Had got up with the lark, gone through my chores and was out for the walk by 6. It was still dark and there was a nip in the air! Met my course mate, KR Nair, on his walk. He has had both his knees replaced recently and walks about 5 kms every morning. But for an exaggerated swagger in his walk, his gait is almost normal. Our walking circuits meet for a short stretch on the main road that leads to the elephant resort. We waved at each other, exchanged information and continued our walks in the opposite directions!
Am thoroughly excited about this weekend's get together of our classmates at Kochi. We'd decided at our get together in '15 - when we'd celebrated our 60th birthday together - to meet up once every two years and this is the first of the series. Lekha and I leave for Kochi by 10, tomorrow morning and Radha, my classmate, Anil's wife will be joining us from Thrissur. The stay would be at the Hotel Golf View near the airport and a trip on the Muziris trail from Kodungalloor, along with a boat trip in the backwaters, will be the highlight apart from the non stop interaction with the ones that one had grown up with during those halcyon days at the Sainik School, during the late '60s and early '70s!
There's a sad tinge to it, in that, one of our friends is lying seriously ill at the KIMS, Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. The numbers attending could have been better - lesser than the quorum of '15 - but I suppose that all those who aren't able to attend have valid reasons to stay away! We shall pray for Mohanachandran, connecting up with everyone as we'd done twice, by now. We believe that our collective prayers will get Mohanachandran, hale and hearty and back in our fold very soon.
I've touched upon this aspect earlier. The wives of the gentlemen of the class of '72 also enjoy these occasions and on our part, we restrict the conversations about our school days, the masters and many of the incidents - some humorous and others, not so humorous - to ourselves when the ladies aren't around! But I believe that even they are keen to know as to how their spouses were, at school!!
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"Mohan has been shifted back to the ICCU because a surgery was performed to stop the bleeding observed from the tracheotomy tube. He is stable presently". From Suresh Laxman.
Am thoroughly excited about this weekend's get together of our classmates at Kochi. We'd decided at our get together in '15 - when we'd celebrated our 60th birthday together - to meet up once every two years and this is the first of the series. Lekha and I leave for Kochi by 10, tomorrow morning and Radha, my classmate, Anil's wife will be joining us from Thrissur. The stay would be at the Hotel Golf View near the airport and a trip on the Muziris trail from Kodungalloor, along with a boat trip in the backwaters, will be the highlight apart from the non stop interaction with the ones that one had grown up with during those halcyon days at the Sainik School, during the late '60s and early '70s!
There's a sad tinge to it, in that, one of our friends is lying seriously ill at the KIMS, Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. The numbers attending could have been better - lesser than the quorum of '15 - but I suppose that all those who aren't able to attend have valid reasons to stay away! We shall pray for Mohanachandran, connecting up with everyone as we'd done twice, by now. We believe that our collective prayers will get Mohanachandran, hale and hearty and back in our fold very soon.
I've touched upon this aspect earlier. The wives of the gentlemen of the class of '72 also enjoy these occasions and on our part, we restrict the conversations about our school days, the masters and many of the incidents - some humorous and others, not so humorous - to ourselves when the ladies aren't around! But I believe that even they are keen to know as to how their spouses were, at school!!
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"Mohan has been shifted back to the ICCU because a surgery was performed to stop the bleeding observed from the tracheotomy tube. He is stable presently". From Suresh Laxman.
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