Here's a bunch of random notes I've jotted down:
-Grace rides to/from school with her daughter, Joyce on the bus as kids are kidnapped for $$.
-Indians & Asians are coming to PNG to be chefs so lots of Indian & Chinese food on menus.
-Malaysians are the biggest land buys & are building lots of factories here. They hire PNG to do the low pay, short term grunt jobs only.
-Rog & I have more food stored in the landlords frig than they do...and they feed about 8 - 10 people every day!
-The cleaning lady's son recently died so Grace prepared a huge pot of food for them. Since they are also from Mt. Hagen area...the food was their traditional food. Grace brought us a huge bowl of it also...which we devoured...beat pbj sandwiches!! First she built a wood fire, filled a pot with water. When it started to boil, she added ferns, then topped it with chicken, sweet potatoes, bananas & finally, grated coconut. When you eat the fern, you strip the vine with your fingers which leaves you with a small bunch of greens. The bananas tasted very much like potatoes. We are lucky to be with such generous & friendly people!
-Jr's matter-of-factly advise to us before we entered a market: Do not go count your money or someone will surely poke you with a knife. We heeded his advise.
-Ants do not respect teachers while they are teaching and will bite their toes causing much pain & blisters. I know from first hand experience.
-Grace rides to/from school with her daughter, Joyce on the bus as kids are kidnapped for $$.
-Indians & Asians are coming to PNG to be chefs so lots of Indian & Chinese food on menus.
-Malaysians are the biggest land buys & are building lots of factories here. They hire PNG to do the low pay, short term grunt jobs only.
-Rog & I have more food stored in the landlords frig than they do...and they feed about 8 - 10 people every day!
-The cleaning lady's son recently died so Grace prepared a huge pot of food for them. Since they are also from Mt. Hagen area...the food was their traditional food. Grace brought us a huge bowl of it also...which we devoured...beat pbj sandwiches!! First she built a wood fire, filled a pot with water. When it started to boil, she added ferns, then topped it with chicken, sweet potatoes, bananas & finally, grated coconut. When you eat the fern, you strip the vine with your fingers which leaves you with a small bunch of greens. The bananas tasted very much like potatoes. We are lucky to be with such generous & friendly people!
-Jr's matter-of-factly advise to us before we entered a market: Do not go count your money or someone will surely poke you with a knife. We heeded his advise.
-Ants do not respect teachers while they are teaching and will bite their toes causing much pain & blisters. I know from first hand experience.
