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Sunday, November 16th, 2008At a dinner party recently, I met a lovely young couple. Newly arrived in Vanuatu, I started into my standard ‘welcome to Vanuatu’ spiel, illustrating the many interesting ways Vanuatu differs from Westernised countries.
As always, there are things we forget to mention. After a few years living here, one begins to take for granted any number of Vanuatu’s mundane peculiarities. Here, for posterity’s sake, is a brief listing of things you need to know, but don’t get mentioned in the tourist literature….
Tales of the North Atlantic
Friday, October 17th, 2008[Originally published in the Vanuatu Daily Post’s Weekender Edition.] Tawi blong mi; I write to you from the enthralling, magical island of Manhattan. This jewel of the North Atlantic is a marvelous place. It is visited by all the races of the world. They are drawn by its legendary abundance and wealth. Here, one can [...]
Au Péché Mignon
Monday, April 14th, 2008[Editor's note: The author was afflicted at the time of writing with a pinched radial nerve, which has led to chronic pain in his right hand. As a result, he has left off his normal florid prose to write in the concise 'telegraphic prose' of the young Earnest Hemingway. We apologise for the inconvenience.] [Editor's [...]
Yahoo! Confirms MS Merger, Name Change
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008April 1, 2008 Sunnyvale, California Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang told reporters today that the board of directors of Yahoo! Inc. had met earlier that morning and agreed to the sale of the company at a price of USD 66.6 Billion. Yang took the opportunity to defuse speculation about what this move means for the company. [...]
MEME: Bitsharks
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008I’m going to start blaming random network- and computer-related problems on Bitsharks. Get everyone believing in the idea of predatory bots cruising the network, dining on people’s digital transmissions.
SMS From the Bislama
Friday, April 27th, 2007SMS from the Bislama GOODNIGHT TAWI SORRY TO DISTURB I WANT TO TELL YOU ONLY THAT EVERYTHING IS STRAIGHT With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Solomon Sez…
Tuesday, August 31st, 2004If King Solomon decrees that your child will be cut in half, it is not advisable to wait until the sword is descending to yank hard, in the hope that you will end up with more of the child than your opponent.
The Centipede
Monday, September 22nd, 2003by Franz Kopra Friday 19 September 11:42 I woke this morning to discover a centipede in the kitchen. He was leaning in a nonchalant manner against the counter, regarding me incuriously as I lay there in my bed. I’d been told that centipedes on the island of Efate are very large, but nothing could have [...]
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