THE TO BE CONTINUATION PART

So I went to Fiji and I came back and I have to say that my failure to update this blog was all part of the ordeal. Two major reasons :

1) Getting internet access just to update your bloody blog can cost you a fortune.
2) I was having too much fun to be wasting my time on a stupid blog.

Yeah! Yeah! So I have photos and a couple of videos that I promised you guys. Unfortunately, the guy who I gave the videos to watch has not returned any of them. But I will get them back eventually because I have somethings that are his so it will eventually turn out to be a barter exchange.

Anyways, first point that should be stated is that, "I AM GOING TO FIJI AGAIN." Alot of people are jealous because I get to go to Fiji twice in a year. Well bottomline is that I am blessed to be given a chance to go twice. The problems are still the same: NEED MORE MONEY.

Although my trip is funded by third parties as usual, I still need to go back with my pockets filled, so to speak. Not only will the "namu train" be waiting for me but the festive season and all its money raping effects will take its toll on me. So here is a point to take into consideration, although Fiji is the best place to be in the festive season, I wouldn't want to be there for one particular reason - Having a shortage of Cash!

So one thing I learnt when I went to Fiji is weekends can be a real joy to my pockets because one thing these Fijians are crazy over is the Yaqona or grog/kava. All my peers from my school year have developed this liking for grog as if it tasted good. Yaqona is a herbal medicine that relieves stress by giving you a buzz that is like no other. Yaqona is only taken when there is a group of two or more people sitting around a grog bowl. There are people who drink alone but those are the hardcore grog swipers (let's not talk about them). Now grog will cost you $10 a bag for 'sevusevu', approximately US$6.35, and that could last you a whole night depending on the amount of people involved. Its really cheap considering the fact that we pay US$11 to get a 12 pack that wouldn't get us as drunk as how yaqona gets us. But the only problem is everytime you go to drink grog with friends, you have to pay US$6.35 for sevusevu. And guys back at home usually do it everyday! So a note to myself would be to cut down on the grog!

*sevusevu - is a fijian tradition of bearing a gift in the form of yaqona/kava/grog. Whenever one visits a place, the individual is to take a bag of yaqona as a sign of good tidings. You're not expected to bring a sevusevu but your will to do so, will bring you alot of respect.

So you should have learnt atleast 3 new things from this post:

1) Updating a blog is proven to be worthless when going to Fiji for a visit.
2) I am going to Fiji again.
3) You should now know a little bit more about drinking grog and traditions or protocols to a occassional kava drinking session.

I would love to ramble more but I have to sleep too. I'll keep you posted!

Cheers,

Ben