.. all forms of friendships are formed out of the unknown into reality ...
He was my language
& literature teacher in secondary school.
In my work life we
cross the pathways in Baimuru basins when he was doing internships with Oil
Search PNG and I was working with Oilmin Downstream Processing Plant there.
As they say it's a
small world, no exception for a diverse Nation like PNG, we came to work and
live in Port Moresby where Mr. Mitio works with PNG Ports as the Stakeholder
Relations Coordinator.
PNGTPA contributes
news article and tourism adverts to the PNG Ports owned Ahoy Magazine which his
team coordinates to publish and disseminates industry and related news and
information to the public.
Back in our
teacher/student days in the school, I would write any piece of writing and
bring to his office for corrections and editing. I cannot recall all of those
topics but one of the topics was "First Met" a narrative writing
practice which has a setting of unknown people meeting and creating lasting
relationships at schools.
Now I do send him
articles to Ahoy Magazine for publication and it continues to be playing the
past days of student and teacher. He has the values to groom students and a
role model.
Today I was
surprised with this special gift (complimentary of PNG Ports - signature). I
told him the stories of my Kayaking adventure in Madang which I did not
realized was on a New Year’s Eve and came back to the shore where the fireworks
and celebrations setup to welcome 2018.
That gave us a good
laugh as this will complement my first weekend of 2018.
At times we PNG
people do not go on a holiday for self-revival and renewal from work
environments, rather tie our holiday times into customary obligations and it
continues with holidays and festive seasons. That was one of the reasons, I
forgot it was on a New Year’s Eve I was Kayaking off Madang seas.
Thank you, my
teacher, mentor and role. This reminds me of something special in every side of
my life.
Pics: (L-R) myself,
Douglas, Mr. Mitio
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