Welcome To The St Pauls High Scholl Belgaum, Batch of '79 Blog

This blog is created and managed by the Batch of '79, St Paul's High School, Belgaum. To make a post, you need to register as a member by signing up. Though a blog of the batch of '79, please use this blog to not only keep connected with each other but also with those from other batches. The best way to do this is to make posts. You could post messages, comments, pictures...let your batch mates know where you've been what you've done. It would be great to add photos of your self then (1979) and now and what your are upto at this point in life. You could endeavor to help each other through this blog....You could share your latest exploits, achievements, struggles et al...

Friday, October 29, 2010

Rare Pics ....

Hi Guys, Raman has posted some rare pics of us right from '76 onwards...more to follow soon.. you won't believe it, but the man has a full-fledged museum of our days in school including a 'bonda' coupon from the fancy fete, his class time table, 7th std and SSLC hall ticket + marks card and so on....

..... now you know why he was elected as best boy.... most of us don't even have our passing out parade pictrures...

......The pics are posted in the (Then & Now) Pics sections. Enjoy!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Whos' Mr Belgaumite?

Hi, does anyone know who our new 'Belgaumite' member is? I can think of several dozen!
Hey Somya !! i thought ur name was Somashekar, since wen did u start calling urself somashanker ??
Chris !!!! Chris who ???
& Guys pls mention ur full names, shud make things a lot easier

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fantastic Pics Of Our Teachers

Fazal Mujawar has posted some fantastic pics of our school teachers. This is probably the only website that has these pictures.They are posted in the 'School Teachers' section. Check it out!

St Paul's




Here's the Road to the School

& There's our Ice cream wala on the Road :-)

SSLC Toppers


SSLC toppers
Hey Guru ur There

How do u think i scored
1st class ???
SSLC Board Exams
B K model School
Seating arrangement
1st Bench: Guru prasad
2nd " Gul mulani
3rd " Fazal mujawar
4th " Daneshwar savant :-)

The Dreaded Biscuit Ruler


Guys
Remember This !!!


Hey Olly, remember
Me & you got pasted once with this infamous thing by
Fr Toscano ? :-(
You got Two extra spank on ur Backside for stuffing Handkerchiefs in ur Pants :-) Hahahe

Monday, October 25, 2010

Batch of 79 In 2010


Class of 79, meet in 2010 WOW !!!
32 long years & we all had the same Enthusiasm we used to when in School
24/10/2010 About 30 of us met at Rohit Deshpande's place for Breakfast to Discuss our next BIG Re-union which is scheduled for the 3rd of December 2010
Thanx Rohit for the Lovely Breakfast




Listening to Rohit
Had to,
He had given us Breakfast

Gave us that Day
Our daily BREAD !!

Vice-Principal


Fr Pat Lima
Our Vice-Principal

..Priceless Photograph..1973!

We've posted a priceless photograph of STD IV A.... See if you can spot yourself and remember the names of the others. It is in the 'Then And Now' Pics Section

...Sanjay Metrani Traced

Ravi kakati said...
Sanjay Metrani is traced to Mumbai. He is running a Hotel. Cel 09321249900 & 02265046183 (R)

St Pauls 150 yrs Celebration




150 yrs celebration
78 & 79 batch frnds together
Raman (Best boy 79), Ashok mulani, Navratan jain, Rashid madiwale, Shakir barafwala. Somshekar golle, Satish mehta, Shrikant kesur, Waheed sattikar, Santosh shirvaikar, Deepak bhati, Rafiq momin, Fazal mujawar






Thats how well behaved all were when in School for the 150 yrs Celebration











Later in the evening at the Belgaum Club (pic 3) this Celebration was bound to Happen !!!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

..Can We Ever Forget?

...It's here that the Jesuit fathers of St Paul's devoted their lives to make us cultured, educated and decent human beings...for over a 100 years...many of them have gone to be with their creator...but their example and sacrifice lives through us all...

...A Great Hiding Place...

...this is where we eventually found ourselves...going up the stairs...to escape the principal and the vice-principal... whenever we got thrown out...fortunately the roof had only spent artillery shells...not the real thing...or who knows...the facade would have been quite different today!

...Have You Seen Anything like It Ever? Even In A World Cup?

..We all sat on these steps and watched as Tony, our football back  scored a direct kick goal from before the half way line...

...it was here that rafique tied knots around the St Xavier's team.. St Mary's got plundered.... BMS got booted out of the tournament...St Andrew's got knocked out and we landed in the final...the only time our school did in the eleven years we spent there...

...Corridors Of Mischief And Learning

...Thank god no one is standing outside the class today...Fr Toscano is just coming up the stairs...

...Our Best Boy Got Us Together

...It is our best boy Ramangaouda Timmanaikar and our illustrious batch mate Ravi Kakti who went out of their way to get us back together...

..The Bell Rings On & On & On....

...The bell hasn't changed...the bell ringers have...and if you listen... you can still hear it ringing...you can still hear  korde, punjabi & doshi...

Stairway To Heaven?

...Here's where we ran up and down, jostled for space and pride, fell and rose...
...here's where we learned to keep climbing....on and on...
... if you look hard into the memories locked in your mind..... you can even see Fr Lima turning the corner...