Monthly Archive for February, 2008


Article of the Month…

The most read article for the month of January, 2008 was :

“Over the weekend”… (story dated 15/1/08)

Statistics for my blog are as follows:

Articles: 924
Photo Albums: 96
Photos: 3655
Comments: 201…
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A Saturday in Goroka…

A restful day but not without a small dose of the unexpected!

- Dentist appointment 1st thing down at Goroka General Hospital. A clean and a quasi check-up. No major probs… beauty!!

- Into West to buy…
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Rantings: “Ego”

Ego…

The one that kicks
and shoves,
heavies
and yells.
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Budget Workshop 2007

Around the middle of last year a Budget workshop was facilitated for Hospital management by the CEO and a two staff from the National Department of Health (NDOH) from Moresby. The workshop was held at…
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Ethnic clashes…

A real issue in PNG…

From the “small” scale pay-back or retribution situation…
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Toy cars…

Been meaning to write a post on “Toy cars” since coming to PNG!

What does a “Toy Car” look like?…
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Sunday…

Point form follows:- Apologies for not posting for a couple of days.- Been doing the Linux thing again:    - Replaced Firestarter firewall with Shorewall    - Installed a product called Webmin (pretty cool!)    - Installed a…
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Ritual that instills values…

From boys to men…Recent story in The Post Courier…

Ritual that instills values

Identified adult males…
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Oh well….

Today’s post is piss weak…
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Daulo caves in….

THE Highlands Highway has been cut off at Daulo Pass again.(About half way between Goroka and the village. I was aiming to head out to the “hut” next weekend. Despite the mud slides I am…
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Short and sweet!

I was told by Eli this afternoon to spend less time on the laptop of an
evening. In fact she told me to stay away from the laptop tonight.

Just can't help myself can I!

Had to do…
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We’re almost grandparents!

Gelo is about to “drop”!
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How will this man remembered?

You make up your own mind!At the moment folks around these parts refer to him as Grand Chief or Father of the Nation.What about after he does go?You make up your own mind after you…
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The consequences of one's actions!

It looks like it finally happened…Story as reported in yesterday's The National:(For the sake, future and education of many - I hope it's true!)Parents fret over their children’s
education at Unitech

PARENTS are concerned about the…
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Marata…

And how I ended up with the “shits”…
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This weekend….

We head out to Wara-guma” for our monthly visit.

The thought of spending a couple of nights away from town and worries of it “all” is already giving me a sense of relief.

I had another tech…
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Rob blows his top!

Yep!

Yet again!

On this occasion - yesterday afternoon at the local Papindo supermarket at West Goroka and a la Highland's style!

Queue jumping in PNG drives me nuts and the poor guy that jumped the queue in…
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An exception rears it’s head…

Despite not posting many photos of myself - now and then I do manage to post one or two…
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Cops pursue death squad…

And more on sanguma (sorcery).Story as it appeared in today's The National newspaper:By ZACHERY PER
POLICE in the Eastern Highlands province are
tracking a death squad that has been responsible for the alleged killing of
two…
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Fortune…

The email signature type!

I have been playing around a little with a program called “Fortune”.
It's a fairly standard Linux facility that displays random sayings and
proverbs or whatever else you might like to add.

And because Linux…
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