Bernardo Colaco wrote:
But
what was wrong was the way it was attained. It was
hurry, hurry affair, with
no person fit to rule Goa. A big mistake on the part
of Nehru, Hence all we
have had were crooks ruling Goa, and Goans have
accepted it as a way of life.
Tumi chorat, amkam susegad dovrat
Sandeep Heble wrote:
The magician I spoke to some time back, on this
particular subject, was Goa's renowned magician D
Satish.
He has even written a book debunking the art of
"hypnotism". Those who wish to have more insights and
info on the subject of "hypnotism" must make it a
point to intera
I agree with Rahul. In the mid sixties I remember a couple of pilots
near the Panjim gardens and one chap used to hire his bike to the older
boys at Don Bosco High School! This concept must have then moved on to
the beach fronts etc as Domnic and the rest claim. But the fact remains
that Pan
We must change with the times, and the church has done so too. Here in
Melbourne, in my parish we have the midnight service at midnight, but
the main and more attractive service is at 6 pm and it is called the
'Vigil' service. This Vigil is held in the open air, and is very
popular and is lar
Alfred de Tavares wrote:
I admited as much to Gabe when he forwarded me the vintage
Zuzarte article by return post.
I did not know that the Salesians had elevated their educational unit
to the status of a seminary. More power to them.
But, then, they have always been fast.
About Raia and Racol
Neil and Gabriel have given us some insight, and here is my two paise
worth of an addition!
Here in Melbourne, traffic lights are also controlled by magnetic
sensors which are placed under the road, just before the white stopping
line. When there is a slack in traffic, say in the night or dur
Alfred de Tavares wrote:
Not the Rachol seminary, dear Gabe. They don't have the gumption (begging
your
pardon, Fr. Ivo) for such an enterprise.
_
Dear Alfred,
Slow down my friend! I am sure Gabe has not refered to the Rachol Seminary.
Fred's news reported:
STUDENTS BUILD SPORTS CAR FROM SCRAP COMPONENTS:
Final year students of the Institute of Ship-
building Technology, Vasco have built a sports
car M-796 GT by using scrap components of various
cars, as part of their final year project. It
Orlando wrote:
This is Orlando calling .I am teachin Solfeggio at Kala Academy,Goa.The book
followed is Singing Exercises by A. Lavignac.Incidentally it is the same book
I learnt the 3 R's of music from,decades ago.An urgent need is felt to upgrade
the Solfeggio syllabus in Kala Academy.I have
Gabriel de Figueredo wrote:
Goa has not been "liberated" at all, the way the
Indian Armed Forces have behaved so far. All they
appear to want to do is to crush the Goan spirit, and
to brainwash its people, by force if need be. You may
not have experienced their attitudes to civilians
first hand
Sandra Gordon wrote:
I would be interested to learn more about the Goan branch of the National
Association for the Blind, as mentioned in the Goa Net News Bytes (11 July
2005)
The reason I ask is because I work for a local charity working with blind
adults and children here in Scotland, and
Santosh wrote:
Not true! /I for one is a scientific migrant/. I
migrated to the U.S. to pursue higher education and
scientific research.
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That's some 'higher education'!!! And why, pray why, did you have to
migrate for a 'higher education'? Eventually
Cecil wrote:
Damaneses and Diuenses? Linguistically correct?
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How about the original "Goemcar" "Damaocar" & "Diucar" ???
cheers!
salus
Gabe Menezes wrote:
In my opinion Mario was an economic migrant.
_
Well Gabe, the subject and issue aside, I firmly believe that every Goan who is out of Goa is an economic migrant, and that includes you, whether you say or believe oth
Message: 7
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 17:49:04 +1000 (EST)
From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet]One more Goan Bishop!
To: goanet@goanet.org
Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org
--- Salus Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
He appointed Fr. Anthony Alwyn Fernandes
News from the Vatican:
VATICAN CITY, JUL 5, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father erected the diocese of
Sindhudurg (area 21,099, population 5,365,706, Catholics 29,794, priests
31, religious 98), India, with territory taken from the diocese of
Poona, making it a suffragan of metropolitan church of Bom
Cynthia wrote:
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
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Dear Cynthia,
For some time you have been putting up some inspiring posts like the ab
Cecil wrote:
In my fledgling writing career I have been inspired by many incidents.
The photo of Silviano being interviewed by the gorgeous Raquel Carvalho (at
http://www.goanet.org) is one such inspiring image. To be so close to such
a delectable creature is indeed something to aspire for. I
Once again, Cecil has done it! And this time as the 'Virtual Biblical
Scholar' he has continued to impress!
Well done Cecil, good research there. The book of Common Prayer is
indeed a well that one can go to. There is one point though - about the
Catholics using an Anglican book. Well, that
Milad Meah Meah wrote...
Hi, Goans.
Here is a topic I would like to know more about.
There is a Black African Arch Bishop who messmerizes people at his mass.
Casts out devil, cures possessed people.(Ask the packed audience daily at
his Mass)
Lives in the atic above the Pope's bedroom.
Yet kept
Among other things, Cecil wrote:
I have heard stories of qualified professionals in Australia (and elsewhere)
doing menial jobs as there are no job opportunities in their particular field.
Isn't that then a waste of an education? Not to say the problem does not exist
in India, but we do admit
Cecil wrote:
Just for the sake of friendly debate, which will perhaps leave all of us
better informed, could you qualify the statement that you made of your
children having an "advantage of choice as far as choice of careers go"..
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Cecil Pinto wrote:
Does anyone know why parcels sent abroad have to be compulsorily covered...
Once upon a time, that was the most secure way of ensuring the parcel arrived at the destination safely. I am not sure
Cecil wrote:
Over the last few weeks I have seen Goans settled in UK, Canada, USA and
Australia compare the advantages and disadvantages of their adopted
countries. After having examined all possibilities I have decided that we
are in fact better off here at home in Goa, India. There's no plac
Joeboyuk wrote:
Besides, Dol Mojea Bai, What else you remember??
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my spellings are not very good, but this is what the old grandmothers used to
sing to babies when they cried!
Bobhe bobhe thathachem,
Korguttamchem bhathachem
Rhoss as
Silviano Barbosa wrote:
Please hire a good Konkani editor/speller/pronounciator or whatever you call
him/her, before the print version is published. Most of your buyers of the
print version will be overseas Konkannis anyway and it will be a sell-out in
no time.
A very laudable effort indeed f
Marlon wrote:
I think the following lyrics by Gowan from his 80's
hit "A Criminal Mind" are an apt response to your
prayers for me...
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Not apt enough my friend. But you will still remain in my prayers!
best,
salus
Marlon wrote:
Hold it right there Cecil! I believe I am a bigger
sinner than you, Kevin and Santosh and therefore
request that I be given priority in Salus' prayer
allotment. Given the number of character
assassinations, email hijackings, server hackings,
mail bombings and identity impersonations
Kevin Saldanha wrote:
Dear Salus and all his Christian friends,
One quote that sticks in my head from Eckhart Tolle's book - The Power
of Now - is "You have found God the moment you realise that you no
longer need to seek him" on page 147. I have!
The God he refers to is an internal peace
Afra says:
May be coz u r Christian u took it as anti, it was anti Religion.
Any one who goes to god or gods, does so out of desperation.
1. They cannot control the situation they are in. Therefore they are control
freaks (like it or not)
2. They go to god coz s/he does not say things against yo
Jerry Fernandes wrote:
I smell humour in your confusion. Gaddo and bullock cart are one and the same,
and I too have ridden along with our friends when we were kids but not on long
journeys as Peter did, but only in our village. The best part of it was
learning some lovely words when the capta
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote:
SANT ANTON ANJE, PAUS GHAL SANJE
In my day (late 1920s) the children in Porvorim would carry stones on their
head, singing "Sant' Anton, man'chea bettan
Paus gall amchea shetan."
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in my village it
Kevin Saldanha wrote:
Kids are getting smarter and smarter every generation and what worked for our
generations may not work for theirs when they get their information from so
many other sources than their parents...
__
Afra Dias wrote:
Dear 'Whoever you are',
Typing in Bold letters in itself tells me that u r Psychologically Traumatised
and deserved every bit u got. You are still not mentally OK. You went to Jesus
coz he does not shout back at you while the others on earth DO...
___
Afra Dias wrote:
Dear Goencars,
What Jose Colaco is saying is absolute 'tosh'.
Gaonkar in English means Citzenship - not of the country, but of the village
s/he is born.
What right has a foreigner like Jose Colaco got to come to our village and
tell us what we should do with their ancestral p
peter fernandes wrote:
I have traveled in all the types of transport mentioned; the bullock cart, and
the gaddo. My grandmother had to go for a feast from Parra to Aldona and we
hired a gaddo to take us there . We started early as we had to reach the...
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Adobe have announced a few positions vacant in India. Click on the link
below for details:
http://www.adobeindia.com/templates/ui/jobcontent.asp?pageid=19
Bonefacio Lopes wrote
"...Salus correia starts his note "SUNIL/AVERTANO" WHOEVER YOU REALLY ARE, didn't
your folks teach you how to address people. No one on the net is whoever Mr.
salus its very important you show respect towards each other while addressing..."
I hav
Fr. Ivo wrote:
"...
Let us respect those who "believe" that there is no God, as well as those who
believe, with Reason enriched by Faith, that God is our Creator and loving Father"
Well said Fr. Ivo! I couldn't have said it better!!
Cheers
salus
sunil/avertano wrote...
Message: 19
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 21:51:17 -0400
From: avertano teles
To: goanet@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet]CATHOLIC ???
Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org
I have been reading a lot about the POPE, GAY PRIESTS, CAFETARIA CATHOLICS,
WOMEN AS PRIESTS, RECENTLY ABOUT THE SIGN OF P
Cecil wrote:
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 21:05:22 +0530
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To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet]Is it ethical to buy second hand clothes that were sent as aid?
Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org
The 'purumentachem' (hope I got that right!) fair
Sad news about the deaths resulting from trees being uprooted etc. But
since when has there been a tree big enough to be uprooted and crash on
somebody on the road near 4 pillars?? Beats me!! I was visiting in Goa
a couple of years ago, and recollect the area near 4 pillars as an area
surrou
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Well George, you are free like everyone else to your opinions. Personally I
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The Church is not a club with open membership and is not a democracy either.
One has to acknowledge Jesus as the Lord and Master of our lives
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Gilbert,
Your mails do make interesting reading, and with your naval background
etc its nice to learn a few things now and then. Refering to your
response to Gabriel, I had in the past gathered from the various posts
on Dabolim, that the airport in question was somehow usurped off the
people o
ely lasses in Amche Goem.
On the other hand, I would understand it if you had called young William
'dashing'. His father, Charles is anything but 'dashing' anymore.
Salus Correia
Melbourne.
Message: 4 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:36:01 + From: Gabe Menezes
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I am sure that most of the Goanet readers are already tired of the Ribandar
debate. I could understand it if a sincere attempt was made by Aires
Rodrigues to give us the facts, but the way he has chosen to use Goanet to
meet his own personal ends surely disgusts me.
I feel sick reading every
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Vincent
This is not fair. Cecil has been contributing a lot of humour on this list
for a long time now. In fact we look forward to messages from him. Cecil
has kept alive the cheer and joy on the forum. Insulting him on the forum
the way you did is just not fair.
It is guys like you who portra
This stinks of some political interference. I happen to know Dr Sapeco
personally, and can vouch that he has always been an honest and sincere
person. And if it is a matter of an error on his part, then where does the
question of suspending the poor fellow arise? I think fellow Goans should
wake
Thanks, Tony Felix for the lovely article you wrote on Monte de Guirim. It
brought back memories of the short time I spent there way back in 1965-66!
And even though names were not mentioned, Frs Pacificus, Ephrem, Salvador &
Ben came to my mind! And Bro Policarp too!! And my good friends Innocenci
t all, now they come up with protests
against implementation of rules which are in their interest.
Salus
Message: 9
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:04:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet]Helmets
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Salus
Hello Cecil,
I live in Melbourne, and cyclists over here have to use helmets too. It is
a good idea to use the helmets when riding on any two wheeler, motorised or
not. Somehow Goans in Goa seem to be having a problem with that, and we
find it hard to understand why. Safety starts with self, an
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