Every once in a while, somebody emerges with such an amazing mix of intelligence, drive, attractiveness and character that you can tell immediately they are on their way to greater things...read article
When black is no longer beautiful…
Recently I was with my daughter when I met somebody I know. This person says to me that it’s a pity my daughter’s gone so dark but not too worry she’ll get fair again in a few months. I didn’t know whether to laugh it off or swear at the person for being.... previous article
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke
I’m not the pulpit-pounding type of preacher – at least I don’t consider myself to be a Bible-bashing, tongues-talking type of preacher. The congregation in my circuit/parish may differ in opinion...... previous article
bigger even than the Victoria Cross
One of the final acts of writing a book is the dedication: that special person who perhaps inspired you the most and who, in return, you want to dedicate your work. After countless hundreds of hours hunched over a computer, churning out the pages.... previous article
Hitting the 3 millionth mark
Nung ho from Shanghai to everyone in Fiji and the Pacific. We are now half way through Expo 2010 and we have received over 3
million visitors to the Pacific Pavilion... read article
Fiji School of Medicine: Waving Fiji’s flag
Overlooking the Suva Harbour up at Tamavua is an institution that has over the past 125 years quietly turned out medical practitioners, not just from Fiji but from all over the Pacific, who have gone on to greater things.
The Fiji School of Medicine marks a milestone this year, and from its humble beginnings now has campuses at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva (Hoodless House and Pasifika Campus). The school may soon find itself being established in the Solomon Islands where the government has given the institution free land to build a school.
Pacific Pavilion at Shanghai
What becomes apparent as you walk around the vast urban expanse that is the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, is that many of these very expensive international pavilions are essentially, elaborate pedestrian thoroughfares with multi-screened, multi-lingual audio visual experiences inside.
The variety of ways you can move through the pavilions is indeed striking, the Swiss have a chair lift, the Danes a bicycle track, the Italians escalators, Finland a cylindrical ramp, the Kiwis a slope which is landscaped on top and exhibition space underneath.
Vesi: Fiji’s iconic tree?
How often do we come home after a long day at work and feel exhausted and hungry, the fridge is empty and the most unpleasant
thing happens: our partner/spouse/ parent is in the mood of continuing last night’s or the previous week’s discussion, the phone is ringing, the kids are hungry and you actually thought you could just lie down and relax. Vaya!
Stress is a normal component of life. In certain amounts it helps us stay alert and be productive. But when stress turns into an unpleasant component of our lives, it can be harmful to our health and our risk for heart attacks and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, increases.
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