Hard to believe it... there were no flame-baits, there were no angry words. There was just a nine-year-old (Ivana Furtado), playing chess against six other kids (and beating them all). Smiles. Cameras. A few snacks. And a wonderful sunset.
Take a look at scenes from the Goanetters' meet 2007, which went ahead despite the best efforts of the motorcade of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to block the event. Or blame it on the overenthusiastic Goa security. Ivana takes on the other kids with a flourish: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2145289311/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146138800/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2145292255/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146135516/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146131614/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146123676/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2145327649/ Ivana as the chief guest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2145335689/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146105218/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146101594/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146097814/ Others: Ariosto "Respresenting Viviana" Coelho, Cip "I'm a Goenkar Maan" Fernandes, Eustaquio "Don Bosco Net" Santimano, Cecil "World Famous All Over Goa" Pinto http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146087564/ Alexyz Fernandes, VM, Ivana, Rajan Parrikar, Ivana's mum and Dad (standing), Cmdr (IN, Retd) John Eric Gomes, Bosco "Goanet Admin" D'Mello, Melinda Powell-Coutinho, Ana-Maria, unidentified back, unidentified chequed shirt, unidentified photographer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146091010/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146094442/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146091010/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146094442/ The Scarlet Pimpernel of Goanet (JoeGoaUK) claims to have astounded everyone by coming there, and invisibly clicking a photograph of all present. Drat, how did that happen when we didn't even get a glimpse of him? The more Goanet changes, the more it stays the same. See you in 2008! FN PS: All photos copyleft, may be copied for any non-commercial purposes. Attribution. -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 Links from Goa: http://goalinks.livejournal.com/
