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Name: Malinda Quartel E-mail address: quartel@malinda.nl Homepage: http://www.malinda.nl Years at YIS: 1985-1986 I now live in: Amsterdam Message: Hello! It's been a while! Am currently working offshore (oil pipe lay barges), after the company I worked for before went bankrupt. Will be moving to a much quieter place (Goeree-Overflakkee)in August and am leaving the city behind me! Looking for a way to move my English boyfriend over to Holland. Since he works for a daughter company of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch rail company) we are very hopeful! I have discovered that I have roots in Holland after all, so for the time being I am staying put! Hope all is well with everyone. Tuesday, October 19th 2004 - 09:23:53 PM . . . . . Message # 27
Name: Marilyn Shade E-mail address: lynn_shade@yahoo.com Years at YIS: 1976 - 1979 I now live in: San Francisco Message: Hi hi,
I went to YIS from 3rd to 5th grade and ended up graduating from CAJ. Kept in touch with Charlie Bernard and Alex Lee during high school (we'd meet at track meets) -- anyone have their contact info? Thanks!
Lynn (aka Marilyn)Wednesday, September 1st 2004 - 06:49:42 AM . . . . . Message # 26
Name: Michael van de Watering E-mail address: andrimike@europe.com Years at YIS: 1985-1986 I now live in: Holland Message: Hi all,
Cool this webpage, I was just looking for my frien Edward Dielen's email address and stumbled upon this page.
I've been roaming the world for a bit from central asia via south america to africa and back again. I'm now and engineering consultant in the field of water supply and water management.
Got married some 7 years ago and have two boys aged 4 and 6.
Drop me a note some time, I'm parked in Holland until my next assignment materializesMonday, August 23rd 2004 - 12:58:06 AM . . . . . Message # 25
Name: Steve Nojek E-mail address: as posted Years at YIS: 82-83 etc I now live in: SF, etc Message: Omigod, hey Kevin, do you remember some school dance where you tried to head-butt me and popped a zit on yer forehead? Dude (may I call you “dude”?), it still brings a chuckle! Ouch, that must’ve HURT !!
I think you introduced me to “the barmy army.” Or something to that effect. It’s all good. Actually you were one of our best footballers, I recall; it’s just we didn’t win any games.
Well, it just takes Mr. Bernard’s re-tire-ment to bring back all these memories, eh? That’s all for now.Monday, August 23rd 2004 - 12:45:50 AM . . . . . Message # 24
Name: steve nojek E-mail address: stephennojek "at" hotmail "dot" com Years at YIS: 82-83 too short! I now live in: SF Message: Hidooooooi! It’s been a long time. I’m thinking just like Fred here; Mr. Bernard’s retirement led me to this site. I’d been wondering what the h*ll happened to this crowd!
(“Aaaii….Kichigai no mizu waaaa….”) Me today: look just like Robert Downey, Jr. (US actor), grown out of my introversion, and incurring about US40K in school loans as I start a master’s degree here in San Francisco. Left my lucrative head-hunting job in Hong Kong to live an authentic life, now on a path-with-heart. Left a honey behind, too, ALMOST got married, but it wasn’t right for us at the time. By now (20 yrs later), I’m confident most of you know this story.
Attn Jeff Zaveloff: Yeah, baby, I CAN say it in Chinese!!!! Woohoo! Would you believe I went back to the Old Country (China) after college and spent EIGHT years there? I polished off my Mandarin, drank a h*ll of a lot of 69-cent / liter Tsingtao beer, had a great, high-paying marketing job in Shanghai for a few years with lots of cigars, French wine, saucy / haughty local women (there’s another stooooory!), survived a few more drenching typhoons, acted in a Chinese movie (probably seen by est. 80M Chinese, I kid-you-not), traveled to India-Phuket-S’pore-Bangkok-Macau-and-many-armpit-corners-of-Asia, spent a gi-normous amount of $$$, collected some antiques, drank a lot of Australian wine (anything from Coonawarra is value), got So, Jeff, I confirm I can say it in Chinese.
I gotta say I don’t feel I lived life to the fullest at age….huh? 14? That year at YIS. It all came later. Any comments to that effect?
Looks like everyone turned out well. Guenter, that climb up Fuji-san is one of my life’s cherished experiences. You stay cool. Also, you beguiled me with computer games (Wizardry) and now I can’t…..stop……playing……haha! Wait, I got a story about Fuji-san. This is SO “Japanese”: Okay, since that great hike up / see sunrise / hike down, I told every Japanese person I met (seriously) that I’d hiked Fuji. Then I’d ask THEM if they hiked Fuji. Nope. I made a dozen Japanese friends since then, and no one’s been up Mt. Fuji. I kept asking Japanese as I’d meet them over the years….then I go to ol’ Yoshi’s birthday party in Hong Kong one year, and there’s this “Japanese cool-guy” there, longish hair, got an edge. Yeah, we’ve seen his type before. He announces to the whole table, with great authority: “Fuji-san is meant to be SEEN----not climbed.” My God, everyone laughed for the next hour or so. And this joke---but it’s real---has been told by me / Yoshi / etc for ages since. So, I don’t annoy Japanese – folk any longer by asking silly gaijin questions. Huh!!
Hugs, Steve Nojek @ San Francisco, California, USATuesday, August 17th 2004 - 05:22:19 AM . . . . . Message # 23
Name: Fred Sorensen E-mail address: fkhiafla@bellsouth.net Years at YIS: 79-84 I now live in: Florida Message: Hey Everyone !! Not a lot of postings to our site here recently ! Hopefully the Bernard's retirement pictures will inspire some of us to write. Still here in Florida doing the same old thing. We were spared the wrath of hurricane Charley recently and are greatful for that. Considering a visit to Japan this Christmas with the family, so if anyone is or will be there Xmas/NY 2004/2005 please let me know ! Otherwise all is well with the Sorensen clan. Take care and drop us a line !
Fred (954-382-2617 / 305-775-0208 cell)Tuesday, August 17th 2004 - 05:22:04 AM . . . . . Message # 22
Name: Fred Sorensen E-mail address: fkhiafla@bellsouth.net Years at YIS: 79-84 I now live in: Florida Message: Hey Everyone !! Not a lot of postings to our site here recently ! Hopefully the Bernard's retirement pictures will inspire some of us to write. Still here in Florida doing the same old thing. We were spared the wrath of hurricane Charley recently and are greatful for that. Considering a visit to Japan this Christmas with the family, so if anyone is or will be there Xmas/NY 2004/2005 please let me know ! Otherwise all is well with the Sorensen clan. Take care and drop us a line !
Fred (954-382-2617 / 305-775-0208 cell)Wednesday, July 16th 2003 - 07:43:51 AM . . . . . Message # 21
Name: Guenter E-mail address: guenter.spiess@jp.nestle.com Message: Hello there,
I am still working in Japan. Living currently in Roppongi but starting to think a move somewhere quieter.
Drop by if you are ever around..
Mobile # is : 090-6969-0054
dewa matta..
GuenterTuesday, June 10th 2003 - 09:38:18 AM . . . . . Message # 20
Name: Marianne Stark (Bruun) E-mail address: stark@webspeed.dk Message: Just a little update on me. Still in Denmark working for Procter & Gamble as a Retail Coordinator, divorced for the past 1 1/2 years but happy.
Yukio, I've got the wrong mail address for you. Drop me a line, so we can get back in touch.
MarianneFriday, April 18th 2003 - 10:06:05 PM . . . . . Message # 19
Name: Alexandra De Bever ( Elliot) E-mail address: adebever@earthlink.net Message: Hi Classmates,
I went to YIS from 1st grade - 5th grade. I can't believe this web site and the names that I remmber.After I left Japan we moved to los Angeles and stayed there thru my college years. I went to Loyola Marymount University were I recived my bachelors in psychology and a masters in educational counseling and Psych.I got married shortly after graduation. I now have 4 kids ages 10, 8, 6, 4. We lived in Houston, TX for 5 yrs and have just moved to Denver, CO. I would love to see old classmates, if you know any one in the area let me know. I have not seen or heard from anyone since I left.Thursday, January 24th 2002 - 06:46:44 PM . . . . . Message # 18
Name: Lora (Webb) Darden E-mail address: Lora_Darden@roundrockisd.org Message: Classmates,
I went to YIS for 1st and 2nd grade only, but I'm amazed at the number of people I run into from Yokohama. I completed my undergrad at A&M and met a guy who went to YIS during Junior High! For the past two years I taught Hiro Morita's son. His mom was our P.E. teacher and he was one of our classmates. It is a small world!
I live in Round Rock, Texas (outside of Austin) with my husband and two dogs. We've been in Texas since we left Yokohama in 1976. I am a Reading specialist, currently taking a break from working on my Ph.D. - I don't know if I'll ever finish!
I hope all is well with everyone and it would be fun to get in touch with some classmates!
Take care!
Lora (Webb) DardenFriday, August 31st 2001 - 05:39:16 PM . . . . . Message # 17
Name: Fred Sorensen E-mail address: fsorensen@mindspring.com Message: Hello Everyone ! How exciting to read all of your postings ! What a balst from the past I must say. I am currecntly in Ft. Lauderdale and working in Miami for a marine electrical engineering company - we do most of the electrical work on the cruise ships all over the world. After Japan I lived in Holland for two years which was a major culture shock but such a blast. Then I spent a year in Switzerland where I actually hooked-up with Hideyo Nishikata and Geunter Spiess. Then a brief stinit in Norway before coming to Florida in '88 to finish college.
I am now married to Karine Kintzel (also lived in Japa from '68 to '86 but went to Sacret Heart) and together we have 2 wonderful kids - Ian (3) and Anya (17 months)! I also have a daughter Haley from a previous marriage. She will be 9 in September ! Where are the years going ??? Well, I would love to hear from as many of you as possible.
I hope everyone is doing great and take care !!
Best regards,
FredWednesday, August 22nd 2001 - 12:53:49 PM . . . . . Message # 16
Name: Kevin Mackay E-mail address: kmackay@aetweb.com Years at YIS: 1985-1983 Message: Hi there,
Wow what a blast from the past! So many familiar names.
I've often wondered "whatever happened to . . ." Jeff
Zaveloff, Gert-Jan, Yasu, Yukio, Marianne, Michelle among
others.
After I left in '85 (the same time as the first and only
edition of Jeff Z's 'Devil's Advocate' newsletter came out
to much fanfare ???? ) I completely lost touch with
everyone. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers
those good old days, when riding a 50cc was "cool", and the
consumption of beer and chu-hi's didn't hurt so much the
next morning.
Cheers
Kevin Mackay
('83-'85)Wednesday, June 27th 2001 - 12:40:12 PM . . . . . Message # 15
Name: Gina Willis-Journeay E-mail address: Jonadz1@aol.com Message: Hi Everyone!
Remember me? I went to Y.I.S. in 82-83. I don't see many
familiar names myself-say..Where is Fred Soreson?!
I ma am back in Mississippi... ooo fun! I have my own
advertising business I started 8 months ago.
Married/Divorced- I have a wonderful 8 year old son.
I would love to hear from anyone e-mail me!Tuesday, May 16th 2000 - 11:24:38 AM . . . . . Message # 14
Name: Malinda Quartel E-mail address: quartelm@hotmail.com Message: Hi everybody! Found my way back again to the YIS page. I'm
back in Amsterdam after quitting my disastrous job as
personnel manager at Holiday Inn and travelling the world
for two years (hence the coffee with Yukio in Athens, and
YES, I obviously survived that earthquake!)I spent time in
Australia, Thailand, Austria (ski-bum!), Greece and New
Zealand. I am now a training manager for a start-up company
called "immoeuro". Yukio, if you read this, send me a mail!Wednesday, May 3rd 2000 - 12:16:15 PM . . . . . Message # 13
Name: Marianne Stark (Bruun) E-mail address: stark.ma@pg.com Message: Hello Classmates!
Been wanting to hear updates on class of '86 for years, and
have finally discovered this facility.
Proceeded from Japan back to Copenhagen and took a minor
business degree. Went to San Francisco and worked for a
year in a café, before seriously heading into family and
career.
I have now been married for 10 years, and have a boy(9) and
a girl (8). On the work front, I am an Executive
Secretary/Office Manager for Procter & Gamble in Denmark.
I have kept in touch with Vashti over the years, but would
love to hear from the lot of you. So send me a mail!
MarianneThursday, April 20th 2000 - 12:27:54 PM . . . . . Message # 12
Name: Vashti Andrews (Gardner) E-mail address: smashgrab1@hotmail.com Message: Cant believe I've just got around to surfing a bit for YIS.
Was speaking to Lloyd Hunt this morning (in Germany but
regular visitor to UK and in touch with as many people as
possible - puts me to complete shame!). Good to see a few
names down on the list. Me? Currently living on Isle of Dogs
and working in Canary Wharf at MSDW as an ops manager in
their creative services department. Before that at Grey
Advertising and KPMG. Have a little girl Alex who is just 2
and gorgeous and loads more but must leave room for everyone
else. Take care all and email if youre planning to be local.
Vash xxSunday, April 16th 2000 - 05:53:36 PM . . . . . Message # 11
Name: yukio christopher iwata E-mail address: ciwata1996@kellogg.nwu.edu Message: am now living in berlin since feb 2000. working in
corporate strategy for sony. cool job, great city- come
visit! have moved a fair bit since starting work back in
1990 following my undergrad in economics at bristol
university, england.
started in investment banking with nomura in london, then
munich and frankfurt. on to business school to my my mba
at kellogg in chicago. on to consulting for boston
consulting group in hamburg and braxton associates/
deloitte consulting in london and düsseldorf.
it's great to have reestablished the link to japan and i
should be travelling to tokyo every now and then for sony.
last yis alum i met- malinda quartel for a quick coffee at
athens airport 24 hours before the big earthquake of sept
1999. look forward to catching up...Thursday, February 17th 2000 - 12:09:00 PM . . . . . Message # 10
Name: Matt Henke E-mail address: airmech@pdq.net Message: Howdy! I went to YIS for 3 years, '79-'81. I could not
leave this page without saying hi to Aart, Gayle, Gillian,
Gert-Jan & everyone else from those years. I recently
moved into my new house and found those old Chowa
yearbooks. That started me looking around the net for YIS
stuff. After Japan we moved to Perth, Australia where I
finished High School. It must have been all those hours in
a 747 over the pacific but I became an aircraft mechanic
for Continental Airlines in Houston Texas. A lot of us
seem to have gone into aviation. This E-mail address is
only good till March 2000, try "ford302@hotmail.com". Does
anyone remember the entire periodic table that Scibbles
made us memorize? Anyone from the '86 class that finds
this page, please leave a note!Wednesday, October 27th 1999 - 03:32:28 AM . . . . . Message # 9
Name: Aart Dil E-mail address: dil@ibm.net Message: Hi everybody,
For those of you who don't know me, I'm the big mouthed
curly haired Dutch guy who was at YIS in 6th and 7th grade.
I probably wouldn't have graduated in 1986 but I was in this
class at one stage....
For those of you who do know me, Hi! If ever in Amsterdam
please send me a message and when I'm home I will provide
you hungry ones with a bite.
I left YIS in '81 for Eindhoven, "Philips-town" in the
Netherlands, where I finished Dutch high school. I learned
flying at the Dutch Civil Aviation School and then joined
Martinair where I am now captain on a Boeing 767.
Hope to hear from someone.
See you,
AartFriday, April 9th 1999 - 07:23:40 AM . . . . . Message # 8
Name: Malinda Quartel E-mail address: quartelm@hotmail.com Message: Hey guys! Well, slowly more of us are making our way to the
class of ´86 here on the Internet. It was great to read what
you are all doing now. For me, I quit my cushy job as
personnel manager at Holiday Inn a year ago, and traded in
my riches for the simple life of a backpacker (well, still
have my house here in Amsterdam, but rent it out now). I
travelled to Australia and Thailand for 3 months, came back
to NL to do some temping work and left again late last year
to go to Austria and give ski lessons for the season. Had a
wonderful time boarding and skiing, had TONS of snow as you
may have read in the papers, and managed not to get caught
in any avalanches. Now I´m back in Amsterdam, temping again
for a while but will probably set off before too long,
either to work in Sydney for the Olympic Organising
Committee (keeping my fingers crossed for that one!)
otherwise will look for a nice place to finish off my diving
diplomas and teach that for the summer. Tough decisions...
Haven´t been in touch with too many people from YIS, I know
Michael van de Waterring got married to an Indonesian girl
not too long ago and is now the proud father of a little boy
(I think...?)Bridget Lewis is married and living in
Melbourne, Anita is still in England. That´s it for now!Sunday, December 27th 1998 - 09:34:35 PM . . . . . Message # 7
Name: Seiji Yagishita(87) E-mail address: seiji@yha.att.ne.jp Homepage: http://catswalk Message: Hi guys! I've seen Yasu Sato in this October with his wife
and his daughter(?). I heard that he is working for Itochu
in TokyWednesday, October 21st 1998 - 11:07:12 PM . . . . . Message # 6
Name: Gillian Neill E-mail address: carys.stuart@bigpond.com Message: Gill hasn't got her own email but asked me to let everyone know what she is up to. Gill was at YIS for 2 years until 1982 and would have graduated in 1986 if we hadn't left to go back to Scotland. After college Gill worked for JAL as cabin crew but only ran into Frederika Hens in her five years of monthly trips to Japan!
Gill now lives near Manchester and is married to Steve. They have a gorgeous 2 yr old boy, Taylor and as of 5 weeks ago another little boy Spencer. Gill says she would love to hear from old friends, so if you email me I'll pass on the messages.Thursday, September 17th 1998 - 11:45:36 AM . . . . . Message # 5
Name: akira yamaguchi E-mail address: MUKURON@aol.com Message: hi!it is so exciting to read this page!!but it is a shame that there is only a few signing up on the '86 page!i got this add from dennis stanworth when i happened to visit yis the other day.i was surprised that he hasn't changed a bit, and the school hasn't either!!oh, the staffroom has changed, though.it looker cleaner than before.i am working for the kanagawa government at the moment, but studying linguistics from macquarie university distant master's course and hoping that i can go back in to teaching which i was involved few years back.i was teaching in the states and in oz.
well, somebody please write back!!!!!!!!!!!Sunday, July 26th 1998 - 08:28:00 AM . . . . . Message # 4
Name: Gary Bennett E-mail address: GaryJB@Simenet.Com Message: Heard good reviews about the new YIS site, so here to check it out. Will update more when time is available. For the moment, I am living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (two years). Most interested to hear of anybody I know over in Sydney. Over there in a couple of weeks, and I need somebody to show me around ???? More later. Tuesday, May 12th 1998 - 06:14:00 PM . . . . . Message # 3
Name: Gayle Akemi Tagawa E-mail address: gtagawa@kpmg.ca Message:
Hello Everyone! I attended YIS from 1974 through 1983 (from
grade 1 through 9) and would have graduated with the Class
of '86 if I had not left Japan. I'm living in Vancouver,
British Columbia (Canada). I've been here since 1995 when I
transferred to the KPMG (a public accounting firm) office
here. I am currently a senior manager in our International
tax planning practice. On the personal front, my fiance is
also from Hawaii and is currently living in Seattle.
I'm hoping to get in touch with former class/schoolmates.
Please write at "gtagawa@kpmg.ca".
Best regards,
GayleWednesday, May 6th 1998 - 07:26:00 AM . . . . . Message # 2
Name: Hideyo Nishikata E-mail address: hnishikata@un.org.pk Message: Hi, everyone! What happened to all the people who used to
be in the class of '86? I hardly see their names on the YIS
site. I'm keeping in touch with those who are still in
Japan, but I have no clue where others are! Gert-Jan, it
was nice to know that you are doing well. Does anyone
know where Fred Sorensen is?
I'm still working in Pakistan and I will be here until
February of 1999. I just got married in January of 1998,
but my husband is working in NY. I will definitely join him
after my assignment here is over.Monday, April 27th 1998 - 04:30:00 AM . . . . . Message # 1
Name: Gert-Jan Pauli E-mail address: get-jan_pauli@gillette.com Message: Dear classmates,
Trust all is well!!! I´m excited to read what everyone is up to.... so I´ll start of with myself
Presently working as Marketing Manager for Iberia (Spain & Portugal) for Oral-B (division of the Gillette company) out of Madrid. Moved here about a year ago after a stint in London. Before that I completed my MBA in my home country.
Privately....well I´ve had the good fortune of meeting a lovely Spanish lady and we developing an exciting relation. Let´s see what happens!!
Wondering about my sporting activities (for which most of you probably remember me..... well I´ve been a real loser in this front.. not doing anything except for the ocassional ski or bike vacasion week. It remains high on my priority list every month to get back into something on a more regular basis...... but the priority list is where it remains.
Enough about me.... is anyone visiting Madrid..... let me know and be ready for late nights!!!!
Regards,
GJP
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