tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post8997303605210590262..comments2024-03-05T17:54:53.307+10:00Comments on Malum Nalu: End of an era in LaeMalum Naluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17513608976714683688noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-18415296366053804582016-03-17T03:23:23.794+10:002016-03-17T03:23:23.794+10:00Well done Malum, lovely tribute. I used to go to ...Well done Malum, lovely tribute. I used to go to Paul's coffee shop generally every Saturday as it was a wonderful meeting place, although hard to get a seat because it was such a popular place. I leave-housed his place for a couple of weeks when he needed somebody to look after his house when he went to Germany to visit his family. Great place to go after the movies!! So respectful of your own space and deserved the respect back. Wonderful memories, thank you Paul, rest in peace.Joyce Culley-van den Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001527478825940959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-84731056000468510542016-03-17T03:18:11.081+10:002016-03-17T03:18:11.081+10:00What a wonderful tribute Malum! Indeed, Paul was ...What a wonderful tribute Malum! Indeed, Paul was often the Saturday morning ritual if you could get a seat! The place to go to after the movies, and where you meet people, always somebody there you knew. I leave-housed his house for 3 weeks when he went home to Germany in the 1970's. His toasted sandwiches were just so scrumptious as was his iced coffee!<br />Joyce Culley-van den Bos (My father was at DASF Bubia and I went to Lae Tech in 1969)Joyce Culley-van den Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001527478825940959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-43799789941627975762012-04-03T19:02:23.480+10:002012-04-03T19:02:23.480+10:00Well done, Malum! I still think of all the coffees...Well done, Malum! I still think of all the coffees and toasted chicken & mayo sandwiches (and yes, after all these years I can't make mine taste as good). All those afternoons after school when Mum would treat us at Paul's. Really it was so she could have a good chin wag with him over all the glossy magazines. Rest in Peace, Paul. You left a leagacy. Tess Dangla CruzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-74160972918627278292012-04-02T14:55:17.070+10:002012-04-02T14:55:17.070+10:00My love for ham cheese and tomatoe toasties came f...My love for ham cheese and tomatoe toasties came from him in the 80's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-32218910268550415752012-01-24T20:47:36.119+10:002012-01-24T20:47:36.119+10:00How very sad. So many fond memories of sitting at ...How very sad. So many fond memories of sitting at Paul's place for coffee and sandwiches even during working hours in the early seventies.<br />Lieber Paule, wie oft denke ich nach ueber die Zeiten als die ganze Breckwoldt Bande bei Dir "Pause" waehrend der Arbeitszeit gemacht hat! <br />Nun hast Du auch endlich Deinen Frieden.Hartwig Heroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-42613103606270174512011-12-05T06:58:24.986+10:002011-12-05T06:58:24.986+10:00Such sad news... I also remember the old days when...Such sad news... I also remember the old days when I arrived in Lae way back in 1979 and for years we used to all meet with our kids in "Poofter Pauls" on a Saturday morning for those famous chicken and mayo toasties and a good catch up...Sometimes Paul would be sitting at his "bar" by the door with his Afro wig and his beads and glad rags on. I remember my Mum visiting from UK one year and her sitting with him for ages with Paul telling her all about his amazing journey from Eastern Germany to Lae, ironic that I now live in Eastern Germany having come here FROM Lae !! strange world. Another memory of Paul that sticks in my head apart from many nights and "some" afternoons spent in Jacks bar was a party at Unitech where he arrived with a snake around his neck which I ended up wearing, not bad for someone terrified of the creatures.<br />A great icon and a wonderfully funny and nice person. I hope the coffee shop in heaven will be equally as successful, am sure my Mum will be the first there !! RIP Paul. <br />Jan Fichant (Kingston)Jan Fichant (Kingston)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-31825228275008681742011-11-30T21:42:19.669+10:002011-11-30T21:42:19.669+10:00I like the de la Cruz family remember Paul and the...I like the de la Cruz family remember Paul and the famous banana Split! We used to come down from Wau to visit the Jacobsens in Lae and as teenagers this was the place to hang out! Have photos of a 'fancy dress' party with Paul who came in drag! The best iced coffee ever. RIP Paul. You have no idea how much you have left your mark. Fiona HurrellFiona Bassonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-12081354291384823872011-11-28T20:24:43.632+10:002011-11-28T20:24:43.632+10:00Memories of times spent in Paul's coffee shop ...Memories of times spent in Paul's coffee shop will last forever. A meeting place free from restraints of adult sensorship where us teenagers of the time could do as we wanted and were always welcomed. Jodie Brooks (Smith)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-41699463249629201892011-11-27T07:41:56.518+10:002011-11-27T07:41:56.518+10:00Pauls greatest accomplishment, as only he could cr...Pauls greatest accomplishment, as only he could create.......the most enormous Banana Split.....thanks to Paul I acquired a lifetime supply of those long spoons used for milkshakes and iced coffee/chocolate....RIP I will return them to you untap when we meet again,...love from the entire de la Cruz family and all relations.John de la Cruznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-30181891712041249942011-11-26T18:10:18.013+10:002011-11-26T18:10:18.013+10:00An icon of the town. RIP. I, and our 'gang'...An icon of the town. RIP. I, and our 'gang' - Greg & Jenny Pike, Crowley brothers, Jackie & Julie Mac, Steve Corby, Jenny Fraser and, and ... were there at the start - when the IPI building was built and Paul moved in. It was our favourite haunt - and Saturday morning gathering point. Paul always looked after us - and never kicked us out, despite that we ordered little and stayed long!<br /><br />Can only hope that someone else takes on the shop.Peter Nizettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-91261563523282212102011-11-25T21:40:56.188+10:002011-11-25T21:40:56.188+10:00He first created the cheese, baked bean and onion ...He first created the cheese, baked bean and onion toasted sandwich for me in 1970. RIP Paul.<br /><br />RogerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-2854413454173252952011-11-25T18:18:04.453+10:002011-11-25T18:18:04.453+10:00Thank you for writing this.
A vibrant character w...Thank you for writing this. <br />A vibrant character whom all of us Lae kids have at least one funny/fond story about. You take with you a part of my childhood, many great memories and that darn toasted chicken and mayo sandwich recipe! Lae town will not be the same without you standing behind that beautiful old cash register serving amazing iced coffees to kids with nowhere else to congregate. Rest in peace - I hope the heavens know that you're coming and have planned the reception accordingly.Angela Pennefathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-23609244674582763652011-11-25T18:07:03.922+10:002011-11-25T18:07:03.922+10:00I remember him well. Sad loss to the town.I remember him well. Sad loss to the town.Greg Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993195923068635969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-15939671809351546392011-11-25T08:23:02.471+10:002011-11-25T08:23:02.471+10:00Pauls coffee shop"A little bit of civilisatio...Pauls coffee shop"A little bit of civilisation...in an otherwise hostile environment" thanks Paul,for all the good times,god speed...CORBCORBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488140753870994168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-20614225326347477672011-11-25T07:38:23.022+10:002011-11-25T07:38:23.022+10:00you said it all well Malum. Great story. R.I.P. Pa...you said it all well Malum. Great story. R.I.P. Paul good memoriesLarian Sloan (Rutland)http://www.malenyarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-25952434941406182542011-11-25T07:23:11.764+10:002011-11-25T07:23:11.764+10:00We started going to Paul's coffee shop in the ...We started going to Paul's coffee shop in the late 60's when we lived in Goroka and would drive down to Lae for weekends. I was about 10 and his cafe in the IPI was so cool. He had great music playing on the reel to reel tape player and the coffee and chicken mayo sandwiches were always the best. When we moved to Lae in the mid 70's it was a meeting place for catching up with family & friends. Paul would give you a warm hug and kiss when you arrived and make you feel welcome. Love and prayers to you Paul xoxoDianne (Bluett) Wellington-Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-83664136000720857282011-11-25T06:59:41.519+10:002011-11-25T06:59:41.519+10:00Beautifully written Malum, as my sister said, you ...Beautifully written Malum, as my sister said, you did him proud, gone but never forgotten xMarianne De La Mottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-50732901783709057172011-11-25T02:12:04.337+10:002011-11-25T02:12:04.337+10:00To Malum Nalu, a wonderful piece, you did him prou...To Malum Nalu, a wonderful piece, you did him proud.....xRobyn Fowlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-58047056225449245062011-11-25T02:10:18.936+10:002011-11-25T02:10:18.936+10:00As I said on facebook, he was a man that impacted ...As I said on facebook, he was a man that impacted so many lives that 30-40 years later he is remembered with love and affection by all the Lae Brats........Robyn Fowler (De La Motte)Robyn Fowler (De La Motte)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-79822169392059328222011-11-24T22:02:17.610+10:002011-11-24T22:02:17.610+10:00Great story and such a great guy, he used to let m...Great story and such a great guy, he used to let me get things on credit during the week and then I'd pay him on Saturday with my pocket money. One of his other signature dishes was the kabanna with toast and mustard. The patience he had for us teenagers was amazing.Annalisa Aspden (Bluett)noreply@blogger.com