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International Girls: Poem

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Girls and ladies! Women are just something else. I was just thinking about the countless girls from abroad who have kind off asked me out or who I have dated and my this is what I came up with in just 5 minutes! International Girls SI girl love the way you sing Im gonna give you my everything Fijian girl so tough yet can love me Its not a joke just let us be Aussie girl you wild as PNG mate But so hard for me to date Chinese girl just so easy to date But you might be counterfeit Kiwi girl c'mon teach me the Haka Get in that All Black car-car Japanese girl damn you're so high tech Girl forget the past I want you back English girl pretty as the Queen Please your heart let me win US girl so cool like Obama Makes me wanna... French girl love you lips and language Au revior we going on a voyage Indian girl full of jewelry and dance You know one at first glance West Papuan girl my closest neighbor Let's get married now not later Pinoy girl so white as sand...

My first job was a Cleaner and I loved it

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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...