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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Blog Entry Four ‘An article about my country in the English speaking press’

Landslide.

In Papua New Guinea (PNG) natural disasters obviously have direct effect on people and properties. Sometimes disasters indirectly affect entire region and even the nation. I chose a news paper article in New Zealand Herald (April 17^th 2008) about a landslide in Simbu Province, Northern part of PNG. I would like to share with my classmates.

I am interested in this article for two reasons; firstly the landslide has caused a threat to economy and essential service in four provinces in the highlands region. Secondly, the disaster has alerted the national government to involve and has taken appropriate measures.

The landslide in Gera area of Simbu Province was due to continuous rain, as Simbu province is prone to landslides because of its geography. It is mountainous with slope land which the national highway and roads run through. Therefore the highway was easily covered with lime stones and soil during the landslide.

According to article, the landslide affected people living nearby, 3000 people have became homeless and power supply cut off from the area. The landslide occupied 150 meters of the national highway, which prevented heavy vehicles from transporting store goods, fuel and medical supplies to four provinces.

As a result, a company that supplies gas to hospitals in the region was running out of the supplies, doctors were told to perform emergency procedures and commercial centres began to control food and fuel supplies. Furthermore, major mining and oil fields in the country were affected. Therefore, a state minister considered the disaster as serious and called on the government to declare a state of emergency.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Class Report

Hello everyone,

Here are particulars of every student in my class. The information about their families, marital status and their suburbs.

We have a total of 11 students in one class. Two of us are married. Ally married with a daughter who is twenty and they live at Waterview. Her husband work and lives in China. I also married with three year old daughter. I live at student village whilst my wife works and look after our daughter in PNG.

The rest are unmarried. Thresia, Audrey and Tim do not have any siblings. Audrey and Thresia live with their boyfriends at St John and Sandringham. Tim also resides at Sandringham. Their parents live overseas.

On the other hand, Aki and Choi reside at Massey. Aki has a brother and a sister live in Japan with their parents. Choi has three sisters, the elder married and reside in Seoul, his second sister also lives in Seoul and his younger sister stays with parents in Korea.

Furthermore, KD has a brother and Joey a sister. KD’s brother is studying at Unitec, they reside in the City whilst parents live overseas. Joey resides in Auckland whereas his sister lives with parents in China.

Finally, Sopeng and Jesse each have a brother and a sister. Jesse brother and sister live with parents in Korea while she resides at Waterview. Sopeng lives at Mt Willington whereas his elder brother lives with his wife in Wellington. His younger sister lives with parents in Cambodia.

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Monday, May 5, 2008

"The Effect of Globalisation on my life”

Globalisation means changes that occur globally which affects people’s life. It has greatly impacted my custom and cultural values. In this blog I will explain how globalisation has influenced my culture in terms of dress and language.

Firstly, regarding dress, traditionally most people in my area used to wear traditional clothes made from barks of trees and grass skirt. Not knowing anything about modern clothes. Due to globalisation, it introduced western clothes into the community where everyone is able to purchase and wear clothes that are made from factories. I wear western dress and am proud of globalisation because it brings changes to my life.

Secondly, Language is another aspect that has great impact on me. My parents and grandparents used to speak traditional language known as mother tongue, they never understood or spoke our national language (Tok Pisin) and English. Because of globalisation, the education system was introduced into my area which English is taught as an official language which I am able to learn and speak.

Therefore, globalisation influenced my cultural values, especially the language and way we dress. It (globalisation) enables me to speak English and introducing to me western clothes which I wear and feel part of the international community.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

"About Me"

Hi Everyone,

I’m Duu, from Papua New Guinea (PNG). You could view the photo of a girl in traditional dressed and imagine about my culture. I have been in New Zealand for three weeks. I am an International student and residing at Unitec village. I like going to church and learning computer skills.

I’m married and have a three-year old daughter living with her mother in PNG.
My future plan is to obtain a Bachelor Degree in nursing. Then I’ll be returning home to work in PNG.

I have a Certificate in General nursing and a Diploma in Health Education. I worked as a general nurse in PNG for four years.

I speak Tok Pisin (National language) and English. I have learned English for more than 10 years. The reason I'm studying english is that it will enables me to do my main stream course. I am better at speaking. However, I need to improve my grammar and pronunciation.

I have been to Australia and New Zealand. My first experience and an unusual thing in New Zealand is time changes. My first day I noticed that it was 8:00 pm but it wasn't dark. I was surprised and thought if I were in PNG the place would have been dark.

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