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Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, state "Daddy's Home" in the Donation comments For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 17 September 2010 10:20, Tony de Sa <tonyde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On the flip side, as a parting shot, let me cite a personal experience > when > > a bureaucrat/ Government official went out of her way to help an inbound > NRI > > without being asked to do so, WITHOUT ANY MONEY CHANGING HANDS, but > merely > > because of the goodness of her heart. Bureaucrats are also human beings. > > > > It happened this way:... > > > > > > About ten minutes or so later, Nina came to me and asked me if I would > like > > to help my aunt with her luggage. I naturally agreed. She took me to her > > boss, who was, I think, an Asst. Collector of Customs, and took > permission > > to allow me to lug my aunt's suitcase. Not only that but aunty X was > waltzed > > through customs and immigration and out into my car as if by magic. God > rest > > poor Nina's soul. (Nina was killed in a tragic accident at Porvorim when > she > > was coming home from work) > COMMENT: Totally out of order; Aunty was carrying 5 kilos of Gold and she waltzed through thanks to Nina. Now why do we wonder, how the MLA's and those in the know just get through customs? T'was a setup and our man got suckered into it? I always thought the the law was supposed to be equal, now I am told it is not so in Goa. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.