AFTER 03 APRIL'10..............WHAT NEXT?????

           It has been a month since we all got together to celebrate our common bond, "35 MODEL CHANDIGARH". We all were able to interact and reconnect with old buddies, reminisce our school days with our class fellows & teachers. The blessings bestowed by our teachers while passing out has brought us where we are today and I am sanguine that the blessings they gave on 03 Apr '10 shall take us further from here to our chosen destinations in life. The last one month has been spent, at least by us, basking in the warmth of a job well accomplished and the compliments received. And I must admit, they were the best rewards one could get. So, it is a big "THANK YOU" from Rajiv's side as well as from my side. We may not have been able to thank each one of you individually for your compliments but we cherish them, all the same.

          Organising the school alumni meet was a roller coaster ride for us. It had it's ups and downs. There were many issues that frustrated us but there were more peaks than troughs and so one did derive a sense of satisfaction out of the whole experience. One has learnt what to do and what not to do; whom to approach and whom to avoid.  Now is the time to move on. My pre-occupations have not allowed me to get down to compiling the data base that we have collected for making the directory. Hope this pending task gets completed soon !!!!!!!!!!!

           In the last one month one has received a lot of fresh inputs and querries from our Alumni who hither to fore did not form part of our data base. It is our earnest request to all our friends to further consolidate the details of their batch so that whenever we get together next, there are new friends joining in and re-connecting. The inputs can be sent through the comments section of the blog or through the email.

          This blog belongs to all the Alumni of 35 Model Chandigarh. Therefore I am extending an invitation to all of you who would care to express their views, to send the same at the administrator's e-mail and we shall put it up on the blog. Gurmeen Ma'am has made fantastic contributions and this should serve as a motivation to rest of us to write whatever we feel about the school or our experiences. We all must start thinking about How, When and Where we all should be getting together next. So, let's start weaving another dream and soon we shall together see it materialising.

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS: SCHOOL GET TOGETHER 03 APR '10

BATCH WISE GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS OF ATTENDEES

1974 BATCH

1975 BATCH

1976 BATCH

1977 BATCH

1978 BATCH

LONE RANGER FROM 1979 BATCH

1980 BATCH

1982 BATCH

1983 BATCH

1984 BATCH

1985 BATCH

1986 BATCH

1987 BATCH

??????????????????WHERE IS THE PIC ????????????????????

1988 BATCH

1990 BATCH

MS. RICHA DEVESAR

1991 BATCH

35 MODEL ALUMNI MEET 03-04 APR 2010 - II

A GLIMPSE OF TEACHERS WHO GAVE US THEIR BLESSINGS

PRESENTING THE GET TOGETHER MEMENTO TO

BAGGA MA'AM AT HER HOME

MRS KAPOOR & MRS AGARWAL RECOLLECTING THE OLD TIMES

THE GOLDEN BOYZZZZ

MRS AK SANDHU; WE SALUTE YOUR SPIRIT

MRS GROVER; IT WAS THE PRESENCE OF THESE TEACHERS THAT MADE THE EVENING MEMORABLE

MRS G SURJEET SINGH;

ANOTHER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

MRS JASMINE GILL;

STILL THE SAME TRADEMARK GRACE AND ELEGENCE

OUR NEXT-GEN TEACHERS

MRS NIJHAWAN & MRS SHASHI EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES WITH OTHER GUESTS

35 MODEL ALUMNI MEET 03-04 APR 2010 - I

It has been a week since we all got together and cherished memories of the days gone bye in our school life. The event was well attended by the Alumni as well as the Teachers. In fact the spirit shown by our teachers some of then too old to even walk without support has taught the rest of us a lesson or two. The "JOSH" shown by our senior batches which turned up in huge strength is also commendable. Alumni from 1974 batch onwards up to 1991 batch attended the get together. To me personally the memories of the evening are quite vague, as one was constantly on the move. The evening was quite exhausting but satisfying especially after seeing the expressions on the faces of all those present there. The feeling is inexplicable. It is for this reason that I was shying from putting up a piece on the get together on the blog. Words just can not explain the sense of accomplishment & elation one feels for all the affection we received during the course of evening. We express our gratitude to all those who turned up to make the get together a success and to all those who gave us their unstinted support throughout the planning and organising of this re-union, whether in terms of sponsoring souvenirs or with their creative thoughts and ideas. "THANKS".

In the next few posts I will upload some of the snaps of the get together. We are planning to make copies of the pics clicked on CDs and send them to all attendees. This will take some time and you will have to bear with us.

PICTURES OF THE VENUE

In the next post we will upload some pics of the revered teachers who attended the alumni meet. 

RE-UNION TO RE-DISCOVER !!!!

RE-UNION TO RE-DISCOVER !!!!

Gurmeen Sethi (1978 Batch)

The night of the re-union finally arrived and we all got together at the lake club lawns after meticulously following the route posted by Atul on the blog. Signing in at the entrance nobody imagined the encounters that followed like........'oh my god ,it's you'......'tere baal sare safed kaise ho gaye?.....'tere baal kahan gaye?'.....tu moti.. ho gayee hai'.....'Yaar you're still the same'......'oh! how nice to see you'.......' oye tujhe kya ho gaya hai?''....' I would'nt have recognised you had I seen you else where'..............!!!!!!!!!!!

The initial intros’ were followed by complimentaries like hand shakes , hugs..pats on the back.. and punches in the stomach etc.It was like the clock turned back and we were all back to being sixteen years old. Everyone was soooooo….. excited and even the most introvert group member could be seen yapping away to glory. The immature disagreements and differences of the school-days were forgotten and now we all met as responsible adults mature enough to laugh at the silly pranks we enjoyed doing in those days.We had sooo much TO ASK....TO TELL.... AND TO RECALL!!It was truly a day of sorts.

Meeting our old teachers and principals' was the yummy chocolate sauce on the ice-cream.....and especially being remembered by them so vividly was a dream come true!!!

Snacks were in plenty and the tables were laden with exotic dishes,...but when the MIND IS SATIATED...IS THERE ROOM TO SATISFY THE STOMACH???

That evening, I, who by worldly standards is MRS H. J SINGH...discovered the maiden 'GURMEEN SETHI' ...I had been in the yesteryears.All these years I had been so busy happily playing the role of a WIFE...MOTHER...DAUGHTER...DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.......that I lost the 'ME' somewhere. But that evening I had done something for myself and re-discovered myself right in the middle of my old friends.

The next day at school took me on a nostalgic trip watching the cricket match.....sitting on the bench of class-IX and remembering the gud old days. Our teachers were such great fun. A round of the school revealed that though a lot had changed towards developing the infra structure along with our own self, yet deep down we still retained the bubbling freshness and innocence of the yesteryears.I shall cherish these memories for years to come.

The credit for this gala event goes majorly to Atul Pandey and Rajiv Tiwari who selflessly gave their ALL-their TIME, EFFORT , BRAINS and a lot ' MORE' to make this re-union a huge success.Also this event would'nt have been possible had it not got the unstinted support and attendance of all the seniors...juniors...and contemporaries.I am grateful to my husband who being away on an official tour ...not only motivated me but also arranged for me to reach chandigarh and be a part of this GR8 event.

Hope this tradition is continued for all times to come as;

'COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING,

WORKING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS,

KEEPING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS.'