The Carnival: I went for it

In the Carnival, there were Brazilian girls. They danced very well. And their dresses were very pretty.

In another float, there were two girls, one girl was had a lot of coloured feathers on her back, and the other had peacock feathers on her back.

After the Carnival we met aunty Grace [we call her Grace, she'll get annoyed] and Saachi, Shimmi, Shimron, mama and Aren.

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Goans in Burmab

My daddy published a book. The book's name is Songs of The Survivors. It is about Burma and the lives of Goan people there. This is what was written about the book. The lady who edited the book is Yvonne Vaz-Ezdani. I like the cover of the book. My father has read to me some of the stories that were written. I know some people who have written the book. Like Uncle Peter Vaz. He's a very active man, and the father of Louis Vaz.

Frederick Noronha: Songs Of The Survivors
 

Songs of the Survivors is the first book to be published by Goa 1556 - a new venture by Frederick Noronha (FN). If you're thinking of getting your book into print click here
For a profile of FN click here.
Songs Of The Survivors is a collection of the memoirs of Goan survivors of Burma in the Second World War period. Cornel DaCosta in reviewing the new book writes: … there were parallels between those in Burma and those in East Africa, especially, in relation to religiosity and a measure of joviality and a fun culture largely within the community itself …
To read the review in full and for order details check out the special GVUK supplement. Click here.

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An evening at Agassiam (dada's title)

All photos (including self-portraits) by Riza D'Mello Noronha. Copyleft,...

On the 6th of January 2008 was Renza and Nigel's wedding. Renza is the daughter of our good friend Luanna.

Renza was looking very pretty that day.

I went very close and clicked, and I got the photos which you can see over here. In the top photo, Renza's father and mother, bridesmaids and flowergirls are shown. In the African  one, I couldn't go too close because I got scared. They were moving and I thought they would bang into me. They were taking a glass bottle on a stick, and dancing. They also did the fire-limbo, and guess what! They also allowed the children to do the fire-limbo. Abigail, Gabbie, and Delialah (my good friends who were there at the wedding) also joined the limbo.

But I didn't want to go. I got scared.

My friend Abigail told me that it was stinking of kerosene. I am glad that I went for the wedding. I had a good time. My uncle and aunty, Ricky and Clare, had come also.

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Pranita and me: good friends

Pranita (the girl to the right) is Pranita. She comes to play every day in the Convent. We have lot of fun together.

She is in the fifth standard. She goes to Lourdes Convent. She is a good girl. She always is the 'den' when we don't want to be. She's the oldest. She has a brother whose name is Pratish. He is not shown in the picture.

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A lovely place to visit [title by Dada]

This is the Saturday Nite Bazaar. In these two photos, the first photo shows some handicrafts and the second shows some keychains.

My friend Isabel took me to the Saturday Nite Bazaar with her father, Uncle Caje, and my father, with my little brother. The second time, we went with my father's friends, Dr Alan Story and a Brazilian lady. There are all pretty things in the Saturday Nite Bazaar. The best thing I liked was the magnifying glass. But my parents told me not to buy it, because we have a smaller one at home. I clicked these photos with my camera and I hope you like them very much.

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Funny little boy

This is my brother, named Aren. In this picture he has posed like a funny face. He looks very funny, but I think he's cute. I took this photo in the evening before we went out to play in the Convent. In the Convent, we have many friends. When he's in a bad mood, Aren doesn't pose for me. But when he's in a good mood, sometimes, he makes funny face or laughs. He always grins like my friend Saachi.

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Little-est Pet Shop

Littlest Pet Shop is made in China. I think the people in China are very talented. They make most of the toys and I like the toys. Littlest Pet Shop are my favourite toys. I collected 11 of them. But I wish I had all.

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The baby laptop

This is the baby computer. I went to see it in the Science Centre. I thought it would be very small. But actually it was not that small. A girl named Rut brought the baby laptop from Denmark and showed it to all the people who had come for the [GNU]Linux meeting. She also let all of us play with it.

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