Fred,
I`m Joe Lobo from Toronto and sometimes post in the GoaCom BBS under the pen name Twiga..........I remember way back in `97 when i first got interested about the internet and the newly formed GoaNet.........you were the first person from Goa who took the time to answer my queries about Goa. Subsequently when I visited Goa and Saligao in October `98..............Blanche Saldanha (of Sonnarbath ?) brought me over to your house and I met you in the flesh,,,,,,,,,,,,and I thought ,at that time, you looked quite different from a previous grainy photo i had previously seen on the Net of you.
Anther person I made friends with through the GoaNet was Sanjay Alberto of Porvorim........who was immensely helpful to me when i visited Goa.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Fernandes, Sidney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: [Goanet]Sidney Fernandes... and Ambert Pimenta
THE GREAT thing about mistakes is that you always learn something more because of them. With opinions coming in thick and fast over the email identification changes, this also made two old Goanet friends speak out.
If one recall right, Sidney Fernandes was among the first Goanetters one came across, was it sometime in 1995? (I was not around in 1994.) Sidney, tell us more about what you're doing and where. You had an .edu address then, and still have one now. So were you teaching in university then, or a student when you first encountered Goanet?
Ambert, nice to get your note, and build links. I recall the 1999 (?) Goanetters meet at Institute Menezes Braganza, when the Cold War was still going on between the two of us ... and we actually found each other not to be quite terrible in real life ;-)
Looking for some other old time Goanetters to speak out and track-back (to take liberties with a term from the world of blogs) in Goanet's tenth anniversary year.
BTW, please could all continue signing the posts with your name and placename? (Cecil, thanks for reiterating the point!) And Gabe, could I take up the offer for accomodation, since the 50kg terror still seems like a workable option.
FN
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