August 2006

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Why they need zero alcohol tolerance during the UNITECH Cultural show…

The 2006 UNITECH Cultural Show started this morning. Although the official opening is still a couple of hours away (tis now 7:30am), a couple of floats have already headed into town full of students dressed in traditional bilas to do some last minute advertising

A nice little story in today’s Post Courier…

Story as it appeared in this morning’s edition of the Post Courier

Watch out for that bend just ahead !!

With the Internet here at UNITECH still running like a f&*^ing dog it has become next to impossible for me to post any photos to the blog

PNG Version of Waltzing Matilda !!

Once a jolly Chimbu,
camped by a marshy swamp
Under the shade of a kokonas tree

UNITECH Cultural Show 2006

The 2006 UNITECH Cultural Show is on this weekend from Friday, 1st of
September through to Sunday, 3rd of September

What does a Patron do?

Those of you that have been keeping your finger on the pulse would be aware that since the beginning of the year I have been giving some of my time and support to the Lae kickboxing clubs. Some of the things that I havehelped with to date are

Simbu – Highlanders and their politics !!

It is a well known fact that PNG Highlanders take their politics very seriously

10 Things I miss most

The 10 things (12 actually) I miss most about Sydney are

Prof. Patience…

Professor Patience until recently held the chair of Political Science at the University of PNG in Port Moresby. He was very outspoken and his articles frequently appeared in the local newspapers. Many of Professor Patience’s ideas and opinions on PNG were scoffed at by locals but for me they actually rang the bell of truth

10 Least favourite things about PNG

The 10 things (12 actually) I have least enjoyed about PNG so far

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