Kaikai buai, saksak na tok pisin wantaim ol wantok stret....The Sion Family.

Sunday 12th of September, nothing good planned for the day but switching from TV channels to channels with no real intention of watching any particular program. All the while my work clothes was spinning in the washing machine. Then, all of a sudden at around 10:30am my mobile rang and I answered the phone - transcript:
Me: Heello..
Caller: Papu yu redi na stap, bai mi kam kisim yu kam lo haus. Narapla papu blo Lou na family blo em bai kam tu.
Me: Thankyou turu, mi stap tasol lo haus, nogat plan blo displa sunday
Caller: Bai mi arive in 15 minutes time..
Me: Ok..ok..klostu taim bai mi go wait tamblo lo rot..
Caller: Ok catch
Me: OooKey.

The caller was Mr. Kanau Sion and I have just been invited to spend this Sunday with them. (Photo to the right: The Sion Family - From Manus)




Photo to the Left: Kanau Sion na Mica (sine) - Fathers on a shopping mission with shopping list approved by the wives.


We papua new guineans love to have coconut juice in all our dishes regardless of where in the world we're residing. This two Manusians, Lou na Kurrti are seen buying canned coconut milk.

After the shopping, we took a detour to a local winery not far from the shopping centre...

(photo to the right: vineyard at the back)

We were given free glasses of wine to taste and not long we were requesting to taste different flavours of wine.. ..heee...we must have drank three glasses each...chance free wine ya...hee...eee.


After all these free glasses, we settled on this two bottle of wine.















It was a really fun filled family gathering, with all children enjoying each others company without any care of the cold weather.

The mothers were tuck into their corner chating away and keeping a watch on the papas and their laughing noices in the backyard..

Compliment to the mothers for a wonderful meal. Typical PNG made and surely SAKSAK was on the menu with boiled red snapper. It's been a while so I dived for the red snapper and a bit of everying on the table.

Ending the day with Buai, daka and Kambang even makes the afternoon feels like I was in PNG.


Children busy at their own games...



The Sions' residence