starts sept 6 for my kids.climate changing; here starts sickness youngest just woke up crying with pain.
Hope to hear from you all on the blog when u can spare a few mins.. take care all of you.

Wedding Anniversary, Happy Mothers day 2011

May,. we seem to have quite a few of our classmates wedding Anniversery , the ones I know of are Annie and Sajan, Amos and Grizilda,Roshin and vinod,Maha and Arul sir..
Anyone else.We have Millers birthday. wishing you all and your families with the best of family life, good health and happiness.
Miller happy birthday, have a great one.
Long time since any activity here. Hope all of you have a Happy Mothers day. Have a great time .
Take care.. have a great week end.Hope to see some Activity now.

Elections.

http://myneta.info/tamilnadu2011/
Is this the right list of election candidates?. This claims to have upto date information of criminal background , assets ,education etc.

10 things to learn from Japan.

10 things to learn from Japan.

1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!

Have a Good Day !

The English Language In 24 Accents

In memory of GKM

Here's GKM's eulogy delivered by Dr. Felix Moses, Head Department of English on 4.2.2011.

“Time like an ever rolling stream bears all its sons away they fly forgotten as a dream dies at the opening day.” We are gathered here today to do our best to prevent this from happening by remembering and thanking our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for the wonderful life of Prof. George K Matthew or GKM as he was more popularly known.

I knew Mr. GKM as teacher, colleague and friend. He was my teacher from Pre-University to M.A. – that’s from 1970 to 76. He belonged to the era when there was no internet and the word ‘multimedia’ was unheard of, but all his classes were richer in content and more vivid in expression than what any multimedia experience could offer. All of us will remember him as an enthusiastic teacher of Shakespeare who would fire our imagination by virtually enacting in his classes whole scenes all by himself. With his exceptional chameleon like ability he would virtually become one character after another in rapid succession by modulating his voice and accent. “Twelfth Night” was his favorite play and he was in his element when teaching it – one moment he would be Orsino the next moment Olivia and the next Feste. Even today his depiction of Malvolio in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” remains firmly etched in my memory.

When I joined the department in1976 I was assigned as a tutor to him and I had to assist him in his composition classes. He was very kind and would go out of the way to make me feel at ease and would even supervise the writing classes along with me – something which no senior professor would even condescend to do today. When Prof. Bennet Albert retired in 1978 he became the head of the department. As the head he was always proud of his team and would never criticize but only encourage each and every one of us to perform better. As a leader he was a role model for me because he always led by example and would never ask me or anyone else to do something which he himself would not like to do or could not do. I’m not exaggerating when I say that he never raised his voice or spoke harshly to anyone. He was always a generous host and we would always look forward to his departmental meetings because of the cakes which he himself would have baked for us and his very own special blend of lemonade laced with a hint of ginger.

He was a kind and compassionate friend who always had a smile and a cheerful and encouraging word for everyone. He was always young at heart and a true sportsman. When I was a resident of St.Thomas’ he was the warden of the PG block and he would never lose an opportunity to play a game of badminton or table tennis with me. But then, last but not the least his fine sense of unmatched wit and humour - his articles in the college magazine have become collector’s items. Of his countless witty remarks, the most memorable one would perhaps be his “I teach the boys but watch the girls.” This harmless but nevertheless invigorating preoccupation of his resulted in one of the most exquisite articles in the entire history of our college magazine. In it he traced the history of the girl students of our college from the forties to the eighties in his own inimitable style. I hope Dr. Mathivanan the present editor will be able to reprint the same in the current issue of the college magazine.

It is difficult to sum up the life of a great man in such a short speech and so I quote from his favorite author:

His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, 'This was a man!'

Honest, caring and compassionate, we should all be grateful to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that we were given the chance to have known Mr. GKM, a true gentleman of MCC.

Dr. Felix Moses

Head

Department of English

Derby

This is the kids scouts Pinewood derby race.. just not professional video.. trying out new cam.. sorry about it.. Just a request for a blog being done here. It was fun. Kids were all given a block of wood, 4 wheels 4 axles(nails) . They had to design it, paint it/sand it. well, oldest helped do all this thanks to her school experience!Anyway overall he came 6th of his 15 tiger cubs. each car had to race on each individual track ,that is 6 times each car raced.. once he came first.. another 2 and so on..they are all computer calculated .
He got trophy for fastest looking car- second place .
Its a fun thing for the kids. They get to sit in pit ! cheer their cars..!
whole day goes..

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 "