Sunday Inactivity Blues

Well after Friday night's dramas I was ready for the more laid back pursuit of netball though I was wondering how I would get on playing 2 full games in the heat. Luckily though, that proved to be a redundant worry as I only got on as a sub for one of the 8 quarters. I am happy to say though that the team won both games so we are well positioned for the upcoming knockout rounds. This time I came prepared with a book, and squeezed in a wee siesta so the 5 hours just zipped past!

Still on a related subject, I am a big fan of PNG's national sport which I assume is sponsored by a multinational such as ADIDAS or Reebok, given the prevalence of artistically placed runners hanging from overhead powerlines. I might have to give that a go before I leave!

Saturday night saw my first ever house party in

Madang - a 'go -finish' party for someone leaving to go

back to Australia. It was an eclectic mix of mainly ex-pats,
some with 30 years here under their belts and others just arrived this week. Among them were helicopter pilots and mechanics, retired librarians, medical researchers, uni academics, a doctor, and a writer/photographer - so a really interesting mixture. I am learning that social events end early here though, as the people with cars usually want to leave by midnight and everyone else has to leave with them.


Today was another reminder of the lack of options here if you don't have your own car. I am assuming everyone I know was tired today after the party but for whatever reason, nobody was doing much which meant by definition that I also wasn't doing much. This may well have been fine, but when inactivity is imposed rather than chosen it can be rather hard to swallow.



PS - the poor security guard of 'biscuit-fighting and singing' fame has recently been having his bottles of water pinched out of the freezer at his new employer's place.... watch this space for his next adventures!



PPS - Bruno informed me earlier that he has found another new Chinese restaurant... might have to see if this one is any better!! :-)