Tuesday, July 15, 2008

MELWINA ROYAN

MELWINA ROYAN

My friendship with Ms. Melwina Royan, to whom the forty-sixth post on my blog is dedicated, dates back to the last three years of high school at Indian School Muscat, Oman (namely the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades in the academic years 1997/98, 1998/99 and 1999/2000 respectively).

She is one of the few classmates I am still in touch with after eight years of graduating from high school, thanks to Orkut, and more recently, to Facebook.

Her best feature is her radiant smile. She is a busy human resources professional now.

Known to her close friends as Mel, Ms. Royan is a bubbly, fun-loving girl who has an extremely positive attitude, tremendous enthusiasm and dedication towards everything she does. A hard-worker and perfectionist, she has a very warm, caring and charming personality. If I were to sum it up in a single phrase, she is a gem of a girl.

The ideal candidate for the 'Miss Popular' title, Melwina is a typical Gemini (born on the twenty-sixth day of the month of May). She is adaptable, communicative, witty, versatile, intellectual, eloquent, youthful and lively.

She hails from the city of Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. In fact, when I visited the city earlier this year, I was hoping to meet up with her, but she was out of town on a business trip and it was unfortunate that we couldn't meet up.

Here's wishing her all the very best of luck, happiness and success in all her future endeavours, and hoping we keep in touch.

Monday, July 14, 2008

KESHAL JESRANI

KESHAL JESRANI

The forty-fifth post on my blog is dedicated to Keshal Jesrani, with whom my friendship dates back to the tenth grade at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the year 1997/98.

Keshal is the cousin of Karan Jesrani (to whom the previous post on this blog is dedicated) and Gaurav Jesrani, to whom I will dedicate one of my forthcoming posts. This close-knit family runs a grocery store in Oman.

We lost touch for a gap of two years after the tenth grade, but Keshal was one of the guests at my seventeenth birthday party at my residence in Oman in 1999. In fact, that memorable party was attended by all the three Jesrani cousins.

We promised to keep in touch after that as well, and I kept my word by adding him to my contact list on MSN Messenger. We used to chat occasionally, but could not do so often because of the time difference between the city of St. Louis in the state of Missouri in the United States of America (where he was based) and the cities of Pune and Mumbai in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

He is a soft-spoken person whose best feature is his smile. In fact, there is a marked contrast in his personality, when compared to those of Karan (who is witty and fun-loving) and Gaurav, the oldest of the trio, who is dignified and sophisticated.

Here's wishing Keshal all the very best of luck, success and happiness in all his future endeavours and hoping we keep in touch.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

KARAN JESRANI

KARAN JESRANI

My friendship with Karan Jesrani, to whom the forty-fourth post on my blog is dedicated, dates back to the tenth grade at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the academic year 1997/98.

He is a fun-loving, friendly person with a fantastic sense of humour. His best feature is his smile. He has a dream, but is also practical and goes all out to fulfil it.

The entrepreneurial spirit is evident in his personality, but he is extremely cool and chilled out when he is hanging out with his friends. His family, work and close friends comprise his world.

We lost touch after the tenth grade, though he did attend my seventeenth bithday party in 1999. Thanks to Orkut (and lately, to Facebook), we are now back in touch after a gap of seven years.

He majored in information technology while pursuing his bachelor's degree at Australia's prestigious Bond University. He has incorporated Vipassana, a form of meditation, into his routine, which explains why he never appears stressed.

Karan is a typical Piscean (born on the fourth day of the month of March). He possesses all the traits of a person born under the zodiac sign represented by the fish. He is imaginative, sensitive, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, intuitive, selfless and unworldly.

Here's wishing the calm, composed and peaceful Karan all the very best of luck, happiness and success in all his future endeavous and hoping we keep in touch.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

ENLIZ D'SOUZA

ENLIZ D'SOUZA

My friendship with Ms. Enliz D'Souza, to whom the forty-third post on my blog is dedicated, dates back to the tenth grade at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the year 1997/98.

We lost touch after our tenth grade board examination, but thanks to Orkut, we are now back in touch after a gap of eight years.

Apart from the Muscat connection, we also have a Mumbai connection. While she pursued her graduation, majoring in economics at one of the best colleges in Mumbai, I work here.

She now lives in the United Kingdom. She currently works at the Office of National Statistics in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. Prior to that, she worked as a research associate at two prominent universities.

A bright, cheerful girl with a positive attitude, Enliz's best feature is her smile. She is a conscientious and hard-working girl.

Here's wishing Enliz all the very best of luck, happiness and success in all her future endeavours and hoping we keep in touch.

ANEETA ELSA MATHEW

ANEETA ELSA MATHEW

My friendship with Ms. Aneeta Elsa Mathew, to whom the forty-second post on my blog is dedicated, dates back to the last three years of high school, namely the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the academic years 1997/98, 1998/99 and 1999/2000 respectively.

Though we lost touch after our twelfth grade board examination, we are now back in touch after a gap of six years, thanks to Orkut.

Aneeta's best features are her smile and her eyes. Her world comprises her family, a close-knit grooup of friends and her job. She is a masters' degree holder and now works in the service industry.

She is an extremely shy, hard-working and conscientious girl. This soft-spoken young lady recently tied the knot. Here's wishing her and husband the heartiest congratulations and many years of togetherness.

A typical Piscean (born on the twelfth day of the month of March), Aneeta is imaginative, sensitive, compassionate, kind, unworldly, selfless, intuitive and sympathetic.

Here's wishing Aneeta and her husband all the very best of luck, happiness and success in all their future endeavours and hoping we keep in touch.

ALASTAIR DESOUZA

ALASTAIR DESOUZA

My friendship with Alastair DeSouza, to whom the forty-first post on my blog is dedicated, dates back to the second, third and tenth grades at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the academic years 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1997/98 respectively.

We lost touch after the tenth grade, but we are now back in touch after a gap of ten years, thanks to Facebook.

Alastair is a cool, fun-loving person. His best feature is his smile. He has an xcellent sense of humour.

A typical Gemini (born on the seventh day of the month of June), he possesses all the traits associated with people associated with zodiac sign represented by the twins. He is adaptable, versatile, communicative, witty, intellectual, eloquent, youthful and lively.

Currently based in the city of Sydney, the capital of the Australian state of New South Wales, he works as an engineer.

Here's wising Alastair all the very best of luck, success and happiness in all his future endeavours and hope we keep in touch.

Friday, July 11, 2008

NILOUFER PINTO

NILOUFER PINTO

The fortieth post on my blog is dedicated to Ms. Niloufer Pinto, with whom my friendship dates back to the ninth, eleventh and twelfth grades at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the academic years 1996/97, 1998/99 and 1999/2000 respectively.

A fun-loving girl, Niloufer's best feature is her smile. She is also extremely independent, intelligent, mature and hard-working.

Apart from the Muscat connection, she and I also have a Mumbai connection. In fact, she is one of the few people I've met up a couple of times with after school.

Niloufer, who was born on the ninth day of the month of October, is a typical Libran. She is diplomatic, urbane, romantic, charming, easygoing, sociable, idealistic and peaceable.

Here's wishing this Bandra (West) resident all the very best of luck, success and happiness and hoping we keep in touch.