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  Paul Francis passed away on November 18 2025. He survived by his wife and children! Rest in eternal peace Paul Francis! Tributes to the late Paul Francis from some of his closest friends! I will never forget those meetings at his place when we were planning the St Pat’s Christmas dances in Sydney. Honestly, I don’t know how we managed to organise anything given the state of those gatherings… but they were the good times, full of laughter and camaraderie. Then there was the famous grand final win against Berala. We were all nervous, facing that big left arm quick, until Paul strode in and smashed a match-winning 80 runs to collect the Grand Final trophy! We reminded him of that story just last week, and he lit up with a big smile, as ill as he was. He was always proud of that innings. Paul’s sporting ability was quite remarkable. Back in Pakistan, he captained the school cricket team for St Pat’s school cricket team for three straight years. On the field, his pace and skill as a w...

  I don’t know if what I relate here was true or just a dream. All I know is that at 3.55 am, I woke and tried desperately to find the truth. It is situated in and around the land of Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine, in my dream, are just a matter of seconds away from finding peace. Before they do that, they have to solve one tricky problem. Before that, they have to bring home their injured soldiers. Josiph is injured and waiting to return home to his dying wife and a lonely daughter, Mayia. Both in Russia, Ukraine and countries close to the conflict, people are praying that the two antagonists will reach out to their wounded and prepare to sign up for peace. Mayia is praying, perhaps more than anyone else, that her father will return to her dying mother. Mayia’s greatest joy is enjoying the sun in their garden, especially with the butterflies dancing around them. Their favourite is a recently born butterfly, with silky white wings, all dotted with colours of the rainbow, specs that re...

  blogger Headlines of my life! - All posts Mitelia Paul 12:23 (3 hours ago) to  Greta ,  Vivian ,  Eurema ,  Bertha ,  Melanie ,  Bernie ,  Selwyn ,  me ,  Mitelia Dear Selwyn, Greta and your Team, Thank you for organising an amazing Christmas celebration at the Europa Convention Centre. It was a warm and happy occasion for all ages. It was very enjoyable in all aspects. The Band, "Night Fever", and "DJ Fatz" played great music to suit all the folks.  The 7 course meal was delicious! . Again, thank you for your hard work to keep our Toronto Goan Overseas Association alive and well in our 55 years of existence. We are looking forward to our annual "Retirees Christmas Wednesday" at CASA GOA  and the New Year's Ball. Viva GOA!

 

  Mitelia Paul 07:04 (2 hours ago) We had some sad news lately. Victor's brother, late Gabriel and Josephine Mascarenhas lost their 56-year-old son in October. It was a sudden death. In the attached photo, he is kneeling first left. GLEN PAUL. This is a photo of the Paul Family's next generation. Gabriel's, Brenda's and Victor's kids. Our kids are Rowan Paul - kneeling middle Rowan's wife Naomi is standing first left Raina is standing third from the left. Her hubby is absent. Silu's son, Neville, is kneeling first left...he is married to Brenda's daughter, Rose ( in blue) Kevin Pereira ( Terence Pereira's son, Charlie and Birdie's nephew ) is standing second from right. He is married to Rowena in red, Brenda's daughter. Now they have to comfort each other. It is sad that our young people are leaving us. Stan Noronha's son, Glen, also passed in Sept.  Take care down under in Australia. M. Mitelia Paul, Ed.D., Doctor of Education; O.C.T, On...

 Sharing some interesting info from an old classmate whom we have kept in touch with for many years. Jaipal was a top student at St Joseph’s in the 50s and then caught up with us in Tabora in the early 60s. Ivy  Dear Edwin and Ivy, In all the recent furore about the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York Mayor, I vaguely recalled that I may have met his father in 1970s Dar. It was probably at my classmate Adolfo Mascarenhas’ home at the University of Dar es Salaam. I think Mahmood was a Shia Ithna Asheri based in Uganda, who was at the time an academic briefly attached to the University of Dar es Salaam.  I also remember the stir created by  Mira Nair’s 1991 film “Mississippi Masala”, which dared to cast an Indian girl (refugee from Idi Amin’s Uganda growing up in the US), falling in love with an African American, played by a young Denzel Washington. I did not know until now that Mira Nair had met and married Mahmood Mamdani in Kampala. Appar...

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  Eliud Kipchoge is undoubtedly one of the greatest marathon runners ever, if not the greatest. Not only has he won two consecutive Olympic gold medals (in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020), but he has also won multiple marathons and other distance events at international competitions  in different parts of the world. His fastest time in open competition was 2:1:9 seconds in the 2022 Berlin Marathon, a world record at that time. In Vienna in 2019, he became the first runner to complete the marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) but, as  the race was managed, it does not count for record purposes. Still, an amazing feat, akin to the first sub-four minute mile! Born on 8th November 1984. Kipchoge is now 41 years old. Last Sunday, (2nd November, 2025), he took part for the first time in the New York City Marathon. He finished in 17th place in 2:14:36. a remarkable time given his age. This was the seventh marathon that qualified him for th...

  Francis Noronha 17:22 (7 minutes ago) Hilary Fernandes When I graduated from high school, there were about twenty talented students in the grades just before and after mine with extraordinary abilities in field hockey. They were fortunate that our English teacher, Mr. Anthony D'Souza, was not only an excellent English teacher but also a brilliant hockey coach. He was very demanding both in the classroom and on the hockey field. He had played with the famous Lusitanians, the best hockey team in India and possibly the world, at that time. With Mr. Anthony (as we all called him) as their coach and mentor, that core of players became a force to be reckoned with. At least seven made it to the Olympics, several to the Worlds and all covered themselves in glory in local and international competitions. As I knew all of them well, I was one of their most vocal fans. I would readily have given up some of my good grades to be in their ranks, but alas it was not to be. One of them was Hilary...