A Special Christmas Greetings Card

the link Grads write in... December 1997Dear Mr Sherry,First, I hope you are fine and ingood health. Thank you for thecopy of “the link” you sent. It isalways welcome to hear aboutother “Les Roches” Alumni. Inaddition I wish to extend mycongratulations to you and yourteam for the success of “the link”.Tracking down former students isno easy task. Your publication isjust overflowing with information!At the same time it is alsogreat to hear about the progressof our Alma Mater. Not only is itgrowing in numbers but also inthe standards it sets.Time flies so quickly! It seemsjust like yesterday that I saidgoodbye to little Bluche. I graduatedin December ’91. In thosesix years my hotel posts havetaken me to Geneva, Manila,Dubai, and having recently immigrated,to Vancouver where I amnow in the Front Office team of aleading hotel.Again my sincerest thanks andregards to all the “Les Roches”faculty.Monica Santos(December ’91)❄Dear Mr Sherry,Thank you very much for yourletter of October 27, 1997.It was really very nice to hearsomething again from LesRoches, because however longago it was that I was there,“ It isnot just a school, it is a way oflife...”.During my travels all over theworld, I have met several peoplefrom Les Roches. It is so funnythat you keep meeting them in thestrangest of places. I will makesure that they all receive theAlumni Association reply cards.All the best with the organisationof the Alumni Association and ifthere is anything I can do to help,please do not hesitate to contactme at any time.Best regards,Amber van ZijlDear Editor,I am Lynna Wong from HongKong of the June ’94 graduatingclass of June ’94. Please keep sendingme the latest news of “LesRoches” through “the link”.Thank you and take care,Lynna❄To: Messrs. Bider, Cronin, Eberli,Martin and Stoeckli.Hello! I hope you are all fine.I am now a Sous-Chef at the SheratonHotel and Towers in Subang,Kuala Lumpur. Life as a Chef overhere is very demanding and busy.Thanks to all the training I gotfrom all of you, I became theyoungest Sous-Chef in Malaysia ina 5-star Hilton. That was in 1993.It was your belief in me that mademe the best. I worked for Hiltonfor two years and later worked forClub Med in Sahoro, a Japaneseresort, as a Garde-Manger Chef.Later I did a stint on a Club Medcruise ship as Ass. F&B manager.We cruised in French Polynesiataking in Noumea and other PacificIslandsNext month I will be going toCairo, Egypt for a Malaysian FoodPresentation and then on to HongKong to work there. Thanks foreverything,Tunku Farazil❄Dear Mr Sherry,How have you been? It’s been along time since I was in Bluche -nearly ten years or so.Had I known that Les Roches hada homepage of its own, I wouldhave written earlier. A friend ofmine in Switzerland told me aboutit. I paid it a visit and found thenames of a lot of people withwhom I thought I had virtually lostcontact.I was in Summer Batch (1983-1986). I left Switzerland in 1987and came to Hong Kong, and ayear later went off to work withHyatt Regency, Macau as BanquetManager. After that I returned toHK, got married and joined thefamily business in which I am stillinvolved.SNOWFLAKES...❄You’re funny...You’ve got snowflakesOn your eyelashesAnd I’ve got themDown my backAnd on my noseIt’s funny...Are you winking at me?Or don’t you likeThe snowflakesin your eyes?I think they’re beautiful.You know, some peopleDon’t like the winter.They say it’s too cold.They’re funny.To me,Snow is like loveIt makes me warm all over...❄From a “Les Roches” Year BookLes Roches was perhaps the besttime I ever had. I still have veryfond memories of Bluche, the fellowstudents, and the staff. Ofcourse, I haven’t forgotten theCultural Night when we sang“Swing Low Sweet Chariot”.That night brings a smile to myface every time I think about it.Anyway, I would love to get incontact with some of my friends ofthose days. Finally through Internetand you, I may have a chanceto get in touch with them. It’s greatto see what you are doing for theAlumni. Please keep it up.My address for those who wish tocontact me is: Javed Abdullah1703 Tai Hang Terrace, 5 Chun FaiRoad HK Tel Home 852 24150904 Office Fax Tel 852 27218776 Office Fax (852 23675526).Thank you and best regards,JavedDear Friends at Les Roches,What a pleasure to see the LesRoches Page on the Web. Finally, agreat way to keep in touch with theschool that taught us “a way of life”.Well, after graduating from LesRoches in 1993, I came to RhodeIsland in the USA to get my Bachelor’sof Science. The true depth ofthe working knowledge gained atLes Roches struck not only me, butthe fifteen other graduates from LesRoches. I received the Bachelor’s in1994 and continued to complete myM.B.A. in International Business,along with Jai Kwon Lee (S. Korea,Sum 1993).I was hired by the Hyatt Corporationin 1995, and assigned to the HyattRegency in Greenwich, Connecticut.I am currently working as theAssistant Hotel Manager in Connecticutwhich in many ways remindsme of peaceful and beautiful Switzerland.I am still in touch with several of myclassmates via the Internet. Singapore,Malaysia, Hong Kong, India,Brasil, Kenya and Australia aresome of the places where LesRoches graduates are now making aname for themselves.Les Roches is truly a way of life andI am grateful that through Internet itis keeping the spirit alive amongst usall.Currently the US market is experiencinga shortage of qualified individualsfor mid-level managementpositions. We are currently recruitingstudents from Hotel Schools inEurope and have recently receivedstudents from Lausanne, Paris,Greece, Germany and Spain who arecompleting 18 months’ internshipwith us.If any one is interested in doing aninternship with us please do writeme or E-mail me at dlall@aol.com.Please add my name to the growinglist of students in the Association.Thank you Les Roches for puttingme on a great track and successfulcareer in the hospitality industry.Dev. D. Lall(Summer ’93)11