Although most of us need to work – to generate an income – to be able to exist, not all sweat and toil needs to be rewarded financially. This category includes stories from the places that I have worked in PNG including the volunteering aspect. I also share – in this section – about the gifts given away to the locals (mainly kids) courtesy my immediate family and also some friends from Australia. There’s of course the mandtory bric-a-brac – but you will have to work that one out for yourselves.
Subscribe to posts in "Works in Progress"The students are angry at the death of their brother and colleague, the one whom was shot at one of the local clubs last Friday night. There is also much pain and tears as the students and the family of Robin (the boy whom was shot) grieve the loss of their son and brother…
There has been unrest on campus the last few days…
‘Unitech needs better IT’ Post Courier Newspaper (22/9/06)(Shame no one is doing anything about it!!)…
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’ve worked really hard but don’t seem to have got far at all. Right
now I’m looking at a pile of marking and just looking at it is certainly
not making it go away…
Never really liked exams much. This morning I supervised two exams for my final year group (IS422) and I can’t help but remember what exams are like for me…
The following poster was put up on notice boards around campus advertising the “gig” Anthony and myself organised for this Thursday evening just gone…
Was a success! Anthony and myself “performed” to a packed house at Duncanson Hall last night and the response from the students (crowd) was very positive…
Whom could quite easily be labelled “grumpy” does in fact have a great sense of humour. A couple of weeks ago he emailed me the following short story…