http://www.findsaipan.com A blog about a look into daily life in the tropical paradise we call Saipan, with a twist of humor and cynicism. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:21:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On a positive note, check out this cool site!! Granted … he sure is making a lot of noise for nothing. The guy found 11 old slides that his grandfather took pictures of Saipan while station here. That part is cool. But he is charging 40USD for a 13 by ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/11/bottle-of-sand-4995usd-and-can-of-air-1995usd/ In the Front page of Saipan Tribune the public is warned of … Looming economical crises? Incompetent Governor and Government? Financial crises at CUC that will start the good O rolling black out? The under-manned and under-equipped Department of Public Safety that can’t seem to keep tract of its maximum-security inmates? The inept immigration ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/11/dam-you-pink-eye/ Can anyone really believe this, an inmate who was placed in a Maximum-security prison cell, apparently walked out of its cell on Monday and escaped? How does one walked out of a prison complex let alone a maximum-security cell? I mean I figure at a minimum the doors would be ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/10/why-would-a-maximum-security-cell-need-locks/ Okay .. once in a while … every morning I check in to other more popular and older local blogger site. Granted my voice most of the time is at the far left side of the field. Once in a while a blogger hits right at home. Please forgive me ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/04/enough-on-the-government-10-random-thoughts-mv-5-copypasted/ I love to read the letters to the editors, because for the most part the letters are humors. Not because its not well written or the letters themselves funny but because the type of bitching and arguments that are written in. Like a bad online forum with trolls starting a ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/04/dumb-vs-stupid/ Yesterday was one of the first good steps towards recovery of this Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Federal court determined that the CNMI government has no basis for the law barring alien workers working in certain job categories such as taxi cab driver, secretary, bookkeeper, accounting clerk, messenger, ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/04/no-more-taxi-cab-marriages-sad-day-in-middle-east/ Benefit from American education… think about it. That is a strong statement, sadly that is not the case with the educational system on this island. Lack of funds, lack of qualify teachers, lack of basic necessities, I remember few weeks back some school doing a toilet paper donation drive so ... http://www.findsaipan.com/2007/10/03/american-education-%e2%80%a6-whatchoo-talkin-bout/