Dodi P. Joebihakto
birthday: Jan. 22, 1978
attended MBIS since: Gr.8
nationality/background:
Pure Indonesian, born in Jakarta
talent: singing in the shower
favorite movies: "Analyze This", "There's Something About Mary", "Ghost"
favorite songs:
- Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (Will Smith)
- I Could Not Ask For More (Edwin McCain - OST Message in a Bottle)
- Ain't No Sunshine (Lighthouse Family)
And anything by Babyface
favorite celebrities: I don't really have one.
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: Yearbook, Horizon(newspaper), Varsity Volleyball, Badminton.
kind (3 votes), D.J. (3 votes), flexible and weird joints (3 votes), alien (3 votes), long necked (2 votes), music and movie lover (2 votes), fasting during Ramadan, geek, unmanly, friendly, funny, funky handwriting, typical nice guy, seems smart, never says no, never says "no" to Riyo, "Riyo's Best Friend", least likely to marry Janet Jackson...although he was crazy about her before, looks good in Afro hair, Nurika, Imelda
Dodi's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1)Singing with Jasmine & Tetchan and the class, at the awards
assembly, and not to forget Taro's Labamba.
2)Hawaiiiiiiii!!!!!
3)Spaghetti Factory, Sizzler, and One Portion.
3 worst memories in MBIS...
1)Taking a bath in the girls room (Orientation)[by mistake], I think it was
with Ron and Rajiv. So embarrasing.
2)Lining up for Lazagna, and ending up not getting any.
3)The day Himanshu and David de Sousa left Marist.
Hrishikesh Ballal
attended MBIS since: Gr.11
nationality/background: Indian
born in India and raised in quite a few places
favorite movies: "Saving Private Ryan", "Matrix" (although I had to watch it twice to understand it)
favorite songs:
-Alternative
-Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
-Dreams (The Corrs)
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: Horizon(newspaper), Varsity Volleyball, Table Tennis.
militaristic (3 votes), political (2 votes), hardworking (2 votes), cute smile (2 votes), thoughtful (2 votes), helper, determined, initiative, Komo's pet, MUN lover, lively, mature, weird, always laughing, likes using the word "cockroach", joke-telling bus driver in our last skit, underground, quack-quack, curly hair, noisy, long-lasting friend,
Hrishi's 3 best memories in MBIS...
-Getting to know Amit, Apu, and Ron
3 worst memories in MBIS...
-Getting to know Amit, Apu, and Ron
MeiLing Go
attended MBIS since: kindergarten
nationality/background: mix of Taiwanese and Japanese
talent: I can tie a knot with a cherry string in my mouth
favorite movies: "There's Something About Mary", "Somewhere in Time", "The English Patient"
favorite songs:
- Kiss Me (Six Pence None the Richer)
- From This Moment On (Shania Twain and Bryan something)
And anything by "globe" and "Namie Amuro"
favorite celebrities: Lisa Kudrow, Christina Ricci, Antonio Banderas, Michael Bergin, globe, Namie Amuro
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: Student Council, National Honor Society, Horizon(newspaper), Environmental Club, JV and Varsity Basketball, Band, Choir, Senior Prom committee, and Cheerleading before it doomed.
creative (4 votes), funny (3 votes), unique/weird (3 votes), good at arts (2 votes), friendly, loud, full of ideas, ballerina, Canadian, movie buff, Ms. Procrastinator, "Peteru-love", poem daisuki, smart, cute, lively, PerfecTV!, looks fabulous in china dress, fan of grotesque manga, script-writer of the class, good actress, good Karaoke singer, mood-maker, cries when upset
Mei's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1) Senior trip to Hawaii
2) Winning awards for our skits
3) Winning the Principal's Award in 1995
3 worst memories in MBIS...
1) Puking during a math exam in Gr.10
2) the disasterous last skit that we performed in front of the
whole school. We weren't
prepared, Appu betrayed us and didn't show up,
the audience didn't laugh at the parts we thought
were hilarious. Our long-lived pride in
class presentation was crushed that morning...
3)the effect of the 1995 earthquake on our school and transportation system.
Naveen Kattepogu
attended MBIS since: Gr.11
nationality/background: Indian; born in India, grew up in Miami and in Japan
talent: Playing Basketball, playing the guitar, and teaching English to Pre-school kids.
favorite movies: "Jack", "Ace Ventura (1)"
favorite songs:
-Shimauta (sung by Boom)
-Missing You ( Tony Rich)
favorite celebrities: Tony Rich, Jim Carrey, Karl Malone
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: Varsity basketball, National Honor Society, Varsity volleyball, Model United Nations, Senior Prom committee, Horizon (newspaper), Junior Varsity/ Elementary Basketball ( as Coach )
youngest in class (but looks the oldest) (3 votes), poetic (3 votes), BIG (2 votes), dark (2 votes), (likely to become) a songwriter/poet (2 votes), kind, emotional, hairy, needs to shave, likes to contemplate, Tony Rich wannabe, always in dispute with Amit, give back Amit's money, Mr. Volleyball, most likely to run a pizza shop...and become its No.1 customer, "Nabeen, Sabeen, Tabeen, Wabeen", messy desk, doesn't suit Kansai-ben, lived far away from school, ordered Domino Pizza almost every night during senior trip,
Naveen's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1)Senior Trip to Hawaii
2)Orientation at Shiawasenomura (THE phonecalls)
3)1996 Basketball tournament at Sasebo
3 worst memories in MBIS...
1)"What is this soccer ball made of?"skit.
2)Nothing comes to mind
3)Nothing comes to mind
Rajiv Sharma
attended MBIS since: Gr.1
nationality/background: Indian, but born and raised in Japan. (a true Jap-Indian!)
talent: born to be a kick-ass D.J.
favorite movies: "Sixth Sense", "Matrix", "Smokey and the Bandit"
favorite songs: Too many that I can't decide. But "I'm Mad" by EPMD!!
favorite celebrities: Suzuki Kyouka, Julia Roberts, and all da hip-hop and R&B artists out there!!
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, photography, yearbook, NHS(jus' kidding!)
DJ (3 votes), friendly (2 votes), good DJ, best DJ, outgoing, has lots of friends, cool eyes (with the lenses on), ladies' man, sexy accent, chutnee, talented, alcoholic, "shakoujirei", the most Japanese-like-Indian, amiable, kind, mix of funny-sexy-cool, keeps the same style of fashion.
Rajiv's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1) When Amit, Apu, and I did "We are the Boyz" for Halloween assembly.
2) Running to the cafeteria for Lasagna.
3) All the time I spent at Marist with my buddies.
3 worst memories...
1) When some freakin' chemistry teacher got pissed off at me for speaking too much Japanese.
2) When Mrs. Wang stuck her head in the oven and her hair was on fire! Oooo, NIGHTMARE!
3) When I saw Miss Lawlor's purple & white stripe underwear at her home. NIGHTMARE AGAIN!
Ron Elmaleh
attended MBIS since: Gr.6
nationality/background: mix of Japanese, Moroccan, and Israeli. (Asian-African-Middle Eastern)
talent: I can bake cheese cake
favorite movies: "Truman Show", "Saving Private Ryan", "A Night at Roxbury"
favorite song: Scar Tissue (Red Hot Chilli Pepper)
favorite celebrities: Winona Ryder, Bridget Fonda, Adam Sandler, Robert deNiro
Clubs and organizations you were a part of in MBIS: Student Council, National Honor Society (yes I was there!), Soccer, ping pong/badminton, band, environment club (for a while), baseball (although I didn't do much), etc.
good at cooking and baking (4 votes), sarcastic (3 votes), extremely funny (2 votes), soccer man, "DOPE!", reggae, headphones, original, motivator, fast runner, whimpy, creative, gay (maybe), charismatic, supportive, "damn you are beautiful", witty, non-shy, won't need viagra forever, left-handed, "Marakesh", mellow voice, most likely to become a book salesman, good at environment-related stuff (like Sakura tree), dancing dude, self-centered, can change the atmosphere of a dull place into a real lively one,
Ron's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1)Graduating
2)Hawaii
3)Indoor Soccer tournaments
3 worst memories in MBIS...
1)Getting ripped-off by Ms. Komosinski (dropping pencil=10yen kind of stuff)
2)M.U.N. preparations
3)Screwed up Hawaii skit
Sheena Hulse
attended MBIS since: Gr.3
nationality/background: Japanese, quarter American
favorite movies: "My Life", "Homeward Bound", "Annie"
favorite songs:
-To Love You More (Celine Dion)
-If (Bread)
-If We Hold On Together (Diana Ross)
-Reason to Believe (Rod Stewart)
favorite celebrities: none in particular
Clubs and organizations you were part of in MBIS: Band, choir, environmental club, cheerleading before it doomed, JV and Varsity basketball, varsity soccer, boys' volleyball and baseball (as a manager)
always eating prunes, prune-lover, athletic, lives in a zoo, pet lover, lovely, cute freckles, takes care of people, protective about friends, trustworthy, always sleeping in infirmary, backache, headache, party animal, has lots of friends,
Sheena's 3 best memories in MBIS...
1) I was able to make lots of great friends
2) Trip with Mrs. Masumoto
3) Senior Trip to Hawaii
3 worst memories in MBIS...
1) We had to spend the last year of highschool in prefabricated buildings because our school was damaged due to the earthquake.