Vadrai village, the name of the village we went to have picnic with Conservatoire students on Wednesday. Which near the beach that World War I and World War II that the army first landed Fiji, it is also the place that Indian first landed and the first beach in Fiji to have resort. The village is also the home village of Master Lai.
Because I didn't go swimming on that day, I had a talk with Master Lai of whether he likes living in Suva or living in the village. He said, sometimes when he wants to get out of the life in the busy city,he will just go back to the village, lay down somewhere near the beach and under the coconut tree, read a book, no one is going to push you to work and you can get up whenever you like and you do not need to cook, just enjoy your life. That sounds terrific to me. Quite Fijian lifestyle, take your time and relax. But I know that I can never be a person like that.I think the most important thing I learnt from the 3 weeks working experience is patient. And take my time to do things. Everything will have a solution at the end, just no rush, go with the fallow and be positive with every difficult I meet.
It is sunny for the whole day, I can see everyone's smiling face. The lunch is very yummy and I think the two kids had a fun with us as well. This is my best picnic experience ever.Thanks for the hospitality of the conservatory students and thanks for master Lai to have us in his village. Although I got sun burned, still a lot of fun there.
Here I want to correct a mistake I made in my second post. According to Master Lai, Fijian needs to be at least 18 years old to get married.
Master Lai is the son of the chief of that village, but when his father pass away, he was overseas and only 20 years old. His father's brother took over the responsibility and became the chief of the village, but when his uncle pass away or out of the village, Master Lai needs to take over the responsibility of the chief.
During the time we stayed in the bus for other people to do the savusavu to the chief as tradition, one of the conservatory students told me some mystery things. Because there were many people dead during the War near the beach, some nearby villages can hear the cry at night. I think that is the reason that I didn't swim on that day....Although the sands are soft and the water is so warm.
Because I didn't go swimming on that day, I had a talk with Master Lai of whether he likes living in Suva or living in the village. He said, sometimes when he wants to get out of the life in the busy city,he will just go back to the village, lay down somewhere near the beach and under the coconut tree, read a book, no one is going to push you to work and you can get up whenever you like and you do not need to cook, just enjoy your life. That sounds terrific to me. Quite Fijian lifestyle, take your time and relax. But I know that I can never be a person like that.I think the most important thing I learnt from the 3 weeks working experience is patient. And take my time to do things. Everything will have a solution at the end, just no rush, go with the fallow and be positive with every difficult I meet.
yummy lunch
It is sunny for the whole day, I can see everyone's smiling face. The lunch is very yummy and I think the two kids had a fun with us as well. This is my best picnic experience ever.Thanks for the hospitality of the conservatory students and thanks for master Lai to have us in his village. Although I got sun burned, still a lot of fun there.
Here I want to correct a mistake I made in my second post. According to Master Lai, Fijian needs to be at least 18 years old to get married.
Yay! your best picnic ever... it was so wonderful wasn't it.
回复删除And I think you learned a lot of very important life lessons in Fiji, even if you can never see yourself living in a Fijian village. Take your time, go slow, deal with problems as they happen!
Bula:)