This is a beautiful poem penned by my Aunt, who is a nun, working with the tribals and locals in Mizoram, Assam.

HOME SWEET HOME

Our parents lit the lamp of love
So many years ago
And poured their oil of faith
To brighten all above

They built a house of wood and stone
But a home with hearts full of love
And polished it clean and bright
With labor day and night

A house is not a home without
Pots, plates and cups
Or flowers waving all about
And children growing up

As the days and years passed by
Their love brought us forth
They wiped our tears when we cried
And watched our steady growth

Our home became a treasure chest
Of joy love and peace
Laughter, shrieks that we loved the best
Anger and fights had no place

We shared our joys and sorrows
Which came on our way
Illness, hardships and problems
That strengthened us night and day

Those priceless years have passed away
With growing and settling apart
Yet sweet memories come on our way
Though we meet and part

The smell of home cooked curries
One can never forget
Flowers, fruits, nuts and berries
And streams shinning bright

You called our parents to be your own
They walk freely your golden shore
Grant us Lord that we may come
And be with them in eternal home


For us now our house of old
A relic of yesterday
The sloppy roof and entrance hall
Just whisper the days of gold

The walls still glow from loving care
Showing all signs of wear
They have seen all of birth, death and tears
And laughter down the years

Our old neighbours all have gone
Who lent their helping hands to all
No books to write no words to tell
I say with Thomas Campbell –

“ The more you live, more brief appear
Our life’s succeeding stages
A day to childhood seems a year
And years like passing ages “

Lord on life’s road we travel
Its friendly flame we see
And may its light keep shinning
Through all the years to be

Sr. Doyline(bottom row - leftmost)

Work relationships

Today my colleague left the organization.... And I'm still have a lingering feeling of losing a good friend... I'm the kind who gets attached very soon, enuf to miss even just a friend quite terribly..

I had some time in hand so I decided to find out if, making strong, personal relationships at work is really healthy?

There are numerous workplaces in which employee relations are often characterized by utter indifference -- or, worse, jealousy, mistrust, and outright animosity. But I haven't felt that it my team at any point of time, interdepartmental relations somehow incline to those angles though..

A research paper had employees categorized

Engaged Employees - Passionate employees having a profound connection to the org and the people

Not-engaged - "Checked out" personalities, downright indifferent to the work environment

Actively disengaged - Typical lot of employees who are disinterested and frustrated and make it a point to spread the feeling.

Infact since a significant portion of our lives are spent in essentially hostile territory,a rocky workplace relationships may be detrimental to an organization's functioning.

Especially for knowledge workers(IT pros like me) as technology grows ever more complex, jobs become increasingly specialized. That means workers rely on each other more to generate products and services. If problems or tensions hamper these interdependent relationships, delivarables become vulnerable.

With the ever changing technology scenarios and huge expectations from orgs, dependencies on team-mates increases, hence it is essential that we make our work relationships more meaningful to enjoy work as we enjoy family life...

Happy Birthday Liddy!!!

Wishing my dearest, prettiest, naughtiest and bestest aunt a Happy Birthday with the cutest bear hugs and sweetest kisses from all in the family!!!
Well I don't think she is more than 25 yrs (i'll be murdered if I mention her real age on the net ;)) and she will stay that age for many many years to come :)

Have a great time on your birthday, wishing you a year full of happiness and success!

25th aniversary celebrations!!!

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. - Mark Twain

Married on - 4 January 1981

Silver Aniversary - 4 January 2006



Together they have found a friendship, raised a family, and built a beautiful marriage.

We, the children of Lawrence and Nancy D’Souza, would like you to share in the renewal of their vows at a solemn Eucharistic celebration of joy and thanksgiving on Thursday, 5 January 2006, 7.45 p.m., at Infant Jesus Chapel, Malwani.

Dinner and celebrations will immediately follow the ceremony, at Bageecha Lawns, Malwani.

~Amie and Antu

Presents in blessings only


:) k that was how the invitations cards looked.

This was one party which my bro n me arranged, without any help from mom n dad. Infact they didn't even know wat to expect there.

We had close to 70 guests - only relatives n closest friends. We r all very social people so narrowing down the guest list was one tough task... phew!

Anyway everything went thru like a dream... the church ceremony n the post party.