“Yeh Dil Maange More” ,

The Grand finale event lived up to the expectations and beyond. Providing us a wonderful day to spend with family, which was full of joy and fun.

The design and decorations of the Venue-central area was quite creative, The state of art lighting effect (drawn from individual contribution of serial lights) were simply great. Together they bought a professional touch and provided a great platform for the events to unfold. Thanks to the group ingenuity and congregate effort

The weather played along, what was suppose to be an overcast day turned bringing the much needed cheers all around. The cultural events were a treat to watch, the young ones shun the shy and performed elegantly the group dance ‘Mukunda Mukunda Song’, The ‘Hokey Pokey Dance’ were amazing to watch.
The Chinna Chinna Asai song, The Des Rangela Dance, The Aahun Aahun Dance were great entertainers. The dual synchronized effort in ‘Chudi Jo Khanke Dance’ was outstanding. This great performance along with the pleasant Nostalgic song presented by ladies, will definitely go on to prove as a “lead by example” to our Longvale kids for them to come forward, embrace the challenge and to exhibit their talents unhindered, exploiting the true sense of this get-together, which is to provide a platform for our kids to perform, enjoy and excel

The program compering was a nicely executed and well managed, The pride moment of awarding rewards and ‘Longvale Duniya’ certificates to winners on this occasion was definitely an encouraging step.

The Games that followed was highly exhilarating and fun filled, As usual the time passed so quick that we were only to be reminded by the huger call, The sumptuous meal followed by Musical chair and Housie Housie provided a perfect finish before retiring for the day with the main activity ‘To be continued’ for the next week.

The successful event like this cannot be accomplished if not for the devoted volunteers, who have strived in various ways, sometimes working as a committee group and many a times individually on the background to make this event happen.
The efforts focused towards putting smiles on the faces of our Longvale children and building a community that provides a platform of appreciation and encouragement with events like these is definitely emerging and on track.

We can now proudly “Pat on Back” and say “Yes We Can”.

Folks, don’t forget our “Jadoo ki jappi” a “pat on the Back” for your fellow mates, will C U all on the Craking day to crak, crak, crak!!!!!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Divali
Murali

Longvale Live

As our competition events drew closer to finish, all eyes are now focused on the grand finale event that we can hardly wait.

Beginning with the thrilling carom game, where the participants fought it out till last frame, often producing a nail biting finish, a delight for audience to cherish.
Followed by which was the children’s drawing competition where the little hands drew and colored with whole lot of conviction.
Then it was to men to muscle a tradition of cricket with two wicket, next was a game of badminton, a mixed double competition.

They say “Pictures speak a lot than words”
Sure it’s been the case. Having missed all the action of this event and rest of the competition so far, I and I’m sure rest of all who missed it like me would still be able to gauge the amount of interest and effort that has been put by the competitors to make this such a successful one.
Guess, the most difficult job lied with those poor judges, Not surprisingly all the dilemma, discussions and deliberations in judging this event are shown in there expressions. In an event like this, there could be only one winner and it’s the spirit of our group ‘Longvale Duniya’

Kudos to the competitors, who have demonstrated that the roots of our traditions are intact, alive and kicking no matter where we are, Congratulations to the participating and organizing team, A job well done !!!!!!"

Logo competition

Section 1(Presented by -> Geetha)
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Section 2 (Presented by -> Meena)
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Section 3(Presented by -> Poonam Ganesh)
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Section 4(Presented by -> Rajani)
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Long Vale Duniya – Embracing Harmonious Living with Ideal Values of love, peace, prosperity and Unity

Section 5-(Presented by ->Akanksha Verma)
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My Logo depicts the families in Longvale Estate.The red & white circle represents Singapore.The two bird houses represent our migration from India.The birds represent 'US' coming from all regions of India & united in Longvale Duniya.
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This Logo presented by "Akanksha Verma" secured 12 votes and has been judged the winner of our Logo Competition by our group members

Our heartily Congratulations to you ‘Akanksha Verma’


Section 6(Presented by -> Feroz)
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It captures Longvale estate, the people living in apartments and kids happily playing in the playground, with the outline depicting Singapore.

Section 7(Presented by -> Sonia)
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Logo Symbolizes the people living harmoniously and having fun at Longvale Duniya. Logo captures L&D of Longvale Duniya, people, apartment buildings and the playground, which plays the most significant role in creating this community. Various versions of the Logos are with the same theme in mind

Section 8 (Presented by -> Murali)
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The logo depicts a smiling cartoon of ‘Long Whale’ (‘Longvale’) king of the seas. This beautiful air breathing creature (Mammal like us) in not only known for its sheer size but as a symbol of strength to wade off any external threat, Symbol of courage to explore unknown dark depths, Symbol of endurance to move thousands of miles and above all its symbol of gracefulness, love, care and concern, exhibited by maintaining relations working in groups, communicating across thousands of miles, grooming their young ones on there footsteps by there side under watchful eyes. Which I believe is a clear representation of values a group should stand for

The cartoon character whale nick named ‘LV’ is been designed for our little ones to be passionate and part of this. It represents there naughty and joyful behavior. The character could eventually become our Mascot symbol and find a place on the back of our little ones in the form of T-shirts or caps

The building with the green shrub indicates our resolve to ‘Living Green’ making right environmental choices and taking actions to lead a healthier, sustainable livelihood in our very own ‘Desi Duniya’ where our drama unfolds every day.


Section 9 (Presented by -> Ullekha)
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Rising sun

‘Jai ho’

It’s our 62nd Independence day. Little would have one imagined that a country which had great challenges to deal with when independent, such as burgeoning population, illiteracy, acute Food shortage, diversities in its cultures, religions, languages, castes, manners would ever stick together as one nation, let alone progress and prosper

Today, mighty economies have recognized India as a key emerging market and are looking towards it as part of a solution to solve this Global economic slump.

The reason behind this transformation is due to various factors but one thing that stands out distinctly and clearly evident is its people, The very factor that was viewed as a liability for countries progress turned out to be its greatest asset “Its billon strong minds” that have relentlessly strived laying the foundation and propelling this country forward from a little known “Snake charming nation” to this great sensation.

Certainly, India is not defined not only by the success and growth stories but its insufficiencies too such as poverty, illiteracy, corruption, bureaucracy, crippling infrastructure, inadequacy of basic health care resulting in highest number of deaths related to childbirth, Malaria, Aids etc etc, this reminds on the hard long journey ahead before the entire people of the nation truly feel independent.

The Nation which has together stood the test of time under adverse conditions be it manmade or natural has wisely learnt that “Together lies the strength” Bound by a various commonality we have, such as ‘Food’, ‘History’, ‘Traditions’ and ‘Bollywood’ to name a few act like converging factors bringing us much closer exhibiting our unique strength “Unity in Diversity” and for those external forces who are dreaming to mastermind a split, we have two words to say “Vande Matharam”

Happy Independence Day folks

Little Champs

Our neighborhood girl ‘Ullekha’ scored a medal in this year OSIM International Triathlon competition. Participating in this event for the very first time under 7-9 year girls category, she successfully completed 100mts sea swim,2Km cycling and 1Km run at a stretch and secured 19th position among 60 odd participants, In doing so she toped the table among Indian Participants in this event. do checkout the official results published online here

Congratulations kiddo, our best wishes with you and we look forward for a podium position soon

For sure, we have many young champs hidden around us; It just needs be noticed, recognized and encouraged. Let’s begin the process in house. If you have something to share about our Longvale little’s excellence be in any area be it Academics, Extra circular, Personal Hobbies, talents, Recognitions, Scholarships or anything that you would like to encourage the little ones on, then we would love to hear from you. So, its simple,Just write to longvaleadmin@gmail.com and watch them online at our LongvaleDuniya

Singapore Day

Singapore recently celebrated It's “Racial harmony” day to mark peaceful coexistence of it’s people who emerge from various ethnic backgrounds. This Island nation has rightfully attached significant importance to this event and has been celebrating the rich mixture of diversity among its people nurturing feeling of comradeship and brotherhood year on year.
Here the encouragement for racial equality and harmonious living is seen as a continuous ongoing process and not just being limited to a day, few examples of which are the public housing policies,Representation in social and regional committee etc.

It's quite surprising to find that somehow this idea of marking and celebrating the racial harmony seems to have gone unnoticed by members of international community. A quick search in google on “Racial harmony day” returns most of the result pages related to Singapore.
In this global village, isn’t there a need to mark and commemorate an International Day to celebrate ‘Racial harmony’ to promote tolerance and understanding among people of all races and religious backgrounds,? It certainly is, history stands as an example one of the common reasons of great sufferings and miseries of the people in this world has been the lack of empathy and understanding towards each other’s Race, Religion and culture.

Sure, when we can find a place for ‘Chocolate Day’, ‘Rose Day’, ‘Friendship Day’ etc in our International day’s list certainly we can and should have this day marked and celebrated world wide with the aim of fostering cohesion beyond boundaries.

The emergence of Singapore as a force to reckon with could be due to various factors, it’s future focus, Its efficiency in functioning , business oriented governance reforms, strong leadership and administration, Ability to attract and retain foreign talent etc but one would not disagree that it is the people of the nation that are the building blocks behind this success.

As the nation prepares to celebrate its National Day, Its time to remember its diverse people whose relentless effort has catapulted the name and fame of this Island nation to heights exponentially larger to its geographic size in the global arena.
Lets together, wish all Singaporeans and its residents an year full of economic Success, Peace and Prosperity on the occasion of Singapore National Day
Happy Birthday Singapore !!!

Humming The Hymns

The holidays are over and children are back to school braving the threat of flu. Looking back, it feels that the weeks just flew by for all of us, often keeping ourselves involved in planning and execution of interesting activities for kids. Although the fun always got ahead in mind, I’m sure the learning wasn’t left far behind.

One such learning activity that happened on the background was the Sloka classes pioneered and successfully conducted by Mrs. Meena Venkatesh.
Mrs.Meena came up with the idea of engaging our little ones productively by proposing to teach Shloka to interested kids to kindle a sprit of spirituality with these young kidooos, Here is what she said had to say when initially proposed it
“..Believe that spirituality is latent in all of us. It just needs to be awakened and age is no bar."
The classes were successfully conducted and concluded by her, what was interesting though was the zeal, enthusiasm and eagerness in which the kids attended this classes much to the surprise of their parents.
Here is what the children’s got to say
“ Sloka class were very very interesting Meena aunty took lot of efforts in preparing the material and making the teaching interesting for us. We learnt a lot in these few classes”

“ The classes were made interesting by the “home library” in which Meena aunty allowed us to borrow old comic books among which some belonged to her child hood days”

Wonder if it makes sense to continue such programs and expand this idea beyond holidays covering larger group’s interest. Perhaps,Public speaking and debate lesson, Music classes, Indian language exchange sessions, Weekend Vedic Mathematics class, Rangoli drawing classes and much more.
Everything got to have a beginning and we now have a successful one, will this generosity become contagious and spread in this conducive atmosphere, time to wait and watch.
Thank you Mrs.Meena, your efforts are much appreciated:)