To Finschhafen and back in two days…
In two of my recent blog posts:…
I’m off to Finschhafen !
I have decided to catch the boat with my mate Jerry and his father to Finschhafen this morning. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Jerry lost his son recently and I want to be with him to give him moral support. When I lost my Dad back in 2001 many friends turned up both to the funeral service and also the wake that had never met Dad…
I want to share an experience with you…
While it is still fresh in my mind. I have mentioned Jerry on quite a number of occasions. Jerry works in the Library here at UNITECH as a “shelver”, has 5 kids (with another on the way), lives in the Madang Settlement adjacent to campus and is from Finschhafen – a medium sized town up the coast a wee bit from Lae. Jerry is one of my dearest of PNG friends.…
We all have Ego…
A close friend of mine sent me this email/story on my birthday…
Death is Nothing at all !!
Unitech’s Bursar (Financial Controller) passed away over the weekend and this came as a shock to the University community. He was a reasonably young man, of good health, with a wife and children and was also an active member within his church and local community…
Volunteering does have it’s fringe benefits !!
Last night the Lae volunteers gathered at the Lae International Hotel for dinner courtesy of the AVI staff Richard and Mary…
“Mum”
To you Mum
you gave me life,
you fed me when I was hungry,
you held me close to your bossom
you held me when I cried,
and you loved me unconditionally
for this I thank you Mum…
A rare sight…
The man himself !! With beanie, glasses and (some) facial hair in tow. This photo was taken on campus this morning whilst I was waiting for Eli just before heading into town to the Lae main markets…
A nice little package arrives…
Thanks to my mate Steve Bosci from Open Integration a package arrived this week with a couple of “goodies”:…
Photos from Goroka trip…
Regarding last weekend’s trip up to Goroka – I am sticking to the original plan of posting 4 photos a day. You will notice that each photo has a little caption and I reckon that a succession of captions makes for a story !…
