Standing in the queue,
to withdraw,
a wad of cash,
and the gut churns.
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Tag Archive for 'fear'
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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A real issue in PNG…From the “small” scale pay-back or retribution situation…(Merenti - from the Henganofi District - copped multiple fractures in both of his legs during a home invasion by members of a neighbouring…
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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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Why did I become a volunteer?
This is a question that I first asked myself late 2000 early 2001 when I
first applied to become a volunteer with Australian Volunteers International
(AVI). I put the application on hold…
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It’s been a little over two years since I first landed at Jackson’s Airport in Port Moresby….
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A School Fete to celebrate the opening of a
new classroom, a showground full of relatives, lots of rain and photos but more
than anything else… a heap of people off their face and plenty of associated
drunken…
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Story as it appeared in The National newspaper yesterday…
A PMV bus owner showing two of the many rocks that were hurled into his
bus from all sides smashing windscreens and causing thousands of kina
in damages. He…
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Article as it appeared in today’s The National …
Threat of ethnic war brings city to standstill !!
PNG’s second city,
Lae, was thrown into chaos yesterday amid fears of yet another ethnic war
between people from two Highlands…
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Last Saturday I was in town with Eli when a fight broke out on the street just outside of Foodmart (the local supermarket). I had my camera handy so I started taking some photos. As…
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Papua New Guinea has been very generous to me. The 18 months or so that
I have lived and worked here I have slowly fallen in love with the
country and its people. I do not use…
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Jerry's son (above photo) passed away recently and was our reason for travelling by boat to Bamata (near Finschafen). I travelled there with Jerry and his father and although I was only gone for one…
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The best dam editorial I have read in PNG !!
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While it is still fresh in my mind.I have mentioned Jerry on quite a number of occasions. Jerry works in the Library here at UNITECH as a “shelver”, has 5 kids (with another on the…
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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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Live at Duncanson Hall !!Last night I performed live in front of 300-400 students.As part of the student orientation activities two fun nights were planned - one on the Wednesday evening and another on the…
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If there is no “I” to feel angry,Why do I get so angry?If there is no “I” to feel scared,Why do I get so scared?If this is all an illusion,Why does it seem so real?The…
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This story is continued on from : Goroka Trip (17/2/06) - Part #2On arriving in Goroka town, the three of us (Eli and her uncle Joel) walked across to the main town park to sit…
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I have recently discovered a whole “genre” of people that work the streets of Lae. The local shoemakers! I noticed these men when I 1st arrived 10 months ago but in the past few weeks…
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This past weekend I headed up to Goroka for a total of 4x days. This was my 3rd trip up to the Eastern Highlands town and was to be a little different to the previous…
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