The most read article for the month of June was :What am I hiding ? (Posted on the 3rd of June)…
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Monthly Archive for July, 2006
A common sight in Lae town is garbage piling up around public places. Not a pretty sight and I'm sure a breeding ground for many exotic diseases. The pile of garbage I photographed above was…
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I had the opportunity this morning to attend and witness a Community Court. Community or village courts are a common occurrence in PNG, it is at these gatherings that many local issues get dealt with…
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Another blog post in point form…- A Departmental examinations meeting was scheduled for 10am this morning. Most staff rocked up at the meeting between 10:15am and 10:30am. At 10:30am Department Head suggests that we reconvene…
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Early this morning we leave for Simbu. With Eli, her brother Lumba and her Dad we head up the highlands highway to there clan village “Kaubasis” (Simbu Province). A couple of hours drive along the…
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Today I find myself in a village called “Kaubasis” in Highlands Province of Simbu. As you read this post I am more than likely doing one of the following:- Walking barefoot (but not bare arse)…
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The following changes have been made:- Under the section “Blogs that I read…” - have added : “Trace Elements” to the list. This blog is for a female volunteer currently residing and working in Goroka.-…
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Still in Simbu!NB: Any guesses as to how I continue blogging even when “stuck' in a remote village - without power, electricity or telephone ??NB2: On the subject of guessing. Did anyone work out what…
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Arrived back in Lae from “Boku” village safely late this afternoon. The experience over the past few days in the Simbu village is definitely beyond words.I have roughly 200 photos to post from the trip…
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Have now been all posted.Check out the Finchafen visit (19/5/06) photo album !Rob-i-di-bobNB: Only one taker so far on the What am I hiding? story/guessing competition. Remember that anonymous blog comments have been re-enabled. Have…
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Early Friday morning and time to hit
the road again. Another trip up the Highlands Highway,
each trip seems to get easier. I will always remember that 1st ride
by PMV up to Goroka, in my blog post…
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The telephone network has been playing up for the past few days with the mobile netowk being totally unavailable. An email was circulated this morning which enlightened phone users as to the cause of this…
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I have begun to post photos from last weeks trip up to “Kaubasis” village in Simbu. Photos can be viewed in the Kaubasis visit (7/7/06) photo album.Heaps more to follow…
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The following changes have been made:1) Removed the calendar component from the blog's main page.2) Added a component that displays recently posted comments. I figured that since re-enabling comments a few weeks ago it might…
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Today I emailed the following story to both The National and Post Courier newspapers. My blog post dated Thursday, 13th of July and titled Simbu - Fined for spitting buai is the furst installment of…
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The secret object I covered with a tea towel… (see post from 3/6/07 - What am I hiding?)Will be revealed very soon !! (ie “Soon” as in a day or two - not like 5…
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I would like to share with you a little bit about the men from “Kaubasis”
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There are over 800 languages still
spoken in Papua New Guinea and together with this incredible linguistic variety
you will also find equally as many customs and traditions. Be it dance or
dress, body language or ways of…
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I have been lucky enough to have
stayed in a few PNG villages now. Each village having its own uniqueness and
its own brand of simplicity. I love the experience of the village life and hope
to visit…
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…I feel like SHIT !!There is no ther way to describe how I am feeling:- Exhausted- Headaches- A leaking arse- Runny nose amd cough- Belly ache- Sore joints- And a fever to bootMalaria… they call…
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Revealed !!(Not sure what happened to the jaw)Remember the story? :
What am I hiding ? A skull !A human skull !!Bought it from a “travelling” salesman for K60 (AU$25).Brother bro (js) guessed correctly.Sister sis…
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The big “M” can go screw itself…Its back again,that dam illness!Starts of with the snifflesor perhaps a leaking arse…and then it hits you.When I was 7 or so,I contracted a fever,just a fever it was.Got…
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This is one of the stories from
“Kaubasis” that I am really looking forward to sharing.
PNG would appear to be predominantly a Christian country although after living
here for a short while it has become very obvious…
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2nd semester classes resume today at UNITECH. Holidays are well and truly over for both staff and students (cry - cry - cry…).My teaching schedule for this semester is as follows:IS422 - Management Information Systems…
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Wednesday 26th - Saturday 29th
July, 2006Just when I said that we were all back at work…We are off to Loloata Island Resort (just off Port Moresby) for a 4 day workshop!! It's a yearly event…
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…that gets circulated throughout the University's email system:THIS IS A FRIENDLY HEALTH AWARENESS NOTICE TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
LAE CITY BUS-STOPS ARE THE GAS CHAMBERS OF THE
POISIONOUS CARBON MON-OXIDE EXHAUST GAS FRON THE BUSES.
FOR…
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The following email was circulated yesterday (21/7/06)”RASCAL ATTACK LAST NIGHT”Ladies and Gentlemen,
This e-mail is written in a transparent, easy-to-read
itemized format.
1. SUBJECT:
A report of armed robbery on Thursday,
20 July 2006, about 9:30…
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Arrived back in Lae safely from Loloata Island Resort (near Port Moresby). The four days we had on the island was organised by Australian Volunteers International (AVI) and payed for by AUSAID. It was tops!!It…
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The letter I sent of to The National Newspaper a couple of weeks ago was published last Wednesday…
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