The most read article for the month of March 2006 was : “More on betelnut…”…
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Monthly Archive for April, 2006
Tis now Sunday PM,that preacher woke me up againand the new church loudspeakers seem to working well.Thank you very much !!The heat, the smells and the people,PNG at it's best.Just a visitor in this strange…
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If you read my blog post from last Wednesday you will be aware that Simon the Gardener past away last Tuesday night / Wednesday morning at Angau Memorial hospital.The above photo was taken about three…
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This story is continued on from : Goroka Trip (17/2/06) - Part #4Up and about just after daybreak. For breakfast Eli made me a breadroll with fried egg and some avocado and also some coffee…
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My teaching schedule for this semester is as follows:IS215 - Accounting Information Systems (2nd Year)IS343 - Programming in Visual Basic (I am sitting in on this 3rd year subject)CS145 - Introduction to Information Technology (1st…
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Decisions… decisions…Just when I thought my time in PNG was going really really slow !!I happened to be reading through my AVI contract the other night and noted that my contract here at UNITECH is…
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Approximately 600 hundred students graduated today in the presence of their proud parents and other family members. Family members and relatives converged upon UNITECH for the occasion with the ceremony getting of to a start…
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…from yesterday's graduation have been posted to the Graduation 2006 photo album…
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Last night I got talked into going to a dance by Eli. The dance was organised by the Eastern Highlands Students Association from UNITECH and was held at the “Highway Inn” in Lae.My 1st PNG…
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Today (Monday) I came down with a shocking dose of “Mondayitis”. I was irritable, frustrated and pissed off. And not for any particular reason. I put it down to the fact that it was Monday…
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One of the peculiarities of the PNG national's physiology is the size of their feet ! Where I come from people have been known to make fun of the size of mine. Well - eat…
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Tomorrow morning (Friday) I will be heading to Wagang-Luhu for a couple for days. This happens to be the place I cut my foot late last year - in fact I scored a free trip…
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One of our Professors (Head of Department) done the bolt earlier this week. The newly appointed academic had only been at UNITECH for a couple of months and left PNG in a hurry some time…
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Easter almost over and back in Lae safely after my third visit to Wagang-Luhu. I left Lae on the Friday morning and was back at UNITECH late Saturday afternoon. Just the one night.As per my…
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I was to spend my 1st week in PNG at a hotel called The Comfort Inn in Port Moresby (see above photo). The purpose of this 1st week was to receive intensive language training (Tok…
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Simon's body has finally been laid to rest in his home town of Tari in the Southern Highlands. The following email was circulated the other day on this matter:I received word this morning from his…
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Is it a valuable service on offer to the locals or just
plain highway robbery?
The local money markets are always available to lend money to anyone willing to
pay the exuberant interest rates that are charged. There…
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The Master !!! (A packet of Benson and Hedges - full strength)NB: Shitful things…
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I posted the following photo a little while back: And wrote a short story on And you thought I had big feet !! Well meet the man…His name?… Ellyson.He is married to Alberta (also in…
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Whom do I socialise with?The above photo was taken a few weeks ago at Geoff's place here at UNITECH. Geoff is another volunteer whom works in the Distance Learning Department (DODL). Geoff also keeps a…
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The following story appeared in the Post-Courier this Tuesday just gone (25th of April)…(You can draw your own conclusions)
Parliament, not a holiday camp
IF the performance of members of Parliament last week is any measure to…
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The following article appeared in the Post Courier 15 March 2006…**** Please go to the end of this post for my thoughts ****Only God can save PNG
Papua New Guinea is described as a sick society…
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On the 10th of April a new Kickboxing school opened at Tent Siti just on the outskirts of Lae. I have mentioned in previous blog posts that I have been assisting John Wal (Chief Instructor)…
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Eli's family came over for lunch yesterday afternoon. Her Mum and Dad, her sister Lena and Lena's daughter Clementene. And who's the little ankle bighter I hear you asking. The little boy in Eli's lap…
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