This time it was a 3 way tournament, SIngapore/Phuket combined team (AKA whining sooky sooky lala's), Siam CC and Irrawaddy CC.
we came 2nd....
March 10, 2008
Cricket in Myanmar 2007 - the return trip!
This time it was a 3 way tournament, SIngapore/Phuket combined team (AKA whining sooky sooky lala's), Siam CC and Irrawaddy CC.
we came 2nd....
March 06, 2008
Off to Burma again to play cricket, almost thwarted by bladdy Indo traffic!
This weekend I am playing cricket and golf in Burma with the SiamCC. Now two years ago when i flew there to play cricket I missed 2 flights and ended up paying for multiple tickets to get there, much to the amusement of my mates.
So I didnt want to miss any flights again this time. I ducked out of work early, left home at 4.30pm (that's leaving an hour and a half plus the two hours early at the airport... plenty of time! .... one would think ! )
Peak hour traffic in Jkt sucks big time! Even more so if you have a flat tire!
flight leaves at 19.50 - 2 hours from now! and we are still an hour from the airport, with a flat, so we had to leave the tollway! and stop to fix it.
Easier said than done,
I had to show the driver how to use the jack,
then which way to twist the wheel nuts, then which way to use the lever to get the wheel nuts off!
grrrr...
some other random guy come and helped also! In all the process took 30 mins!
and then the spare was bladdy flat also!
so we then had to drive futher to find a stall selling compressed air, fortunately we did, I got to the airport at 7.10 - check in was closed.
Fortunately, they opened when they saw me and allowed me to board.
So I didnt want to miss any flights again this time. I ducked out of work early, left home at 4.30pm (that's leaving an hour and a half plus the two hours early at the airport... plenty of time! .... one would think ! )
Peak hour traffic in Jkt sucks big time! Even more so if you have a flat tire!
flight leaves at 19.50 - 2 hours from now! and we are still an hour from the airport, with a flat, so we had to leave the tollway! and stop to fix it.
Easier said than done,
I had to show the driver how to use the jack,
then which way to twist the wheel nuts, then which way to use the lever to get the wheel nuts off!
grrrr...
some other random guy come and helped also! In all the process took 30 mins!
and then the spare was bladdy flat also!
so we then had to drive futher to find a stall selling compressed air, fortunately we did, I got to the airport at 7.10 - check in was closed.
Fortunately, they opened when they saw me and allowed me to board.
February 26, 2008
A PREGNANT woman in Papua New Guinea..hung from a tree...gave birth
A PREGNANT woman in Papua New Guinea..hung from a tree...gave birth
From correspondents in Port Moresby
February 26, 2008 11:12am
A PREGNANT woman in Papua New Guinea who was hung from a tree after being accused of sorcery gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself.
Nolan Yekum and her husband Paul were dragged from their house and hung from a tree by fellow tribesmen who accused them of sorcery after the couple's neighbour suddenly died.
Their ordeal occurred in Kilip village near Banz in Western Highlands Province, PNG's newspaper The National reported today.
The woman and her baby girl, her third child, were doing well in Mt Hagen Hospital after two weeks in hiding, the report said.
Her husband said men entered their house in the middle of the night with a rope and tied it round their necks, accusing them of sorcery over their neighbour's death.
They were dragged outside and hung from a tree, he said.
"We managed to loosen the noose to get our feet on the ground ... we were able to free ourselves.
"My wife, who was about seven months pregnant, delivered the baby while struggling to free herself.
"It was a painful experience for me and her," Mr Yekum said.
He said he pleaded with villagers to wait for his neighbour's post-mortem examination and he accused local police of failing to act.
The couple denied practising sorcery.
From correspondents in Port Moresby
February 26, 2008 11:12am
A PREGNANT woman in Papua New Guinea who was hung from a tree after being accused of sorcery gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself.
Nolan Yekum and her husband Paul were dragged from their house and hung from a tree by fellow tribesmen who accused them of sorcery after the couple's neighbour suddenly died.
Their ordeal occurred in Kilip village near Banz in Western Highlands Province, PNG's newspaper The National reported today.
The woman and her baby girl, her third child, were doing well in Mt Hagen Hospital after two weeks in hiding, the report said.
Her husband said men entered their house in the middle of the night with a rope and tied it round their necks, accusing them of sorcery over their neighbour's death.
They were dragged outside and hung from a tree, he said.
"We managed to loosen the noose to get our feet on the ground ... we were able to free ourselves.
"My wife, who was about seven months pregnant, delivered the baby while struggling to free herself.
"It was a painful experience for me and her," Mr Yekum said.
He said he pleaded with villagers to wait for his neighbour's post-mortem examination and he accused local police of failing to act.
The couple denied practising sorcery.
February 23, 2008
February 16, 2008
Bogor - the city of rain!
Bogor, about an hour south of Jakarta is known as the city of rain, well it was raining the weekend that I went there. However, it was quite refreshing after the smog and heat of Jakarta.
A mosque being built near Bogor.
Watch out for the traffic, but the locals find it a good source of captive customers.
The botanical gardens in Bogor are right in the centre of the city, and very beautiful.
Playing some golf, fantastic veiws.
In the foothills of an old volcano.
A mosque being built near Bogor.
Watch out for the traffic, but the locals find it a good source of captive customers.
The botanical gardens in Bogor are right in the centre of the city, and very beautiful.
Playing some golf, fantastic veiws.
In the foothills of an old volcano.
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