Feeeeeeeeeel the Ruuuuuuushhh
One of my favorite things in Fiji is walking in town with Fijians. I just got back from shooting more footage for my segment and I went with Sami and Courtney. Courtney’s 20 and the host of Mai Corner, the kids show that airs on the television station. Walking around down there, they of course bump into to tons of people, which is always fun.
Last week here was the huge Digicel launch where they had the New Zealand band Katchafire play and Sean Kingston. It was raining all day and the park was filled with mud everywhere. It started at 5 and went on and on and on, but no one was really too excited. Apparently 60,000 were there but you could easily here a pin drop. We ended up leaving two songs into Sean Kingston’s set, but it was still a fun time. People from the office here were filming the concert and I later found out that there was a mishap with the stereos – one reason why the concert wasn’t even loud.
Saturday night Junior, Laura’s host brother, called me up ordering me to come to house at 7:30. I agreed of course. Before 7:30 he called me four more times to make sure I was coming. Brian, Ian, and I got to Laura’s house with Tuti and hung out and drank there for a while, which was so much fun. Junior also kept asking me about my host sister – I felt like a matchmaker, haha. My host sister and her friend Smig stopped by too after their formal at Tradewinds and we all went to the nightclub Islanders.
Sunday I finally got to interview Tuti where I learned a ton. I still have to do another interview for my assignments. Friday is Fiji Day so that should be fun. Plus my host family plans on finally getting their car back (they haven’t had it since I’ve been here) from the mechanic so we can go for a drive possibly because we’re staying this weekend in Suva instead of going to Pacific Harbor.
I’m also really happy because I have a 21 song Fiji playlist. I need to find more songs still though.
