The most read article for the month of October, 2006 was :
What is it like living with all this violence around me?
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Monthly Archive for November, 2006
This Saturday… !!…at Duncanson Hall !!!……the “One Man Circus” !!!!An opportunity to:…perform…be heard…be acknowledged…entertain…challenge myself…and those around me…hear and see some laughter…to make a difference
…say thanksThe above flyer has been posted on notice boards
around campus…
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Tis 6:45pm Saturday evening and I go “live” in about half an hour!Some nerves and jitters around the gut area at the prospect of standing up in front of (hopefully) a full house - probably…
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The final agenda for last night's farewell presentation that I put together for UNITECH staff and students. Although the turnout was good - I was expecting a full house and only half of DH managed…
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Hate the bastards!
The moment of truth!
A short few hours,
to demonstrate and prove
one’s competence…
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The Land of the Unexpected!
Tribalism, magic and religion,
churches, preachers and song,
fresh food, buai and plenty of languages,
corruption, violence and laughter.
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The following changes have been made to the blog:1) The search bar has been moved from the bottom of the right hand column to the top of the left hand column. This search facility allows…
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Double bugga…!!A few of the ladies in the administration office were kind enough to organise a sweep for that great Australian icon : Melbourne Cup. I have fond memories of past sweeps although on most…
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The story that Mum's not going to enjoy reading…A few months ago fellow volunteer Anthony organised a donation in kindof approximately 12 boxes of books for one of the Elementary Schools inWest Taraka. At the…
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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.The Commercial Computing Students celebrated end of year last night…
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And here we go again…
another exam,
more supervision,
and of course…
more marking…
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Is the mumu pit !!Even Mr and Mrs Oink - or “Prof” and “Princess” will eventually end up like all other pigs in PNG… being slaughtered and eaten.”Prof” and “Princess” have departed the pothole riddled…
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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…
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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.I'm headed home now and will celebrate…
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A fact of life in PNG is the prevalence of domestic violence - it's in your face like. Walking around town, it's not uncommon to see a husband giving his wife a flogging in public…
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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!!Just kidding… whilst others will be busy catching on so called…
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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.
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I sent out the following thank you email yesterday to all my colleagues from DBS:DBS Colleagues,
With exams and marking now behind us and my time here at UNITECH as a
volunteer and member of DBS Staff…
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The local supermarket……has run out of Weet-Bix !!!What am I going to do??Have porridge for breakfast?Or pancakes?Toast and tea?Coffee and a ciggie?Just a ciggie??Should I just sleep in and skip breakfast?Mum?Your thoughts please?I could get…
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According to Google Earth the coordinates of my home here at UNITECH are as follows…
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Have put through the following changes:1) Removed the “Month Archive” component - one link per month.2) And added the following components (left column):- “This Month” archive.- “Month Archive”- “Year Archive” …
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The following article appeared in today’s National…
“National staff want probe into Unitech”
(In my opinion… something long overdue)
By PETER KORUGL
STRIKING national academics at the University of Technology have decided
not to immediately return to classes…
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A pain in the proverbial!With my time here at UNITECH slowly drawing to an end, I have commenced the employment termination process. There are forms to fill out and people to see. Paperwork - paperwork…
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Was invited to a Graduation Ceremony today at Duna Elementary School at Scout Camp in West Taraka. Graduation ceremonies are a huge thing in PNG, whether they be a graduation for an Elementary school, a…
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Arrived back in Lae this afternoon after another visit to Wagang-Luhu. This was my 5th visit to the village. Highlights of this visit were as follows:-
Arrived at the PMV stop (Rainbow Store) in Lae town…
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Have put through the following changes:1) Added URL to Blog “PNG Links” for Adventure Kokoda. 2) Reorganised “PNG Links”…
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Yes, it’s certainly been one of those days !!
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Eli got back this afternoon from “Mudjin”, a small village in the Markham Valley about 2 hours from Lae, where she was helping a PhD student with some translation work on some research she is…
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The prospect of being home by xmas is not looking terribly crash hot. About two weeks ago I initiated the process of contract termination, including the payout of monies owed. Although there remains over three…
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