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the Office was aware that the chief was not used to the modern amenities. The chief consulted his aide, who is one of his own tribe, and enquired where he could go to relieve himself.

Calmly, the aide guided him to the bathroom, explained to him about the usage of the toilet and demonstrated on how to flush after using. Dazed, the chief stared at the twirling water in the toilet bowl and then looked out of the washroom window.

Satisfied, the aide closed the door to the bathroom and waited nearby. He was shocked when he heard the chief shouting at the top of his voice in their dialect from the washroom:

"Move away, you people down there. I'm going to do my stuff or else it will fall onto you! Move away quickly!"

The chief had thought that his "stuff" would drop straight down the pipe, onto the street below.

THE FLYING RUBBER SLIPPERS

In the early years, there was no road linking the nearest town in our areas. The only mean of transportation was by boat or air. Normally the locals would go around using their boats to go to the nearest destination but for those who wanted to go further away, they would need to use air which was being serviced by a Twin Otter which could seat 16 people. There was no stewardess aboard, only the pilot and co-pilot.

One of the village men was a proud father of a three sons who managed to secure jobs with the Government sector. To show their appreciations to their father's contributions, the children decided to bring him to the town where they worked and on the day when he was supposed to go, one of his sons came to pick him up from the interior and the next day they were at the airport waiting to board the plane. The children had briefed him on airsickness and he was confident he would be able to go through except for the scary thought of the plane falling down from the sky. The thoughts gave him butterflies in his tummy but he did not want to show. The weather was also not friendly to him for his first ever trip as it was raining and a bit windy.

When it was boarding time, everybody was rushing and he was quite relieved when they were already seated inside and lifting off. He closed his eyes all the way and his son thought he was sleeping. When they finally arrived and the door of the plane opened, all of them waited for their turn to exit. As soon as they were on the ground, the village man kept looking around him, as if searching for something. He went to look near the stairs as well as under the airplane.

Curious,

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