As a little boy growing up in Papua New Guinea, I remember my dad hustling the whole family to watch a gospel concert at the Port Moresby stadium. I clearly remember everyone being very excited while I was bewildered; clearly missing the whole point. Besides, I was not musically talented…
Tag: Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands, the final frontier
No doubt anyone who passionately loves their country will believe it is the best place in the world. But I suppose the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau got it right when they said Solomon Islands was the “Islands lost in time”. This is the final frontier, one of the last places…
Sapphires have definitely broken new grounds.
What had started as an ambitious school project in 2002 has blossomed into a music phenomena that has produced four albums and broken new grounds, set the highest standards in music in the Solomon Islands. I heard of Sapphire Singers back in 2002 and their first DVD production was already…
PacINET 2009 comes to Port Moresby
PacINET is the region’s premier Internet conference, an annual event organized by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society, PICISOC. This year, PacINET heads to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and for the first time since 2006, I will not be attending. I first attended in Samoa in 2006,…
Port Moresby, 24 years too late
I lived in Papua New Guinea for 2 years, way back in 1984 & 85. Living in the seclusion of the then Pacific Adventist College (now Pacific Adventist University), I admit I had never actually experienced life in Port Moresby. I did remember East Boroko and one weekend I spent…