Nostalgia, Rolly, we do the hill, meet in Siolim, on to the area cemetery where we accompanied Merv's dad that one last time. Then our beloved Vagator for a sunset rehash at hot spot Thalassa - actually owned by a Greek woman. We did remember you, fondly, when there in February. Moses and Ella Ribeiro DSouza were surprised by a waiter who spoke Konkani, in Rome, 1961. Turns out he was taken prisoner in North Africa, had escaped from a POW camp in the Dharwar area and made his way to neutral Goa. A Jap who speaks the language: possible, Mitsui posted two staffers in the Ponte area office which was closed last year. eric.
________________________________ From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> To: "'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!'" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 12:23 AM Subject: [Goanet] Preventive Surgery At last the Mwalimu's story of the twin-engine private plane being launched from a swaying coconut tree off a Tanzanian island has been excelled. Therefore I will NOT ask: How he saw the Japanese fisherman's appendix scar while fishing on the Chapora pier. Can strange foreign persons be approached in Swahili. Did the Japanese fisherman consider proactively removing any of his other organs since the lack of 'on-site' medical facilities would also affect them. Roland. Toronto. Mervyn Lobo writes: I was fishing on the pier at Chapora and noticed a young Japanese fisherman with a scar. So I asked him in Swahili if he had been to Africa. His answer was, "Once you have tasted the waters of mother Africa, it is difficult not to go back." Needless to say, he had been a volunteer (something like the American Peace Corps) in Tanzania. He then went on to show me the good fishing spot there and later, where the prawns bred in Siolim. The significance of the scar? The Japanese volunteers get their appendix removed before they leave Japan. This is done because there usually is little or no medical facilities when they are on site. ML08 1920EST