Celebrating With Old Friends From Stanbridge
Posted On Friday, February 24, 1989 at at 1:09 AM by Alvin
The Ph.D. thesis and oral examination went without many problems, only one question that I had to think for maybe, 5 minutes (it felt more like 5 hours when you didn't know the right answer, though) to come up with a satisfying answer. After the examination was over, party time with my old mates from boarding school days !
I had known Guy and Graham since my boarding school days in Stanbridge Earls School, Romsey. It was a boarding school of British traditions and I learnt to bully the juniors, jumped the dinner queue , turned on the cold water when the others were having a shower (no, just kidding); really, I learnt to play rugby, hockey, squash and even cricket in Summer while making sure I passed my A Levels. I would always remember that I was treated very well by the Headmaster and the teachers. As a result, I enjoy watching and following all these sports till this very day. Below is a photo of our winning Rugby Seven's team - I could recall their names this very day - Robert Myers, Adam Lee, Bill Drey, Chris Davis, Dave Waghorn and Anthony Smith, amazing !
In the shared dormitory, I was on the top bunk bed and Guy had the lower deck and countless funny stories resulted (we don't have enough kilobytes here for that now, I'm afraid). To compound matters further and made daily lives even more interesting, we shared the room with a heavy metal rocker ! I had since been converted to listen and even enjoyed at times, head-bang when LedZep and Black Sabbath were being played on the radio ! I guessed Marcus (the rocker) did a good job in converting me, he should be real happy to know that.
In the shared dormitory, I was on the top bunk bed and Guy had the lower deck and countless funny stories resulted (we don't have enough kilobytes here for that now, I'm afraid). To compound matters further and made daily lives even more interesting, we shared the room with a heavy metal rocker ! I had since been converted to listen and even enjoyed at times, head-bang when LedZep and Black Sabbath were being played on the radio ! I guessed Marcus (the rocker) did a good job in converting me, he should be real happy to know that.Here we were celebrating the completion of my Ph.D. over a great dinner cooked by Guy (in the middle). Cheers boys !
