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| shilps | Posted
on 31-Oct-03 11:06 PM
Is anyone working on it?if yes, pls lemme know if I can do anything from my side.. |
| pukar | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 12:59 AM
Hi, The answer is YES. There is definitely a huge amount of interest from the alumni of St. Xavier's and St. Mary's on this front. There are a number of people working towards this end. The last ANA convention resulted in a list of volunteers for website development and steering committee. We will send out an e-mail with a link to a discussion site very soon. If you are interested, let me know. Thank you. Regards, Pukar |
| shilps | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 06:01 AM
I am very interested Pukar ..looking forward to your email for a link to a discussion site ..thank u very much |
| anamika1 | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 08:56 AM
Hi: I am just learning about this myself. I am an alum from SMS myself.....so let me know if you need any info. My email add is danke01us@yahoo.com. |
| ronx | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 10:14 AM
Hey there, I wanted to know whether you are talking about alumuni for the schools, or for the St. Xaviers Campus too? I have been a student of SXC and will love to contribute to your project ! |
| dautari | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 02:24 PM
Let's vote .. whether to include STXC alums or not. |
| SITARA | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 02:55 PM
Where where where????!!! :) |
| Cate | Posted
on 01-Nov-03 04:55 PM
does this include POKHARA st mary's? |
| dautari | Posted
on 02-Nov-03 07:07 PM
Hey Pukar, What's the latest on this matter? |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 03-Nov-03 04:18 PM
The xaviersonline.com which was soon to incorporate marysonline.com was such a bright hope for the alumni. It was very interactive, interesting and educative. I don't know what happened to it and the webmaster. Perhaps, if the webmaster of that site would give the template to people interested in launching the site again, that should be a good place to start. Other than that, I am sure lotta alumni would be interested in contributing to the site in whatevery way they can. Pukar dai(assuming u r 95 batch), keep us updated, would be glad to share innumerable memoirs, especially those of godavari :) and of course "halka" here and there help. Oys |
| pukar | Posted
on 03-Nov-03 10:31 PM
Dear all, From the ANA conventions, I have a list of people who expressed their interest in being part of website development team and steering committee. If you would like to join any of those teams, please send me an e-mail with your contact information. It is exhilararting to note the enthusiasm amongst the alumni of St. Xavier's and St. Mary's regarding this soon-to-be alumni organization. We plan on beginning with a simple website and growing from there. We do not plan on any bureaucracy at the outset - just a steering committee. As we grow, we will further define our goals and consider various official positions. Enjoy a picture from the Reunion at ANA, Denver. Thanks. Regards, Pukar Malla Class of '95 |
| porcelina | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 04:38 AM
hey pukar!!! didn;'t you work in shuvatara after finishing your a levels?? wow!! |
| VincentBodega | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 04:57 AM
Dude, Its almost childish to read the infatuation of the so called Xaverians with the St. Marys girls on sajha. Some said it right, the "X people" do consider the "M ladies" as their own property. Oh well, I wish you all the luck in this venture. I really wonder at times whats the thing thats so different between these so called Saints and other not "so saints." Enlighten me, will ya? --BV |
| blackie | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 10:42 AM
Pukar, did you attend LKG and UKG in Gujeshwari Primary School before joining STX? |
| porcelina | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 01:23 PM
hey i was in nursery school in gujeshwori. damn.. i remember being beaten the shit out of cause i couldn;t spell CAT |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 05:40 PM
First of all to VB dude, Isn't that a sweeping generalization you have made here dude? Why is there so much wrath against xavier's sometimes I wonder! After all, all we're trying to do is get in touch with our childhood memories and friends, just like other school alumni. Is it a crime to go to Xavier's, or was it? I don't see any basis for your labeling mary's as xavier's property or whatever. I am sorry to say dude, but perhaps u had to be part of the school to really understand why xavier's and mary's alumni have that mutual feeling towards one another. NOt that you missed anything worthwhile by going to other schools ;). Please don't take this as a rebuttal trying to boost xavier's image, but a mere clarification personally. ********* now for the good part Its amazing to see Guheswari name resurface again. I did go to guheswori as well. Infact, i even remember the first day of school in Guheswori in Nursery in vivid detail. That big yellow bus, round round slides, dragonflies, shame shame puppy shame stories......memories unparalled :) |
| Rosie | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 05:49 PM
Oys, Hmmm....sounds like the next episode of memory lane is impending...another life lesson learned while travelling in the yellow bus?? :) Pukar, In your post, you said, "Enjoy a picture from the Reunion at ANA, Denver." Where is the picture? I attended St. Mary's only for a year...I can't wait to see if I still recognize anyone. |
| dautari | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 07:34 PM
St.Xavier's school and st.mary's school share some history besides the point that the schools in jawalakhel are right next to each other. It was Fr.Downing and other Jesuits who helped in the establishment of St.Mary's school. It's not that one is the property of another. I, myself, am a proud Xavierian. Everyone must be proud of the school they went to. And I am proud to call myself a Xavierian. However, that does not mean that other schools are below standard. Sabailai chetana bhaya. |
| cn | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 08:39 PM
First there was Sajha for all the nepalese. Now they talk about SX and SMS on line for them. Tomorrow they'll talk about Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dharan online for them. Then they'll talk about Bahun, Newar, Madhise online. AI Yai Yai, When will this end? or will it ever end? |
| dautari | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 08:42 PM
We did have a thread about dharan, didn't we? |
| VincentBodega | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 10:09 PM
Yeah I agree with cn. Are the "X mates" and the "M femates" too cool to hang out in our sajha land that they need an abode of their own? And Oysji are you sure I didnt get an opportunity to go to the same school you are sooooo proud of that you are willing to segregate people. Again, I am sure Pukar didnt go to St. Marys. Whats up with him trying to rally a network of St. Marys alums too? Doesnt that prove that St. X thinks that they can just do whatever with the M. girls. If not why didnt he pick some other school? Why St. M? Just curious -- BV |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 04-Nov-03 10:31 PM
paila......school ko kura garyo bhane.. someone will start a thread: these so called saints have nothing to do but ramble about their school which is totally irrevelant to other sajha users....why don't u make a frigging site of yours to talk bout your bullshit! if we want a site for the alumni,FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING IN TOUCH AND REVIVING old memories, now we are too cool to hang out in sajha..... suppose, tomorrow i wanna make a site for my family...i need to share that in sajha with VB JYU?? bhadau ma aankha futya goru sadhai hariyo dekcha bhanne ukhan cha ni...when on earth did i try to segregate schools now? If you have a problem with the school you went to, then that's your problem.....please don't say that I am not even entitled to share some opinions or have some pride of my school i went for 10 years.... and cn bro, with due respect, it has already ended, unless educated folks like you want to make it an issue..its like blacks continuing to hound for discrimination in my university trashing all the whites.......its too much now.........!! la pugyo.....in peace..tatto na sarho! kei bolna nahune bho......sanchai pugyooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! bekkar ma janne bhayera reply dya.... |
| pukar | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 01:41 AM
Hey, I actually went to a different primary school (Amar Shishu, Kupondole). I did work at Shuvatara after A-Levels in Budhanilkantha. Here is a picture from the STX-SMS Reunion at ANA Convention, Denver. Enjoy. Regards, Pukar 
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| VincentBodega | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 04:23 AM
Oys bhai, [I am gonna call you bhai because I think you are immature than me in age and also in your thinking]. The only question I think I had was, why take St. Marys along with St. "freaging cool" Xaviers. And my question still remains cuz I dont think you answered it. I think its cool to have a school website. Using your family analogy... NO it wont be a problem if you make a family website, BUT when making your family website if you consider putting your neighbour. :) that'd raise some eyebrows wont it now? Narisau na Oys bhai, I am really happy that you went St. Xaviers, jealous naaaaaaaaa :) |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 08:20 AM
Honestly ni VB Uncle [since u r greater in age and sOooOO mature in your thinking] :) I am not soooooooo proud for having gone to xaviers. In fact I did miss a lot by not going to other schools. But the thing is...after ten years of schooling, you have friends from the same school..aint that a bloody coincidence?? and sometimes you wonder where they are and what they are doing not having seen them for almost 7-10 years...am I not entitled that freedom? of course not....cause i went to a school, which wasn't a school at all :) As for putting a neighbor's pics in a family website....yes its very valid, and of course I won't do it unless the neighbors want it to be part of the website. The point u r missing uncle , is whether or not xaviers is considering marys as their property, but rather why would mary's want to have the site together. If u had seen the earlier site, it solely contained xaviers, and had a link for developing marys online, it was not put together as a whole :). Since I am so immature in these iissues, it would help a lot if parkhal pari ko didi/bainis gave some of their views :). ( if that wall was broken down as the rumor goes, perhaps, we didn't need to have this debate at all.......damn! those JAALI DUSHMANS:( Risauna ta time chaina VB uncle, dherai IMPORTANT kaam garnu cha than get enraged at your MATURE thoughts :) . la ta ahile lai bida..pachi pheri kura garumla! "its a wednesday, les cheer up" :) |
| VincentBodega | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 09:35 AM
Nasakine bhayo ba Oys jyu sanga, Uncle nai banaidinu bhayo. Hajur le bhannu bhako saab thikai hola... birayain Mafi paun |
| dautari | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 10:10 AM
VB jyu, STX-SMS ko proximity haami student le matrai garda bhaako hoina. It was rooted right from our school days - admin batai. I still remember when some of my classmates were sent to St Mary's 15 minutes earlier than we were let off because they had to take St.Mary's School Bus home since ST Xavier's school bus did not cover that route. Then there were numerous literary competitions that we had with St.Mary's and no other school. The "Inter-school" competitions were actually stx vs sms. It's true many of our boys were / have been / still are romantically involved with the girls next door, but I look at stx-sms relations as more of a siblings relationship (institutionally) than anything else. |
| ru | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 04:21 PM
although I did not go to either of the schools mentioned above, I gotta admit that they (the people rallying up for a common alumni platform) are NOT trying undermine their assigned significance to sajha. Sajha has its own array of specialities that draws an audience that is diverse in all sense of the word. I am sure sajha's functioning has almost no correlation with such such creation either. Hey! pukar and I went to the same high school and I am not feeling that he is helping create this platform because he thinks our alumni website is not up to par. We just gotta be more open and optimistic. mero 2 paisa. |
| CN | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 08:40 PM
"You may say I'm being discriminative, but I'm not the only one." Oys Birader, Only if segragation and discrimination was not there, this world would be a whole lot better place to live in. Don't you think? Imagine, Israelis allowing Palestiniens to have their own state. Kashmiris having there own country. Maoist having their own state. Some Newar or Bahun or Gurung being the CNC or Prime Minister of Nepal. US having a Black president. "Imagine all the people living life in Peace yoooouu huuuuuuuuh!" BTW, I have nothing against people who went to or are in SX or SMS. I know lot of people who went there and are preety cool. But you can't deny the fact that discrimination and segragation exist. |
| Maahili | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 09:11 PM
Hey I can see some familiar faces in that picture! Pukar, Anything an "ex-St.Marian who is not in U.S. " can do regarding the Alumni thing ? |
| Rosie | Posted
on 05-Nov-03 09:12 PM
This is so stupid...how do discrimination or segregation even come here? They are just talking about St. Mary's and St. Xavier's alumni. I went to St. Mary's for a year and didn't really like it but I do feel that when I was in St. Mary's, we had a very close relationship with the Xavier's boys. It is childish to say that this is segregation or discrmination just because St. Xavier's and Mary's have a good/close relationship with each other...of course they do...they were the first Jesuit schools of Nepal next door from each other...there is bound to be a lot of affinity there. Remember all the other threads about Budhanilkantha school ...everyone wants to get back to their old friends from the past...why don't you guys who went to different schools start your own threads...no one who went to St. Mary's or Xavier's is going to scream DISCRIMINATION. |
| pukar | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 01:40 AM
Hey Maahili, Definitely. One of the ideas behind this effort is building a connection between US alumni and alumni in other parts of the world, including Nepal. e.g. establishing connection with GAA. I would appreciate if you e-mail me your contact information, including where you are, so I could keep you posted through the general alumni mailings. Thanks. Regards, Pukar |
| ronx | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 09:26 AM
Hey guys, Let's not get into some arguments here; Sajha is a place to share and care, and let's keep it that way. I am not a part of Xavier School, but I did attend Xaviers' Campus, and I cherish it as much as I do Vanasthali, where I went for 11 years. And it's true that sometimes you look for your friends,that was what I did looking for my friends in classmates.com and batchmates.com. It was frustrating because I could not find people I looked for, and it sure makes sense if you have your own alumni sites, where you can keep in touch with your near and dear ones. As for SXS and SMS going together comes, when GAA allowed SMS to be a part of alumni, I guess any site that's going to emerge should merge them too. No hard feeling for that!! "Sometimes things are not as good as they look, they are even better" |
| dautari | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 02:51 PM
Rosie and ronx .. thanks for your positive insights. And, Rosie, just FYI, I am not sure if St.Mary's is a Jesuit institution. St.Mary's is an institution under Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM) founded by Mary Ward in the early 17th century. St.Xavier's is a Jesuit school under the society of Jesus founded in the sixteenth century by St.Ignatius Loyola. |
| sankaa | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 03:28 PM
I totally understand the feelings for wanting to get in contact with old friends and refreshing the childhood memories. I also do not have any prejudice against any st. Xa or Mary's products. some of my closest friends are from those school and we get along pretty well. However, there are some controversies or beliefs about those school products.. please feel free to correct me... a) I still remember when i was around 4 or 5 and i was taken to the school to get admitted. At that time my eemandar dad did not tell the father what post he was working for and based on that ground, which they of course did not make it an obvious reason , but they denied my admission, althought i passed the tests. So over the years i developed the feeling that Father or whoever has some prejudice agaist sojha sajha raitis ko children in compare to big shots. I love buddha for that reson becuase they give equal opportunities to even people from villages.... b) Often St. Xav ra Mary's ko kta ketis are seen obsessed about thier English. I agree and respect thier master in english language however, it is often seen that they make it a big issue.. when i was growing up.. they used a nepli+english so much that i used to get irretitated.. like " come na" " go na" etc..... C) ST ra Mary's ko keta keti haru seem stucked up about going to thier school. What's so special about those schools? and why is it a matter to get stucked up ? i could never understand... People from Buddha don't have that attitude.. when i was working in a company in Nepal for a short perirod of time , there was this dude in our office who finished his schooling from st. XA and he used to brag about it all the time. He used to make fun of other collegues' english and was a character who was not liked by anyone... Of course i do not generalize everyone because one example from that school.. but... neway, i'm just wondering why ppl get so sensitive when they hear about those schools? are people just jelouse or are there relevant factors which are causing people to get irretated?? anyone please help he understand?..(with basic english please, no loaded literature words.. thanks :) ). no offense meant..just plain curiosity... and i love you all, sankaaa.. |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 03:48 PM
Hey Sanka bru, you have every right to be inquisitive about the issues you have felt. I cannot generalize either but I can say from my own experience.. a) I am really sorry that your admission was denied then for whatever reason. Xavier's like every other school has good and bad points. I thoroughly agree with that. I still remember the day when I went to give admission test in Godavari. With so many big names' sons also applying for the school, my parents were really worried about the transparency. What was amazing was six or seven of us in our batch who came from guheswori all got admitted. My parents didn't believe it for a long time. I have also known many many people including ministers and businessmen, approaching principal both in Godavari and Jawalakhel, who were asked not to come back again to bug the school for their sons' admission. On the other hand, few boys always turned up in our senior classes out of the blues..and YES, they were not mediocre citizens. I'll leave it to you to decide. b) Obssessed bout English? eheh..In godavari, it was mandatory to speak english, or else we'd be given something like DONKEY STICK, however we still found time and ways to get around English. Once in Jawalakhel, no one gave a damn bout English. I personally almost never conversed with friends in English, and Like you SANKA BRU, it actually annoyed the HELL outta me, when colleagues from my own school and next door made English, a medium to judge intelligence, and considered students with mediocre english a PAKHE. I can remember many incidents in detail of such. What might come as a surprise to you Sanka bru, Xaviers has an excellent Nepali Curriculum. I personally believed my Nepali was thousand times superior than my English during SLC time. Of course, over time I lost it, though I extremely crave for it, and of course there was always that fear of being labelled as PAKHE ;) at a restless age of a teenager. c) About getting stuck up, I think that's a mere generalization. people change with time, place and space. I don't know how can u say certain group of individuals are stuck up because of the school they went to. :) as they say, Different strokes for different folks! As for me being stuck up, I think i am. More like the stopped clock of the seventies. but hey! even the stopped clock is right twice a day. HOpe it helped to mediate your queries :) |
| sankaa | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 03:58 PM
thanks oys , it helped a lot.. |
| Robert Frost | Posted
on 06-Nov-03 04:04 PM
If the St. Mary's girls donot have any problem, I wouldn't speak much..... |
| highland lass | Posted
on 07-Nov-03 09:50 AM
Hey pukar ....would u kindly post some more photographs if u can.. thanx heaps |
| highland lass | Posted
on 07-Nov-03 01:24 PM
I just dont understand why some people are so much against Xavierians and Marians. Why dont you people (from other schools) start your own threads and discuss in your schools matters your way. Have youz seen Xavierians and Marians EVER interfering in other schools matters? I can smell something burning here! |
| sankaa | Posted
on 07-Nov-03 01:33 PM
highland, i hope your "some people" don't genaralize me.... |
| ronx | Posted
on 09-Nov-03 01:58 PM
Hey highland, Something is burning, and it might be your ego. No hard feelings though. I agree with oys_chilli , because I was admitted to St. Xavier (Campus) without any recommendation, and my parents were as awed as his were when he got into Godawari. And I have friends from Xaviers' those who never use English and those who always use English. But all sort of people make the world. Let's not fight about these issues; if people have something against St. Xavier and St. Mary's, should not we try to pacify them, instead of arguing time and again? |
| VincentBodega | Posted
on 09-Nov-03 05:02 PM
"WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ST. XAVIER'S AND ST. MARY'S ALUMNI???" Yeah the same question. I really am interested in knowing where do the student from St. X and St. M end? Where are the majority of them? Business? Gov. Service, Professional areas? I am really keen on knowing this. Well lets start with, is there an alumni whos like the idol? Say whos been a minister or a CEO of some company or ... I dont know, Enlighten me!!! |
| SITARA | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 09:34 AM
Bodega ji: Yeah! Where are the Xavierians and Marians?! Obviously, advertizing (to snub others... or for whatever reasons) their schooling, is not a priority as you can see! |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 12:09 PM
VB jee, Sitara jee and all others to whom it may concern: Let me try and make it clear to you that we, Xavierians (and Marians) DO NOT want to snub others or whatsoever. We DO NOT THINK we are superior because we KNOW we are equal and not superior to any other Nepali citizen. We just want to stick together and I don't see why it's a problem for anyone else. And it's a myth that just because we studied at St.Xavier's our English is better than the others. No, it's not true. You can tell by the numerous mistakes I make in my postings. We have a few brilliant people in our midst like Ashu dai and a few others. But every school has its own Ashutosh Tiwari. So, there's no need for anyone else to be alienated by the fact that we Xavierians like to talk about our school. You write : "Well lets start with, is there an alumni whos like the idol? Say whos been a minister or a CEO of some company or ... I dont know, Enlighten me!!!" Well, we are yet to produce a prime minister, a prince or a king. But St.Xavier's has produced many people from many walks of life. But so has Padmodaya, Durbar High School, Budhanilkantha, Sidhhartha Vanasthali, Ananda Kuti, and many others. Whichever school you went to, just go through the names of your alumni/alumnae and you will find many names that you can be proud of. We also have many names that we are proud of including the present Army Chief Pyar Jung Thapa as well as his predecessors Prajjwalla SS JB Rana and Dharma Pal Bar Singh Thapa. Late Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah was our alumni. We haven't had any big shots in politics apart from Deewakar Man Sherchan who was a minister a few years back. We have a lot of big names in Business like the Rajbhandari brothers of Mercantile, the Golchhas, Binod Tuladhar of Hotel Blue Star, Sonny Shrestha of Hits FM, and many more. Well, those names are our claims to fame, but the most of the other schools also have people like the names I mentioned. Is this some sort of an inferiority complex? I hope not. As, for myself, I have not made it a secret any time that I am proud to be a Xavierian. I am proud yes .. but I do not look down upon others. I am proud of my school, my alma mater. And in my opinion, everyone should be proud of his/her school, because it's at the school that he or she started getting moulded into what he / she is today. So, please don't attack us just because we happen to be Xavierians. It's a plea. |
| SITARA | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 01:59 PM
dautari ji: Thank you for your explanations; my sentiments exactly! If you want, you could go back and re-read what I wrote. I think we (you and I) may be tugging the rope from the same end. |
| sankaa | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 02:22 PM
i hope you guys are not taking me worng for my plain curiosity up there. well, everyone is proud of thier school and everyone loves thier childhood memories. like i said earlier that i am proud to have friends from St. Xa and St. mary's in my life and it's a pleasure to meet dautari and oys in here. others, who think that we have inferiority complex or we are jelouse for not going to thier schools, let me tell you something, Hellll nooooo.. i'm proud to go to my school just as you guys are proud to go to yours..and i'm sure others are too... actually i am glad that did not go to st.XA , cuz i would've missed out a lot in my life for not going to my school. well, you guys might want to start a thread to persuade your alumuni not to be stuck up if it bothers you so much. let me give you an example, last saturday i met a lady who went to st. Xa... she said she is different than most neplease cuz she's been living in the usa for 4 yrs and she went to St. Mary's for schoolingl ray.. like St. Mary's i s a part of United states.. that was dumb.. now i do not meet anyone saying they are different that other neplease cuz they went to buddha, or vanasthai... not trying to inslut you guys or anything but you guys should realize that we have no feelings of inferiority complex or anything. I don't know about others but personally, i am glad that i did not go to St. xa .... well, read my thread up there.. btw, one little detail.. when i was rejected for my admission to st. xa cuz my dad did not tell what post he was working for , although he was in pretty influential post back then( i had passed the tests) , later when father of your school found out that my dad in an influential person, he had called my home and told my dad that i'm admitted and start sending me.... i'm glad my dad sent me to other one.. bottom line: i respect you but don't think we're jelouse....cuz there is nothing to be jelouse about.. :) love you all. |
| sankaa | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 02:23 PM
correction-->... lady who went to st. Mary's |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 04:31 PM
sankaa, what happened to you was wrong. I do not know why and how it happened. With me, it was just the opposite. My father was not in influential position. He was a junior officer at that time, and my parents had never dreamed that I'd be admitted to STX. In fact, they had already made arrangements for me to go to some other school and they sent me to the STX admission test just because I could get an experience of what an admission test was like. I don't remember the written tests but I still remember Shakya Sir (of course I did not know he was Shakya sir at that time) asking me some IQ questions and I stood there not answering a single question. I do not know what happened but I was admitted. I never knew anything like what happened to you happening to anyone else during my time. I cannot vouch for the other principals who succeeded Fr.M.P.Coyne. |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 04:35 PM
Sitara Jee .. my bad, I did not read your posting carefully. |
| sankaa | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 04:57 PM
u got me wrong again dautari bro. I'm not braging about me not getting in st. xa... i don't care.. i had some plain curiosity up there which oys answered in matured manner, and i'm glad. however,some people been accussing others for being jelouse and stuff , and i am just wondering why do those ppl think that ohters are jelouse of them.......teti ho... take care.. sankaa |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:00 PM
I am glad to see that you are proud of your school. Everyone should be. I believe you when you say that you were denied admission because of your father not disclosing his rank. And at the same time I was disappointed (at my school's administration.) |
| VincentBodega | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:02 PM
yeah Dautariji, To be honest with you I just wanted to know...mainly for the fact I hadnt heard of anyone from St. X or St. M reaching some higher postitions. And now I know there are quite a few in the lineage. Thanks for the info and I wasnt trying to challenge anyone here.My achievements dont even measure half in comparision to the people you mentioned. Thanks again for the info -- BV |
| sankaa | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:03 PM
i'm sorry dautari.. maybe i should not have brought that up in here... but i am not lying to make it sensational or just to prove my point.. it is a truth..but i don't regret at all.. i'm instead happy .... i'm also happy that you guys are very nice and i will never believe those people who think that all st. XA and marie's products are stuck up..thanks for helping me out here.. thanks, sankaa |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:17 PM
thanks for being so understanding, VB and Sankaa. I really appreciate that. |
| GP | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:43 PM
The answer to following question: I really am interested in knowing where do the student from St. X and St. M end? Where are the majority of them? Business? is: The St. M went to the kitchen of engineers and doctors, and became glamorous wives. St. M product = good candidate for being wife of an engineer or doctor. Corollary is not always true. Have fun. GP |
| SITARA | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:47 PM
...So speaketh ignorance loud and clear! |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 05:52 PM
right .. |
| ashu | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 06:01 PM
I went to STX for 11 years, and had a great time. Still today, the friends I made then (from various batches) remain close, though I consciously try NOT to hang out ONLY with the STX people. At GAA meetings and in other STX-alumni atherings, I do my best to puncture the basis of our easy self-congratulatory elitism -- which, to me anyway -- smacks of both ignorance about the world at large and arrogance for all the wrong/stupid reasons. Then again, fellow alumni take my comments and criticisms in good strides. Still, the schooling experience was NOT good for four of my first cousins in the late '90s. They had to be taken out of St. Xavier's and sent to school elsewhere. All of them are now doing very well. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. That said, there's nothing wrong with people trying to get together and have a good time. ******** On another note, there's an STX-related project I am involved in that is about to move forward after some delay. And that is: recording free-flowing, conversational video interviews with STX Jesuit teachers and administrators, and keeping those interviews as historical archives. I will be co-ordinating the project on the content/logistic-side, while Sanjiv Rajbhandari (Mercantile) and Amar Simha (Himalaya Films) will manage the technical side. Other interviwers are: Pratyoush Onta, Kanak Dixit, Kunda Dixit, Satish Jung Shahi, Rajendra Pradhan and a few others. Will let you all know as more progress is made. oohi ashu ktm,nepal |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 06:05 PM
ashu dai, thanks for your thoughts. good to see your posting in this thread. |
| dautari | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 06:06 PM
AS for the project, I remember Satish Jung Shahi talking about it. I wish you all the best for its success. |
| Maahili | Posted
on 10-Nov-03 10:47 PM
Pukar, I sent you message through sajha. Am not sure whether you received it or not. Let me know hai. Any other email add through which I can contact you ? |
| pukar | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 01:11 AM
Hey Mahili, I did get your e-mail and have added you to the contact list. Thanks. Connecting with alumni in BKK and other parts of the world would be an excellent idea. As soon as we have a web-portal, all of us would only be some mouse-clicks away. I would appreciate if you could contact other alumni in that area and let them know about this effort. Thanks. Regards, Pukar |
| Bhunte | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 01:52 AM
AIT mafia ho ki kaso?...lol |
| smaskey | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 01:16 PM
Finally we have the alumni network website for St. Xavier's and St. Mary's. http://www.gaasman.org (GAASMAN for GAA and ASMAN - alumni service of Xavier's and Mary's respectively) You can post messages, view or post pictures, participate in polls, etc. Please visit and post comments at http://www.gaasman.org. We would like to build alumni database to revive the alumni network. In order to build the database we would like to know, what kind of information everyone wants to see in the database. Thanks. We are waiting for your feedbacks. -gaasman team |
| highland lass | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 05:24 PM
thanx for the info. smaskey.... |
| Maahili | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 08:06 PM
Bhunte ji, AIT matra haina, whole "Ex-SMS & SXS in BKK" mafia ni ;) Smaskey, Thanks for the info, I didn't know there was a GAASMAN though. Pukar, I'll let you know after I contact few others here hai. |
| czar | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 08:24 PM
Sawatdeekhap Mahili ! You live in one of my favourite places on the planet. Pleasant to learn that Krung Thep has its share of SXS and SMS alumni. Could you swig a Singha and down some tod mun pla for me please (preek num paa optional !) ? Khapkhunkhaap! |
| czar | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 08:30 PM
I just checked out the GAASMAN web site. Heck of a name eh ? :) An before any arrows are notched and/or fired my way, pls. be advised that I am all for the worthy endeavour. An excellent start ! |
| Maahili | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 09:16 PM
Czar, Sawasdee Kha!Sabai dee mai Kha ? How can 'Preek Num Plaa' be optional!!! ... Thai food isn't thai food without few drops of Preek Num Plaa ni :) |
| smaskey | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 09:51 PM
Maahili, gaasman didn't exist until today. We launched it today as we saw the growing need of it. Czar, thanks for the comments. We will improve the website as we get more feedbacks. Thanks. -gaasman team |
| Bhunte | Posted
on 11-Nov-03 09:57 PM
Mahili, Sawasdee Kha! Afno ta tagdeer ma nalekhya kura raichha. Otherwise, I would have joined the club. Nice Effort! Best wishes to SMS & SXS Alumni! |
| SITARA | Posted
on 12-Nov-03 04:22 AM
Czar ji: hehe! You caught the name! I was waiting for it to pop up; Gaasman eh?!!! SMaskeyji: Perhaps, maybe, could we possibly possibly revamp the name? :) Hi SMS-aites and Xavierians! Mahili, a bowl of Tom Yang Kai or Tom Yang Kung from my taraf! |
| smaskey | Posted
on 12-Nov-03 09:00 AM
Sitara ji, I was thinking along your lines. A lot of names sound weird in the beginning but it is just a matter time to get used to it. We will wait and see. -gaasman team |
| Maahili | Posted
on 12-Nov-03 06:17 PM
Bhunte, Sawasdee Kha! :) Sitara "dijju" (St. Mary's style :) ), Sure sure. Tom Yam Kai ta almost everyday khaaing ni ! Tapai ko naam ma one more diula ni aja :) Smaskey, We appreciate the effort u guys have made for this alumni. It's great to keep in touch with old friends. And btw, found out we are from the same SLC batch :) |
| roc1432 | Posted
on 12-Nov-03 07:12 PM
Great job Smaskey and de group... xavier's ko purano purano pic haru hola ki bhanera kholeko ta Khimu bru ko Matrix style sunglasses lagayeko photo po raicha.. but it's a great site indeed probably with a bright future.. hats off to all the creators of that site.. ......... roc |
| smaskey | Posted
on 12-Nov-03 08:47 PM
roc1432, We are glad that you found the photos of your interest. We hope website is serving it's purpose. -gaasman team |