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Mervyn Maciel: What inspired me to ...

  What inspired me to write:   What inspired me to be a doctor, an engineer, a nurse, a health specialist, a politician, a priest, a nun, a journalist, …. Whatever! Mervyn Maciel kicks off what I hope will become a regular feature of my blog with your contributions!!!!!!!!     My dream was always to leave behind – not just for my immediate family, but posterity, a factual record of what life was for Goans who ventured into the unknown wilds of Kenya’s Northern Frontier during the colonial era.    I also wanted to repay the many tribesmen whose attitude to life was so different from our own and who taught me a lot –simple folk with hearts of gold who still inspire me.   Encouraged by family and friends, my first book was born some thirty years ago. Plaudits from former colonials and others encouraged me to persevere and with ‘nudging’ from Mel D’Souza of Canada, my second book appeared.  My hope is that others will com...

Braz Menezes' Love Park

  Today Toronto elected a new Mayor, and that’s the really big news. For me, though the biggest news was that on Friday June 23, Toronto opened a new Park, which was my brainwave of seventeen years ago. I did not expect to see it happen in my lifetime. My role received a special mention at the opening.  I wrote a brief article on for our in-house website, which I am sharing with you. Sadly, I don’t expect any of our Goans will even hear of it, as all attention is focused on VIVA GOA later in July. Braz Menezes CLICK ON THE PIC TO VIEW IT PROPERLY

KENYA WRC

 Thanks JL President Ruto at the WRC (Safari) video https://youtu.be/5cPDLK7aVig CLICK ON THE PIC TO GET THE FULL VIEW

Happy Birthday Margaret Ferris (more photos)

  Family and friends toasted Margaret Ferris on her birthday at Sydney's highly popular Sails (in Mcmahon's Point in Sydney Harbour) Restaurant. Here are just a few of the pics from intrepid photographer R>D> More tomorrow> The weather was gorgeous as was the whole of the birthday party. More pics when I get them!

EDWIN RODRIGUES, THE FINAL FAREWELL

  From left: Remy Diniz, Edgar Dias, Edwin Rodrigues, Cosmos Fernandes, Cleto Dourado, Ivo D'Silva, Harold  Cardozo, Ovie D'Souza, Danny Fernandes. Sitted: Neves Vaz, Polly Fernandes, Marcus Braganza, Paul Nazareth, Hygino Vaz, Hilary Fernandes.