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Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

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98 - Quadrangle<br />

Andrew ’01, Monica and Louise Kemp (S)<br />

happy to assist if anyone wants to visit.<br />

TONIKALI YEPTHOMI WEHI is living<br />

in Auckland NZ with hubby Maxim.<br />

Enjoying the rugby world cup as NZ is<br />

hosting it this yr. Go the All Blacks! Our<br />

1st baby is due on Dec 20 & looking<br />

forward to parenthood. SHRUTI GAN-<br />

GULY is still in NYC, have started my<br />

last yr of my MBA/MFA program at NYU<br />

& am doing various things as part & also<br />

independent of school. I’m producing a<br />

feature film with James Franco & his production<br />

co & James will be in the movie<br />

too. Then I’m writing my thesis which is<br />

a short animated film set between New<br />

Delhi & Mussoorie. SENTILA PONGEN<br />

is on maternity leave right now as I had<br />

my second son in Jun. Yes, we feel really<br />

blessed! I’m also supposed to be studying<br />

for my CS exams which is next Jun & do<br />

a million other things but...I’m just planning<br />

on enjoying my kids at my own pace,<br />

space n time...till I’m satisfied. JOHN<br />

HUDSON & wife Chelsea now living in<br />

Silver Spring MD with our 3 daughters<br />

Adelaide (5) Sydney (3) & Nadia (1). I am<br />

currently a Project Engineer for a commercial<br />

construction firm (Hensel Phelps<br />

Construction Co.) & am working on the<br />

construction of a Marriott Marquis Hotel<br />

Mark Thornsen '01<br />

in downtown DC. It is a<br />

3 yr project & we hope<br />

to stay in the area for a<br />

while. Chels is starting<br />

back up her photography<br />

bus & I still spend a lot<br />

of time hunting & fishing<br />

when not at work or<br />

spending time with the<br />

family. VIJAY ROY &<br />

wife Emma celebrate<br />

their son Elijah (1), life<br />

has totally changed with<br />

him around. We are living<br />

in exciting times &<br />

I’m finally learning how to swim, yippee,<br />

will be in AUS for Christmas. ARJUN<br />

SIKAND is importing into Asia & Asia<br />

Pacific all American foods from the US,<br />

also doing professional photography.<br />

SUNG YEON CHOI MORROW is still<br />

in Chicago- going on 10 yrs! Happily<br />

married & working as a Nat’l Organizer<br />

for Interfaith Worker Justice which has<br />

him traveling quite a bit domestically<br />

so gives me a good chance to catch up<br />

with old friends, like Arish & Melanie<br />

in NYC! TENZING TEKAN lives in San<br />

Francisco where is currently working<br />

for Bain & Co. He’s working on brushing<br />

up on his Tibetan. DANIEL SMITH<br />

also lives in SF. He is one yr away from<br />

an MFT degree with a Drama Therapy<br />

twist. —Daniel<br />

Class of 2001<br />

It is 10 yrs since the Class of 01 graduated<br />

from WS & scattered around the<br />

globe. Most people have now settled<br />

into the patterns of working life. Some,<br />

whether out of nostalgia for student days<br />

or other motivations, are contemplating<br />

retraining, while others are discovering<br />

for themselves the ups & downs of being<br />

young parents. For tips on healthy babies<br />

one may wish to consult SABINA THY-<br />

LE who is in her 2nd yr of her pediatric<br />

residency at UCLA. Also in the healing<br />

profession, ROHINI UPPAL is working<br />

as an ICU nurse in VA & beginning to<br />

explore other career options. Let’s see<br />

what the future holds! BENITA SAMUEL<br />

BECKER & Chris have moved to Boston.<br />

While he pursues his M Arch degree,<br />

Benita works in different healthcare<br />

settings as a RN. She travels frequently<br />

to Calvin College MI to serve on their<br />

<strong>Alumni</strong> Bd, also part of their Presidential<br />

Search Comm. SAHAJO HAERTEL<br />

continues to educate children in NY &<br />

MARIO WYON is similarly employed.<br />

He works in Arcata CA as a gr 5/6 Spanish<br />

teacher in a bilingual charter school.<br />

HUGH EVANS continues work with the<br />

Global Poverty Project & has moved to<br />

NYC. In the same city, ZOMAWII KHI-<br />

ANGTE & Filippe celebrated the birth of<br />

Eva. SAIRA MALIK moved to Washington<br />

DC in Oct to start a consulting job in<br />

federal public safety & criminal justice.<br />

Also in DC is NITIN JAIN, working on<br />

water & sanitation projects at the World<br />

Bank. He is in the middle of applying<br />

to MBA programs, hopes to be moving<br />

in that direction. Also on the MBA<br />

path, SHASHWAT MODY has moved to<br />

Philadelphia to pursue an MBA at The<br />

Wharton <strong>School</strong>, U PA. Look him up if<br />

you are in the area. RAHUL CHERIAN<br />

is also in the area & has recently met<br />

up with others like ROHINI UPPAL &<br />

TSERING WANGDI. JAE IL SHIM is<br />

living in Lynchburg VA & planning to go<br />

to graduate school. ASHISH THOMAS,<br />

Kristin Isabella & Zander have returned<br />

to Nashville TN for a season. Ashish<br />

works as a Business Process Consultant<br />

& a Keynote speaker. ANDREW KEMP &<br />

Monica celebrated the birth of daughter,<br />

Cambria, in Dec 10. They currently live<br />

in El Paso TX. BRIE MILGROM was<br />

recently hired at a gluten-free bakery in<br />

Portlan, OR. She loves it & is training to<br />

be the assistant mgr. She also practices<br />

yoga, dancing & generally enjoys life.<br />

She is sad to miss the reunion but sends<br />

warm regards. SEEMA SHARAN has<br />

recently married & is looking forward<br />

to coming back to WS for the reunion.<br />

She took a 2 yr break from working to<br />

travel the world & no doubt has plenty<br />

of exciting travel stories to share! HAN-<br />

NAH FONG KENNEDY is living with<br />

husband in Ithaca, upstate NY, where<br />

she is a PhD student at Cornell U. Her<br />

res focuses on TB immunology. ROHIN<br />

LAL is working & living in Philly with<br />

wife Therese. They are enjoying their<br />

time there. SAMUEL CHOI & his wife<br />

are living in Thailand but we don’t know<br />

if he has managed to travel as far south as<br />

Singapore where JUNGSENARO LONG-<br />

KUMER is currently living. TSERING<br />

YANGZOM SADUTSHANG is enjoying<br />

life in Sydney AUS where she has moved<br />

with her work at Royal Bank of CAN.<br />

Also nearby is RAMEEZA AHSAN who<br />

has begun a Master’s prog in Adelaide.<br />

CASSANDRA BREDT KING has persevered<br />

all yr to organise classmates to<br />

meet up in Mussoorie in Oct. She lives<br />

in Melbourne with Robert & children,<br />

Maia (4) & Joshua (2). Cassy opened a<br />

childcare centre in May & is working

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