Another couple of boxes with goodies !!
Recently, well to be honest close to a couple of months ago now, two boxes arrived through the mail with children’s clothes and toys. The two boxes were sent by my sister in-law – Therese but I think Mum had a hand it as well, possibly my sister Yolande as well.…
So now what?
With exams and marking behind us What will this “academic” be doing between now and leaving Lae? Good question research – I think they call it!!…
PNG and Domestic violence…
A fact of life in PNG is the prevalence of domestic violence – it’s in your face like..…
Pheeewwww !!!
What a relief!! Exams finished and as of 3:00pm this afternoon all my marking out of the way! Just a couple of meetings and then it will all be over…
Eli leaves Lae for three weeks…
Eli left this morning for another three week working stay in a one of the Markham Valley villages – “Mudzjin” I think it’s called. About a 2 hour drive from Lae and then about an half hour walk into the village. This is Eli’s 2nd village trip and she is accompanying a PhD student by the name of Jessica whom is conducting research on “Mitigation of natural disasters in PNG villages”. Eli will be assisting Jessica with translation and interpreting tasks…
The fate of all pigs in PNG…
Is the mumu pit!! Even Mr and Mrs Oink – or “Prof” and “Princess” will eventually end up like all other pigs in PNG…
“That’s how life is”
And here we go again
another exam,
more supervision,
and of course
more marking…
When I woke up this morning…
My mouth tasted like a camel’s crutch and my head felt like it had been run over by a steamroller. This condition is commonly known as a hangover…
Possee a la PNG style…
The story that Mum’s not going to enjoy reading A few months ago fellow volunteer Anthony organised a donation in kind of approximately 12 boxes of books for one of the Elementary Schools in West Taraka. At the time it seemed like a good idea to call up the local paper and check if they were interested in running a story. As it turned out they were interested and subsequently dispatched one of their reporters…
