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Taxi security
PASSENGER notices at least two big cockroaches scampering around her shopping bags in the taxi and complains to the driver. Taxi driver returns a reassuring smile, saying they are his “security guards”. Yuck!
Short form
MANY refer to a security guard, in short, as a “sickie” or “sikki” or “sikhy” or “seek ye”. No one knows for sure how it should be spelt, unfortunately.
New Year
TODAY is the Chinese New Year. 2022 is the Year of the Tiger. In the Chinese Zodiac, the tiger is associated with power and rebellion.
Cock-fighting
IT’S not even the Year of the Rooster but police have uncovered a cock-fighting racket being operated by expatriates in Sandaun involving large sums of money, using drug-injected roosters to fight until death or until one cannot fight anymore. Cruel.
So quiet
HOUSE is so quiet with the children gone to school. Mum misses the noise around the house so much she cannot wait for the school bus to arrive at 3.30pm. Nothing compares to having the little brats around to keep her busy.
Trying hard
COLLEAGUE who has been on wagon since Jan 1 is avoiding his mates especially around pay day, and never ventures anywhere close to his regular watering holes. 11 more months to go, bro!
Food for thought
THROW away your “I cannot do it” mentality, and replace it with “I don’t know how but let’s figure it out” mentality.
Top quote
“THE roosters are injected with drugs brought in by their owners to make them ready to fight. They are then fitted with razor sharp spurs known as gaffs, put into a ring called cockpit and they fight until one rooster is injured and unable to fight or a rooster is dead.” – Police Commissioner David Manning.

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