Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School,
Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 15 December 2018 No. 893
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Dear Friends,
George Mickiewicz’s Xmas message.
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From: Don
Mitchell
Sent:
Friday, December 21, 2018 10:30 AM
Subject:
Don and Maggie's Christmas Letter 2018
Hi, Jan,
That is
so kind of you, and so funny too!
I
enjoyed reading your news. Hope you
don’t mind my sending it to Ladislao for possible inclusion in the
Circular?
It
would let any of your generation know what you have been up to.
And,
you know Ladislao is always looking for fresh material.
Best,
Don
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From: Gmail
Jan
Sent: Friday,
December 21, 2018 10:19 AM
Dear Don and Maggie,
Thank
you very much for your Christmas Photo-essay. I took some time reading it all.
Very nice how you write how you get along with your Samsung smartphone. Pity
you let it fall too often, because the consumer organization in the Netherlands
says the glass of the Samsung breaks easy. There is an easy solution to it that
it never falls again out of your pocket, you should put it in a cover you can
buy on internet. Let Amazon fly by with a drone and drop it on your porch! I
bought myself a LG G6, LG stands for life's good and I can assure you, my life
is good now. The thing works great!
The
Constitutional Reform – A bump on a Road is a little too heavy material for me.
I haven’t studied law but just how to build some architecture by piling bricks
upon each other. I see politics is doing its work too, by not agreeing and not
saying why. The water in your pool looks good, over here it would turn green
soon because of algae, so that's why we don't have a pool because nobody wants
to go into the green water. But you got your benches back to the pool side.
I had
to look up what a Belgian Malinois is, I needed to because if I jump on my bike
and I rotate the pedals for about an hour I am in Belgium. I see it is what we
call a "Mechelse herder". A "herder" is a man who herds the
sheep, or like a priest herding his parish, and his dog is called a
"herdershond" = herdsdog. And it is from the city Mechelen in
Belgium. This stripalbum Bessy is also a herdsdog to us. But you have a nice
dog then.
In
Surinam we had a few dogs. They were always outside the house. Or they would
stay on the porche. But in the Netherlands there is a problem, people keep the
dogs inside the house in the living room and you have to let him out a few
times a day. They are not allowed to go freely on the road. So that's why we
prefer cats, they get along on their own. We took our cats all the way to
France, but the burden became a nuisance so we gave them away for free to other
people. But now you have two dogs, a Rottweiler too.
You
ended the teaching and somebody else took over and there are six new
schoolbooks for law. Great work, also with the textbooks of Jasmin! You did
some pickaxing too in your backyard putting white gravel on it, that comes a
bit closer to what I am doing too. But I add cement and chalk CaOH and I get
yellow coloured concrete while the cement powder is gray. That’s because I mix
it with yellow loam from the river. If I would mix it with ordinary sand like
Maracas Bay beach sand, it would turn to gray concrete. Gramoxone is forbidden
in the Netherlands, we are not allowed to use it. Instead they use Round Up,
but there is a lot of opposition to it.
Just
taking a peep on internet, but you finished the 12th edition of
West Indian Bibliography from 1492 onwards. That is a lot of work, 30 years?,
truly a magnum opus! Congratulations!
Wanting
to thank you too for all the notifications of the Circulars of the Abbey
School. I always look them up when I receive a mail from you. It mostly centers
around the generation before me, some names ring a bell but I hardly knew any
of them, like Form 1 watching the guys of Form 5 pass by. Only about four guys
of my year were in them. In the past I tried to email them but there were no
replies. It happens.
All is
well over here. At home I used to have four elder brothers and four elder
sisters. Two brothers died at birth, the others later on, so I am the only
brother left with four older sisters. But I have four sons and already three
grandsons and two granddaughters. Having the fun of my life with them. The
oldest will turn 8 after X-mas.
Wishing
you and Maggie Merry Christmas and the best of times in the New Year and enjoy
your pension. Keep busy and on the move, than you can reach an old age! I
outlived my mum already, four years to go to outlive me dad. I would like to
reach it.
Much
greetings and best wishes!
Jan Koenraadt and Berthy
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GEORGE MICKIEWICZ <amickiew@att.net>
Dec 16 at 8:31
AM
Hey Ladislao
Not in story form….but…from a recent
interaction on this topic in our FB page for your consideration to be included
in a future Circular.
Un abrazo,
George
What was your favorite movie that was
shown on the AB MSB screen? Do you remember any at all?
What was your favorite movie ,
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
That was a scary one as I recall
Yes, some young boys got so scared as to
$hit their pants.
They had to stop the movie and let them
out.
Not a good choice for the whole student
body.
What was your favorite movie ,
no idea....
The Defiant Ones in the late 50s,
perhaps?
what was your favorite movie , Carlos
Dvorak
Can't recall, and if I did, I would not
tell
???? I can't remember!
In Playa Del Carmen right now George.
Movies was never my thing and still is.
What did you on Saturday nights while
everyone was watching movie?
Romeo and Juliet.
I'm still in love with Olivia Hussey
My 3 most memorable ones are The 10
Commandments, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Ben Hur. The night of the day
that our Christmas vacation began and all the Trini boys had been picked up by
their parents, they took all remaining non-Trini boarders to that cinema ?? by
Savanah Park to see these them . The next day we flew happily back home to our
respective countries and homes.
Also, forgot to mention Lawrence of
Arabia
What was the name of the aforementioned
cinema by Savanah Park?
We sat in the balcony
Deluxe
Hush, Hush sweet charlotte.
Cannons of Navarone.
Jesus Christ Super star.
l liked those three too
Guns of Navarone Sal Salvador
I remember Los Cañones de Navarrone.
Seen that movie galore!!
A night to remember..(Titanic), Julius
Ceasar
Which version?
If you're referring to the sinking
ship,..the 1953 version with Clifton Web,..
Julius Ceasar would be about the same
vintage,.with James Mason
To tell the truth, Hush, Hush, Sweet
Charlotte is the only movie I remember seeing at the Mount.
My memory cannot recollect anymore.
Does anyone remember this one?
Seen it at Mount and in many other
places. How many times?? Don’t know
A classic with Burt Lancaster and Kirk
Douglas
It's actually part of my DVD
collection..:)..I own it..:)..
I was never big on movies, but I
remember one night they showed a horror movie and the bigger guys were
screaming and prep and form one boys got thrown out.
That could have been Hush, Hush, Sweet
Charlotte.
Can't remember the name but it was a guy
that chopped up his wife a big swing blade
Slingblade must be a follow up after.
The thing is I loved the song. It was
only after watching the movie,
I realize where the song came from, and
what it meant.
From then on, I never listened to the
song anymore.
Sound of music ha ha
Oscar winner
Funny it's showing on CTV right
now,,:)..I also remember "The body snatchers"...set in the late
nineteenth century WWII movie,..the Cockleshell heroes,...damn,..all of these
things I hadn't thought about for years,.now coming back..:)..
Welcome to the AB MSB legacy and memory
club Garnet
Diaz
How come we never got popcorn at the
movies?
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WhatsApp:
26-08-2017 Zanelli Enrique: Está mañana
cuando vi las noticias y lo primero que oí fue "tornado, Katy y
trailers" me cague, pensé que era mi taller...
26-08-2017 Ibarra Frank:
Jajajajaja...cuídense mucho!!!
26-08-2017 Zanelli Enrique: 👍 por lo menos 3 días más de está vaina Que pajuos
26-08-2017 Coscarart Salvador: jajajajj
27-08-2017 Ahow Hector Tx: Por aquí lluvia toda la noche. Buen drenaje no hay viento. Como que va
llover todo el día cielo cerrado.
27-08-2017 Zavarce Arturo: Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens
US with most powerful storm in 12 years El Huracán pasó y quedo estacionaria la
lluvia desde el viernes, muchas alarmas por tornados 50 condados declarados
desastare
27-08-2017 Kenny Azizul: Hey Joe this for u
28-08-2017 Farias Gabriel: I prayed with our
dear Cutty this afternoon and a half hour later he passed peacefully
into the Lord's arms May he Rest
In Peace, he was like a father to so many of us. Please let know when the
funeral is. See message from father Harold
28-08-2017 Ahow Hector Tx: 😔😔😔 Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏 may the Lord takes him to heaven
28-08-2017 Ibarra Frank: Rest In Peace Cutty
🙏🏻
28-08-2017 Zavarce Arturo: RIP CUTTY??
28-08-2017 Cantore Oscar: may God embrace
you RIP
28-08-2017 Ramsahai toddy: Rip dear cutty
28-08-2017 Rampersandsingh Anand: 🌹🙏RIP
28-08-2017 Ramsahai Winston 99: RIP Fr
Cuthberth he will always be remembered for supporting me spiritually We
thank you Gabe, Joe, Toddy, Mike, Jimmy and
others for the support you gave
28-08-2017 Alfredo Montiel Bezara: Fr
Cuthberth rest in peace and always will be in our Prayers as well as Fr. Odo
and Fr. Bernard !!! 🇹🇹🇻🇪🙏
28-08-2017 Coscarart Salvador: Amen .
28-08-2017 Coscarart Pedro: RIP Fr Cuthbert
, you will always be remember in our prayers
28-08-2017 Ahow Hector Tx: AMÉN 🙏
28-08-2017 Kenny Azizul: Thank You Cutty for
everything you will always be remembered
28-08-2017 Joseph Habib: Gentlemen, is with
a heavy heart that I have to share this news. Fr. Cuthbert died this evening,
28th of August. The Abbot is waiting on Cutty's family from Holland, to make
arrangements. I will keep you guys informed as I get the news. God bless.
28-08-2017 Ahow Hector Tx: Joe thanks
28-08-2017 Zanelli Enrique: RIP Cutty....
28-08-2017 Moffie Edgar: Fr Cuthbert may you
rest in peace...you will always be remmember...
28-08-2017 Cantore Oscar: Miss him when I
travel to TT every trip made Saw him Last time I Saw him was when Victor
Zanelli went with The Esmeralda
28-08-2017 Zanelli Enrique: Same here....
but
28-08-2017 Alexander Garth: May his soul
rest in peace...
29-08-2017 Joseph Habib: Not sure as yet,
but the possibility that funeral will that place this coming Saturday at 9am at
the Mount. Confirmation will be tomorrow. His family will be arriving this
week. So, please keep Saturday open. Thanks.
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