Sure, Mario (and Cornel and others), I will keep on harping on the good side of
"sossegado" life. After all, life today in Portugal is still sossegado compared
to the rat race of the rest of Europe.
Why did I come to Australia? Oh! before I came to Australia, I lived in London.
Why didn't I go to Angola/Mocambique? Beacause by the time I was "ready for
adventure", these countries were no longer Portuguese. Anyhow, I don't want to
be baited out of the context.
You say Goa did not have elections and freedom. Oh yes, Goa had a legislative
assembly and Goa was represented at the Portuguese courts (during the
monarchia) and later parliament (during the republican era). Look, I am not
here to give you a history lesson, but please do yourselves a favour and get
your facts right. Find out about Francisco Luis Gomes, Dr. Froilano Machado,
Purxotoma Quenim, and others.
Oh, BTW, kindly find out the difference between living in a village (or
countryside) and living in a city. That way, perhaps having "come to Goa for a
holiday" might be put in the right context (e.g. pig-toilet, snakes, et al).
I've been in places here in Australia where the running water is only meant for
bathing (yuk) and flushing, as it stinks of rotting vegetation (after all it is
tank water obtained from the roof of the residence). For drinking/cooking
either use boiled (yuk again) or use bottled. Walking again could mean you
could swallow a fly or two if conversing with another or squishing through mud
where cattle had been previously. Anyhow, its all part of the fun when one's
holidaying in the countryside, but that does not mean that all of Australia is
like those places.
This is my last comment on this topic, as I hate repeating myself, year after
year.
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