Message: 1 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:52:38 -0400 From: Roland Francis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Goanet] Adolfo Mascarenhas
Roland in your message Message-ID: <[email protected]> First, I was amused that you could not place me. I was not surprised we are all very unique....even if you had a twin brother, you would not be alike. One of my staff members had twin sons it was difficult for me to tell them apart but more disturbing was that the boys had their own language apart from Swedish, that is when they were in the womb, they spoke to each other. Second, Roland I am surprised that in this digital day and age you do not use the internet, with all your skills of picking up Bolivian, and Cuban and Swedish singer. You won't find me singing but in a Hot-Seat" in Davos you can hear me thinking aloud. Thirdly if you Google, my name and put butterfly and UNEP you will find a paper of mine called the "The Dragon and the Butterfly" The background was that a certain African President was in league over the exploitation of Kolton (that black mud that prevents your ears getting burnt) How do you say that a President is a thief. But it so happened that I was in my garden at the University in DSM. I saw this butterfly hover and then descend on the bougainvillea.....wow....such a vulnerable creature making pretty flowers. IDRC (the Canadian one) asked me to address about 25 new doctoral candidates on the subject of Hydrology and Social Responsibility. Not surprising for me ...even scientifically they had become enslaved in a narrow world.....the colour of water, the debris and the different types of mud and that's when I asked about Kolton...not one has heard about it. Fourthly, "madness" oh no...Parsis of Bombay. I really admire their courage. Fancy telling the rulers that they are like sugar in the milk or something like that.....Look at their contribution Music, (at UCLA I attended a concert it was not a German ...it was Metha} arts Tata, Airline .but madness ....I am a Banana and a plantain lover...helps to energize my brain. But what will the fellows in Moira think. Sixth: Absolutely right, as you put it ' .."His sentences were disjointed, his thoughts flitting about like butterflies. " I bubble with ideas and like good SODA it has punch. Drop in a few blocks of Ice....absolutely refreshing.. Finally, I am not a medical doctor. A double honours in English and Geography. So when I gave up my TA'ship at UCLA and returned to Tanzania where I was a special lecturer at University, I started teaching students about the human body and the minerals, a short time later I was asked to give six lectures on food and nutrition. I am not a medical doctor...but I have been employed by WHO, advise my own Government on health facility location etc. Have a Holy Week ...PEACE Adolfo Only in Semi Detention in Kapem : . Viva and keep up the good work Doutor! Roland. Toronto.
