Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Leaving Fiji

JULY 20!!  JULY 20!! It is official.  Sally and I will be on a plane out of Fiji on July 20th.  We don’t quite know where that plane will land, but WE WILL BE ON IT!  We are currently at our Close of Service Workshop talking about how to back out of our villages in the least destructive way.  We are also learning how to be American again—like how to write a resume and stop at stoplights. 

Right now I am staying at the Pearl, a really nice hotel in Pacific Harbor where Andrea use to live and I spent some part of a month back in 2003.  It brings back funny memories although it is such a different place after living in a Fijian village for 2 years.  Namely. it is much, much nicer than I remember it.  Then again, it is still in Fiji which means that they are out of coffee and that the shower leaks all over the rest of the bathroom.  Evidently water is different in Fiji because I have never seen a shower where the water did not leak all of the rest of the bathroom.

Anyway, I just wanted to get the word out: July 20th.  That means that if you are planning on meeting us in Indonesia, you can plan accordingly.  I’m thinking of you Andrea.  See you there.

Monday, April 4, 2011

"Using your knife on the land is where you should use it as that is its proper use."

--Another Fijian proverb written on the same bus stop, only written in Fijian and translated by me.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Quote of the Day

“Revenge is a dish that taste good when it is cold.”

--Fijian Proverb as written on a bus shelter, in English