Oct 2005 - Work and Play
Work has been going well with village visits for consultation meetings, including a trip to the big island of savaii and several lobster meals, various policies being drafted and soccer games won. We even had a walkathon to raise money for, wait for it, the social club! Imagine having to ask people to sponsor you to walk in aid of your work social club? I have also completed my first conference paper and am due to present it at the National Environment Forum this week – scary! I don’t think I want to be an academic after all…There have been the usual spate of beach stays and snorkelling, paddling, dancing lessons and even a performance (to our friends) plus the annual Teuila festival, a celebration of Samoan culture, which was quite cool. Highlights of the festival included: the traditional song and dance competition which consisted of upwards of 30 people from a village performing; the ‘concert’ at the sports stadium by polynesian supergroup ‘Te Vaka’, which was exciting in the fact there was a big stage, lights, sound system etc in a stadium with the promise of lots of drumming, but turned out to be cheesy 80s pop influenced music and not many people in the crowd; and the final event of the week, the Miss Teuila pageant to determine Miss Samoa who will compete in the Miss South Pacific competition. This pageant was a classic! The girls came in all shapes and levels of beauty and their costumes and speeches were often hilarious and sometimes very wrong. The hosts commentary was even funnier
posted by N-Lo @ 3:46 pm
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