I had gone to an orphanage this weekend and though i wanted to write an article abt it i am tired to do the same..I have just copied the mail flow between the gang in office which went to the place,I think this should suffice.

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Subject hi people hello alll,
i hope everyone had a grt holiday at ur home!!!!!!!!! well me toooofew updates i have to tell
on 14 nov Mo ( from our grp ) went n gave chocs to those kids as it there day !!!!!!!!!then K has got crackers and we shall celebrate diwali with them ... i request u all to make urself free tomorrow evening after 6 n till 7 pm so tht we can go there n burst the same !!! atleast snr people as can take 8.30 bus ( i hope it wont be tht late )
we got crackers as those kids wished for the same !!actually we had diwali celebrations here in SNR from XXX n those kids where invited n when i spoke to them they where like we have enough clothes n eatables now n we want crackers is what they told me !! so i felt the pinch n it was like better to full fill their wish !!!!!!!!
Thanks
Sw
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xxxxSubject Re: hi people Just a friendly reminder !!!hey people we have planned to go today n i request the SNR people to find little time to come n join !!!
thanks,Sw

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Subject Re: hi people Hi all,
Whoever will be able to come today, pls reply to this mail. As planned we'll be starting by 6.
K
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Subject Re: hi people Hi All..
Five people from SNR- Sw,K,Mo,JJ and Myself.. went there and had VERY VERY GR8 time...... njoying with the Kids.. We(v 5 'n the Kids) were really very happy and njoyed every bit of it, till the point the last rocket was into bits and pieces.. I've no words to explain how well the kids have njoyed it. and one shud see their faces full of joy .... Also, as this is the very first time for me to spend Deepavali with children@an orphanage, I'm very much Contented.Thought of writing much more.. but.. cudn't put all my feelings in here.. But, anyway.. V all njoyed it a looooooooot..
Sri

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Subject Re: hi people yup very true, we really had a greatest time !!! it was a real challenge !! we had keep cool n handle soo many kids .....they where in full enthu n we had to be very cautious as it was crackers n they r all tiny tots!!!! then there is no power there ( i hope i have told it before ) .but we made it a grand success !!!!
people who dint come really missed the show : )
Sw
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Subject Re: hi people Hi all,Seems like Sri has to cutshort her 5 people list by 1 as I was also feelin one of the kids .We started from SNR as soon as the office was over and trekked to the orphanage,having a good banter all through the way .As soon as we entered all the kids started sorrounding us and every one started saying " My name is X and what is your name "? .I never had to introduce myself to such a number of people after my ILP induction classes.We then told them that we were there to fulfil there wishes of wanting to do fireworks.All the kids started sorrounding sw and started screaming "Aunty Aunty enaku enaku ".SInce I was standing next to sw they called me also " Aunty,Aunty"... Poor kids couldnt differentiate between a guy in pants and gal in pants.
Then K opened the sparkler pack and we started to distribute them ..Somehow we couldnt control them at first and the kids ran riot for a few minutes.Then we made an arrangement whereby each kid would in turn get two sparklers to light.You must have seen their faces..It was brighter than those sparklers.The kids started thinking they were windmills and started rotating the sparklers really fast and it kept us all on tenterhooks.The kids were clapping and shouting whenever a sparkler was lit.Then a kid started writing numbers in the air with the sparklers..The count started from 1..onnu,rendu,moonu..the crowd cheered the guy on..The count ended at padhimoonu...13 is an unlucky number now I am sure.Then we shifted planes and it was turn for flower pots .We had lots of electric wire sparklers ,Me,JJ and sw took turns in making the kids light the flowerpots.The screaming of the kids reached a crescendo everytime the spakles from the flowerpot went high.One flower pot turned into flower bomb.Luckily no one was injured.The kids were more confident than us on this front.Then we started lighting zameen chakkars and man i lost count of how many of them exploded in the end .But the kids enjoyed every part of it.And finally came the most dangerous assignment of them all,lighting rockets, which was handed to the most courageous man in the group ,to me , :-P..I had to spoil a kid's water bottle for the mission.I kept the rockets in the bottle and lighted with matchsticks...Zoooooooooooom they went and i thought they would light up the sky ..but it was a damp squib ,it went up and exploded that was it.No colorful sparkles..:-( .. The "Pattas kadaikaran" hd cheated k. Then the fifth rocket did the most astonishing thing..it started perfect but suddenly nose dived and started chasing a motorcyclist on the old mahabalipuram road and landed ahead of him..Man he must have been scared " :-) ",...I imagined what I would have done i had a bazooka in my hand instead of that cheeta fight theepetti..After every thing was said and done ,we left from there at 8.15 and we had a walking race to reach SNR .Due to the modesty I learnt from DOC I am not saying who won the race..All in all people ,it was one of the most memorable days of my life,..Two kids were standing near the fence as we left and said 'please come for christmas"..Sure we will go people...wont we????
Mo

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Subject Re: hi people I think the children were a bit confused seeing Mo's hair & called him Aunty. Can't blame them though as sometimes I tend to make the same mistake. & for the brave act, you should have seen the face of the ' most courageous man ' when he tentatively approached the roket bottle. The kids were saying " Ithe vida supera nange vedikere" (Forgive my Tamil, but I hope you got the point). But overall I was one othe greatest experiences of my life. Really had a wonderful evening, Thanks to Sw, K, Mo & Sri.
JJ


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Subject Re: hi people
Hi,
I got excited when I read your feelings yesterday. Mo Chance sa ella pinnitinga. He will be good director soon. Try for it. It seems to be that I enjoyed with you yesterday after i read it. Keep going on.
Mo, If possible forward your previous stories to me. The way you explained is fantastic. We will continue doing this kind of activities.
Regards,
Sree