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THE SYLVAN VOICE THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE THE EDITOR’S DESK We are proud to release our newsletter for the month October & November 2017. This edition contains all the events from the inter house activities to the inter school activities with each result, house points and records broken by the students of Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College. This edition also th contains the 70 Independence Day show with schedule and photos. We hope you enjoy our 3rd Newsletter for the year 2017. The editorial team: Patron: Mr. Gary Dominic Everett Editorial Head: Ms. Monica Jonquil Ruth Editorial prefects : Nikash Jacob John, Soundharya Meenakshi, Rahul Rajesh, Shreepathy, Krithika P A, Krisshiya Nadessa THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Mumbai report Day 1: (5:10:2017): We left school around 6:00am. We had our breakfast at Coimbatore and left for Shornur. We reached the junction at 2:00pm and had our lunch. As the train was delayed by 2 hours we killed time by playing cricket on the platform. We boarded the train at 5:00pm. We received our dinner at Mangalore junction and then we had a good night’s rest in the train. Day 2: (6:10:2017): We got our breakfast at 8:30am and we spent our time on the train by playing cards and at Thane junction we received our lunch. We finally reached Lokmanya Tilak terminal at 5 and had a good time in the evening. From there we boarded a bus and checked into our hotel and freshened up and then had dinner and a good night’s rest. Day 3: (7:10:2017): We got up early in the morning and had our breakfast at the hotel and left to Imagica theme park. We didn’t get a chance to go for the dry rides and go to the snow park. However we had a great time as we enjoyed all the water rides in the theme park. We reached our hotel at night. Day 4: (8:10:2017) : The next morning we left to visit the Gateway of India and the Elephant caves which also included a 2 hour boat ride after which we had our lunch and went back to our hotel rooms to refresh ourselves after which we went out for shopping in the evening. Day 5: (9:10:2017) : We got up excited early in the morning to visit Juhu beach where we enjoyed playing football and we saw the magnificent sun rise we had our breakfast and left for the Sidhi Vinayak temple after which we had our lunch and left for the Lokmanya Tilak terminal. At around 4:00 pm we boarded our train. Day 6: (10:10:2017): We had our breakfast at Manglore junction and our lunch at Calicut junction. We spent our time on the train playing cards . We reached Shornur at 5:30pm and from there boarded our bus back to school. We had our dinner at Coimbatore and reached school at 2:00 am in the morning. THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Cochin trip th In the morning of 5 October, we left the school by 5:00pm with great excitement. On the way, we enjoyed ourselves by singing and dancing. We also saw a sunrise on the way. At 8:30am we stopped at Hotel Annapoorna for breakfast. Then, continuing our journey, we reached the Diwan Court Hotel at 3pm. Diwan Court is from the prestigious group of hotels. It is a downtown business hotel offering the finest hospitality. We unloaded our luggage and went straight for lunch. Then we checked in our rooms and left to see the Chinese fishing nets. In india , the Chinese fishing nets ( cheena vala) are fixed land instillations for fishing. After we saw the Chinese nets we headed for the cruise. We saw the fort Cochin and the Cochin port and then we went to the DJ dance floor and we enjoyed dancing for over two and a half hours. After that we returned tired to our hotel for dinner and had a good night’s rest. We woke up the next day waiting to see the new adventure. We went for breakfast and left for a back water cruise again in Allepy. We enjoyed the sights of paddy fields, coconut lagoons and pied kingfishers hurtling down to catch the fish. We also came across small islands; locals engaged in fishing. After that ride we did some roadside shopping and we went to our hotel, had lunch, and then went to Lulu mall. We shopped for 4 hours and then went back to our hotel. On the third day we left to Mattancherry palace which is now a museum. This palace is a Portuguese palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace. It was built and gifted by the Portuguese to the king of Cochin in 1555 after they plundered a temple nearby. Then we went to St. Francis church, the oldest church built in 1503.Vasco da Gama’s gravestone can still be seen there. We went back to our hotel to have lunch and then left to Lulu mall. After spending time for few hours in the mall we went back th to our hotel and had dinner. On the 4 day we were excited to go to Wonderla, the loudest, craziest and the most amazing part of the town. We enjoyed the land rides, 5D movie and a lot of thrilling rides after which we went for lunch.We went for more rides and enjoyed ourselves. We went back to our hotel for dinner and then slept. That day was one of the best days of our lives. Then the next day we all got up sad as we had to leave for school. We had an amazing time and an epic adventure with a lot of learning THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Goa trip Day 1: (5:10:2017) : We left school at 5:00 in the morning. We were travelling to Cochin by bus from where we would board our train to Goa. We had our lunch at the railway station and boarded our train at 5:00pm in the evening. We had our dinner on the train and we reached Goa early next morning. Day 2: (6:10:17) : On arriving at Goa we checked into our hotel at 8:00 in the morning after which we got ready and left for the beach . We had our lunch at the beach after that we returned to our hotel . THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Day 3: (7:10:2017) :We visited the Aguada fort after which we visited the beautiful Calangute beach . We did some road side shopping and then returned back to our hotel. Later that evening we got dressed up for the cruise. It was amazing and we had fun.The view was amazing. We also danced for sometime. THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Day 4: (8:10:2017) : We visited the well know St. Francis Xavier church. We learnt a lot of things there . We went back to Anjuna beach after lunch. We saw a lot of crabs and took many pictures. Day 5: (9:10:2017) : We got up late And enjoyed our leisure time at the hotel till lunch. After that we checked out and headed for the Mall de Goa . We spent approximately 4 hours there and then we returned to the railway station for our journey back to school. Day 6: (10:10:2017) : We reached school at around 10:00pm . THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017 THE SYLVAN VOICE Hyderabad Trip : On 4- 10-2017 We were very excited to go for the trip to Hyderbad . After dinner Mr. Vasu distributed our money, id cards and bags . Everyone were gicen 2000 rs each for the journey. We were very excited because it was our first trip in an arranged coach. At 10:00pm our van arrived in front of our cottage. We got into our van and left for Coimbatore at 11:00pm. We kept ourselves entertained by listening to songs on the way to Coimbatore. We reached Coimbatore railway station at 2:00am. We were waiting for the train for about two hours on the platform. At 4:00am our train. The coaches allotted for us were A1 B1 & B2. We got into our coaches within 5 minutes as the train th stood only for 5 minutes in the junction we 9 std occupied the B1. As it was already morning we did not sleep and we were talking till sun rise. We enjoyed our travel. We reached Kacheguda th station, Hyderabad 6 morning at 3:30am we boarded the coach to transfer to the Amritha Castle hotel to check in since our check in time was 12 noon we couldn’t get our rooms. Our staff asked for atleast five rooms to refresh. Then we had our breakfast then we left to Mecca Masjid. From there we walked to Charminar and from Charminar we went to the Sudha car museum the first and only hand made car museum in the world. Then we had our lunch and then left to Golconda Fort. Then we left back to our hotel and had our dinner there. The next day we visited Ramoji Flim industry.We left the film industry in the evening and went back to the hotel where we had our dinner.
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