PNG Kids…
Before coming to PNG earlier this year I had never owned a camera (digital nor analogue) and never really appreciated the art and timing involved in capturing that “special” moment. Now that I own a digital camera I have developed the habit of carrying it everywhere I go…
The art of coconut scraping…
A common sound heard on campus around dinner time is the scraping of
coconuts. Coconut is part of the staple diet of the PNG people together
Sweat Yams, Tapiok and a number of fruits such as paw paw and pineapple…
Societies worse off when they have God on their side
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society…
Suck on that one
Tis Saturday afternoon around 3pm and I am not in any mood whatsoever for blogging. Now that I am in the habit of posting something every day, those days that I have’nt got much – if anything to write – I try and do it anyway. Today is one such day…
Help is never far away in PNG
Last night three of us went out for dinner. There was Peter (my PNG friend) and Geoffrey (a new arrival in Lae from AVI). Peter picked both of us up from my place and we headed into town at around 7:15pm. We ended up eating chinese at one of the local restaurants called Kwantung…
“The Reporter”…
The latest issue of “The Reporter” (issue #1582) is now available – or access the Reporter via the UNITECH website homepage under NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Dialogues on Dhamma
I am currently reading the following book – a great read for those of you that are regular practitioners of “Mindfulness” or “Vipassana”, a very powerful buddhist spiritual practice…
A classic example of pure inefficiency…
Let me share with you a classic example of pure and utter ineffciency. I am talking about the system used at UNITECH to record student results…
What am I going to be doing for next 4 months…. ???
With lectures, exams and marking now behind us and the 2006 academic not due to start until late February / early March – some of you I’m sure are asking…
