My first job was a Cleaner and I loved it
Cleaning! Everyone loves to hate cleaning but once in our lives or currently we do it as a job or a chore. I won't say I'm the tidiest person but I clean when there is a need to or just when I'm bored. But being a CLEANER was my first ever paid job and I was so proud of my job and cleaning. Back in 1999 after completing Grade 8 at St Luke's Primary School in Gusap, commonly known as Ramu today, my neighbor and childhood brother Alfred (Fred) Baloiloi decided to do something adventurous for the holidays. I mean we had a normal life growing up with mum and dad providing for us and had lots of fun. But that year, we wanted to do something different and against all odds decided we would find a job and work to earn some money during the holidays. And we did! My late dad Kellie Thom was a graduate engineer from the University of Technology in Lae and Fred's dad was an Instrumental Engineer and both worked in the Factory Department of Ramu Sugar Limited (now Ramu Agr...