Tarakan has been celebrating its 12th anniversary for about two weeks. The last day of the party was held on Sunday at the beach. One of the main attractions for those of us with MAF was the blowgun competition. One of the national MAF workers was competing and several of us went to watch. David Holsten, our program manager, told me that he has seen Pak (Sir) Nelson shoot sparrows off of the rafters of the hangar with his blowgun. These blow guns are made of a hardwood which they drill out with hand made tools. There was even a women’s competition and these ladies were good! For a joke, David and Tim Maynard (the MAF maintenance specialist) entered the competition. They were such a novelty, they go their picture on the front page of the newspaper.