Opim Eye

"The Papua New Guinean artists in this exhibition share their dreams and visions. These are times of revolutionary changes and Gazellah, Mairi, Laben and
Jeffry venture out to try something new and different. Whether they represent their cultures and tradition or provide opportunities for ideas and images that are a
complete contrast, their images and creations provide a new category of growing up in the PNG context" Dr Michael A. Mel, University of Goroka

Opening on the 5th of May on the ground floor of the Deloite Tower, 6:30pm-8:30pm featuring work by Mairi & Jeffry Feeger, Gazellah Bruder and Laben Sakale John.


It will be open to the general public from 6th-8th may, from 9:00am-3:00pm each day.

Black Gold

I took a Barista course at community college about 3 weekends ago and our instructor suggested we watch this movie. Originating from Ethiopia, coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity in the world yet the disparities between what those who grow and export them and the Western suppliers earn is remarkably unfair and criminal in comparison.

As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price.

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Kiwi Mate

Here are a coupke Kiwi videos that I've come across on the net and that I enjoy watching on NZ TV.

This first one I found on monster-munch.com entitled Kiwi



This second one is the first ad in Mitre 10's DIY its in our DNA campaign



And this last one is part of the TUI Beer series

Throwback Track

Kanye before the autotune. Gotta love it!

Face Your Pockets

I found this site after a random google search for some wallpaper. Face Your Pockets is an online project where anyone can submit a scanned picture of themselves and the contents of their pockets.

Here is the process:

Place the objects on the scanner. Place your face/part of it on the scanner as well. Aaaaand scan it! Send us the picture you've got to:

faceyourpockets@gmail.com

Sounds like an interesting concept and well the images speak for themselves. I may just try it myself.

Sr Angela Taylor to receive Logohu Award 2009

SR. ANGELA TAYLOR WILL BE RECEIVING A LOGOHU AWARD AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE ON THURSDAY APRIL 2009 ALONG WITH 2 OTHER OLSH SISTERS; SR. JOSSETTE FROM ST.JOSEPHS COLLEGE & ANOTHER FROM PAPITALAI. THERE WILL BE A MASS HELD ON SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2009 TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

The Logohu award is one of Papua New Guinea's civil honor awards and

is awarded for distinguished service to Papua New Guinea, or to a local community, sustained over a period of at least ten years

Sister Angela Taylor has been working in PNG for over 30 years. She was a teacher when my mother was a student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School on Yule Island and was the principal of Marianville High School (now Marianville Secondary School) by the time I started high school in 1998 and still was when I finished Yr 12 in 2003.

Sr Angela was the driving force behind securing sponsorship from Aus AID which allowed for Marianville to develop into a Secondary School in 2002.

Congratulations Sister Angela Taylor!