Monday, August 27, 2012
Last week it was announced that this Monday would be a national holiday – ‘Covenant Day’ (equivalent to last years’ ‘Repentance Day’). I’m not really sure what it is – just that it meant an extra day at Salamaua with friends 🙂
Thanks C!!!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Despite the off-and-on rain that has been persisting for several weeks the village of Butibam* put on a show this Saturday. I noticed the sign when I drove home a week ago and saw the clearing filled with small stands being built. This initiative by a local village is the first of any of its kind that I have personally come across in Papua New Guinea and it made for the perfect Saturday morning excursion.
We spoke with Carol the organizer who told us she started planning for this three months ago because she wants to make Lae a place that is better. She wants people to be able to walk around freely and safely, to attract more tourists and to enjoy themselves. She’d like to put a similar event on once a month.
In not knowing how safe this would be as a non-member of the community I brought a student who has relatives living in Butibam along with us. It felt safe enough and we probably would have been ok on our own but it’s always a good idea to travel in groups here. 
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
This picture of our department faculty in our Tea Room is now two years old – it was taken prior to Professor Milani‘s retirement. Continue reading
Monday, August 20, 2012
I’m sitting at my desk working on my computer when the mini-gecko starts moving in. The power is out so he must be feeling more brave than usual as he makes his way from the window to curtain and finally finds a seat perched on the upper left corner of my screen. I try to take some pictures but low-light levels aren’t cooperating, the one with the flash temporarily scares him and the final picture totally misses as he’s not even a blur jumping from the computer into my hand. AAAaaaahck (yes that was out loud), I don’t care how cute they are, I do not like them touching me.
Friday, 17 August, 2012
The studios, covered in scraps of paper and cardboard from floor to ceiling, are a wreck. The students, asleep on the floors, are barely recognizable amongst those bits and pieces. A party? Nope, signs of Master Class – the one week intensive program which takes place ‘each’ semester for all students of the department.
@ the edge 