My conclusion--
If you were not so obsessed with "gates" and the urge for compulsive
material consumption for the good life, you would indeed have those savings
to sock away! ;--). On a serious note, however--I'm pretty positive you
and hubby are doing just fine. It takes great intestinal fortitude to put
up with those miserable conditions to save a few bucks! I'm sure those poor
souls had wished they had paid more serious attention to getting themselves
an education in their youth which, in the long run, is a better path to a
better and wealthier lifestyle!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] My Bonnie lies over the Ocean
--- On Wed, 7/16/08, Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is it really Selma?
In many cases, I think it is a shame issue.
In Goa they would never do certain jobs, but abroad, where
nobody knows
them, they have no problems in doing those jobs like
cleaning, cooking, etc.
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Dear Paulo,
I agree with you that there is a certain stigma attached to these jobs in
Goa but consider it from their point of view. Many of these men are
educated atleast upto 12th standard. I know quite a few who have done
their Bcom and are now working onboard ships as cooks. I even know someone
who did his Hotel management and is thinking of going onboard the ship.
Those who are not going onboard the ship will make their way to the UK and
join the packing crews in Swindon.
The problem is this, when they come out of school, Goa 50 years after
liberation has not been able to produce any substantive job opportunities
for them. If our politicians had any vision, we would atleast by now have
a list of the definitive industries we want to target. Alas all our
energies are frittered away playing political games while the business of
the people remains undone. Whatever development has taken place in Goa is
largely by the sheer diligence of our people and despite our governments,
not because of them.
And Chris, boy I wish I oould have saved $13,000 a year in the US. Guess,
hubby was just in the wrong job :-)
best,
selma
