091206 - Flurry of exchanges

Hector Noronha to Maxwell Pereira; and CCd to all
06 December 2009
Hi Maxie,
I jest read my copy of your mail to Harry. I am a little disappointed that you are not able to be present for perhaps once in a life time occasion. It would have been wonderful if you were there. I was looking forward to meet you there. In fact I am eagerly looking forward to meet all our classmates. Many are no more. Many might have changed in looks and size. Yet it would be wonderful to meet and recall our old days.
Maxie, I feel our school days are the best years of our life. Wont you agree with me? I jest saw ourselves in that 1960 photograph. I jest couldnt believe myself. Though some of them I could recognize, I managed to place the others from Arun Talwar's list. I intend down loading the photograph and laminating the same to treasure it. I really thank God for keeping us so long, for many are no more today to meet on this occasion.
Do keep in touch Maxie. Good wishes to you.
Hector
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Raphael Maliakal to all classmates:
6 December 2009 23:45
subject: Merry Christmas
I am very glad to hear that Harry and group are trying to get all of us together again after 50 years. I do not think I will be able to make it in January 2010. I hope many of you will be able to make it. Please try to get email addresses of all the others. I am thrilled to get so many email addresses so we can be in touch. I plan to be in India sometime in the summer of 2010 to attend a wedding. My younger sister is a nun at Mary Immaculate convent, Bondel and I visit her every time I am in India. May be we can have a mini-get-together of all in the area at that time. I saw the names of some of our friends who are no longer with us. It made me sad.
I live in Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, 20 miles south of Boston. If you are in the area call me at 508-528-7236.
Sincerely......
Raphael MJ.
PS: Looks like Stany still does not know the difference between G and J. My name is M.J. Raphael. But here I am Raphael Maliakal.
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Arun Talwar to Raphael Maliakal - CCd to all
06 Dec 2009
Dear Raphael
It was great to hear from you after all these years. The error regarding your initials was down to me and not Stany, and I corrected in the next e-mail- sorry!Pity that you can't make it fro the reunion in Jan2010. i hope to keep in touch from now onwards and I hope to see you in the Uk on your way to India in June.Raphael, how is your bubbly younger brother I can't remember his name. I can still clearly picture your dad's face. I have made a note of your number and will speak to you soon.
I wonder if your remeber Ozzie Oswald Sequeira, he is in Toronto and had a long chat with him last week (thanks to Harry giving his number)
love....... Arun
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Raphael to Arun: CCd to all...
Nice to hear from you also. I heard that you had a lot to do with this reunion along with Harry and Stany. I am sure there are others behind this movement. Thanks to all of them. I am retired now and enjoying good health by God's grace. I was at Heathrow for four hours on November 6, 2009 on my way to Holy land. I met my wife's nephew who is at LSE doing his MBA at the airport. Next time I will try to meet you while going thru London. My brother George lives in Houston. He is two years younger than me. I will be seeing him in three weeks when I go to Austin TX for my niece's wedding. I came to States in 1971. Six of my brothers and two of my sisters followed me. Two other sisters stayed in India. My father died in 1983 in Houston TX. My mother is 90 and lives with one of us. I take care of her for two months in summer, when the weather is warm in Boston. When she is with me I have to go for holy Mass with her every day. If you are planning to come to Boston make sure you visit me. Please send me Ozzi's number. How can one forget a personality like him. Toronto is about 600+ miles away but I may find an excuse to go there.
Sincerely,
Raphael Maliakal
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Norman Lobo To: Arun Talwar ; and CCd to all
Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:03 PM
Dear Arun,
It is nice to hear from you after 50yrs. I used to always wonder what my old classmates are doing now?I am in regular contact with Norman S Lobo. In the photo, you made a mistake. It is Norman S Lobo and not me, you can see it from his slanting head position which is his trademark even today.I would certainly be happy to be present for the function on 30th Jan '10 and I want to meet as many of my classmates.
Thanks and regards
Norman.
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