QUADRENNIAL PROBLEM !
Every four years (for the South Pacific Games) - and then in between for all the other multi-sport, non-sponsored Games - we get this same last-minute-funding problem ! I suppose one should get used to chronic deja vu - but it can prove quite wearing ! However, as has happened before, money was approved, the necessary transfer was made into the KNOC account, and a cheque was raised on that account and given to the travel agent this afternoon.
The payment was made only thirty minutes before a promised cancellation of the whole project ! Why is it that politicians and civil servants sometimes do not understand the urgency of a situation or accept that overseas deadlines have to be met ?
WE HAVE THE TICKETS !!
As you will see in the photos, at least the Athletics team is VERY HAPPY ! I'm sure the others will be equally joyful once they know !
So now all we need is an aircraft ! Ideally taking off and landing at roughly the right times ! There and back ! And NO HOLES IN OUR RUNWAY during our absence so that we have to divert to Majuro again !
THE POWER OF PRAYER.
You can call it coincidence, but at about 2.40 pm. my Form 5 History class was told to stand up and pray ! We prayed the "Our Father", slowly and with meaning. At about the same time, the cheque to transfer the necessary funds was being paid into the Bank ! It may have been coincidence, but it worked !
Last Modified on 22/08/2007 17:58