Comments on: Unintended consequences

By: Anand Rau

Anand Rau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000

JP – Nice meeting up in San Diego this past week. I realised I might have been in St. Xavier’s at the same time as you were, though you were a couple of years senior to me. I was there in 1973 and 1974 – 5th and 6th grade – one year in “small” school and one in “big” school (not in the early 80′s as I had miscalculated when we were chatting.)
I noticed some folks making mention of Mr. Redden … if I recall correctly, Mr. Redden had 2 brothers who were also in school as students – Emile and Terence. If my memory serves me right, Emile was in my class (4th grade) and so was Terence (5th grade).

By: Chris D'Cruze

Chris D'Cruze — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:41:01 +0000

Yes it was JP, I have some very fond and wonderful memories of school and all my friends. ie Chris Godfrey, Suresh Raphel, Victor Walter, Chris Pinto, Koshy Verghese, all the Jennings family, the Dalhousie Institute and the hartnett sisters, Nafisa Ali to name a few. They were good times. Coming to Aus was momentus, but also sad for having to leave some of these freindships. Good to see you have done well in the UK. If i am down your way sometime i will say hi.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:16:28 +0000

Hi Chris, thanks for dropping by. It was an amazing time at school, wasn’t it?

By: Chris D'Cruze

Chris D'Cruze — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:37:58 +0000

JP
Thanks for reigniting some of my very fond memories of all of you. I remember racing you and Abu Shafquat in the sports field. Then we did team up with Brian jennings, Noel fernandes in the old boys relay. Those were some very special times. So sorry to hear about Brian Jennings passing away. I knew him quite well. Do you know how he died? Also about Tommy Vianna, he was a very special person, and if it was not for him and Patrick, i would still be visiting Fr Bouche’s office every Monday. Good to have found your Blog. I have been in perth Western Australia for some 26 years.

Chris D’Cruze.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:41:44 +0000

Sumon, great to hear from you, which batch were you?

By: Sumon Mazumdar

Sumon Mazumdar — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:25:45 +0000

JP,

I was “fossil hunting” for similar-aged fossils as myself and found this blog of yours. A treasure! I now feel like Indiana Jones!

So many of the names here are familiar–the fathers of course (bouche and Houart especially), and the bunch of old boys who came to this blog. In a way seeing their names here reminds me of the names that were carved on our desks by students (who were either bored or had a penchant for posterity). They too, I am certain, wanted later students to think about them and their adventures at Xavier’s, each unique and yet common in an indelible way.

Thanks again for the memories.

By: christopher vaz

christopher vaz — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:09:49 +0000

indeed. i only found out about your link through an email that was sent to me by one of my former classmates. tommy vianna was my class teacher in 9/10 and he truly was an unbelievable guy! we learned about spoonerisms, malapropisms and the like from him, if you do have michael choudhury’s email address kindly send him mineand let him know i am trying to connect — he may not necessarily see these posts. would appreciate that. thanks, JP.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:23:34 +0000

Nice to hear from you Chris. Strange how this single post still seems to attract people. The weirdnesses of the web;

By: christopher vaz

christopher vaz — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:15:10 +0000

it’s great to see all these names. someone just sent me this link, JP, and i am glad to see names such as yours, chris huppings, richard jennings, michael choudhury, etc. michael, you were my class teacher in 6E and i was just talking to someone about you the other day and wondering where you were. would love to catch up. also reconnected with les d’gama and guil vaz, who were my teachers in 8B. richard, sorry to hear about brian’s passing. andrew was my classmate. so was nigel gomeze, and through bruce, we knew the names of most of the seniors such as yourself. my brother walter vaz was also about 10 years my senior and would have probably been some of your contemporaries. JP i recall you being the quizmaster at quite a few of the DI quizzes and i also used to hang out with jaysehree and gyan as i played with anjum kaytal, subir, lew, nandan, dilip, etc. and later with shiva.

best regards,
chris vaz

By: Nirbhay

Nirbhay — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:11:23 +0000

Prity pathak, I’m that Nirbhay chandra. I was so sorry to hear about his passing away last year. Paul was just a few years ahead of me, you and Eugene were quite a bit senior. Still remember all of you very fondly. I was at the school last month, Neil O’Brien ran a special quiz as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations, in the old school hall. Felt so different, airconditioning, plastic chairs,and i am very happy nobody upstairs. Pls call only for one +91 9674081539

Nice to hear from you. Where are you?
Your Nirbhay