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John Walters has asked me to update members of the International College Old Students Association on current developments at the College. The biggest news in terms of communication is that we are now connected to the Broadband. It has taken some while for us to get this installed, but we are now ‘on line’ through this, far more efficient, means. By the time you receive this newsletter the new College video should be available. If you would like to see a copy of it (it plays for about 15 minutes) do contact Mr Walters. It will give you a chance to see the College and its current facilities in action. |  |
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| Anyone visiting the College after studying here in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s may be surprised to find one office marked ‘Future Schooling Adviser’. This is a relatively new appointment at the College, and the present post holder, Mrs Abigail Fleming, is responsible for assisting all of our hundred plus leavers each year to find places in good schools. She is now spending some of her time each year visiting other top schools (more than 20 so far) to ensure that she is up-to-date with her information, and (perhaps more importantly) has close contacts with the admissions offices in all the top schools. |  |
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| Another innovation at the College which might bring a smile to the faces of old students, is the recently introduced sporting house system. For some sporting activities (most recently the whole – College basketball competition) the College is divided into three sporting houses. These are named after significant personalities from the College’s past – Macnaghten, Mowat and Francis. The houses have been welcomed by the students, and are proving very successful. | |||||
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Future Plans The College is submitting plans for the extension of its main teaching block. |
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A three-storied structure, we hope, will
be added to the existing building. A copy of the architect’s drawing
is shown here (The new block is on the left of the picture). All this
depends on the local planning authorities agreeing, and also to Sherborne
School finding the cash. The cost is estimated at around one million
pounds sterling. Mr Hardaker Needs a Clock Dr Christopher Greenfield - Principal |
International College Tel Sherborne School is a registered
Charity No 306219. The International College, Sherborne School is
a living |
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Thailand
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Sometimes busy, mostly noisy but very definitely lively and exciting. I managed to coincide my visit to Thailand with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting (APEC), probably the largest and most important economic meeting of its kind in Asia. The local population told me, therefore, that the Bangkok that I was visiting was in some ways different to that of the rest of the year. Security was extremely high, so much so that an airport style search was conducted every time I entered the hotel. Although somewhat tedious at times, this was obviously very important in order to ensure the safety of everyone at the hotel. What I did not realise when I booked my hotel reservation was that President Putin was staying at the same hotel! I even had a chance to see the Russian Leader not once but twice, making my stay in Bangkok even more special. |
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| Thailand has always been known for its colour and vitality and this was even more pronounced during my visit. From the moment I arrived at the airport there were gigantic displays of flowers everywhere welcoming not only APEC members but visitors from every corner of the globe. The flow of traffic across the city during APEC was erratic. Sometimes it would be very heavy and sometimes it would be non-existent as roads were closed for world leaders to move around from meeting to meeting. This made me somewhat concerned as the ICOSA reunion was to be held in the Novatel Hotel in the Siam district of the city which was prone to be closed off without notice. I began to wonder whether anyone would be able to make the reunion which was held on the fourth floor in the Monet conference room. The problem was further heightened by the fact that a major firework display was to take place at the waterfront on the same evening. It seemed that fate was against me! It is against this background therefore, that I must express my extreme thanks to the people who were able to brave the traffic problems and resist the temptation of the firework display to meet up with me. Thanks therefore, must be made to Katchaphol Harinsuit, Tritip Arunanondchai, Kenric Singhakowin, Poropod Sasiprapha and Krij Phonglaungtham who all made the effort to be there on the evening. |  |
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It was also extremely pleasing for me to be able to meet up with Dilaka Lathapipat and his mother in the Polo Club and I must thank them again for providing such a memorable venue for lunch. It was also great to see Tritip at the Mentor Exhibition, as it was to see several parents of existing students. Again it made the trip even more worthwhile. | ||
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It would be wrong of me not to give
a special mention to Poropod Sasiprapha who we both believe to be
the very first Thai student at the International Study Centre (now
International College) arriving in the early 80’s. Poropod With my best wishes |
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| Since the last news letter, we have had only a few registrations, so that our total is now 117. This is a very good start, but it still leaves 1278 former students who have not registered! This means that although I have been able , for example to put Saran Vardhanabhuti in touch with Alex Au, Philippe Zaigue, Taro Okayama and Marco Heinz and Tariq Al Howail in touch with Bilal Nasir, most of the time I have to tell former students that I am not able to give them any information, as The Data Protection Act does not allow me to reveal details of anyone who has not registered. So PLEASE register. It does not cost you anything and means that I can do a much better job of uniting you with your former friend The other problem that I have, is that each time I send out a newsletter, quite a few copies are returned because the person written to has moved. This often happens, for example when someone changes school or goes to university, but there are also many students whose parents have moved or for whom we have no up to date address. I am therefore making a plea to all those who have registered to keep us informed of any change of address. I add below a list of some of those for whom we have no current address. If any of you are in touch with them and know their address or e-mail or telephone number PLEASE let me know and try to persuade them and all your friends to register. John Walters |
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Samad Al-Hasson Tetsu Nomura Father Takuhei Yamada Ching Heng Huang Anthony Wood Ivan Litov Eugenio Hernandez del Cid Carlos Alas-Pumarino Lopez Dimiti Chefanov Kazuto Nakai Wai Ting Tang Juan Goni Rashid Al Hajri Carlos Cruz Pereira Mohammed Abba Dalhatu Eric Svanberg Vadim Petrov-Kondrat Tse-Wei Chen Lourenco Landoite Carvalho Anton Borozdin Asir Bari Ali Montazeri Ali Reza Kolahi-Samesi Nils Petter Gill Shinnosuke Nomura Juliano Capua Stephan Lurzer Seyed Zaman Julian Scavetta Wolfgang Rauch Tahoora Salamian Sadra Salamian Hidetaka Miyazoto Kentaro Yabunaka Tarek Farage Pil-Nyo Kim Dong Wham Kim Young-Hun Lee Massoud Haghani Maxim Nouriaev Mojtabi Haghani Sirous Kardooni Ho Young Ahn Ho Bum Ahn Sung-Ik Lee Myung Ji Suh Tchisole Dos Santos |
Pedro Dos Santos Van Dunem Marcus Lee Ho Kin Sin Omer El Hibir Chun Yu (Alan) Ng Wai Hang (Colin)Cheng Kwok Wing (Dicky) Lee Bachar Kabbani Joseph Lee Chi Wai (Anthony)Yee Chung (Jackie)Wong Chung Fat (Christopher) Chow Joon-Hung Wong Min Ji Son Tamara Riakina Christopher Pudney Oh Jun Kwon Cheuk Mun CharmaineTang Yin Wai Francis Chan Chun -Kee Ng Sung Whan Kim Asad Khan Zain Bashir Joseph Palmer Yuya Hirano Hooman Hoshi Tetsu Nomura Sebastien Godtfredsen Candes Encioglu Atsushi Ishida Gino Amadori Karl Baczako Stephan Lurzer Min Cheng Shi Gen Tsuchida Karina Magazumova Sergio Miguel Pugliese Ignacio Vidal Gordo Lourenco Landoite Carvalho Chun Lin Chu Eugeny Gorb Juan Goni Nilufar Khakimova Hing Cheug Leung Kin Sze Cheung Tsun Kiu Yip |
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Once again three senior officers of the
International College will be making visits to overseas centres in the
Spring Term and early Summer Term of 2004. |
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