Saturday, November 01, 2008

K. K. Shanta teacher passed away

Sad news to report fellow Auxilians, our science teacher K. K. Shanta teacher passed away!

I got news from Suzanna teacher she passed away on 14th July 2008.

God bless her soul. And give strength to her family.

I still recall how funny she could be sometimes while explaining science! We will always miss you so much.

R.I.P. :(

Sunday, September 07, 2008

School percentage in S.S.C. Examination

School percentage in S.S.C. Examination

1956 - 96%
1957 - 95%
1958 - 98%
1959 - 100%
1960 - 99%
1961 - 81%
1982 - 94%
1963 - 94%
1964 - 98%
1965 - 98%
1966 - 96%
1967 - 92%
1968 - 94%
1969 - 91%
1970 - 100%
1971 - 100%
1972 - 97%
1973 - 96%
1974 - 100%
1975 - 93%
1976 - 95%
1977 - 97%
1978 - 93%
1979 - 96%
1980 - 96%
1981 - 98%
1982 - 91%
1983 - 99%
1984 - 93%
1985 - 91%
1986 - 93%
1987 - 97%
1988 - 86%
1989 - 95%
1990 - 96.12%
1991 - 98.55%
1992 - 100%
1993 - 100%
1994 - 100%
1995 - 100%
1996 - 99.31%
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

Friday, September 05, 2008

Teachers day 5th september

Teachers day 5th September

So everyone must be thinking why am i boring you gals with 24 of our school hymns!!?? :P

well the answer is simple. we used to sing these songs every single day. i thought it would be nice to jog our memories to those lanes again!!!

and another simple reason is they are truely inspiring.

So what so special about this day? why i am personally addressing all of you?

The answer is this---->
The school staff pictured above:

Our girls in our sweet n very own "parrot style uniforms". i remember it was such a tease n cause of embarrassment. sadly with the new change of uniforms which occured some years back, days of yore will be missed! :(

Our Dear Late Sister Bertha.

Note Please:
1) all images have been watermarked to prevent any misuse, alteration or abuse.
2) please avoid removing the watermarks for i dont want anyone to freely distribute the pictures leading to them falling in wrong hands. (i noted that when i had put up one picture of the school, its now floating freely allover even some unregulated/not moderated groups or sites)
3) note all watermarks have been added at the bottom of the feet so as not to cover the faces of our illustrious & honoured teachers & sisters.
4) any misuse, abuse, alteration or using images to poke fun at anyone especially on orkut message boards will not be tolerated.
5) Using of pictures for personally abusing or criticising or fault finding of teachers or sisters will not be permitted.
6) No picture shall be distributed to anyone even on request without the watermark. So dont ask me!

And why am i making all these rules?
Well my mother had met Suzzana Teacher some time back who said students are indulging in "backbiting" of teachers especially on orkut by creating polls like 'who is worst? who is most irritating? such other inconsequential & stupid things.

These are very mean and hurtful things to do, especially towards one's guardians at school, the same teachers who educate us, enlighten us, criticise us so we can constantly strive to improve, love us when we feel down, inspire us, hold us when we cry.

And if anyone doesnt share these feelings, they are being most ungrateful.

Please dont take this personally. I myself have been networking over the years and observed that the current trend of "blemishing teachers on public forums" is most unhealthy.

Kindly avoid it.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

School Hyme 24

Bless Our Country

Bless our country, Lord God of power and might
Bless our India today
We are the children of a people so in love with you
Let that love not fade away.

1. Years have passed since we got our independence
Yet we're still the same
Poverty, injustice, caste discrimination
These are all our chains.

2. Bless our efforts to irradicate corruption
To build up bridges of peace
To break down the barriers that separate the classes,
And may your love increase.

School Hyme 23

Lord We Pray For Golden Peace

Lord we pray for Golden Peace
Peace all over the land
Let us dwell in liberty
Walking hand in hand.

1. Banish fear and ignorance
hunger thirst and pain
Banish hate and poverty
Let no man live in pain (2)

2. Keep us all forever one
One in love and grace
Wipe away all war and strive
Give freedom to each race (2)

School Hyme 22

Yahi Divas Hai

Yahi Divas hai jisae banaya
Prabhune hatho se
Prasann manse khushi manave
Nache gavae tan mann se
Alleluia, Alleluia
Nache gavae tan man se
Khushi manave tan man se
Yahee divas hai jisae banaya
Prabhu ne apne hatho se
Alleluia Alleluia

School Hyme 21

He Prabhu Darshan Do

He Prabhu Darshan do
Mere dil me ao
Tu hi Prabhu Jeevandata
Mujhpar daya karo
Tu hi Prabhu Muktidata
Mujhpar bdaya karo
Tu hi Prabhu Shantidata
Mujhpar daya karo

School Hyme 20

Thank You

Thank you O Lord your love is boundless
Thank you your presence in our peace
Thank you O Lord for so much goodness
Thank you your mercies never cease

Thank you, you free the broken hearted
Thank you, for claiming all our fears
Thank you for bringing us forgiveness (2)
Thank you for binding up our wounds (2)

School Hyme 19

Channel Of Your Peace

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me sow your love
Where there is injury your pardon Lord
Where there is doubt true faith in you.

Ch: Oh master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understnd
To be loved as to love with all my heart.

School Hyme 18

Spirit Of God

Spirit of God in the claer running water
Blowing to greatness the trees on the hill
Spirit of God in the finger of morning

Ch: Fill the earth, bring it to birth
and blow where you will.
Blow, blow, blow till I BE
But breath of the Spirit blowing in me.

School Hyme 17

God Still Loves The World

Every tiny star that twinkles in the night sky
Every drop of morning dew
Every spark of fire blazing in the furnace
Every captivating view.
Every rainbow in the sky, every pretty butterfly
Tells the fascinating news to those who dare to hope.
And the message is
Gos still loves the world.
God still, still loves the world
So throw your life into his hands
Day by day discern his plans
God is passionately busy loving you and ma.

School Hyme 16

Listen

Listeb, let your heart keep seeking
Listen to his constant speaking
Listen to the spirit calling you
Listen to his inspiration
Listen to his invitation
Listen to the spirit calling you

He's in the sound of the thunder
in the whisper of the breeze
He's in the might of the whirlwind
in the roaring of the seas.

School Hyme 15

If You've A Kind Word

If you've a kind word, to say, sai it Now
If you have something to give, give it Now
If you can make someone glad or another less sad
Do it now, do it now, do it now.
Now before it is too late,
Now's time for every good deed
Do not wait untill tomorrow
For it may be just a little too late.

School Hyme 14

People Over The World

People over the world,
reach out your hand, touch one another.
People over the world,
just understand and love each other.

We have one life to live
so much to give and so much to share,
There is love to be found
just look around there's happiness there

Repeat from: People over the world......
Just understand, reach out your hand.

School Hyme 13

O Mary Help Of Mankind

Ch: O Mary, Help of Mankind, be a mother to us,
In this world so fallen and so cold
The values of the life we're living are challenged everyday;
We are weak, you know, and often go astray.
We are scared to stand by what we profess,
For fear of what they'll say.
Give us courage, Help of Mankind, on our way.

The Pleasure of the world seem better than the graces you bestow;
With our eyes of flesh we fail to see the goal
So we put our feet into the grime, pretending we feel good.
Cure our blindness, so that we may see the shore.

School Hyme 12

Count Your Blessings

When upon life's you are tempest-tossed,
when you are discouraged thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one;
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

Ch: Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings see what God has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

Are you over-burdened with the load of care
That the cross seems heavy you are called to bear?
Count your blessings; every doubt will fly
And it will surprise you as the days go by.

School Hyme 11

In His Time

In His Time (2). He makes all things beautiful in His time.
Lord, please show me everyday, as You're teaching me Your way,
That You do just what You say, In Your time.

In Your time (2), You make all things beautiful in Your time.
Lord, my life to You I bring, with its winter and its spring,
May I fathom everything in Your time.

There's a time, there's a time
Both for sowing and for reaping, there's a time
time for losing, time for gain, time for joy and time for pain:
Every purpose under heaven has a time.

School Hyme 10

God's Wonderful People

Ch: I love the thrill that I feel
When I get together with God's wonderful people,
Love the thrill that I feel when I get together with
God's wonderful people;
What a sight just to see all the happy faces
Praising God in heavenly places. There's a thrill that I feel
When I get together with God's wonderful people.

Oh, what joy His love affords when we meet in one accord
And we lift our hearts in praise unto the Lord;
There's no place I'd rather be
Than with the ones who've been set free:
I'm so glad I'm in God's great big family.

School Hyme 9

Father I Place Into Your Hands

Father, I place into Your hands the things that I can't do;
Father, I place into Your hands the times that I've been through.
Father, I place into Your hands the way that I should go.
Father I know my life depends on You.

Father, I place into Your hands my friends and family;
Father, I place into Your hands the things that trouble me.
Father, I place into Your hands the person I would be,
For I know my life depends on you.

Father, we love to seek Your face, we love to hear Your voice;
Father, we love to sing Your praise and in your name rejoice.
Father, we love to walk with You and in Your presence rest.
For we know, our lives depend on You.

School Hyme 8

Showers of Blessings

There shall be showers of blessing; this is the promise of love.
There shall be seasons refreshing, sent from the Saviour above.

Ch: Showers of blessing, showers of blessing we need
Mercy drops round us are failing
But for the showers we plead.

There shall be showers of blessing; O that today they might fall:
Now, as to God we're confessing; now, as on Jesus we call.

School Hyme 7

Let it Be

When I find myself in times of trouble,
Mother Mary comes to me.
Speaking words of wisdom: Let it be
And in my hours of darkness she is standing right in fromt of me,
Speaking words of wisdom: Let it be.

Ch: Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom: let it be.

And when the broken hearted people living in this world agree,
There will be an answer: let it be.
For though they may be parted,
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer: let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine until tommorrow: let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me,
Speaking words of wisdom: let it be

School Hyme 6

You Are My Rock

Jesus Christ, You are my Lord and all,
You are my fortress when temptations call.
In Your will I have a place to hide
Untill the pressures of my life subside

Ch: You are my Rock and my Redeemer
My Rock and my Redeemer (3)
You are my Rock.

On You I build my life and all its ways.
For Your commandments got them all my days.
You are my refuge when I come to rest.
You are my strength to conquer any test.

Jesus, Jesus, how I sing Your praise!
Your love for me has set my heart ablaze.
You died for me that I may live for you;
Transform my life as only You can do.

School Hyme 5

Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel from heaven so bright
Watching beside me to lead me aright
Fold thy wings round me, Oh guard me with love
Softly sing songs to me of heaven above
Beautiful Angel my guardian so mild
Tenderly guide me for I am thy child.

School Hyme 4

We Thank You O Lord For Don Bosco
In him we see the wonder of your love
You filled him with gifts of nature and of grace
To lead young people to their home above

He was a man profoundly human
Open to the signs of the times
Animated by your spirit
He was a man of God.

School Hyme 3

Mornese

Mornese, land filled with sunshine
Weathered by the strong wind
Where Heaven's dew drop was hard work
Yet love's toil

Where sweetest silence was louder than thunder
and even the violets sang of
glowing miracles (2)
Thank you, O Father for you raise the humble
Yes father for so it pleases you.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Auxilium Mails

Hey you gals wanna send some pictures, share some info or plain contact me here is the mail id and dont forget to write "Auxilium" in the subject line.

thanx

Email me

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Film actress Sadhana ex-alumni!


I found this little titbit of info while searching on google. An old Times of India article dated, 29 Mar 2002.
Since the article has expired its page, a cache is available.
a link to the cache:


excerpts:

sadhana has shunned the limelight ever since she retired from films. today, she lives in santa cruz with a battery of efficient maids and her pet dog: i was born in karachi. after the india-pakistan partition in 1947, we (my parents, elder sister sarla and i) fled to india. i was only six years old. we moved from delhi to benaras to calcutta before settling down in mumbai in 1950. now i can't imagine living without the mumbai sea. my dad was a prosperous zamindar in karachi but in mumbai we had to start from scratch as we had left karachi with just a bag of clothes. we had originally thought that we would return home as soon as the rioting stopped. after a brief stay with an aunt in colaba, we moved to sion in houses built specially for refugees. nonetheless, i had a great childhood in mumbai. main apne mohalle ki dada hua karti thi, i was a tomboy. i made the best maanja and i would fly kites while a chamcha of mine would hold the firki. i loved eating golas and paani-puris. i still remember how i would purchase a pav in six paise, slice it and stuff it with alloo tikki and channa. my parents enrolled me in the fifth standard at auxilium convent, wadala. did you know, i had never been to school before this because we were constantly on the move. my mother (lali) had done a course as a montessori teacher, so she taught me at home. however, since i spoke sindhi at home i found it difficult to communicate with other kids though i could read and write beautifully in english. maybe that made me a bit of an introvert in school. i was hooked onto hindi films right from the beginning. mom would offer us a choice between seeing a film at broadway or chitra or a trip to juhu beach or hanging garden. i would opt for the hindi film, especially if it starred dev anand and nutan. every republic day, i would look forward to a ride in an illuminated tram all the way from king circle to the museum near regal cinema. tab raaste bahut khali hua karte the. those times, the 'in' car was the landmaster, an earlier version of ambassador. our pastime would be to stand in a friend's balcony and identify the cars driving past — "landmaster, fiat, look, look, imported car!" we couldn't afford to buy our own car. i sat in one and learnt to drive only when i bought my own ambassador after my debut film, love in simla. i knew it from my childhood that i would have to support my family as i was born to my parents at a late age. i attended morning college so that i could work in the second half of the day. a girls' school leaves you very unprepared for the world. aap chhui muyi se hote ho, koi ladka agar baat karta hai toh jaan nikal jaati hai. thankfully, mumbai is very supportive of people who want to work and that gave me confidence. while doing a play in jai hind college (it gave preference to sindhis but i got admission on merit), i was spotted by the producer of a sindhi film, abana, who cast me as a second heroine with sheila ramani. an advertisement of abana in screen caught sashadhar mukherjee's eye and he gave me a break with love in simla. mumbai seemed like a paradise on the premiere night of love in simla. i wore a navrattan set and two dozen gold bangles! i didn't have enough money but, can you believe it, the jeweller told me to pay him later because he realised how important my premiere night was to me. i started working at the age of 16. even in those days, there would be jam sessions every sunday morning but i never attended any. earlier, there was no one to take me and when i became a star, it just wasn't possible anymore. but i made up for it by enjoying my sunday in a special way. i'd lunch with my college friends at nanking, catch up on the latest english film at eros or regal, and then lord it up in gaylord. it's a misconception that dress designers are a recent phenomenon. bhanu athaiya designed most of my clothes and i picked up western clothes from the pompadour at taj. what i like about mumbai is the fact that people here give you space and yet rally around in your hour of need. besides, it's the only place where, even in the 60's, i could announce that i wanted a whiskey with coke without raising too many eyebrows.

Wikimapia: Auxilium Convent from above

hehe I found our school on wikimapia.

Here is the link:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=19.016814&lon=72.855347&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

Auxilians beat St. Catherine

As reported in expressindia

At the MSSA-NIKE Inter-School mini basketball tournament, held at St.Joseph’s school court at Wadala, Auxilium Convent (Wadala) beat St. Cathrine (Bandra) 46-12.

Payal Bhatia excelled with 14 points for our school. three cheers!!!

source:

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Bhatia-stars-for-Auxilium/257980/

School Hymn 2

LOSE YOURSELF IN ME



Lose yourself in me, and you will find yourself.
Lose yourself in me, and you will find new life.
Lose yourself in me, and you will fine yourself.
And you will live, you will live in my love.


Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground.
It still remains but a grain of wheat.
But if it falls and dies, then it bears much fruit;
So it is with those who lose themselves in me.

School Hymn 1

Just a list of school hymns. Here is the first one.

UNDER THE GAZE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD

Tended by Mary's own hand
Spreading the fragrance of Christ the Lord
Blossomed a flower so fine
Mary Mazzarello, what a glory is thine
Lead us to give our life to every heart in need.