Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Welcome home friends, to your very own Mount Carmel Convent Anglo Indian Girl's High School Blog! This blog is an attempt to help you reconnect with your past and revive your good old school memories. How often do we get the opportunity to talk about the past....before it's too late! So lets make the most while we can still remember a thing or two of our memorable school days. A pat on our backs dear classmates, for the successful Silver Jubilee Reunion that was held on the 25th of July 2010 at The Nani Hotel, Kollam. A big round of applause to all those who travelled from far and near to attend this glorious occasion. The rain didn't dampen our spirits and the memories of the day will linger on. We are thankful to all those who contributed their valuable time to make this event a grand success and also to those who documented important parts of our school's nostalgic reminiscences. Please keep checking in for latest updates. If you are an ex-student of Mount Carmel, you are also welcome to add in your comments directly or share with us your story by sending it to us at cynthiapinto@hotmail.com and we'll post it on the blog. Thankyou.

Left: Mount Carmel Convent AIGHS, Kollam (Primary Section) Right: Mount Carmel Convent AIGHS (Secondary Section)

Our Dear Departed Principal, Rev. Sr. Mary Patricia

Our Dear Departed Principal, Rev. Sr. Mary Patricia
Monday, September 13, 2010
A Loving Tribute to Our Principal
By Cynthia Pinto

Sr. Mary Patricia was an enigmatic personality with an abundant aura of grace. Her very presence would inevitably call our attention to drop everything we did to hear her speak. I am often reminded of a few instances of my interaction with her and wish I could turn back the clock just to relive them. Throughout my student life, I realized that she was distinctively different but never fully understood her worth. I thought she rarely smiled and when she did, I knew it made a world of difference to me. So preoccupied with my own life, I never stopped a moment to think how lucky I was to be endowed with such a unique principal.

Looking back, today I have many regrets. I wish I could stop by at Mount Carmel Convent and thank her profusely even if no words were enough to do so. Though she’s no longer with us anymore, I would still like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for all the dauntless efforts she has so selflessly undertaken to uphold the spirit and motto of our school. May God grant her Soul Eternal Rest!

My Rendezvous with Facebook

By Cynthia Pinto

Facebook, a social networking service, today has become a virtual meeting place for millions of people from all walks of life to meet and communicate freely.  A platform where old friendships are renewed, new friendships made and ill begotten animosities set aside.  Users are able to create a personal profile, add other users as friends, exchange messages, share photographs and perform many related functions.  Founded by young Mark Zuckerberg along with fellow computer science students, facebook has become a phenomenon of a rare kind taking the global IT industry by storm, reaching indescribable new heights even overshadowing networking giants such as Orkut and Myspace.

In such a scenario, being a faithful fan of Facebook, I have come to observe the varied kinds of users who log in for a day’s cuppa tea. Every profile has a unique identity, some colourful, some lusterless, some who prefer anonymity and yet a few who remain inactive. The colourful ones are those who have over 300 friends on their list and begin their day in a vibrant manner.  You could clearly identify them as they post inspirational quotes on their wall, their comments create a massive response and they give you an hourly dose of what’s happening in their lives. They replace their profile pictures frequently to pep themselves and rid others of boredom.  

The lusterless ones are dedicated facebook followers but not enough to be hooked on.  They visit facebook every day to keep themselves abreast with various events of the day lest they miss out on the interesting details. They potter around for a while exploring and searching for lost friends and mostly not knowing what to do. Their friends list is not appealing as they consist of mostly family members and sparingly include school and college friends. They do not easily accept friend invitations and often scrutinize their profiles before doing so.

The anonymous ones scan through profiles at odd hours of the night, digest every piece of information they can get hold off, probably sniggering at silly writings and comments on the walls as they do so. They give you the impression of being inactive and sneak in and out at regular intervals.  They are fully aware of even the minute details but refuse to interact in any way. They are accessible only to a few and block all possible information about themselves. Their profile picture is usually missing as they do not like to disclose their identity or maybe new avatar. 

Lastly, the inactive ones hibernate for over long periods of time and emerge when least expected.  They will post you a one liner and then disappear as quickly as they appeared never to hear from them again for a long time. You are either misguided or enamoured by their profile picture as they are most often adorned by the face of a celebrity, scenery or some such sort.  They show displeasure at being associated with facebook and are quick in excusing themselves as being too busy or world-weary.  They are critical of social networking sites and claim that the only reason they have a profile on facebook is merely due to peer pressure.

I for sure can classify myself as one who falls in the lusterless category.  How about you?

Watch movie 'The Social Network' - A chronicle of the founding of Facebook. Directed by: David Fincher, starring : Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
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