One kinda PNG Nuyia

So Nuyia 2006 is on.

I actually had a good new years eve. It’s almost passé these days to say “I hate new years” – but I guess most of us still do and don’t in some way or another (or pretend not to care in one way or another). Maybe it helped that I wasn’t sure what it would be like, kinda like that movie you’re seeing that you haven’t read a preview of, so I was happy! Once again hanging with Alex & Jonika more that anything – months into hanging out and they’re still way cool.

People wise (national and ex-pat) things get quiet over here in Lae over Dec/Jan. For the next few weeks, think I’m the only AVI still in town (normally 4 or 5 of us)! So the group of buddies I’ve been tagging with generally was a little diminished – but we made up for it as best as possible on the dance floor of the Lae International Hotel. We started quiet with DVD’s n more relaxo-rancho. Eventually we trucked 1 minutes down the road to the Lae International, where everyone else had been having the large buffet dinner… maybe 150 people there or something. Following a 4 song set by 3 islander style-dancing ladies, people were up on the floor and dancing to a… variable mix of pop & rock. There was a beach theme, a countdown and hugs n kisses all round. Happy Dayz as an old friend used to say a lot - All good fun.

All good fun, but there were also oft moments in the night where I couldn’t help but think to those ppl in Melbourne I’m missing. Alot.

I woke up on New Years day a little sore and flicked on BBC World. Brandenburg Gate looked pretty cool, half-a-million in Paris at the Eiffel tower, 2 million on Rio’s Cocapabana (sp?) beach, two-hundred-thousand in Edinburgh, and thousands, of course, in Sydney for the Harbor bridge. New Years might be a bit of st*pid effort for some people, but it’s always kinda cool that it happens all round the world for 24-odd hours.

Viva la 2006 peoples! Hope it’s a good one for all...