ELTON FERNANDES
This is the fourth post on my blog and it is dedicated to Elton Perpetuo Paixao Fernandes, whom I have known for alsmost two decades now.
Elton and I were classmates in the second and third grades at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the academic years 1989/90 and 1990/91. We got shuffled after the third grade, and were reunited in the tenth grade (in the academic year 1997/98). We were in the same class in the eleventh and twelfth grade (in the academic years 1998/99 and 1999/2000 respectively).
He was born on the second day of June in the village of Taleigao, Goa. A typical Gemini, he possesses all the traits one would associate with people born under the zodiac sign represented by the twins. He is adaptable, versatile, communicative, witty, intellectual, eloquent, youthful and lively.
He is older than his brother by seven years. He is a credit officer by profession. He is a former student of Dempo College in Goa and a masters' degree-holder in business administration from the prestigious Coventry University in the United Kingdom.
Elton is one of the few guys with whom I was in regular touch even after we completed our twelfth grade board examinations. While he moved to Goa (and later to the UK) to pursue further studies, I lived and studied in Pune and worked for a while in Oman.
A couple of months after my return to Mumbai from Oman in 2006, Elton informed me about getting a new job in the credit department at Bajaj Auto Finance Limited, Akurdi (Pune). At the end of 2006, Elton and I met up in Pune after a gap of six years.
During his stint in Pune, he lived in Nigdi, which is located on the outskirts of Pune. I stayed at his house during my visits to the city in 2006 and 2007. He visited Mumbai once and we stayed at his friend's house in Borivali (West), a northern suburb of the city. He left Pune in 2007 and returned to Taleigao. He now works for a reputed bank in his hometown.
Elton is passionate about various kinds of music, loves video and console games, anime, cartoons and movies and is a mobile phone buff. Danielle Steele and Sidney Sheldon are his favourite authors.
He is a gem of a guy. He is honest, hard-working and has a great sense of humour. I hope to stay in touch with him on a more regular basis. Considering that I share everything with him and can have long conversations with him on any topic under the sun, it would not be wrong to call him my best friend. His positive attitude and fun-loving nature enhance his personality a great deal.
Here's wishing Elton all the very best of luck and hoping our friendship continues to grow.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
DEEPAK VENUGOPAL
DEEPAK VENUGOPAL
The third post on my blog is dedicated to one of my oldest and closest friends, Deepak Venugopal. My friendship with Deepak dates back to the second and third grades in the academic years 1989/90 and 1990/91 respectively at Indian School Muscat, Oman.
Apart from being classmates, we have four other things in common. Firstly, we lived in the same locality (Al Wadi Al Kabir), which I discovered six years after our classes got shuffled. Secondly, his father and my father were business associates. Thirdly, we have a lot of friends in common. Fourthly, both of us have lived and worked in Mumbai.
He hails from the city of Kochi in Kerala (which is, incidentally, the first city I will be visiting on my first-ever solo vacation next month). Unfortunately, I will not be able to meet up with him, because he is miles away in Sweden and his family is in Muscat. However, I hope we get an opportunity to catch up soon, because it has been about twelve years since we've been out of touch (except for being on each other's friend lists on Orkut and chatting on Google Talk occasionally).
Deepak is a gem of a guy and a thorough gentleman. He is extremely well-mannered, down to earth and loyal to his friends. The word 'Deepak' means lamp in Hindi, and true to his name, he lights up the lives of all those who are close to him.
He is a software engineer by profession. He lived in Paris before moving to Sweden and worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of India's largest software companies.
Born on the 29th day of May, Deepak shares his birthday with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who was one of the first two men to reach the peak of Mount Everest (along with Sir Edmund Hillary) in 1953. In fact, it is sheer coincidence that Hillary and Norgay reached the summit of the world's tallest mountain on the same day (i.e. May 29). Here's hoping Deepak also continues to scale new heights in his personal and professional life.
He is a Gemini. People born under that sign of the zodiac are adaptable, versatile, communicative, witty, intellectual, eloquent, youthful and lively. Deepak fits the bill perfectly as far as the first two traits (i.e. adaptable and versatile) and the last two traits are concerned, but he is simple, shy and soft-spoken.
In fact, our personalities are as different from each other as chalk and cheese: Deepak is quiet and reserved, while I am gregarious. That is probably why we get along so well.
Apart from the three qualities that begin with the letter 'S' that I mentioned earlier (namely his simple, shy and soft-spoken nature), there are three other qualities that begin with the letter 'H' that aptly sum up Deepak: he is honest, humble and helpful.
I've known Deepak for two decades and hope to be in touch with him for life. Here's wishing him all the very best of luck in all his future endeavours.
The third post on my blog is dedicated to one of my oldest and closest friends, Deepak Venugopal. My friendship with Deepak dates back to the second and third grades in the academic years 1989/90 and 1990/91 respectively at Indian School Muscat, Oman.
Apart from being classmates, we have four other things in common. Firstly, we lived in the same locality (Al Wadi Al Kabir), which I discovered six years after our classes got shuffled. Secondly, his father and my father were business associates. Thirdly, we have a lot of friends in common. Fourthly, both of us have lived and worked in Mumbai.
He hails from the city of Kochi in Kerala (which is, incidentally, the first city I will be visiting on my first-ever solo vacation next month). Unfortunately, I will not be able to meet up with him, because he is miles away in Sweden and his family is in Muscat. However, I hope we get an opportunity to catch up soon, because it has been about twelve years since we've been out of touch (except for being on each other's friend lists on Orkut and chatting on Google Talk occasionally).
Deepak is a gem of a guy and a thorough gentleman. He is extremely well-mannered, down to earth and loyal to his friends. The word 'Deepak' means lamp in Hindi, and true to his name, he lights up the lives of all those who are close to him.
He is a software engineer by profession. He lived in Paris before moving to Sweden and worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of India's largest software companies.
Born on the 29th day of May, Deepak shares his birthday with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who was one of the first two men to reach the peak of Mount Everest (along with Sir Edmund Hillary) in 1953. In fact, it is sheer coincidence that Hillary and Norgay reached the summit of the world's tallest mountain on the same day (i.e. May 29). Here's hoping Deepak also continues to scale new heights in his personal and professional life.
He is a Gemini. People born under that sign of the zodiac are adaptable, versatile, communicative, witty, intellectual, eloquent, youthful and lively. Deepak fits the bill perfectly as far as the first two traits (i.e. adaptable and versatile) and the last two traits are concerned, but he is simple, shy and soft-spoken.
In fact, our personalities are as different from each other as chalk and cheese: Deepak is quiet and reserved, while I am gregarious. That is probably why we get along so well.
Apart from the three qualities that begin with the letter 'S' that I mentioned earlier (namely his simple, shy and soft-spoken nature), there are three other qualities that begin with the letter 'H' that aptly sum up Deepak: he is honest, humble and helpful.
I've known Deepak for two decades and hope to be in touch with him for life. Here's wishing him all the very best of luck in all his future endeavours.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
ASHA NAIR
ASHA NAIR
This is the second in a series of articles on my friends. Ms. Asha Nair has been a very close friend since 1989/90. We were classmates in the second and third grades and then for a period of three years in middle school (i.e. between the sixth grade in 1993/94 and the eighth grade in 1995/96) at Indian School Muscat, Oman.
She was one of the first friends I ever made at school, and we are almost in our twentieth year of friendship. She may have grown in terms of years since then, but she has not changed one bit.
Asha is a bubbly, soft-spoken young lady. Her honesty, reserved nature and positive attitude are the first three things you will notice about her.
Her smile is her best feature. When she flashes that lovely smile of hers, a person can feel completely at ease. It also enhances her charming personality.
A small but close-knit group of friends constitutes Asha's world. She takes time to make new friends, but when she does, they remain friends forever.
She is intelligent, modest, down-to-earth and extremely confident. She has remarkable clarity of thought.
A Virgo, she was born on the first day of September. She possesses all the characteristics of a typical Virgo, as she is shy, meticulous, reliable, practical, diligent and analytical. She strives to achieve perfection in everything she does and is pretty conservative by nature.
She has always been academically bright. She has obtained her masters' degree in science (MS) with a specialisation in embedded system from the prestigious Heriot Watt University, which is situated in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Now a busy software engineer by profession, Asha works for Hewlett Packard (HP) in India's information technology capital (Bangalore).
Asha and I have been friends for almost two decades and I hope we continue to be friends for life. Here's wishing her all the very best of luck for all her future endeavours.
This is the second in a series of articles on my friends. Ms. Asha Nair has been a very close friend since 1989/90. We were classmates in the second and third grades and then for a period of three years in middle school (i.e. between the sixth grade in 1993/94 and the eighth grade in 1995/96) at Indian School Muscat, Oman.
She was one of the first friends I ever made at school, and we are almost in our twentieth year of friendship. She may have grown in terms of years since then, but she has not changed one bit.
Asha is a bubbly, soft-spoken young lady. Her honesty, reserved nature and positive attitude are the first three things you will notice about her.
Her smile is her best feature. When she flashes that lovely smile of hers, a person can feel completely at ease. It also enhances her charming personality.
A small but close-knit group of friends constitutes Asha's world. She takes time to make new friends, but when she does, they remain friends forever.
She is intelligent, modest, down-to-earth and extremely confident. She has remarkable clarity of thought.
A Virgo, she was born on the first day of September. She possesses all the characteristics of a typical Virgo, as she is shy, meticulous, reliable, practical, diligent and analytical. She strives to achieve perfection in everything she does and is pretty conservative by nature.
She has always been academically bright. She has obtained her masters' degree in science (MS) with a specialisation in embedded system from the prestigious Heriot Watt University, which is situated in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Now a busy software engineer by profession, Asha works for Hewlett Packard (HP) in India's information technology capital (Bangalore).
Asha and I have been friends for almost two decades and I hope we continue to be friends for life. Here's wishing her all the very best of luck for all her future endeavours.
ANITA SUSAN MATHEW
ANITA SUSAN MATHEW
This is the first post on my new blog. This blog is dedicated to the people I've known for a decade or more. It is my own way to thank them for their friendship.
Each of the individuals mentioned in this blog have a special place in my heart. The first article of this blog is dedicated to one of my oldest and dearest friends, Ms. Anita Susan Mathew.
While writing an article about Anita, I looked up the positive traits of the zodiac sign she was born under (Libra), and discovered that a few of them describe her perfectly. She is urbane, charming and sociable.
Anita was born on the first day of October. I am one of those fortunate few who have known her for almost two decades. She was in my class in the second and third grades at Indian School Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman in the academic years 1989/90 and 1990/91 respectively. Our sections were shuffled after the third grade, because of which we were not in touch for a gap of about eight years.
Both of us opted for commerce in the eleventh grade in the year 1998/99, and chose the same optional subject (French). We were classmates in the eleventh and twelfth grades. That makes her one member of an exclusive club of classmates in the first two academic years and then in the last two academic years.
Her close friends affectionately call her Anu, and that is also the name which I will use in the remainder of this article. She is an extremely sophisticated young lady and is very confident. In fact, her positive attitude and her broad smile are the first two things you will notice about her if you meet her.
Anu is a mature and intelligent girl. The best thing about her is that she is very friendly and down-to-earth. She takes her own time to make friends, which explains why she has so many long-standing friends.
She is an accountant by profession. She makes sure both the sides of her employer's balance sheet show the same figure. Knowing her excellent academic track record, I am sure she is doing the management of her company proud.
This conscientious lass has recently tied the knot. Her husband is extremely lucky to have her as his better half, because she is genuinely a gem of a girl.
It is not easy to list down a few good qualities of a person whom you've been associated for so long, but I take this opportunity to state that Anu is one of the most sincere, hardworking, passionate and honest people I have come across in my life.
I have never seen her lose her cool, no matter what the circumstances may be. The word 'stress' does not seem to exist in Anu's dictionary. She is remarkably calm and composed.
An avid reader of novels in the fantasy genre, she lists the 'Harry Potter' series and the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy among her favourite books. However, I hope she reads this and likes it, because it is purely factual and not fictional.
Modesty and humility are two more traits that sum up Anu's personality. She and I will soon enter our second decade as friends, and it has been a great journey so far.
People will definitely notice that I have written a lot of good things about Anu, but then in the last nineteen years of our association with each other, I have not noticed anything about which I can criticise her. Apart from that, I personally dislike criticising anybody.
Here's wishing both Anu and her husband a long and happy married life. As for our friendship, I hope it continues to grow.
This is the first post on my new blog. This blog is dedicated to the people I've known for a decade or more. It is my own way to thank them for their friendship.
Each of the individuals mentioned in this blog have a special place in my heart. The first article of this blog is dedicated to one of my oldest and dearest friends, Ms. Anita Susan Mathew.
While writing an article about Anita, I looked up the positive traits of the zodiac sign she was born under (Libra), and discovered that a few of them describe her perfectly. She is urbane, charming and sociable.
Anita was born on the first day of October. I am one of those fortunate few who have known her for almost two decades. She was in my class in the second and third grades at Indian School Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman in the academic years 1989/90 and 1990/91 respectively. Our sections were shuffled after the third grade, because of which we were not in touch for a gap of about eight years.
Both of us opted for commerce in the eleventh grade in the year 1998/99, and chose the same optional subject (French). We were classmates in the eleventh and twelfth grades. That makes her one member of an exclusive club of classmates in the first two academic years and then in the last two academic years.
Her close friends affectionately call her Anu, and that is also the name which I will use in the remainder of this article. She is an extremely sophisticated young lady and is very confident. In fact, her positive attitude and her broad smile are the first two things you will notice about her if you meet her.
Anu is a mature and intelligent girl. The best thing about her is that she is very friendly and down-to-earth. She takes her own time to make friends, which explains why she has so many long-standing friends.
She is an accountant by profession. She makes sure both the sides of her employer's balance sheet show the same figure. Knowing her excellent academic track record, I am sure she is doing the management of her company proud.
This conscientious lass has recently tied the knot. Her husband is extremely lucky to have her as his better half, because she is genuinely a gem of a girl.
It is not easy to list down a few good qualities of a person whom you've been associated for so long, but I take this opportunity to state that Anu is one of the most sincere, hardworking, passionate and honest people I have come across in my life.
I have never seen her lose her cool, no matter what the circumstances may be. The word 'stress' does not seem to exist in Anu's dictionary. She is remarkably calm and composed.
An avid reader of novels in the fantasy genre, she lists the 'Harry Potter' series and the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy among her favourite books. However, I hope she reads this and likes it, because it is purely factual and not fictional.
Modesty and humility are two more traits that sum up Anu's personality. She and I will soon enter our second decade as friends, and it has been a great journey so far.
People will definitely notice that I have written a lot of good things about Anu, but then in the last nineteen years of our association with each other, I have not noticed anything about which I can criticise her. Apart from that, I personally dislike criticising anybody.
Here's wishing both Anu and her husband a long and happy married life. As for our friendship, I hope it continues to grow.
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