Yvonne; As an ex-pat living in Mexico during the summers, I certainly agree about the concept of time and its’ importance in different cultures. I think it is very hard for an American who has not experienced the lack of regard for time commitments in certain other countries to fully comprehend what it is like. It simply is not important! The saying here is that “manaña” doesn’t mean tomorrow, it simply means, “not today”. i.e. sometime in the future…
Sam in Maz From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of yvonne domings Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:41 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: CCA site I have a work project with the University and the Government of the Azores. I'm eternally grateful for the support and for the passion they have for connecting with people in the Azorean Regional Communities--it is truly remarkable. So, I have no doubt that there is probably a commitment to making these records available online at some point. However, I have come to realize that the concept of time is very culturally based, and so Azorean time is very different from our concept of time. This is true not only in when things get done, but just in urgency of things in general. American's are much more focused on the efficient use of time. Azoreans never worry about when something will get done. It is quite stressful for me to work with them at times, but I have learned that things do get done, just not in any time frame that I think is reasonable. On a similar note, the first time I went to the Azores in 2010, I noticed that clocks are rare. I have yet to find a clock in the hotel rooms I have stayed in. However, the church bells keep time to the hour, so that is another indication of the granularity of times importance to the people (in my opinion). Yvonne On Friday, March 22, 2013 9:53:03 PM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: Have they added any records from other islands or something??? They haven't added anything to Sao Miguel since Feb 18, at this rate Vila Franca do Campo will be online is 2 or 3 years lol -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
