Dear Friends,
Yesterday we had Bakrid celebration at Varakala in Anil Jabbar’s house. It was more over a prelude to a spate of reunions, peaking in a first of a kind get together for the 1985 batch and culminating with the Grand Finale at BTB – both on the 29th of December. Many thanks to Anil for hosting the party and being a wonderful host.
Those present for the celebrations included Anil A, Venu Y., Kishore R., Sumit Suresh, Hester Fernandez, Lazar Peter, Hilary Albert., Benny A.M., Thomas Alexander, Lester Fernandez (87 batch) and BTB General Convener – A. Vijayakanthan (1968 batch), Viji as affectionately called. Viji apprised the gathering of the programmes of BTB on a one to one basis. Let me take this opportunity to urge all of my class mates to register for BTB - ASAP, if not already registered. Tickets available at BTB counter at Jerome Nagar and also at Quilon Radios, Main Road , Kollam.
The atmosphere and ambience created by the Mini meet at Varkala in the cliff face at the back drop of the sun at resplendent glory was truly amazing. Each outshone the other in waxing eloquent platitudes of the good old school days and the antics and heroics performed during our innocence, the scuffles that they have had, the peeping toms that each one were ….. Oh my God – you name it we have done it.! One thing we need to bring the child in us to the fore is a round of booze and a few beers just to shed our inhibitions and be truly us. Is that not right , Venu, Hilary and Hester (thanks for giving us a wonderful time)we had the time of our lives, Venu in particular was at his modest best with a litany of Malayalam slang, all of them salt and peppered with a colonial tinge and a vernacular tooth, yet with malice towards none. Thanks Venu for taking us to the good old care free school days a la Venu style.
I look forward to the reunion of the 85 batch as a time for merriment, lots of camaraderie, grins, guffaws and all round smiles. The gathering ought to be a time for bear hugs, slaps on the backs, slapstick, warm handshakes, measuring the girth of bellies and all. Reminiscing the past can also be a reminder that the gift of life is as precious as life itself, not to be taken for granted and thanking God that we are still alive and kicking in THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD.
The reunion could then be not only nostalgic, remembrance of things past, but also a thanksgiving, a time for beer and cheer, affirming and appreciating one another, counting the strands of grey, measuring receding hair lines, catching up on old flames at least whereabouts, meeting place of ones families, familiarizing , and finally leave with a place for each and everyone in each others hearts.
I am sure there are an equal number of us who would want to splash about as much as we could, trying to extract the most out of what was left of the rest of our lives so that we could leave with no regrets or unfulfilled fantasies. Whatever be our inclination, I think the bottom line is that almost all of us have no clue what is in store for us or at least have no desire to know. So the best way would be to live each day as if it were our last -- in other words, we should try and make each day as fulfilling as we can, to the fullest.
What better than attending our reunion with FAMILY on the 29th..
DON’T MISS THIS REUNION FOR THE WORLD!
Looking forward to see you all on the 29th.
Thanks and best regards
Thomas Alexander
1985
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