Before I start typing away let me first acknowledge my friends Nids and Elena T., my fellow postharvest fanatics, for always taking time out to leave comments on my blog entries. Yes I do read them as a matter of fact I always look forward to hearing from my readers. It makes me feel a lot better knowing that I’m being heard. Blogging is a form of release for me, a way of keeping my sanity intact in this God-forsaken country.
Anyway a lot of you I’m sure may have been wondering how my workplace looks like and where on earth it is. Do I ride a horse to get to the office, certainly not, or do I need to cross rivers and climb seven mountains each morning and afternoon? Nope since office is a mere 3-minute walk from my house. Thus in order to give you a glimpse into my world, I have decided to share pieces of it.
NARI compound. The entire campus houses the headquarters (right side), the Wet-Lowlands Mainland Programme (on the left) where I’m based at, as well as housing for its employees. The campus also houses the Taiwan Overseas Technical Mission. The other four NARI programmes and/or stations are located in other parts of the country. The centre is 15 or so kilometres from the city which will take around 20 minutes by car, oh well it actually depends on the number of potholes along the road.
The compound as viewed from across the road.
Rows of uniform housing for senior staff. Mine is there somewhere on the left. If you want to visit I have an extra room; food taken cared of, insurance not provided.
Officemates bilong mi. Meet some of my officemates from the programme. Locals say that you can tell which part of the country a person is coming from based on the shade of his or her skin and his body structure. Highlands people are bulky and a bit short owing to the fact that diet consists mostly of pork and to endure the cold climate there is a need to develop fatty deposits to keep themselves warm. Nambis or coastal people tend to be taller and lanky/skinny, while those from Port Moresby are fairer and more resembling their Asian neighbours. Those coming from the Solomon Islands side on the other hand have the blackest shade of skin.
Interestingly, the New Guineans themselves do not call themselves blakman but blakskin. In addition, they refer to an African-American as blakpela waitman (a black, white man)... which seems to be a relection on his culture rather than his complexion.
NARI compound. The entire campus houses the headquarters (right side), the Wet-Lowlands Mainland Programme (on the left) where I’m based at, as well as housing for its employees. The campus also houses the Taiwan Overseas Technical Mission. The other four NARI programmes and/or stations are located in other parts of the country. The centre is 15 or so kilometres from the city which will take around 20 minutes by car, oh well it actually depends on the number of potholes along the road. 
Rows of uniform housing for senior staff. Mine is there somewhere on the left. If you want to visit I have an extra room; food taken cared of, insurance not provided.
Officemates bilong mi. Meet some of my officemates from the programme. Locals say that you can tell which part of the country a person is coming from based on the shade of his or her skin and his body structure. 
2 comments:
Ikaw pala ang pinakamaganda sa banda dyan. The one standing with slender frame and cropped hair looks like white except for the color. Sje is a beauty. So they have kilikili power?
Kilikili power ba kamo? its a bit more serious than that...
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