You have'nt heard from me since the middle of last week due to one of power transformers on campus blowing up. “They” say it could take a week or two to fix. I have made some enquiries as to when it might be back online but have not been able to find out. The best I have been able to find out is : “It will be fixed within the next…
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Monthly Archive for September, 2005
Plenty of people have responded to the request for the Bertrand Russell book. As yet nothing has been received. As soon as one of you lets me know that its in the mail I will announce this good news on the blog. Until then, dig deep !!
Should you miss out on the book (ie if someone beats you to it!), there are always the flea collars !! (http://www.schilt.info/blog/_WebPages/6xfleacollars.html)…
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FAQ has been updated and now includes “Blog Tips”. FAQ has been relabelled from “FAQ” to “FAQ + Blog Tips”…
This blog has a slideshow feature to view photos within any of the photo albums.
When viewing an individual photo (by clicking on it from within a photo album), you are presented with an option at the bottom of the photo : “(View as slideshow)”. If you click on “slideshow” all the photos in the album will be displayed as a slideshow (5 secs between photos).
Yeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!
“If you see anyone standing in the middle of the road with a gun and who is not a policeman, run them down,”…
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Yes (despite the rain) !
Department of Business Studies (DBS) had a BBQ Friday before last (Friday, 26th of August). The gathering was organized by Godfrey and myself and we had it at his place.
How was it?
Things have been hectic the past couple of weeks. I have been busy with marking and also preparing lectures and classes for the 2nd half of this current semester. Also, we are still having problems with one of the transformers on campus and this situation has highly impacted the availability of the university Computing facilities. Essentially : no network : no blogg !!
Power is unreliable at the best of times…
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I have introduced a new Photo Album called : “PNG Kids”. This album does not contain any new photos but rather it is a collection of photos from all other albums just on kids. There is something special about the young people in PNG that I have tried to capture…
A memo was circulated late last week to all UNITECH staff. It makes reference to irregular staff work attendance and also absenteeism…
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I had the opportunity Saturday before last to venture into the settlement that lies adjacent to the UNITECH campus. Settlements are very common in PNG especially in the larger towns. Lae has a population of around 140,000 and there would have to be close to 120,000 people living in these settlements areas. If you look at a map of Lae you will notice many of these settlements or compounds. The Madang settlement adjacent to UNITECH is an example of one such settlement…
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A message from “Sim”…
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If you find farting amusing then please read on, otherwise stop right here and go back !!
I come from a long line of master farters and within my family a good fart always gets a good laugh. See, in some families farting is taboo whilst in others it can be a great source of humour. My family fall into the latter category and if you ever hear a Schilt laughing…
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THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
30TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
(Please find below the scheduled program for the celebrations on the UNITECH campus)
MONDAY 12/9/05 7pm – 9pm PAIRAP BLONG STRINGBAND…
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As part of
the events scheduled at UNITECH for the PNG Independence celebrations (see
previous posting for the weekly program) a debate was organised for this Wednesday
night. Three topics were chosen and teams were made up of both staff and
students.
Debating
teams and topics were organised as follows:
(Check out
the names of the affirmative team members for topic #2!!)
Topic 1: Unitech is producing quality…
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There have been plenty of celebration these past few days on campus. The above photo was taken Friday morning at the Flag raising ceremony. I reckon one of the best photos I have taken so in PNG so far. There are plenty of others and I will post these to the blog over the next few days, so be patient !!
Photos from PNG Independence celebrations can be found in the…
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I had the opportunity to watch and listen to some PNG traditional singsing last Saturday afternoon, organised as part of the Independence Day celebrations here at UNITECH. Many events were organised and there was something to see, hear or participate in every day for the past week…
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6x flea collars arrived in this morning’s post! Courtesy my sister Lucy and her family in Brisbane. Thanks Lucy, Rick, Natalie, Peter and Amy.
Sim will absolutely adore you.
Woooof….. wooof…. Woof…. !!!
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The category of “General Articles” has been removed. All articles will now be posted to “Main”. Articles that were in “General Articles” have been moved to the “Main” category…
Check out some of these photos !! I recently received some photos from a friend whom suggested that they were taken just prior to hurricane Katrina blowing the shit out the Sth East coast of the USA. (It has been suggested in one of the blog comments that these photos are not in fact from Katrina). Incredible photos nevertheless !!!
Just a thought…
If the Tsunami that…
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I am experiencing a formatting problem with the blog. You might have noticed certain posts having unusual text formatting. I just found out from my service provider that there could be problems when preparing posts in MS Word before publishing.
Now that I am aware of this limitation I will try and sort out any previous blog posts that might “look” a little funny.
Cheers.
NB: The management apologises for any inconvenience that this…
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Wrong! I have’nt got married or bought a house!
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About three Saturday's ago I drove with Peter out to the Baptist Church at Tent Siti, we were heading out there to pickup his daughters and some of their friends, it was around 8pm and it was already dark.
On our way back from the church we got held up by a group of around 5 youths, pissed as “newts” they were. Peter was forced to stop the vehicle as one…
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This weekend just gone one of the female students from Business Studies was stabbed to death at the Kamkumung bus stop (just up the road from UNITECH). Diana was in my 4th year IS422 (Management Information Systems) class and was only weeks from competing her studies and graduating. A sad loss indeed. I sense that some of her class mates have gone into “shock” and are finding her death difficult…
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To the reader,you decide….Subject: FW: New Orleans, a “GREAT CITY ” or—
Sodom & Gomorrah
A Sister in the Lord sent me the article below. May you read it and weep. May you read it and get angry enough to start speaking up, for Jesus, against WICKEDNESS. Maybe you saw our “Christian President” on TV today saying—”New Orleans is a great American city “………….The TRUTH is, New Orleans is ( was…
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I recently made a change to the blog to disable blog readers from leaving anonymous comments.
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Last night I had the opportunity to attend my 1st Haus Krai. In PNG when someone dies the family and relatives of the deceased organise a gathering to mourn and remember the passing away of their loved one and friend. The Haus Krai or gathering can go on for days and finishes when the body is taken home for a formal funeral service. Last night's Haus Krai was held in memory of…
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Thanks to my dear friend Brett…
…Bertrand Russell's “History of Western Philosophy” has arrived safe and sound.
Godfrey will be over the moon.
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On PNG Independence Day, almost two weeks ago now, I was invited to a Mumu by Rondi, Thomas and their family. Rondi comes around my house a couple of times a week to help out with the housework. Rondi asked me almost two months ago what I was doing on Independence Day and as I had nothing plannned at the time, accepted an invitation to a Mumu at their house which is located inside campus…
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PROGRAMME FOR FUNERAL SERVICE AND TRANPORTATION OF CASKET
THE LATE Ms. DIANA KEROWA
1. Thursday 29th September 2005
3.00pm Casket arrives from Angau Hospital to Business Studies Dept.
3.20pm Casket leaves Business Studies Dept. to Christian Centre for funeral service formalities.
3.30pm Funeral Service commence.
5.00pm Casket proceed to University Clinic for balming (icing) and return to Markham Place (Mr. Z. Sombo’s residence) Haus Karai for rest and refreshments.
5.30pm Refreshments and last respects
9.00pm Casket and convoy leave for Mt Hagen.
2. Friday 30th September 2005 Am Casket…
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Buai or betelnut is extremely popular in PNG and the number of stores where you can buy the stuff reflects this demand. UNITECH is no exception to this and therefore you will find plenty of buai being sold on campus. I would estimate at least 24 of these little stores spread all over the university grounds. These markets or stores are basically a table that has been setup out the front of someone's…
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I have moved a few things around the main blog page. The most recently updated photo album will now be displayed at the top of tyhe main page, rather than down the left column. A few components have also been moved from the right column to the left column (to balance things out).…
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