Hi SaligaoNetters,
From: "Albert Desouza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
When I say people in saligao are shortsighted it is true and annette has
proved it right when she wrote without her glasses.
Hey Albert, goodmorning! You are wrong this time, I am shortsighted &
without my glasses I wouldnt be able to sit at my desk & type to you or to
Saligaonet. Hope you have started your week well!
What we need is a change in the modern setup. We just can't look at the
computer .........
outdated in the gulf and so we
Yep, yeh yeh yeh! how right! But we are always talking about people &
things having to change, but they wont not as long as the machinery is slow
& antiquated, I meant Govt. machinery & thinking, figuratively not the PC
etc. We could not change things over a period of years, how can one expect
things to change quickly now because of modern technology? ... people will
always stand in queues to pay their bills, irrespective of the banks, ATM
etc.... perhaps because they are not in a position to have access to the
internet however cheap the computers are & also perhaps the people's way of
thinking & acting doesnt change, .... but those are some of the people some
of the time, not all of the Saliganvkars all of the times. So perhaps we
need to leave off generalising.
have to upgrade ourselves instead of standing in the que and grumble that
the post master is very >slow, and that they have to spend hours and hours
and that their legs pain and ache and they .............
Same point as previous para. By the way, the only time I stood outside our
Saligao PostOffice was because I wanted to buy stamps, & there was no queue
as such, & the person at the counter was quite a nice guy.... like I said
earlier ... some people some of the time, not all people all of the time...
in every sphere, anywhere in the world. I now await the day when at the
click of a key I can get all my Christmas cards franked with the right
postage. Oh gosh! I havent written out my cards yet - planning went haywire
this year, I've usually posted them by this date.
I'll give you all an example of how things havent changed , what used to be
done in 1967 was done even now. Despite umpteen complaints, rubbish &
garbage was being thrown outside our back gate in the "gulley" in Donvaddo
So the thinking of the people who were dumping took ages to change, the
thinking & action of the authorities also took a while but finally
everything came to normal, or at least I hope it has, got to check that the
next time I call home. A small issue took a number of weeks, can one
imagine how many years (light years???) the bigger issues will need? Talking
about issues, what's going on at the Salmona Spring?
And my glasses have been on the bridge of my nose since I left the house 3
hours ago & have been there throughout the years since 1967 when we tried to
change things - we did a lot of dancing around, circus acts, - Dad did most
of that, Mum & I helped with the typing (yes at that time whilst others had
to go for typing classes to Mapusa, we learnt the touch system at home
courtesy of my mum who was very good at typing ... we had a typewriter at
home although we dont have a computer at home now by choice - Fiona's!!!) &
we were successful a few times but the rest of the times, nothing changed,
our actions were exercises in futility & we then kept a low profile to avoid
the police station, ... & all this because we wanted to change things for
the better. I for one would not want to repeat those experiences again,
thanks a lot.
Have a nice day & an even better week.
Stay cool, keep your cool.
Ciao
Annette
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