Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School,
Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 26 of June
2016 No. 764
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Dear Friends,
The email below from Kazim is the follow
up to Circular No. 762 a discussion under the name
The Mount as I see it.
The conversation will follow in Circulars
No. 766 and No. 768.
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Kazimmailto:m%20Abasali%20%3cempowerwithart@gmail.com%3e%20
Apr 11 at 3:49 AM
Blessings my dear
Brothers!
With my recent
stroke and my ongoing recovery, this is not a project for me or even the faint
of heart. I really have to watch myself and taking on too much on my shoulders
now, and as one member of the Alumni.
Having said that, I
want to say that I have a lot of respect and admiration for Jon Golding, for
what he did and tried to accomplish for the Abbot and MSB overall. And the
magnitude of Jon's vision is really commendable. Others from our MSB Alumni
group have also tried, and just like Jon, without much success. And the one
reason or person was the Abbot.
Fr. Harold
Imamshah, you want to help the Abbot. You shared above that you were part of
things before and have met with some success along the way. And you feel we
should try again. And I wish you the best.
At this point in my
life, as I shared above, I do not have the energy to take on a massive project
like this, although every project can be broken up in manageable parts to
complete the whole project eventually. The thing is, we need the Abbot to
totally want this to save us from any wasted energy like before. And like our
Brothers stated, the Abbot has to take a Leadership role and be open, humble,
and supportive of the team and other players in an undertaking such as this.
Also. this project
has to be self-sustaining, with revenue generating income to take care of
ongoing maintenance of properties, etc. For instance, if the swimming pool is
restored to Olympic standard, then the rental of the facilities will pay for
its upkeep. And other ideas of revenue generation, even those already in
existence like the yogurt factory, etc., will be necessary to avoid us from
outside ongoing fund-raising and having to do this project all over again when
there is need for another massive overhaul.
What this project
points to is a picture of the extent of this undertaking. And I come back to
the vision and efforts of Jon Golding, the work he did. That today is still the
blueprint of the plan for this project. Because if we do not do this project
wisely, we will forever be having to work without meaningful solutions.
Now, who is going
to shoulder this task with the Abbot? Again, the Abbot himself must want this,
and step up and take responsibility. If there are souls willing and able to do
so with the Abbot, I certainly wish you all the very best. And you all too will
have my utmost respect and admiration as I have for Jon.
God bless you Fr.
Harold Imamshah, your vision, the Abbot, the Team, and our MSB Brothers.
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Terrence Ferreira July 1965,
sir.
Years should not be published on FB. Lol
Are you sure? That was a month after my
father's death
We left in 1965 didn't we? I took shots
of the entire class, which I still have.
May your parents rest in peace.
Do you recall I was with you and at your
lunch table the day your Dad fell ill?
I'll never forget.
Yes. We had gone to play cricket on
Taylor St.
It seems like yesterday Terry
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From: Peter Tang
Date: 8/13/2006
6:17:31 PM
Hi Ladislao,
This is the first
time I have seen the Abbey website, and I must commend and congratulate you and
others for doing a tremendous job in bringing cherished memories back to all
the old boys.
I am Peter Tang and
left in Form 5 around 1965 (not too sure). Two of my brothers also attended,
Tilson and Norman. I would really like to get an email address for Prada, who
spent many of his vacations at our home, Che Che and Carl DeLuze.
Thank you Ladislao
and GOD bless you and your family.
PS: It’s nice to
see big box head (Don) is still around and very active with the website.
Regards,
Peter Tang
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Nicholas de Verteuil
16:13 (3 hours ago)
Ladislao,
I retired from BHP
Billiton Petroleum in February 2009, and moved from Bogotá, Colombia, where I
was V.P. and Country Manager, to the USA.
My wife, Simone
(nee Seheult) and I now live in Georgetown, Texas. We are located in Central
Texas just north of Austin.
Eion O'Connor, to
whom I have CCd this note, lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
I believe that
"Middle Bhaaji" is located in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, but I am not
sure on that.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
"Meow" de Verteuil
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Nicholas de Verteuil
6 hrs ·
Some quotes from
William James "Will" Durant, an American writer, historian, and
philosopher:
- Civilization
exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
- Nature has never
read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
- Moral codes
adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
- It may be true
that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of
them to rule a large country.
- Tired mothers
find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the
seat of the memory.
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Nigel Boos <nigelboos@gmail.com>
May 13 at 3:03 PM
Thanks, Nige.
No bout about it.
Mike Agostini was a real sprinting superstar. As a young boy, I followed his
career with delight.
May he rest in
peace.
Nigel
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Glen Mckoy
Sep 6
Hola Mi Hermano Y
Mi Amigo - Great Grand Knight Sir Manuel,
Muchas Gracias for
this reply.
There was an
indirect connection, see what ah say ha! ha!
We had all the
sports you could want on the mount, so many good athletes, from the beginning
to the end.
I also ran the 100
meters and the mile, and would place, ha! ha! then I start to smoke, end of
that story.
I see you also ran
hombre, Bullet Howard & Richard Galt, I know the names well.
Thank You Very Much
Manuel, for all your support and the many encouraging emails over the years,
you are 200 % A Mount Boy,
Long Live Our
Mount.
Cheers MIs Amigos
Adios
Glen.
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Subject: Re: FW: Mike Agostini: The Forgotten World's
Fastest Man [PODCAST]
From: manjosepra@hotmail.es
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:18:32 +0000
Glen
Mike Agostini as a
result of Bro. Vincent's diligence gave a brief lecture and handy tips to
Bullet Howard, Richard Galt, - me and I don't recall who else- on how to make
the best start in a 100 yds race.
The training
session took place on the northern part of the sport field where the sprints
usually were carried out!
By the way he was
the fourth fastest 100 meters runner in that Olympic year!
Regards
Manuel
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From: Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com>
Date: 6 September 2014 11:58
Hello Great-
Grand-Knights & Big Brothers, Sir Bandit, The Knight Of Calypso & Sir
Nigel, The List Maker, The Knight Of The Light.
Now Bandit this was
in 1954, you had already finish and left the prison ha! ha!
So you were a young
man then, I was born in 56 ha! ha!
Now my question is,
did Mike go to the mount, his relatives, brothers or cousins ?
I would ask Sir
Gerald Agostini, a proud member of this fine Club, he may be able to shed some
light on same, you know me, everything great that come out from Trinidad, I
have to connect to the mount or make it up too ha! ha!
I see below the
name Camacho, I remember the name from my 1st. year on the mount, his last year
there I think ?
I really enjoyed
this interview, the time period he is speaking about, a west-indian boy, that
really went far running after an impossible dream.
I also understand
why he ended up running for Canada.
Thank you for this
one, an historical moment for sure eh Trini.?
Cheers Mis Amigos –
Adios Glen McKoy.
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Date: July 24, 2014 at 12:53:56 AM GMT-
Subj: Fwd: Mike Agostini: The Forgotten World's
Fastest Man [PODCAST]
A few years ago,
Mike stayed at my house for a couple of days, during which time I was able to
arrange a meeting between Mike and his former 100-meter foe, Dave Sime, who is
a surgeon living on Key Biscayne.
Antonio Camacho did
a video of the meeting.
Both Mike and Dave
commented, " It's nice when two has-beens are still being regarded."
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Photos:
10RC0003RCO, Raymond de Comarmond at Avila mountain
Caracas
61CF0013CDFSF, Cornel de Freitas at the Sports
Field
15LK4995FBNWFE, Nicholas de Verteuil and wife
16SA0001SAB, Stephen Aboud
