My laptop has packed it in! (Boooooohhh…..!!!)The hard disk is OK which means I have not lost any data or information (hard work) - this deserves a yeeehaaahhhh - don't you think?I have borrowed a…
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Monthly Archive for January, 2008
After my laptop died I have been busy “recovering” my data. The last few days have been frustrating and stressful as it was touch and go. On top of one of my backups failing I…
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Surely!!
The blog posts return,
after a long break.
Technology!
Sure to break down,
or disappear…
Eventually.
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I have (re)started posting photos to the blog…
Yes - it’s certainly been a while! And there’s quite a backlog. Will aim to post four a day for the next little while.
The photos being posted at…
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And somewhere nearby three members of the same family died within a 12 hour period. The first to die was a middle aged male. Cause of death: unknown and /or suspicious.The other two were females…
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I posted a short story yesterday titled: ” Over the weekend…”. This story tells how three members of the same family died over the weekend in what was believed to be sorcery related.
A disturbing comment…
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After two years of thinking about it and talking about - I finally made it to my first kick-boxing class…
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Post from the 15th of January: “Over the weekend…” has been amended due to the following comments and also a discussion I had over lunch today with one of the relatives…
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A couple of weeks ago I picked up three parcels from Goroka Post Office. They were xmas parcels and were sent to me by the family back in Sydney.
XMAS was definitely not the same this…
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It is just now that I am starting to get on top of work. Work, meaning:
work-work (Hospital), emails, blogging etc… The laptop “crash”
combined with an almost obsession with Linux things got pushed back so
to speak.
Having…
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Continued from yesterday.
- New Years eve we had a small party. As is custom in most parts of the world - the men had too much to drink and although we caused some minor disturbance…
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Continued from yesterday.
- On the 30th of December I got a visit by four elders from the
neighbouring Keto tribe. They came to Wara-guma to discuss issues around the forming of the Association and to share…
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My office at home is going to be relocated.
I had a tradesman out this afternoon to install a lock on the door of
one of the spare rooms. The office and anything else of value…
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This weekend we are of to “Wara-guma” !
I'm certainly looking forward to a couple of nights away from home and Goroka town. As I've mentioned in previous posts - I always feel
refreshed and energised after…
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Humming along very nicely!!Ubuntu Feisty…There seems to be no limit to the “tailoring” component and no end to the tinkering. Although I have backed off a little and have focused more on “real” work stuff…
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A very short post!We're of to the “hut” shortly…Packing and tying up some loose ends (eg: a short post)…
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We arrived back safely from “Wara-guma” a couple of hours ago. Like always our stay in the village was both relaxing and refreshing.Highlights from the weekend (in point form) are as follows:- Anthony, our irish…
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The art, science, burden and joy of Social Exchange in Papua New Guinea.
The art… of knowing when and what to give to.
The science… of knowing who to give to and how.
The burden… the obligation and…
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Just because I haven't mentioned it for a while does not mean that it has suddenly stopped. In fact you can pickup the newspaper any day and find stories galore.It's a real shame that the…
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All the photos taken last April on our visit to Fatao village have now
been posted.
You know what this means don't you…
There's a about a thousand more to post before I finally catch up.
Ideally would like…
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