Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict,
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 31 December 2016 No. 791
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Dear
Friends,
LISTEN TO THE LATEST FROM DAVID BRATT
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12/26/16 at 10:05 PM
Tim/Ladislao,
As far as I am aware there are a number of
MSB old boys in Perth.
Both Leary and Richard currently receive
Ladislao's email circulars and that is how I generally get news.
I also got an MSB old boys excel file
register from Nigel Boos a couple years back and from that I can see a number
of names including both Leary and Richard.
I will get an article published in the next
CAA newsletter inviting anyone interested to make direct contact with you guys
(I will give your respective emails unless you tell me to the contrary).
Best regards,
Tim
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tmailto:tim-mew@bigpond.com
12/26/16 at 5:46 PM
Laszlo,
I am sure that I have since sent a reply to
you from David who wishes to continue receiving your MSB newsletters.
Cheers for 2017.
Tim
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Emailed David in Wonthaggi but no reply so
far.
tmailto:tim-mew@bigpond.com
12/26/16 at 5:38 PM
Laszlo,
I will ask Esmond for you and maybe there
could be some other MSB old boys in CAA or Perth, as most Trinidadians went to
live in Western Australia – Perth.
No I do not have any contact with Richard
O’Conner or his brother, in fact I do not recall the names, but again I will
ask Esmond and he may be able to help.
All the best for 2017,
Tim
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<kertesz11@yahoo.com>
12/24/16 at 12:15 PM
Tim!
Thank you for the news.
Would there be more Mount boys in the CAA??
Are you in contact with Richard O Connor and
his brother??
That would make five living members in
Australia
Happy Xmas
Ladislao
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tmailto:tim-mew@bigpond.com
12/23/16 at 9:13 PM
Hola Laszlo,
Santa has been busy for you.
Emailed David in Wonthaggi but no reply so
far.
Spoke to Esmond in Perth and he sent the
info below, plus saying he is happy to receive MSB newsletters from you.
I have known Esmond from Trinidad for years
but not seen him in Australia where he moved in 1970 and lives in Perth.
Have a Safe, Happy and Healthy New Year 2017
after a Merry Christmas with family & friends.
Tim.
PS: The CAA bit is a Caribbean Association
in Perth, WA. Esmond used to be President at one time and is a member.
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dmailto:idmitch@anguillanet.com
12/31/16 at 12:10 PM
Hi, Ladislao,
It has been several days now since I
contacted him on Linked In, but he has not responded.
I have searched online, for Carl Deleuze but
cannot find an email address for him.
His telephone number in Streetsille, Ontario
is 905 824 9079.
But, I don’t want to telephone him out of
the blue when he was not a friend of mine.
I don’t know what else I can do, except
perhaps to ask one of the Ontario Old Boys to give him a call.
Don
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mailto:idmitch@anguillanet.com
12/18/16 at 7:24 PM
Hello, Ladislao,
I Googled Carl Deleuze.
He is alive and well and living in
Canada.
He is a well-known photographer.
Can you switch the items for a couple of
other emails?
Thanks,
Don
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Simon Da Costa
31/12/2016 (12 days ago)
Happy New Year 2017 Hope you have a great
one Monica & Simon
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Don Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com>
Jan 9 at 2:21 PM
Hi, Kazim,
You are not to worry.
Nigel frequently complained that the
database would not obey his orders and keep the photos in the right frame or
cell.
So, the problem is not new to you.
Hopefully, you will figure it out.
Keep well.
Don
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kmailto:empowerwithart@gmail.com
Jan 9 at 1:53 PM
Dear Attila,
I am so sorry about the position of your
photo not coinciding next to your name in our MSB Database. Actually, things
went crazy and most of the photos moved to different locations. I would need to
rectify that. I will have to come up with a method so the photos stay
permanently instead of shifting every time the database is updated. I tried
several times and it did work to stay.
Nigel did a lot of hard work the years to create
and maintain the database with thousands of names. And somehow, I messed up. I
just wish I had someone I could work with to correct the situation. It is a
tremendous amount of work involved. Although, I had asked for support through
our MSB Facebook Group page, I did not get any volunteers. So, I will continue
to pray for some guidance to get the database in proper order like Nigel did.
God bless you Attila, have a blessed 2017.
Regards, Kazim
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:16 PM,
Attila GYURIS <gyuris@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Nigel / Kazim:
Happy New Year to both of you!
I was browsing the old boy data base and I
noticed that my picture was placed to the wrong person.
It was mistakenly placed in the row of
Gurley Brendan (RIP) above, instead of the row with my name: GYURIS,
Attila.
By the way, I am sending you a better
picture for insertion in the database.
Another update to the database:
My new post-retirement job is:
Air Operations Chief / Pilot of the Quito
Fire Dept, flying an Agusta A109K2 helicopter.
Regards,
Attila Gyuris
Old Boy. MSB 1964-1969
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2003/05/01
Tuesday Guardian # 109
By David Bratt
Look at our pride and joy, the
steelband. Take a simple thing like setting up on the Savannah
stage. Steelbands still cannot set up easily. Back and fro, cuss
and go, nobody knows where each set of pan is supposed to be? How difficult
is it to draw a diagram before going on stage, A; B; C; D etc. A goes here; B
set up next to A, and so on. Even if you drunk, where is the stage
manager? Who is in charge? Sit down and do the work. Spend
some time reflecting. Come up with a plan.
If you cannot solve minor problems like
that, what hope is there for pan? How long are we going to depend on
talent? Talk for so. Carnival post mortems. Opportunity for
everyone to gallery and try to impress everyone else. Who does the hard
work, before the meeting? After the meeting? How many meetings
there are in Trinidad where nobody takes the minutes so a week later no one
knows what was decided. Wasting people’s time.
Look at sport. Football.
Cricket. Athletics. Any sport you want. Total chaos.
Who’s in charge? Who is doing the hard work? Sitting down.
Thinking. Coming up with a plan. So smart talking charlatans have
the opportunity to take over a sport and walk away with the rewards.
Standards in the media are dropping, says
the president of MATT, “The quality of media is in trouble”. Last
Friday night, one television commentator was heard to say that Steve Waugh now
had the most Test centuries. On the other channel, his competitor claimed
that Omari Banks was the best West Indian bowler with 3 for 204 runs.
Simple things. Both were wrong. Someone hadn’t done their homework.
Think of any profession. Law.
How often have you heard that the lawyer is not ready to proceed so the case is
postponed? Or there’s nobody to take notes. Or the
magistrates don’t know the law.
Fire burning hills. Endless talk on
the radio. People writing in to the newspapers. What’s being
done? The firemen can’t do anymore. More talk about planes from
Canada to out the fires.
Trucks run traffic lights, cross highways,
fall on cars and kill people. What’s the government reaction? None.
Name any Ministry that is organized.
Name a single Minister who has a plan for his or her Ministry?
But everyone is making money and everyone
happy. Thank heaven for the oil and gas. That’s what the rest of
the Caribbean says about us. If it wasn’t for that we would be the
Labasse of the Caribbean. But a happy Labasse.
There is a dire need in the country for hard
working people. Someone to do an honest day’s work. How long
can the lack of action last? David Rudder is right. Old talk drains
the spirit.
David E. Bratt MD
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com,
if you would like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you
would like to include.
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Photos:
57UN0001SIGNATURES, Some signatures that you
might know.
06WK0067REUNION2006, Bunch of UNKNOWNS HELP
15MP1534MPRFCU, Manuel Prada and Fr.
Cuthbert
15MP1530GLAFAU, George Laquis and Fr.
Augustine
