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and there is a lesson to learn everywhere.
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Perhaps Mervyn, you should also explain why Canada gives first preference
for jobs in Canadian Universities and research institutions to Canadians.
Would you not want the best of professors and scientists especially if you
could attract them? Barring a few high security jobs you don't find this
Hilarious Francis! I look forward to more.
Helga
'DEAR AUNTY' No. 2: WEEKLY TOP 12 :-))
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1. DEAR AUNTY,
I'm Gulf air-hostess. All loves me. I have handbags in Ye-man, Musket Abu
Dubai. Everytime more romancing me. Too many handbags, what to do ? Flossy.
God for you Joy. As a kid I loved James Herriot too. Perhaps its time to
revisit them - now that you reminded me of them!
I think I missed something - why was the Contacto episode obnoxious?
If it was not for the veterinarians one would probably be eating choricos
(sp) filled with cancerous
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Excellent Cecil! Better than the original show. Unlike the original dumb
soap where you have to suspend reality, yours is for real. All of characters
exist as do the associated prejudices, the biggest one being their refusal
to speak even a single word of Konkani!
Helga
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Hi,
Does someone with Portguese citizenship and a Portguese passport but working
in the UK require a visa to enter the USA on a holiday?
Thanks
Helga
Thank you very much RKN as well as other goanetters who wrote to me while I
was in Antarctica. And thanks to everyone who took time off their busy
schedules to read my blog. Thanks Fred, Herman, VM ..now I feel
like I am at the Academy awards but without the fancy clothes! As I got
We are almost home! As the ship rolls and pitches, and waves crash on our deck
everyone is packing furiously. Many are green with sea sickness but the
Raytheon techs are cracking the whip. Everything has to be dismantled, packed
in huge craters, labeled, and the labs cleaned. The rules and
This is the seventeenth posting of my trip to the icy continent. The others can
be found in my blog at Link:
http://goantoantarctica.blogspot.com
We are heading home with the accompanying crashing, banging and ice breaking.
On the last day of science we sample the deep waters - up to 3000
This is the sixteenth posting of my trip to the icy continent. The others can
be found in my blog at Link:
http://goantoantarctica.blogspot.com
A common dinner topic when we can hear ourselves speak is to compare this trip
with last year's trip. This makes the rookies very unhappy and they tend
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Mario, I ask where are ALL Goans who live in Goa and who are affected by
this problem? Environmentalism should be in all of us and it should be in
inculcated in homes, schools, churches and in temples. Its not for only
Margaret, Wendell, Floriano and a few others to bear the brunt and the pain.
Wonderful Minguel! I now know why its called a shoe flower. A digital
Herbarium on Goan plants would be great! Perhaps you could get some funding
from the Goa tourism dept as well as other organizations. With your knowledge
and a good programmer (Fred's Free Linux pundits!) you could go a great
I am pretty sure this is a myth to entice tourists. I was told so by a Goan
historian P. Noronha.
Helga
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My favorite haunted beach in Asia is in Goa. Dona
Paula Beach there is haunted by the ghost of a
beautiful Portuguese woman who
Hi Alfred,
The Education of Cecil has just begun! But yes he should use you as a
consultant!
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From: Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Goanet] Re: IN A LIGHTER VEIN: Taking a tour of Aldona
Caroline,
Isn't there any Goan in your community who speaks Konkani? Or any of the
elders for whom you seek funding? I thought that the major Aussie cities
just finished celebrating Goa Day?
Helga
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To: goanet@goanet.org; [EMAIL
Cecil - your posts often make me laugh but this one send me into nostalgia.
Until I was in college, my sister and I made the long trek of some 5 buses,
two ferries and a taxi ride every summer from my beloved village of Verna to
my grandparents' home in Quitula, Aldona. Excitement was at its peak
And those would be?
Helga do Rosario Gomes
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From: Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: [Goanet] RE: The alleged coining of the word 'liberatable'
Hence forth Helga Nair would do well
You have truly excelled yourself this time Cecil.
--Helga
Dear Isabel,
Thanks for asking me to give some thought to possible song lyrics for your
forthcoming play on Abbe Faria. I know you didn't exactly ask me but I took
the
No I didn't as I am not familiar with the prose of Veronica - my Delete
button has a life of its own when it encounters his ramblings.
However, I think you understood the meaning well, didn't you?
But Paulo you and I know that Google spits out anything you want it to! Try
Goanese!
On another
But what does 'libertable' mean Paulo? I could not find it in any of my
regular dictionaries.
--Helga
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From: Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!' goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:31 AM
Subject: RE:
Thanks a lot Santosh. I hope the explanation helped!
Regards
Joaquim
Dear Joaquim,
I really appreciate your explanation on this matter.
Your work is truly wonderful. Congratulations! As a
fellow scientist and Goan, you and Helga make me
proud.
Cheers,
Santosh
Mervyn3.0
Can you accuse only the US of this? I am not seeing any ethics in the
politics of any country lately!
In fact, had your political leaders
practiced humanitarian ethics instead of religion in
the last few years, this world would have been a much
better place to live in.
How many
Thanks Santosh!
NASA has included our findings in a report that it has prepared for a
Congressional hearing and our paper is going to be distributed on Capitol
Hill - but as you say I doubt anyone that matters is really listening.
Yes I would have had something to contribute to the polemic on
Thanks a lot Fred for posting the sites that featured the news of our paper
which appeared in the journal Science today. The paper is titled Warming of
the Eurasian Landmass Is Making the Arabian Sea More Productive, Joaquim I.
Goes, Prasad G. Thoppil, Helga do R Gomes, and John T. Fasullo.
members so its good
to know some of the reasons why we do not have more of them. You on the
other hand went on a tangent about your friend, his bigoted family and his
reasons for not visiting GOA - not the goanet.
--Helga do Rosario Gomes
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loss not ours!
-Helga do Rosario Gomes
4. You refer to your friend who has avoided Goanet for
his own reasons. I hate to tell you this but I have a
friend who has avoided Goa for his own reasons (mostly
having to do with marrying outside his caste -
a beautiful, highly educated and charming
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Mascarenhas who is my cousin.
I scanned the NZ White Pages and found the following: Soares C F, 13 Hueglow
Rse West Harbour, Auckland.
Tel: 0-9-416 9729 but I am not sure its Clyde. So if anyone reads this and
knows Clyde could you get his email for me?
Thanks
Helga do Rosario Gomes.
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I am trying to understand your post but before I draw any conclusions could
you clarify as to who where those 'generous, simple folk' and where was
'over there'?
Helga do Rosario Gomes
It evoked memories
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? And to the rest of the world, it's all okay?
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You may be unaware of this
but Tariq was raised in Goa. His father was a very highly
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As for as I am concerned I am content to read Fred's or other critiques on
Goan literature that appear on the goanet and make a decision about whether
I want to read the book or not.
--Helga do Rosario Gomes
I have TEN Books * Images of Goa * sent to me by Ben Antao.
They are for sale here
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Africans, tailors and shoemakers make we wonder who the real racists
were.
--Helga do Rosario Gomes
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What exactly is an Adamastor? A meteorological feature? My mom always used
it to refer to 'large' people so I use it too although I never gave it a
thought until now!
--Helga
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To: Goanet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Can I write about Sulfur reducing bacteria instead? They are more fun!
--Helga
I would like to take this opportunity to invite Helga or any resident of
Goa (Are Goan writers and padres reading?) to write an assay on Goan
Christian culture without faith. Look forward to reading it. Thanks
Why am I a high priestess? Because I said that the use of 'chutzaph' is not
confined to NY alone? And is this also the reason why Goanetters should be
obliged to me? I dont think so - a simple search on Google would yield much
more.
As to why Cecil does or doesnt not go to the Aldona padre
Exactly Alfred - it has to be done well!
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From: Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet]Goan chutzpah
Helga,
Insertion of colloquial words in linguists, especially when dealing with
Chutzpah is used all over the world Gilbert- not only in New York!!!
And what's with this latest trend started by some goanetters of inserting
Konkani words (sometimes the sentence doesn't even make sense) like the
Stardust Cats! Is it some kind of humor that I am missing? Why not just
write in
In the morass that makes up the usual discussions on Portugal and Goa I
finally see one that could hold some utility for the young Goans of today.
Constantino who wears his avatars of Portuguese, Goan and
Indian with great maturity and respect brings a whiff of fresh air.
His email details
Here is an excellent example of Education and Outreach that I read about
today - a result of US- Portuguese collaboration.
Undersea Expedition in Portugal!
Come Diving With the Ocean Technology Foundation!
You are invited to join the Ocean Technology Foundation on the web for
a first of its
I dont blame him his persistence - that minuscule fraction of Goan girls
whose parents speak substandard Portuguese may be grabbed by some other
ogling non Goan!
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From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:05 AM
Subject:
Oh brother you are in big trouble! Why do you want to know how to say I
love you' in Portuguese and in so many ways? Seems like you have not learnt
anything from the 'Ogling Goan women' discussion. Now it appears that you
are specially targeting the 1.457% of the Goan girls whose parents speak
Keralite Koconut - do not be splitting hairs there. Use Koconut oil like all
your good sisters. Anals/Annals - chod do yaar. You are derailing a very
important discussion going on right now. A discussion that has us gripping
our chairs like we would at the dentist's. I am talking about the
Cecil - you are our post-1961 non Portuguese Dave Barry!
Thankfully Radhakrishnan Nair, that Keralite Koconut also has a sense of
humor. Unfortunately, this commodity seems to be in short supply on the
goanet lately. Relegated to the back burner by the self appointed William
Safires of the
Very nice George!
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From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:57 AM
Subject: [Goanet]Re: Awfully kind of you!
--- J. Loiola Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On second thoughts ... do people in heaven ever frown?)
Hi Venatius,
I should have written this earlier - you are probably in Japan enjoying the
good food! I lived in Nagoya for 7 years and in Tokyo for nearly 10 months
but I do not remember meeting any Goans! Just as well ha?!!! But if you find
that the language or the lack of it bogs you down there
That's right! 'Poor' are his constituents (including me!) who wasted a
precious vote on him and got back nothing in return!!! Oh yes we did get a
visit from him asking us to vote for him all over again!
Helga
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To: [EMAIL
I am sorry Alfred but I have no idea what you are talking about.
--Helga
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Helga, Is the omlete and egg syndrome no longer valid?
Alfred
Delicious? I was told several people killed themselves.
--Helga
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Goanet]Mineral water...with a pinch of salt!
I wonder how
I am a careful reader Mr. Caldeira. Why would you think otherwise? If you
find my postings to be rubbish you are welcome to do so.
-Helga do Rosario Gomes.
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: Re
, Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Helga do Rosario Gomes [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 10:03:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Insult to Goans
Right Neal!
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Right Neal! And didn't someone (Eddie?) write that the authorities should
apologize to this beautiful woman (with great jewelry that I very much
covet) for calling her Goan!?
Has anyone noticed the irony of all these men up in arms defending the
identify of Goan women? Reminds me of the time
Does anyone know when the Film festival is going to be held in Goa? Some
animator dude in California married to a Goan lady would like to do a
work-holiday thing and so he needs the exact dates.
Thanks
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Here is another writer who refused to accept a literary prize from the Daily
Mail.
---Helga
Author rejects prize from 'anti-migrant' newspaper
Give cash to Refugee Council, he tells Mail on Sunday
Fiachra Gibbons and Claire Armitstead
Friday November 21, 2003
The Guardian
Making an enemy of
I think it is derived from the Brazilian Sarapatel where the liver and
heart of either a pig or a sheep are mixed with fresh blood from either
animal and tomatoes, peppers and onions are added and everything is cooked
together.
Goans must have jazzed it up with the local spices and
that of translating them.
-Helga do Rosario Gomes
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is welcome to add to my list. My translation will be under HRG i.e.
Helga do Rosario Gomes so others can add to it or improve upon it with their
initials. I think Teotonio should have the final word! The first is the
literal translation while the second is the message it conveys. Sorry but
some
Hi Agnelo,
Isn't this 'Tephdam'? Highly aromatic little green balls that are dried and
used in the traditional Goa curry? I didn't know it was a relative of pepper
but reading your quote it kind of makes sense - they are spicy and yet tangy
hence perhaps 'limonella'? Thanks for the information.
Miguel,
Thanks for the email and my congratulations to Dr. Bukhari. Her work on
Mycorrhiza seems very interesting and I hope that with the help of the BSA
and other organizations it catches the eyes of the mine owners who can fund
her to take it to field. There seem to be some interesting research
Thanks Fred for the very well reported article - I was keen on knowing what
the speakers had addressed at this symposium. But you forgot one topic -
Science and Religion. I would appreciate a brief summary of the topics
addressed in this session when you can spare some time for us constantly
The land to the Tiller act as was pointed out by a goanetter is very
different from the nebulous one that protects tenants like the one described
below by Wilson. As stated by Miguel for all its benefits and all its
successes in other states (and here Tariq has a point when he writes about
the
I am getting really tired of these cutesy articles that 'well meaning' and
mostly Western journalists write about Goa and Goans. I have read about 50
of them on the goanet since 1997 and a few more have been sent by well
meaning friends. Oh Goa! Helga would loove this! None of them educate
What's your point Clarence? Its just a matter of convenience. People want
direct flights, trains and buses to everywhere! We have direct flights to
Goa from the UK and it serves both the tourists as well as the UK Goans.The
Konkani Railways in spite of the ecological beating it gave Goa has been a
Excellent choice fellas and I am not surprised - a lot of good homework from
some very diligent and wise guys!
I remember Roland Martins from his participation in the movie on Pedophilia
made by a young man from Bombay and I was very impressed by his
determination to help these kids many of who
Yes Bosco I got it too but fortunately our providing service quarantined
it.
--Helga
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: [Goanet]Virus Warning for Goanetter in Canada
This is very
Hi there web savvy people!
Is there an easy way that webpages can be translated into either Portuguese
or Spanish?
Thanks
Helga
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