Tag Archive for 'lae'

Can you read dutch?

No point in reading this post otherwise!
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Tropfest 2008

Anyone have a spare copy they can send me?
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Lae mayhem…

HALF of Lae city has been caught
up in violence.(Story as it appeared in yesterday's issue of The National)
The focal point of the violence is spread around the Ahi local level
government area of Lae…
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Neighbours…

Meet Eli and Nime…Eli lives next door with her family and Nime - well I'm not really sure where he lives - probably an area they call the Banana Block (a local settlement).Eli is married…
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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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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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We’re almost grandparents!

Gelo is about to “drop”!
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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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Back from the "Hut"…

We arrived back safely from “Wara-guma” a couple of hours ago. Like always our stay in the village was both relaxing and refreshing.Highlights from the weekend (in point form) are as follows:- Anthony, our irish…
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A breakthrough!

After two years of thinking about it and talking about - I finally made it to my first kickboxing class!!A whole two hours worth and it feels great!Been a long time since I have done…
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XMAS Day 2007…

Was a private sort of a day.A 10 point summary:1) Had “half” the clan over last night. I think about 15 bunked down for the night - young and old. All up from Lae for…
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And then there were 15!

The last couple of days have been hectic to say the least. With the passing away of Eli's grandad (bubu Kandoni) we have had family coming to the house making arrangments for the funeral, coffin…
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Been a while…

Since doing a post!- Apologies.- Internet more down than up lately!- I'm back from the volunteer conference in Moresby and Eli's back from Lae.- XMAS only 7 days away!! (scary…).- I'm currently stuck somewhere between…
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Back from Moresby…

I arrived back in Goroka from Port Moresby after a three day AUSAID
volunteer conference at the Hideaway Hotel.
Note form follows as I feel buggered (might be coming down with
“something”).
- Overall the conference was OK. It…
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Beautiful Madang…

We got back safely this afternoon from Madang after a 5 to 6 hour PMV ride.
It was a great weekend with our hosts - Nick, Bernadette and Valdek.
Nick came to PNG initially as a volunteer…
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The consequence of mismanagement….

(Story as it appeared on the front page of today's edition of The National)Power cut at Unitech

By PETER KORUGL

PNG…
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Bout time…

For a blog post!!

Point form follows:

- Mum, Eli and Uncle Joel back from Madang and Manam Island safely.
- We head out to the village tomorrow for the official opening of the “Hut”
(Saturday).
- It's great having…
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More photos of Mum….

An easy way to keep track of Mum's adventure is simply bookmark the following link:”Mum's visit 2007″A few notes to summarise “things”:- Mum. Eli and Uncle Joel left Goroka this morning for Madang and Manam…
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Mum is here!

After much anticipation and some nerves - Mum has finally arrived in PNG! It's sure been a hectic few days - not even enough time to post a lousy blog!Nevermind… I'm back!So far:23/8 (last Thursday)…
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Yeehaaah….!!!

Lae - here we come!!We head down to Lae today for a few days. And on Saturday we get to see Mum!! (Yeehaaah!! again). Mum will be staying with us for just under a month…
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