Wednesday, October 28, 2009

F1J1 - October 2009

A summary of the stories filed from the team's recent time in Fiji:
  • Getting Your Money's worth from Frequent Flyer Points - stopovers, lost luggage, unnecessary hotels, Fijian web (Dub-Low-Dub-Low-Dub-Low), .....Hullo?
  • Local Transport - ....... very local
  • Costume Parade at School
  • Book Night - Two great authors share horror stories - neither are fiction
  • The Village - memories of floods, roadworks, Chiefs, 100+ smiling kids, powerless (and no water either), ceremony, a rich cultural heritage "enhanced" by Christianity, adoption and extended families Fiji style, Fiji's new computer technician (a race against time), we're not in a resort now Toto
  • Charity begins at....... - Peace Park, parking fees, Michael (homeless, half & half, heaven bound), "THey may disturb your peace"
  • Karaoke - killing in the name of.....good taste; the first international convention of Couples Who Had "I Was Made For Loving You" as  A Bridal Waltz
  • The News Limited Stooge versus the Lefty Stooge - one giant assault for man, a small non-subscriber for News Ltd
  • National Security - A Few Good Men and One Great Woman ("you want me on that fence, you need me on that fence").
  • Deserted Island - deserted by George Speight, billionaires here, Ukrainian night clubs, never thought possible in the Netherlands, the logical connection between Holland, Greece, Australia and Fiji
  • Miss'k - grave views, second hand first rate, comes a time for all cultures, video pirates or vigilantes? chicken sold on the shelf?!?! 
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  • "Virginia Woolfe" and "Tim Costello" - mien hosts, chow mein, support of the most amazing kind, dearest and most cherished friends