Why a 'class of '89 blog' ?

It feels good (re)connecting after a span of almost two decades. “Why did we lose touch after school?” a school friend's sincere query set me thinking. I have been trying to figure out a convincing answer.Maybe we just moved on and on in life. Perhaps we were caught in the pressures of study, making a career, settling down, family and kids. But I’m glad that in the midst of these some of us stood firm in connecting with school friends. Cheers to those! For those like me (who belong to the former!) perhaps this is the chance to connect and rekindle our friendships.

Well the idea of a class blog dawned on me after having found several of my classmates on orkut. We exchanged our telephone numbers and our mailing addresses. We talked of meeting up at least wherever we are located. There was also talk of a school reunion. Meanwhile I chanced upon a blog of the class of ’82. Pictures from the school archives, personal information and snapshots of their family and their reunion last year(2006) were so overwhelming. If they could, why can’t we?

So here it is. The class of ’89 MCC finds a place in the "blog world". I believe I have only attempted the first kick. You need to keep the ball rolling ;)…posts, fotos, updates…anything and everything you feel should be on display. Go ahead and write your memories of school, teachers, friends who left us, ideas for reunions …(but please keep forwards,jokes and games for other sites lest we be flooded with spams and junkmails !!)

Perhaps this could be a way to stay in touch…wherever we are…I know that life has moved on a great deal after the MCC days…and some of our friends even have kids going to our same old school! perhaps we are comfortable relating to our more recent friends…but believe me it feels nostalgic to at least occasionally take the trip down memory lane with school friends who still remember you in those navy blue overalls and with all your naughtiness, vulnerability and perhaps naiveté!! This blog may be seen as a space to revive old friendships or even forge new ones, of sharing related interests or just being there for each other in times of need. It sure is going to be an enriching and unique experience for us, a bonding which is becoming increasingly uncommon in today’s fast paced world.


All it requires to keep the blog going is a few minutes of your time, perhaps when you want to take a break from your busy schedules at home or at work. Trust me,you don’t need to be great writers for this. All it counts is your genuine thoughts. So just scribble what you feel. C’mon it’s not your ICSE English exam…:)

I would like to add that we do not wish to confine ourselves to our batch of ’89. We have related links to connect with other classes and batches from the extended Mount Carmel fraternity. So here’s a chance to reconnect the old ties...to share and collaborate on related interests,to extend help on personal and professional fronts and perhaps even strike business deals !!.... Besides if there’s a chance to give back to our ‘alma mater’ in some way, let us come together and think along those lines too.

warm regards,sabina (for the class of '89)