”f . 0131)::iFIiIíiJhIe åthunl àtríhhlizr SPECIAL VALENTINE ISSUE Vol XIV THE AMERICAN EMBASSY SCHOOL, NEW DELHI Friday, Feb. 14, 1997 TRAVEL INTO THE PAST: THE FIRST ents decided to decorate these portables with VALENTINE’S DAY painted Murals. It was a project that ended in great success. There are nine murals hanging By:Fairuz and Jessica around the school. And they are painted with acrylic paints. I talked to Nicola Leighton For centuries people have celebrated and Barbara van Santen about their mural, a Valentine's Day. They all know the meaning painting of national flags: of Va1entine’s Day-love, friendship, pretty Cards, flowers but do they know how it Q. How did you think of doing this started? project? According to legend it may have been A. Because it would be nice to represent the named after a Christian named Valentine. different nationalities of the school. Valentine was imprisoned by the Romans in about A.D. 270, because he would not give Q. Where did you research for the flags. up his Christian Beliefs. The daughter of his A. We looked up a book on flags. jailer became his friend and Valentine wrote her a note before he was executed and signed Q. How long did it take to do it? it ”your Valentine”. He later was made a A. Just over a month. saint. His Feast Day is February 14 and Valentine°s day is sometimes called St. Mrs. Sinyth tells us, “This mural exhibition Valentine”s day. And that is the story of grew out of a learning experience in the “yfzrleritines Day. Middle School Art class room. The students had the opportunity to design large panels based on their own theme or on the distinc- tive style of their favorite artist. They were free to research, design and developed their work alone or in collaboration with other other student” Besides two murals of flags. there is a panel entitled “Metaniorphosis" with paintings done in the style of the artist Escher. There is also a detailed panel of masks. Smyth and the art students unveil the murals AIDSCONCERT Painting l'0I-tables FEB. 15-1997 By Samuel Carlsson HIGHSCHOOL Because the school is to have new buildings some of the old buildings which are too small have been pulled down and temporary FIELD portables classrooms put up in their place. Our art teacher Mrs. Smyth and the art stud Page 2 Middle School Scribbler ‘ Iiaue .749... type of flower has a different and unique message. If you were to give a friend a Zinnia, it By Nishant Mathur would mean you were thinkingof them in their absence. The following is a list of flowers and ‘ ...Caring for someone. Not mere physi what they mean. A little something for every cal attraction. Respecting the other occasion. persons wishes,desires and rights. -Mr. Sonnet Rose Love i ...No comments. Daffodils Like -Mrs. Ahuja Purple Lilac _ ‘ Emotions of 3irst Love Red Carnati Passion, Pure Love ...I have to fall in love first. qardenias untold Love -V11-. Gupta Red ‘tulip Declaration of L 'e ...Being able to understand and China Rose Beauty fllways ll accept each other. Dandelion Peaceful ‘Visions -Mr. Ashit Hibiscus Delicate Beauty å White Rose Elegance ...Love is a force that hopefully, Sunflower (dwarf) /ldoration i: someday, will permeate the whole Cactus Warmth i å? åt 46 -lè universe.åt- 4(- Emanating from the center never moving, never chang Pansy Thoughts of you ing, the geographical center of White Glover ‘think of Me infinity. Lily of the va Return of Happiness -Mr. Anderson flasmine Kindly, Lovalale, gentle Daisy Qnnocence ...Love makes the world go round. -Mrs Sen Violet 3aithfulness ‘Tulip 3ame ...The positive effect of mutual Dead Leaves k Sadness affection. Marigold grief -Mrs.Goldman Lavender Distrust ‘...A big commitment. Narcissus Egotism -Mrs. Dodds Morning glory /lrrogance Lotus Hlower fllienated Lover ...Feeling from the heart, not the Saffron Beware of Leftover head. Sharing and caring in an Tuberose Dangerous Pleasures unselfish way. -Mrs Datta Basil Hate ...A four letterword. Sometimes you can use it, but most of the at time you sh0u1dn’t unless you want to get your mouth washed lUhat do Girls expect of Gugs during with soap! Ualentine’s Dag . -Mrs. Renaud By Barbara van Santen ...I agree with all of the above. I expect a boy to be a little more sensitive. å -Mr. Iseri I expect a boy to be somewhat more romantic. I expect a boy to send me a nice valentine card. -Amanda Dowell The Meaning of Flowers I expect whatever happens. -Julie T. By(K) I expect a Valentine letter. I expect a guy to treat me like a Woman. Everyone has a favorite flower and when I expect a guy to act more like a man. people give or receive flowers they feel special. There are some under-lying mean- ings in the giving of flowers. Each and every February 14, 1997 Page 3 .Qove is ôib graders) AndreiGillofi gives Adviceon By Markus Walther how to Ask a Girl Out A+ on a math test. -Sheetal Kumar- * Keep on asking her out until she says yes! By the way this may take a while. * Phone her up and say “I know this sounds chocolates and roses on Weird, but I really like you. Will you go out Valentines day. With me? * Give her candy and flowers and ask her out. -Taryn Walley- * Write a song and dedicate it to her. .. a beautiful car with a shiny * Write a letter asking her out. red or black paint job. -Dax Varkey- .. going to visit my mom. få* -Zack Singh- “My Most Romantic Moment" .. my mother’s helping hand. -Woon-Yee Koh- For our Valentine issue we asked our teachers to share with us their most romantic .. being an all star basketball moment. We would like to thank our teachers player. for their time and interest. Here are the -Kenneth Stuma- responses in the order in which we received them. .. liking someone because he or she is nice and friendly Mrs. Davison: to you. An old boy-friend of mine gave me a bunch of -Faisal Al-Ham1nad- EDELWEISS (small, velvety, white flowers - absolutely beautiful!) I dried them then I when all my family is framed them, and I have still got them. together. -Sophíe de Masfrand- Mr. Ashit: New years eve night, something you can”t explain Someone turned down the light. And we were -Jeff Torres- dancing to the slow. Oh so many years ago ...... .. food. -Idzmil Radzuan- Ms. Kala: South of France, in the Camargue area - land .. is liking a person very of marshes, Flamingos and taureaux (bulls). much. 19.5 years old, walking with this very cute -Jong Kyoung- young man, when, sight in the path, a frisky looking taureaux(bull)! The only way across ._ when my parents hug me. was through the marsh on the right. Without a -Sorya Shroff- word, he handed me his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs and carried me across in his arms .. a hug from my mom. under the very suspicious gaze of the bull, -Radha J etley- while a flock of flamingoes winged its way across the blue sky. I often wondered, later, what if the bull had charged! Mr. Sonnet: så* Romance is in the mind, isn”t it? (You know, Page 4 Middle School Scribbler ”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”) So I Ms. Smyth believe the setting leads to a magical moment, It was Valentine”s Day of my Junior year in assuming you’re with the right person. college. I had less than an hour to: I was with my wife, Patty, in Central America. l. Rush from my last class back to the dorm, We happened to live near a natural hot 2. Bake a heart-shaped cake for my date, springs. I remember one full moon night relax- 3. Change into a bridesmaid’s gown for a ing in the pools of the springs, under the light- friend”s wedding and get to the church on ness of the moon and the Candles we were time! The chocolate cake was still warm burning on the rocks around the pool. We when I quickly iced it white, sprinkled it with stayed all night talking and soothing ourselves cinnamon hearts and put it into a doily-lined in the crystal water. box. After the wedding reception, Dick accepted the box with great anticipitation. Ms. Goodman: But unfortunately, the warm cake had crum- I left the laboratory at college one Valentine's bled, the white icing had run, and the red Day to find someone waiting for me with a hearts had melted into a smudgy, pink ooze. rose and a poem. I barely knew the guy and My Valentine gift looked like a garbage was very flattered. Unfortunately, I was scowl going out to sea. Dick sampled a unable to return his affections and, a week crumb and declared that it tasted a lot better later, we weren't on speaking terms..... I still than it looked. “Shall we have a professional have the poem. bake our wedding cake next June?” he asked. I promised to love, honor, and never bake Ms. Sen another Valentine°s cake on the run, ever If a romantic moment is one that warms your again. heart and makes you feel intensely alive then I have had several every summer. Up in our Ms Walker: home in the mountains, watching the dawn I think I”m married to a very romantic man, light up distant snow-covered peaks, and at least he always remembers occasions with sitting on the patio at dusk with the stars flowers and poems-but something quite sweet hanging low and bright out of a midnight-blue this year and suitably sloppy was on the sky.