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It took close to 25 person-hours to get 15 people for lunch. During all this, I got a mail I’d like to share with you. If you are planning an outing with friends, Don’t let this happen to you! We were misled by Burrp on the venue, and landed uourselves at a silly place called Wazawan (naam pe mat jao, hume bhi dhoka de gaya!) somewhere on Military Road in Marol. But in no time we figured out that this wasn’t the place for us! No drinks & too cheap! So we moved to our all time favorite - Chakra and had a gala time!

Quorum: Prasad Gupte, Ivan Quadras, Sandeep Gokhale, Hemant Ubhe, Rohit Jham, Anand Natarajan, Shubhangi Billore, Shilpa Nair, Kanul Wadhwa, Prakash Konduru, Kunal Patel, Drup Desai, Sandeep Shenvi
Drop-outs: Neha Moghe, Vinit Reddy, Parwinder Singh, Sourav Ghosal & Jayesh.

Photos from the Annual Satyanarayan Pooja at Bhatnagar Terrace CHS, Goregaon (E). The pooja was performed by Mrs. & Mr. Umesh Gokarn (303)

Just uploaded the photos taken during the Maghi Ganesh Utsav 2010 at Nandgaon, Murud-Janjira. This festival is celebrated each year around January-end for which the entire Gupte-Chitnis family comes together at their family temple.

Thanks to Chibu (Pratik Gupte) for the excellent coverage of the event with his phone. If you have any pictures to share, pl email them to me at gupte.prasad+utsav2010@gmail.com

The turn-out this beyond all expectation. Apart from myself, Joe, Pranay, Rohan & Vivian, 5 others: Richard Menezes, Akshath Poojary, Jijo Mohan, Naved and Pranab Patel (towards the end) joined. Apart from Jijo & Naved, we were all in the same class in ninth grade.

My farewell saga that stretched over 2 days On Oct 31, Ivan & me had taken the group out for lunch at Jughead’s Pop-Tates in Powai. On Nov 2, my pals were all around me, ensuring a smooth exit. They are indebted me with gifts: a UDY perfume & big box of Celebrations (to celebrate my exit? or my new job?) Guys, I really want to thank each of you for making my stay & exit so much worth remembering. Check out this photo-gallery!

Today, we celebrated the unofficial reunion of the IX-E class. Esteemed guests invited and present were me, Joe Matthew, Pranay Arora, Rohan Nagarmath, Vivian Fernandes, while Pranab Patel & Gaurav Samel ditched us. Puneet Arora and Vinayak Samant also graced the occassion, although they were gone by the time Pranay realized his 20 grand phone has a superb camera.

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Here are some albums from the yester-years!

Pre-1985 Family Gallery12 pictures

1985-2000 Family Gallery42 pictures

My 1985-2000 Gallery27 pictures

We celebrated our pal & colleague Hemant Ubhe’s birthday on the evening of 28th May. We had called for Monginis’ brand new cake - a creamy blend of Black Forest & Dutch Truffle called Dutchland Forest. I know truffles are meant to be creamy & heavy, but this one lacks the flavour. I am a dark chocolate fan and to me, a lot of vanila screws up the chocolate. Try it once, but don’t expect value for money; it can never beat either of the parents in isolation.

The 2000-2001 batch of St. Thomas High School, Goregaon (East) zoomed into a reunion for the second time on 25th April 2009 at Leela’s Banquet Hall, Goregaon with friends, food and a great DJ in the house. Find links below to all the albums that I had access to. (continue reading…)