Patricia Pereira:
"Hello: I am a new member and have been enjoying the emails the past few months.
I, unfortunately, did not find time to introduce myself earlier.
I have been enjoying the political, social, cultural discussions.
JoeGoaUK's photographs are wonderful images of everyday life in Goa.
I've learned a lot about the different festivals, events, issues without
reading the newspapers. Great!
I loved the KFC story one of the members wrote - beautiful description of the
changing social
dynamics in India. I emailed it to a number of my friends.
Keep up the interesting discussions.
Congratulations to the indivduals who make this exchange possible.
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Dear Patricia,
On behalf of myself, in response to your unspecific "Hello", I welcome you
on Goanet. I am smug, but differently so, for I respond!
Goanet is a 'baain' (well). To enjoy it to the fullest, you should jump in it.
Do not just stand on the edge and clap. Join in, jump, contribute. It is this
alone
which makes this unassuming little forum lively.
I expect some 'tips' coming your way from veterans on this forum.
Take them with a pinch of salt. (But p'haps now that I have mentioned it, you
may
not get anything of the sort, and yet, who knows? Goa-netters are hopelessly
unpredictable.
For a start though, write all that you know regarding virtues of the vice of
the art of drinking Feni. There is so much I have read on the subject lately
that I am
confused! I seek guidance.
For an instance of my confussao here is an anecdote:-
I came to know from one Fortunath, of a bar in Calangute, where you supposedly
get the
'besht Kaisjeoou'. I went there and on inquiring was told that the feni was
from Valpoi. I
knew that Valpoi and sattari cashew in g to be some of the 'besht in the
world'. I asked the bar-man
for a 'monstr'. The 'monstr' was good, but I was not quite certain whether it
was pure or not! See?
It was good, as I said, but I did not know whether it was pure or not.
What if the 'Kaisjeoou' was not pure although good? Hai saiba!
Goanetters' most unequivocal opinions make you suspect your own basic
experience!
And they say Goa has changed.
...You understand, don't you?
And do not get too stumped by some of those phantasmagorical phrases! They are
English -
even queen's English, some claim! Others may insist that they are educated in
convents and
therefore they write English (the qualitative adjective good is a given!).
If you have not heard those phrases in England or any other English
speaking nations, it is most likely because you do not know enough of the
language.
One is forced to accommodate that belief for the sake of peace and amity, for
after all, the
reason why you have joined Goanet may be quite effusive and emotional. But be
prepared to
be contradicted on the bases of 'Wiki-research' and stuff, all in earnest.
I kind of agree with you about "JoeGoaUK's photographs" being "wonderful images
of everyday life
in Goa." I must also congratulate the moderators who make this happen, day in
and out.
There!
And once again, welcome!
