Rose...Rose....Oh dear Rose.... How can you be so amiss....you have not alloted any of Melvyn's moments to Cecil...and their post-feni...past midnight accrobatics on girls' scooters disturbing poor buffaloes' slumbers...
Alfred, Chacha... > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:29:59 +0100 > From: mel...@orange.net > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > CC: fredericknoron...@gmail.com; melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com > Subject: [Goanet] Going to Goa need not be a ceremony (by Rose Fernandes) > > Dear goanet reader, > > As soon as Melvyn said "Going to Goa need not be a ceremony" I knew exactly > what he meant. We would soon be in the > throws of a ceremony to top all ceremonies? > > Was I right! Our lounge is like a scene from Cadbury's Chocolate Town, > Christmas treats on one side and Easter treats > on the other. Eight boxes of Kinder Eggs, four to surprise children on > arrival and four to be kept as "spares" in case he > has forgotten their birthdays. He has divided his suitcase into a piechart > with percentage allocations of 50 kgs for our > families and close friends. 5 percent of 50 kgs has been kept aside for two > "drip and dry" shirts and two "drip and dry" > trousers. Let's pray the Monsoon rains don't come early as he will be meeting > Frederick more "drip" than "dry". > > Talking of meeting Frederick (who does not know about this yet), I have never > seen Melvyn so excited. So excited that > every time he speaks about it, the venue and food has changed. First Melvyn > said he would like to have a breakfast > meeting with Frederick at Antonio's beachside shack. Next it was lunch at > Teamas. The other day he was talking about > tea with tea time snacks at Xaviers. My gut feeling (and I am never wrong) is > that eventually they will both end up at Mum's > Kitchen for a relaxing dinner and to find out what is going on there. Unless, > of course, this meeting lasts for 12 days in > which case we will be having an unofficial "very restricted goanet service". > > One of the joys of Melvyn going to Goa is that I have an excuse to shop. > Yesterday I purchased a tiny travel kettle with > two mugs, ideal as Melvyn's close friend will also be on holiday with him. I > stuck a warning label on it "check electricity > supply before use". From my experience in Goa, regular as clockwork, > electricity loses its spark at about 6pm, just the > time you want to heat up something to eat or drink. However, I am not > anticipating this will be a problem as Melvyn will be > sitting in his balcao, sipping feni, watching the sunset over the Arabian > sea, certainly not watching a kettle boil. > > With all the recent reports coming out how busy Goa was over Christmas and > the New Year, all our friends have now > returned to tell us their khobor. One said that he felt paradise was more > inside his home than on the streets of Goa. Now, > that is definitely saying something. > > Apparently there were lakhs of people everywhere. How did supermarkets cope? > Did they order enough lakhs of sweets, > wrapped in brightly coloured red paper, to give out in change? You will > remember I wrote a story for JC to enjoy over > green chai the other day how I was given one red sweet for one rupee of > change. > > A film coming out soon "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" has a line in it > "Everything will be alright in the end so if it not > alright, it is not the end". Well, my end is not here yet, Melvyn still has a > few more days left in the cold, and I am keeping > my fingers crossed that pilots in India are not on strike. > > > Rose Fernandes > Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom > > 16 January 2012 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
