Saturday 19 December 2009

Circular No 424


Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. 
Caracas, 19 December 2009 No.424
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Dear Friends, 
This is the Xmas issue, just a few days before Christmas Holy Days, as we knew them when kids.
Those who would like to send out best wishes, you still have time to send in your message. Must remind our readers that we do not create news, you do, so if you do not send us a FW of your conversation, it cannot be published!!! 
All xmas cards received after 19 of December shall be included in Circular No. 425. 
Some music to listen to: 
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Re: SEASON'S GREETINGS
17 dec 2009. 
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU "MOUNT BOYS" AND YOUR DEAR ONES. 
MAY PEACE AND JOY REIGN IN YOUR HOMES AND HEARTS DURING THE WHOLE YEAR OF 2010.  
Rafael (CheChe) & Norma, and all the rest of the dream-team. 
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2009/12/16 Peter Tang <peter.a.tang@gmail.com
We wish you all good health, peace and much happiness during this holy season and for 2010.
All the best,
Peter & family 
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david decastro
18 Dec (2 days ago)  
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.
"THE BANDIT"  
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 Hi "You Guys" ..... " a little gift of Christmas ....."
" I Believe You'll Love This ..."
Some "Amazing" singing..."
I couldn't resist sending this to you, knowing you , you will certainly appreciate this
Let me know what you think
Cornel 
P.S.: Just Click on the link below, turn your speakers up and be amazed...!
FW: Everything happens for a reason!!
Cornel de Freitas
9 Dec (10 days ago)  
To ALL of my 'Brothers', at the end of this short message there is a story, that I am sure will touch the hearts of many of you.
It was sent to me by a very dear friend, and I have elected to share it with you.
Call it a little Christmas Present from me.
I Love you all and try my best to remember you when I speak with the Lord.
Blessings for the Christmas Season. . .
To all of my Loving and Caring brothers out there. who are all preparing to Celebrate one of the most Holy periods in our Christian lives: "Christmas" ...This is one is very special to me, and since I was a little boy, I looked forward to Christmas time, when it always appeared that the whole World got all dressed up to celebrate the birthday of Our Lord Jesus. 
"... For GOD so Loved us he sent his only Son to us ..." 
I could never forget how anxiously I looked forward to Dear Brother Vincent to post all of the itineraries of all of the foreign students to go "Home" to celebrate "Christmas" with our families.... it was so exciting!
I would also never forget that one Christmas, because of problems in Venezuela, there were three students that could not get a flight to Colombia for Christmas. so he booked them on the same flight with me to ARUBA, where he notified my parents and they gladly accommodated those three boys (students).
Two of them were brothers, and one of them was Norman Smith.
I was ecstatic to have two of my "Brothers" from Mt. St. Benedict staying at 'my' home in Aruba for a stopover to catch a connecting flight to join them with their families to celebrate Christmas.
I still cannot remember the names of the two brothers, but I believe they lived in 'Bogota', Columbia; and Norman Smith's family lived in 'Medellin', Columbia.
The next day my parents saw them off on their flights to their respective destinations.
But, Guys, am I wrong but are the Christmases coming quicker whereas when I was a boy it seemed like years before it came? ... I must be getting old!... 
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On Dec 16, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Ed Lloyd <edwardlloyd@yahoo.co.uk>  wrote: 
It’s that time of the year again folks, Christmas!
How time flies when you are getting older - and older we both are! –
This is the big one, both Betty & I are 65 at the end of this year and now both retired (me for the third time).
I decided to retire in the spring of this year after spending an absolutely awful winter in the cold, rough North Atlantic drilling for BP. 
In April we both spent a week with Simone, David and children in Worcestershire and then flew down to Trinidad to escape the rainy weather and participate in the first Farfan family reunion (we understand that the second reunion will be in Seville, Spain in 2013). We had an absolute ball while there, met new members of our extended family, and rekindle old friendships.  We had a most enjoyable stay with Daphne & Judy in their new home and had a fantastic stay down the islands at Castle Heights, Monos. 
We had Farfans from all over the world at the reunion and were very impressed with the wonderful job the organisers did. Every single function was a success. We wish to thank them all and to say how much we appreciated their hard work. 
We experienced a wet summer in Scotland which dampened our spirits somewhat but we managed to scrub that memory with our first trip to lovely, hot (expensive) Cyprus and spent a delightful fortnight with Mac, Sharon, Dave, Simone and seven of our grandchildren at the Aphrodite Hills Golf complex near Papos. The resort caters well for families with most sports available to keep the young ones busy. Betty and I spent a lot of time around the pools and beaches with our menagerie of grandchildren. 
Colleen and Les have now completely finished redecorating their new house and both the location and accommodation are splendid. They love it so much that it is like pulling hens teeth to get them to leave Kincardine O´ Neal and visit us in Banchory.  
Eric , Irene and children are all doing well, Erin is now in her first year of Academy at Aboyne, Liam is in Fizean for another two years before joining his big sister. Young Jake has just mastered the art of walking; he is very much a combination of his parents; a very sweet, inquisitive and smiley boy.   
All of our grandchildren are doing well in their respective pursuits, studies, jobs, sports etc and in January next our eldest grandchild Darren Yuill reaches his first big milestone in life – the big 21. Would you believe that the ages of our grandchildren range from 21 years old to just 15 months?  
We are planning a trip to the sun early in the New Year, maybe to Tenerife (Mallorca?) in February and then Edward is away on a week’s golfing holiday to Portugal with his buddies in early May.   
We are all getting together at Sharon and Mac’s for Christmas this year. Eric and family will not be with us as he is going to be offshore from the 24th; but Simone, Dave and family will be coming up from England from the 18th to the 27th of December and staying with us. Sharon, Mac and family will also be leaving on the 27th to go on a skiing holiday in Switzerland, so we will have a quiet Hogmanay in Banchory, we’ll fire one for you all! 
We hope that you have a wonderful, joyful, peaceful family time this Christmas and wish you all the very best for 2010. Hope this meets you and your loved ones in good health and happiness.
Edward & Betty Lloyd 
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Date: Wednesday, 16 December, 2009, 18:22
Don, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and family...all the best,
Howard.  
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From: "Don Mitchell CBE QC" <idmitch@anguillanet.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:38:11 -0400 
ABBEY SCHOOL OLD BOYS - 
HAVE A 
SUPER SOLSTICE 
AND A 
JOYFUL NEW YEA
FROM 
Don and Maggie 
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From: Gillian & Leary  
Here's wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2010. 
Thank you for all your hard work during the year. 
We really enjoy reading all the news of the Mount and its many students.
There are fewer and fewer of my vintage now but the memories are still wonderful.
Leary & Gillian
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Hope this Christmas finds you and your family happy and healthy.
We are still in the Memphis area. Fara is enjoying her retirement.
I continue to work about half the time.
We both maximise the opportunity to visit our families and do some travelling.
Melisa is in Memphis working as a catering manager while attending college.
We love having her close by. Matt and his family are starting their 3rd year in France (too far) where Matt works for Caterpillar.
They have travelled to many countries and the kids have expanded their horizons immensely.
Marc and family are still in Nashville. Marc this year assumed a new role in becoming the Emergency Director at the Nashville VA Hospital. He continues to work part-time at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
It was another interesting year for us.
It started with Fara flying to Grenoble, France, to stay with Matt and his family for 4 weeks.
Heather had knee surgery and needed help with Tanner (now 9) and Kylie (6). Fara came back in late February.
I worked as a part time safety consultant with Du Pont for other companies.
Four trips to India took place between January and May; each trip lasted 2.5 weeks. Considering the period 2006-2009; I made 16 trips to India.
Work involved safety consultation with Reliance, India’s largest private petrochemical company, and their largest steel company Tata Steel.
In July an opportunity came up to work in a petroleum company in the US.
Started working in the USA as the trips to India were very challenging to say the least.
This project is scheduled for 3 years and may require potential additional work in Brazil.
In June-July we travelled to Matt’s for 4 weeks.
We all went together to Corsica for 1 week. The place is AWESOME with very high mountains, quaint seaside towns and beautiful beaches. We had a great time.
Next I flew by myself for 5 days to visit my aunt and uncle in Warsaw who moved there from Venezuela.
Found it to be greatly changed from my last visit to Poland in ’91.
Back to Grenoble and then all of us took the bullet train to Paris for 5 days of sightseeing, enjoyment and good food. Melisa joined us in Paris.
In early August we celebrated my mom’s 90th birthday in NC. She continues to reside in a nursing home near my sister Cristina.
Mom’s dementia continues to sadden us as it continues to grow. Communicating with her is no longer possible.
In late September we took off for 1 week in Las Vegas.
Mostly doing sightseeing with a little gambling on the side.
This was Fara’s first trip to Vegas (she LOVED it). I had not been there since about 1985.
Upon our return we joined Marc and his family at the beach for 1 week.
Megan is now 2 and Madelyn 4. We had a great time watching the girls have fun.
We wish you and your families a Blessed Christmas and a Joyful, Spiritual, and Healthy 2010.
Fara and George 
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FW: Check out YouTube - PICT0001.AVI Renny Villafana house burglarised
Sat, December 19, 2009 9:24:06 AM


 Hello Renny, 
I am so sorry to see this my friend, I must say I am glad to know that you and your family are o.k. 
I do hope this is the last time, please ensure you protect your house as best as possible, more lights, dogs, electric barbed wire, I don't know,
I left Trinidad after my father business was held up so many time, it just was not worth it after awhile, my uncle wanted to give me guns to protect myself ect.
But I said before someone gets killed, man I packed up and left Trinidad for good. Renny yuh looking good under the circumstances, 
Renny if there is anything we can do to assist in anyway please don't hesitate to ask, of the brothers, 
I am cc.ing Edmund Sanoir, he is a police detective in Trinidad, he may be able to see how the investigation is going, and also give you advice on better protection. 
What can I say man, it hurts me to see this.
Take care my brother, we are thinking of you, 
Best regards to you and your family, Glen McKoy
902-477-7244 Halifax,N.S/canada.   (Thank you Neil, for sending this to me) 
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Please do not forget to send me you xmas photo, so that friends can visualize you, maybe not recognise you, jajajaj. 
Now to the photos 
Regards
Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com 
So now you have all the exchanges and photos.
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56KA0012SCOUTS, Scouting troop UNKNOWNS
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