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Hand Written to Facebook

Getting someone to type my writing was an expensive exercise. If I had a work typed it was one off typing. That was in the mid 1980s—the period of my formative university years. I taught myself how to use a typewriter in the mid 1980s. I began writing more and more with a typewriter. I bought a typewriter. It cost me a K60 to buy a used one. That amount was a lot of money for a student. I must have earned some money from the NBC broadcast of my stories.   A typed writing felt magical and powerful. I was a proud owner of the typewriter in the late 1980s, until an innovative product hit our shores in that period. The arrival of the electronic typewriter in Papua New Guinea signaled the advancement of technologies. I spend a lot of Saturdays in a shop at Boroko selling the latest technologies on the market. The electronic typewriter was a fancy piece of equipment. The shop was known as the Business Solutions, operating out of what is now Boroko City Pharmacy. I bought a K400

A Great Village

I had the rare privilege of attending an important event at the University of Papua New Guinea. First, I had the duty to be present at the official ground-breaking ceremony of the 2015 South Pacific Games Village. The construction of the Games Village at the University of Papua New Guinea brought the Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill, his fellow Ministers Hon. Peter Ipatas, Governor of Enga, and Hon. Justin Tjachenko, the Minister for Sports and Recreation. Members of the PNG Sports Federation, the South Pacific Games Organizing Committee, the UPNG staff and students, and the press made the event momentous enough to remember. Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill officiated the groundbreaking ceremony for the SP Games Village, after expressing his irritation at the slowness in getting things moving. Though his blame was on the bureaucrats for delays, there was more to what the Prime Minister said. The road to 2015 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby is the challenge

A Remarkable Moment

During the Australia Week I had the pleasure, on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, and the University of Papua New Guinea, to host a night of remarkable moment with Dame Carol Kidu, speaking about her life, work, and vision. The talk took place at the Main Lecture Theatre of the UPNG where Dame Carol spoke with the undiminishing passion and affection she has for her family and people. The PNG Society of Writers, Editors, and Publishers in conjunction with the Australian High Commission initiated the concept and organized the guest lecture, featuring the former politician and MP who had set the bar above, and beyond her peers. It is awe-inspiring to be present in the same space where a person of Dame Carol Kidu is the featured speaker. Part of the appeal is to encourage Papua New Guineans to write for The Crocodile Prize competition. I had the good fortune of knowing and working with Dame Carol in other professional capacities. Taking on the role of host for her talk