Q n A Part 6  Philip Richard and John Gonsalves

Congratulations Alwyn, Eric and the whole team of ''The Expressions''. All the best. Do well. May God Bless You.

Fr. Regie Pinto, Eliarpadavu,24/06/2009

Congratulations Alwyn, May God bless you. Keep up the good wok. Regards

Andrade Family ,Barkur/Byndoor 24/06/2009  

Congrats & all the best to the new office bearers of "The Expressions". Let The Expressions grow to motivate the talents in all expressions. Let the life fill with impression, so that living becomes impressive. God bless the talents for blessed are blessed make them grow, for more will be blessed unto you God bless you all.

Pearls of Mangalore/Abu Dhabi  24/06/2009

''Congratulations'' and wish you all the best,

Peter Lewis, Kalmady/KSA  24/06/2009

Congratulation Alwyn - It is a great honour to Andrade Family. Keep up the good work and May God Bless you as the Presidnet of "The Expressions".

John Andrade, Barkur/Mangalore 24/06/2009

Well said Wilfred Maxim D''Souza, from KULSHEKAR, "enthusiastic and wise talents which have been hiding in poor villages." Thanks to those recent benevolent hands who helped them shine by lifting the bushel lids instead of yanking them down in the crab baskets. The Railway Tunnel works at KULSHEKAR was undertaken by a Resident of this ''poor village'' Barkur, 65 years ago!

James Fernandes, Barkur, Chicago 24/06/2009  

Congratulations!!!! Dear Alwyn and all the new office bearers of ''The Expressions''. Best wishes for your futures endeavors.

Gratian D’ Silva & Fly Barkur/UK. 24/06/2009  

Congratulations, under your guidance hope more enthusiastic and wise talents which have been hiding in poor villages will come to see the light of the city by exposing their talents. Well done.

Wilfred Maxim D’Souza, Kulshekar/Saudi-Arabia 24/06/2009  

Many congratulations to Alwyn and Eric. I am sure under your guidance “The Expressions” will make difference in promoting new talents.

Anil M. Lobo, Brahmavar / Bangalore 24/06/2009  

Congratulation !!! to all the new office bearers of "The Expressions". Wishing you all the best.

Sunil Fernandes, Kota/Dubai 24/06/2009

Vipers can fly too, besides, swimming and crawling.

Thanks to cell phones and their ability for memory storage. Thanks to full tank automobiles and safe non-sleepy owner drivers, even at midnight. Thanks to non-pothole roads and highways, and newly built or timely repaired bridges around Barkur. Thanks to a modern hospital even though 25 miles away at Manipal, built 50 years ago, by neighborhood visionaries.

A man in Kudru (name withheld) was bitten by a water viper while night fishing. Fortunately he was carrying his cell phone.   Fortunately a D’souza in Nagarmutt picked up this frantic call.   From Nagarmutt, via Barkur-Matpady bridge, via Brahmavar, via Mabukal bridge, via Sastan, via Moodahadu Kudru bridge, using the newly laid Dr. Gabriel Fernandes Road which made it easier and closer to victim, this D’Souza drove his VAN, without looking at the speedometer, reached this Viper bitten semiconscious person, dragged him in his van, and dashed or I should say flew to Manipal hospital at about 12:30 midnight.  Fortunately, there were no cops/police at night, and the traffic was light.

Presently, this person is fine they say, the leg wound is being healed, may take a while and the scar may never heal. Viper venom is corrosive thus slow to heal, provided treated within a short period of viper bite, as in this case.

No, I am not going to say anything more nagging, except, that I want a three seat copter, which does not need bridges or roads and can land on trees! Is water Viper called “Huli Kandody”?  What an irony to my last message ‘Huli the Tiger?’

I am not a soothsayer. God does not send an e-mail saying, “I am sending rain tomorrow.”  But he sends signals such as clouds, lightening, thunder, and strong winds.  Obviously we keep our umbrellas ready without our mothers telling us. Can we learn from this rain phenomena? Even in Chicago STOP signs are placed after a couple of deadly accidents, but not before the deaths take place.  But Barkur is smarter!

Let me repeat the whole purpose of this news item is to tell the readers that investing in infrastructures helps the public and ourselves to save time, adds to comforts and conveniences, and moreover saves lives. 

Thanks to Alwyn and Kishoo for pushing to complete the road in a short time by gathering the support of the local people. Dr. Gabriel what next? What’s happening to the Kudru-Bennekudru bridge?

James Fernandes.,USA,22/06/2009

Happy Birthday

John V D'Almeida

Dear Uncle John

Many many happy returns of the day. May Almighty God bless you.With lots of wishes from,

Keith, Maria & Herbert. Barkur. 16/06/09

Can you believe a sparrow carrying a filtered cigarette butt to its nest and setting a whole shop on fire?  True indeed.

A shop suffered £250,000 damage to its roof after a sparrow carried a lit cigarette butt back to its nest.  Last Updated: 2:06PM BST 22 Apr 2009.  Fire fighters were called to tackle the blaze in Crescent Stores in Leasingham, Lincs, after the fire gutted the upstairs flat above the shop and reduced the roof to cinders.  Insurance investigators confirmed the blaze was started by a sparrow which stashed a lit cigarette under the eaves of the detached shop.

Investigators found 35 cigarette ends in other nests under the eaves.

I do remember such weaver bird nests (as above,) just above the house I was born in Moodahadu village.

It’s a good thing I was not smoking those days. Could not afford anyway!  Can you imagine that if a sparrow or a weaver bird were to pick up a just discarded filtered cigarette butt to make soft cushion to its eggs, and since the butt was not fully extinguished, if it were to set fire to that nest, and if the burning nest was to fall on my then thatched house roof, the whole house would have been on fire!  The nearest fire station was 60 miles away, as far as I knew then.

If my house were to be on fire, do you know how many of God’s creatures would have been on the foot paths or in the fields?  For example all my roommates like:

Tiny ants, red ants, cockroaches (used in catching turtles), bed-bugs, house flies, milli or centipedes, earth worms, roof snakes, lizards, birds like sparrows (building nests behind the saints picture frames in the living room), running around squirrels, rats, mice, cats, dogs, chicken, cows, buffaloes, frogs, (used in catching crabs) crickets, moths, and panpalle or sanna maas guests, and sneaking crows?

Did you share your house this way?  Be honest!

I do remember sparrows.  No one complained except me, because, I was the one who had to sweep the mess these birds made.

-James Fernades, USA, 14/06/2009

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Victor and Treeza Gonsalves
Karugalnade, Hosala, Barkur

May all the happiness you've known
Through years that now have passed...
Continue through the years ahead --
Each happier than the last!

Today as both of you look back With happiness and pride
Upon the (Fifty) cherished years
That you've spent side by side,
May every memory that you share
Of dreams you've seen come true,
Help make this special Golden day
A happy one for you!

Wishes from
Nirmala, Richie, Raoul and Neil Fernandes, Muscat, Divyanand, Edna and Deon Gonsalves, Barkur, Sujatha,Alwyn,Sweetin and Shyna Dias, Movadi,Padukone, Florine Gonsalves and Family, Barkur, Celine D'Silva and Family, Kuwait and all relatives and friends, Barkur and Mumbai

Happy Birthday

Hi  Jerina,

Many many happy returns of the day. May Almighty God bless you always. With lots of wishes and love from,

Keith, Maria & Herbert, Barkur.04/06/2009

Happy Birthday

Dearest Maria, 

On this special day, wishing you all the happiness life can bring. You deserve a birthday that's wonderful just like you. May God bless you abundantly and keep you healthy and happy always. Have a great year ahead. Happy Birthday to you! 

Love from

Hubby Habbu & Son Keith, Barkur / Dubai,23/05/2009

Congratulations

Ayden Chris Martis
Son of Anola & Johnson Martis Barkur / Mumbai.Born on March 17, 2009,Christening on Monday, May 11, 2009 in the Holy Cross Church, Hosabettu, Moodbidri

Dear Loving Ayden
May the Good Lord Bless you and Keep you Happy Always.

Welcome, precious little child,
So fresh from God above,
Baptised in Jesus' name,
Held in His arms of love.
May angels guide your tiny feet
And bring you smiles to wear,
And may our Heavenly Father
Always keep you in His care

Best wishes and Blessings from
Parents: Anola & Johnson Martis, Barkur/Mumbai, Grandparents: Nelli & George Martis, Barkur, Rita & Cyril D’Costa, Hosabettu, Moodbidri, Godparents: Anita Shanti & Lesli Sequeira , Vishwas, Sushma, Praveen and Agnes Carvalho, Barkur, Naveen and And Alice Dias, Barkur, Eric Soans, Barkur,  Cyprian Pinto and Family, Barkur, Stenita, Gretta and Stepehen Lewis, Saligrma, Ashish,Sujatha and Alwyn Andrade, Barkur, Keith, Maria, Habbu and Jessie Menezes, Barkur, Aniudh, Marina and Kishoo, Barkur ,21/05/2009

Johnson Martis: 91 99671 00211, : johnybarkur@yahoo.com ,Pic: Mayur Studio, Saligram, Barkur