Onam Wishes from Anand Varma

Dear All,

In the year 2002, the day before Onam, brother and I have decided to go to Manjeri to celeberate Onam with mother. Late afternoon we left for Salem on a Bus. Our driver was an escaped lunatic somehow talked his way into his job with the Tamil Nadu Gov. He sang lively tunes and carried on lively conversation with passangers addressing them directly.

Brother and I were sitting at the front, and the driver, taking a sudden liking to us, decided to amuse us with some visual jokes-- pretending to nod off for a few moments, then jerking back to conciousness just in time to avoid an oncoming truck or acting as if the breaks had failed as we hurtled down to more or less perpendicular incline to the sort of speed usually experienced only by astronauts, causing brother and me to try to sit on each other's lap.

It was such a perfect journey -- it was such an exhilatering combination of terror and excitment, like having an heart attack and enjoying it. We reached Salem and, to be on the safer side, decided to take a taxi for the rest of our jounrney.

We reached Manjeri, celeberated onam like prisoners reunited after long wars.

Happy Oname(belated) to everyone!!!

Regards,

Anand

Newly Painted College Chapel

Ormayundo Moniye ?

Those who played cricket during our college days can't forget Moni (marker). Moni was there in college during 1980's and 90's. He was not a permanent staff. He left college after Roosewelt sir retired. Now he works as a painter cum labourer. Hope you remember him.

Kottayam Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is no more.

During our college days Michael Jackson's songs were part of our campus life. The album BAD was released in 1987 when I was in Pre Degree 1st year. All my friends including me had a copy of the BAD album. (Then the only cassette shops in town were PAICO and Srambicals.) Those who didn't have the cassette borrowed it from their friends. I still remember Anand Varma singing "Man In The Mirror" during our Chemistry tuition class at Antony Sirs house. Many people who doesn't know much about Michael thought him to be a female seeing his photo in the cover of the cassette.

During that time my brother Deepak folded his Physics Record book with Michael Jackson's poster and wrote on the book MICHEL JACKSON. During the lab period the Physics teacher while correcting the record book shouted Michael and nobody responded. All were wondering why she ws shouting Michael. Finally she asked who is Michael . Then all said, Nobody is here by that name. Then whose book is this. It's Deepak's. She thought Deepak's name is Michael Jackson.

During the Grammy Awards Ceremony which was shown in Doordarshan at 10 pm (only highlights) Michael Jackson performing Man In The Mirror was shown. Many of you must be still remebering the same.

Due to the impact of BAD many of us started listening to his old albums too. Thriller whcih is the best selling album of all time has great songs like Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean. At that time there was no cable TV. So they only way is to hire a Video Cassette and see it. I still remember a bunch of us hiring the VHP cassette from Chitra Video Libraray and seeing it at Anand Varma's house at Rubber Board quarters. Thriller video was really mind blowing one.

During our Degree years came Dangerous album. It was very popular too. I remember Pre Degree students Ansar, Shajan, Vinil etc singing Who is it song . But the best song in that album was Black or White. Even girls started dancing to the beat of that song. It was a very popular song in the campus.

It's really sad to hear that Michael Jackson who was part of our college life is no more. We really miss you. But you live in our hearts.

New Principal

Prof. M M Korah (son of Bishop M. C Mani ) is the new Principal of CMS College.

A new site for CMS friends.

Checkout this site http://cmsalumni.ning.com/
There are a lot of friends waiting for you there.

Farewell to Prof. Korulla Issac & Prof. Korah Jacob.

     Prof Korulla Issac (Cuckoo Sir), current Principal and Prof Korah Jacob (Dept of English) retired this year from college.  A farewell party was organized by the Vidysohrudam Mebers at Kottaym Club for cuckoo sir and Korah Jacob sir.

Do you know them?

  Don't know?  If you don't know. They are Suresh, Joseph & Vijayan of Bestotel, Kottayam.

All the boys who have studied at CMS, after their college days must have surely spent their many  evenings chatting here sipping a cup of coffee. Even now when you are far away you still feel like doing it again.  The trio Vijayan Chettan, Joseph Chettan & Suresh,  are still working here. And they have a nice memory too.     

Welcome Back

Friends, 

After our Alumni meet I was feeling lazy and was not updating the blog frquently. Sorry. 

Don't worry now I will do that frequently.

First let me say that the next Get Together of the 1985-95 batch is on August 2010. Hope we'll make it a bigger hit than the first one. 

Love

Kiran John.

CMS Campus on Asianet Plus

      

 CMS College will be featured in Classmates (A campus debate programmme  on Asianet Puls)  on Sunday, 8th March 2009 at 11.30 AM (I'm not very sure about the timing may be at 11AM . Checkout the correct timings).  Justice K T Thomas, Suresh Kurup (MP), Manoj K Jayan,Reeba Varkey (Chair Person - Kottayam Municipality), etc will be featured in the show. Don't miss it. 

Song for all the children of CMS

Listen to this song by Vinod Varma, a Kerala born singer. Truly amazing. 

Vinod's  song "Good times" was selected as one of the best 10 rock songs in india by the Rock Street Journal and was featured in their album. 

To listen to Good Times click on the link below

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f3a043e2-280c-45e3-9902-04d61fb9770c/good-times

Thomachen Passed Away

Friends,

Thomachen passed away yesterday. (Literature 1988-91 batch). Hope you remember him - Tall guy (Varkey sir's cousin) classmate of Antony Luckose,  Sanjay Mani, Gigo V Abraham, Thalavattom, etc . He is married to Nimmy (she's also from the same class). 

CMS COLLEGE VIDYSOHRUDAM ON 26TH

Friends,

As usual CMS College "Vidyasohrudam" meet is on 26th January 2009 at CMS College Campus. Please do attend the function. Hope to see you all there. 

The programme will begin at 4pm.

Comments on the Meet video

HI Kiran, thank you very much for the vidoes. I watched with tears in my eyes. I missed it big time, but it's not easy to be there everytime when I want to be there. Lot of memories went thru my mind. I saw some of my old classmates in the video too. That's was great. Thank you very much for doing this. Please inform me when the next one is, so that I can plan ahead and try to be there with my family.

- Anish Babu

Videos of the Event