[SALIGAONET] Sad Demise of Keegan D'Souza Son of Kenneth/Sabrina D'Souza from Saligao

2009-05-26 Thread Kevin Saldanha
To All Saligaonkars and friends From: Romeo Remedios (Past President- Saligao Social) *Sent:* Monday, May 25, 2009 2:17:18 PM *Subject:* Sad Demise of Keegan D'Souza Hello Everyone, With great grief in our hearts and on behalf of the family we would like to inform you all of the sad demis

[SALIGAONET] Re: Late Fr.Antonio Pereira award for Fr.Almir from Saligao

2009-05-03 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Our congratulations to Fr. Almir. We had a close encounter but didn't get to meet this Jan. when we were attending a wedding in Uccassaim where he is the parish priest. Kevin On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:02 AM, allwyn de Souza < allwineshineholid...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The prestigious late Fr.Ant

[SALIGAONET] Re: times of india article

2009-03-30 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Congratulations, Ashley, Dean and all the others for keeping the wolves at bay for now. Is there any way members of this forum can help further? Kevin On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Ashley Delaney wrote: > > a note.. the ground is actually just below rexs workshop and opp damu's > scrapyard.

[SALIGAONET] Re: recycling and savings for saligao

2009-03-17 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Re #3... where are the pigs when you need them??? Good to see that these measures are being adopted. Organic waste recycling has only recently become popular here in Ontario, with each household owning a lockable 'greenbin' . However, backyard composters

[SALIGAONET] Re: Govt should freeze its plans for bypass roads'

2009-03-17 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Was trying to visualise the route from your description, Ash and here is my rough attempt to trace the route to keep other Saligaokars aware of what this road would do to the vaddos skirting the base of the hill starting with Salmona (please feel free to redraw!) http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=

[SALIGAONET] Re: Saligao... in the Seventies

2009-03-06 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Chris, has your guilty conscience been pricking you all these years ;-? Rest easy... I think Rico was referring to the campfires at Lourdes Convent where my Dad would 'magically' start the fire by invoking the winds from the north and from the south, from the east and from the west... Come on

[SALIGAONET] Re: RP2021 - topics that need your input - repost

2009-03-06 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Ashley, sorry for not having replied earlier and my best wishes to you for taking on this thankless task. Yes, I know that we will all be complaining after the fact but you have given us all enough notice to come back with our comments. As for the issue of moderation, I have had a message to

[SALIGAONET] Re: Konkani Tiatr in London

2009-02-12 Thread Kevin Saldanha
"This tiatr has been written by Albert de Souza from saligao that is me" I knew it had to be the one and only, inimitable Albert de Souza from Saligao! Congatulations on having your tiatr performed in the UK, Albert. I hope they will be inviting you to the event! Kevin On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1

[SALIGAONET] Re: saligao-net - Google Groups: Message Pending

2009-02-12 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Annette and fellow Saligaokars, please see my responses interspersed below On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:13 AM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA wrote: > > Hey Kevin > > What thought? > Why does Saligao-net need to be moderated? Wrong thought anyway! What hot discussions? Look at the Subject - yesterday > I

[SALIGAONET] Re: saligao-net - Google Groups: Message Pending

2009-02-10 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Best wishes for the release of yet another one of Fr. Nascimentos' publications. It appears that Annette is a moderator of Saligao-net. Why does Saligao-net need to be moderated? Are there heavy and hot discussions here? I know with Dilip and myself on this list, who knows what might offend lis

[SALIGAONET] Re: Books with Saligao links

2009-02-06 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Annette, No idea who JP is ... ghost writer? It's funny how much we actually UNDERSTAND of the theory of evolution, even after studying it professionally until we go grey. No wonder it took Darwin 20 years to publish it for fear of upsetting the Church of the day (and his wife, who was very r

[SALIGAONET] Re: Books with Saligao links

2009-02-04 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Thanks for the links, FN, and hope your health is back on track! Fr. Nascimentos release of his book coincides with another momentous celebration... Darwin's 200th birthday and incidently, this year is also 150y since he published 'On the Origin of Species' outlining his theory of how evolution ma

[SALIGAONET] Re: Saligao Serenade goes live on the Internet

2009-02-04 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Annette, You were luckier than me... our 12 days in Goa flew by and although managed quite a lot, missed meeting Rico and Fr. Nasciment. Did meet Rico's dad at home though, and his new puppy!!! As for 'forgiveness being divine' .. I'll leave that up to the gods ;-) >From my human end, I k

[SALIGAONET] Mining petition

2009-01-26 Thread Kevin Saldanha
; I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself and passing it on to your friends. Best wishes, Kevin Saldanha --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ This message comes

[SALIGAONET] Re: Saligao Serenade goes live on the Internet

2009-01-08 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Wonderful website... a year ahead of schedule! On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Val Souza wrote: > www.saligaoserenade.com > > > Saligao Serenade, a website-cum-blog celebrating the history, traditions, > culture, folklore and people of Saligao – a colourful village in Goa, India > – was formall

[SALIGAONET] Re: Church information... (Saligao)

2008-12-24 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Yes, Albert... I think all of us should take your lead and be a little more thoughtful before pressing the SEND button. E-mails are like words (which have been likened to bell tones) once spoken (or tolled) they are difficult to retract. Having said that, I hope that I haven't offended too many

[SALIGAONET] Re: Happy Feast

2008-12-12 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Hi Annette, Googlegroups is delaying my mail... I got your message on Dec 11... and didn't look at the date you sent it. So many feasts, so little time. Ah well, at least it keeps the 'tsonne' maker in business ;-) Have a great Feastmas Kevin 2008/12/11 ANNETTE D'SOUZA > > Kevin, > > What F

[SALIGAONET] Re: CONGRATULATIONS AUSTIN

2008-12-11 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Congratulations to Austy for a job well done. Congratulations too to FN for keeping the focus on the bigger picture. Infrastructure is important to future efforts. Fortunately we evolved rigid skulls to keep our brains in place ;-) Kevin On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Frederick [FN] Noronha

[SALIGAONET] Re: Happy Feast

2008-12-10 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Same to you Annette, Luwell & Ashley. What feast? Kevin On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:54 AM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Happy Feast to one and all! > > Have a lovely day! > > Annette, Luwell & Ashley > > -- > Discover the new Windows Vista Learn > m

[SALIGAONET] Some recent photos of the Saligao fountain

2008-09-09 Thread Kevin Saldanha
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2768847038/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2768847030/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2768847024/ by Alex Fernandes from Valex, Saligao. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ He is on the creative team of Rhy

[SALIGAONET] Re: enough of this please

2008-06-09 Thread Kevin Saldanha
ations associated with building and maintaining a sanctuary of > worship. However, the Catholic Church is less than accommodating of other > faiths, let alone other Christian denominations. On a recent visit to bury > my Dad last year, I saw first hand the animosity towards 'the belie

[SALIGAONET] Re: enough of this please

2008-06-09 Thread Kevin Saldanha
ages in the past have been offensive, I am sorry. As an atheist, I support the views expounded by Dilip that the secular nature of this forum be respected. But as a Saligaokar, I recognize that there will always be a tendency to use it for village interests of the majority, which includes church

[SALIGAONET] Re: Saligao Church Info

2008-05-29 Thread Kevin Saldanha
I've been reading the progress notes with interest and am happy that everything is proceeding according to plan. Thank you Austin for keeping us informed in such detail, I'm sure it is comforting to those who have invested in the project. Richmorode seems to have taken a back seat on this forum a

[SALIGAONET] Re: Saligao Association (UK) ... courtesy http://goanvoice.org.uk

2008-05-02 Thread Kevin Saldanha
It's great to see the UK Saligaokars celebrating this traditional feast. We wish them all the best and a very happy Feast for their May 4th event. Unfortunately, this year in the Toronto area, we will not be celebrating the feast with any pomp and splendor as there was no-one coming forth to take

Fwd: Origin of the name Saligao...

2008-01-26 Thread Kevin Saldanha
trying again /ks -- Forwarded message -- From: Kevin Saldanha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 26, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: Origin of the name Saligao... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just checking to see if this group was active yet... and what better post to find... ;-))) &q