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| sigatoka sand dunes |
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Sigatoka sand dunes
The ocean is amazing at the sand dunes. The sand dunes are famous for finding shards of lapita pottery.
Various events
Here are some pictures of various events. Music at the Oceanic centre. A cow in our neighborhood, at a Hindu family's house that was morning a death. The baby cow would be given to the priest at the end of the rituals. That cow just added to the 3am yodeling that goes on by the dogs. Some shots of Tonga when I went back in May. Pictures that seem to be of empty lots are empty because of the riots and the buildings were burnt down.
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| various events |
Fund raiser
This was a fund raiser for the Solomon Island Tsunami appeal. Some of these pictures are actually video and I have to figure out how to download them. Enjoy till I get them done as video.
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| Soloman's fund raising |
An Ode to Mold
Mold and mildew are my friends
I bleach it, frebreeze it, and they will still be here till the end
Black spots do abound, especially if you leave your sweaty cloth on the ground
I surrender to the mold and chose to accept it
So if you see black spots on my white t shirt its because I have embraced it!
I bleach it, frebreeze it, and they will still be here till the end
Black spots do abound, especially if you leave your sweaty cloth on the ground
I surrender to the mold and chose to accept it
So if you see black spots on my white t shirt its because I have embraced it!
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| the mold series |
Ah more photos!!
Well this has only taken me an hour to download these last two entries, god bless fiji!!!
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| some pictures of life in fiji |
Almost Finished
I am almost finished school, I have one exam next Friday so I thought I will persevere and load some pictures, even if it take me all day! So here we go....
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| making an art box |
Friday, May 18, 2007
the reason why I can't blog
I have been trying for days to download some photos of my life and adventures but
I keep getting timed out! So here is a link to a story that may explain why I can't get my postings up!
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=62944
Anyway life is good, school is great I love being a mature student and giving teachers heck when they don't follow through or basically screw-up. I have pottery on Wednesday and Fridays which I am totally loving, but finding the clay difficult to work with. My family is coming to visit for a month in July, which I am totally excited about. I am super busy with adventures with Stan and Josie, pictures to follow soon I hope! Well I am off to write up my labs and a balcony party tonight.
Jay
I keep getting timed out! So here is a link to a story that may explain why I can't get my postings up!
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=62944
Anyway life is good, school is great I love being a mature student and giving teachers heck when they don't follow through or basically screw-up. I have pottery on Wednesday and Fridays which I am totally loving, but finding the clay difficult to work with. My family is coming to visit for a month in July, which I am totally excited about. I am super busy with adventures with Stan and Josie, pictures to follow soon I hope! Well I am off to write up my labs and a balcony party tonight.
Jay
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
A day of pottery
We met a lovely woman at the fiji museum and her and her mom make pottery. We asked if they would teach us how they make pottery in fiji, and they we happy to teach us at their village. The village is about 1/2 hour by car from Suva, before the airport. They collect the clay from the river bank of the Rewa River, and make all sorts of traditional pots and little pigs, ducks and bura's to sell at the museum. I made a little pig and Josie made a little pot. We had a great day and feel very inspired to do our own pottery here at the house.
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| day of pottery |
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| day of pottery |
Being creative
I don't remember how this creative endeavor started but this is just a sampling of what we are doing:
I remember now, we went to an outdoor craft market and decided that it would be fun to do a table, and since it is only one Sunday a month it is not a huge commitment. We have now decided we won't do the craft market, too unpredictable with the weather, so we are currently looking for other venues.
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| creating |
I remember now, we went to an outdoor craft market and decided that it would be fun to do a table, and since it is only one Sunday a month it is not a huge commitment. We have now decided we won't do the craft market, too unpredictable with the weather, so we are currently looking for other venues.
gifts and valentines day
Stan and I went out with Josie and the family for valentines day! We went to Stan's favorite restaurant.... McDonald's, thats right McDonald's for Valentines day dinner. Look at photo to understand...
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| gifts and valentines day |
Getting use to the heat and the military
Well we are now back home in Suva and getting use to the humidity again. Here are some random photos. It is interesting that while I was taking a movie with my camera of the pot holes and a military check point my camera died!
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| getting back into the groove! |
March 24th
Well I have great news, Josie has lent me her old camera and my dad is sending me his old underwater camera! So soon I will be taking tons of pictures again. Also I am home today working on the computer writing up my labs that I did yesterday for class, so I can work on the blog at the same time! The internet connection has been very slow so it has been near impossible to down load the pictures, but today it seems to be working. So finally! drum roll please... PICTURES:
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| denarau weekend |
Friday, March 09, 2007
March 10th 2007
March 10, 2007
I am sorry for not working on the blog, several things have happened that have stopped me. The worst is that my camera has gone on strike!!! It will turn on but it refuses to take any pictures! I think it is the humidity. I tried to find a place to get it repaired but it seems they have to ship it to Japan and it will cost me hundreds of dollars. So I will take a hairdryer to it and see if that will help. A piece of advise to anyone buying a camera, if you plan on taking the camera to a really humid place for an extended amount of time buy a underwater camera even if it never enters water.
The other reasons I have not worked on the blog is that I have started school!!!!! I am two weeks into the program and loving it. I am taking textiles and apparel, I have 3 classes; the first is the apparel class which is learning to make garments and sewing. The class final project will be a fashion show, where the students will have to model there originally designed evening wear. My second class is an art fundamentals class it is a total blast, tons of homework that I love, and again a huge finally project. This project is to explore a major theme like death, birth, and or ritual and apply it to a medium that you enjoy working in with a pacific flair. I have not decided what I am going to do yet, but I do have a few ideas’ floating in my head. My last class is the textiles course, basically the chemistry of fibre’s. This class is a distance class so I have to be very motivate to stay on track and stick to the time line. I have 7 labs to do for this class, like burning fabric and pour acid on it and things like that. And again a final project! On Masi, which is fibre cloth that is made and used in many Fijian ceremonies, it is the same as ngatu in Tonga. I am really enjoying this project since I feel somewhat comfortable with the process of making Masi after watching Stan’s mom make it. I am glad I took so many pictures of her working through the various stages of making Masi; they will come in handy with the paper.
Very exciting news Stan’s sister and youngest Tua ofa has joined us. Ana is taking a double major in English and geography and will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts. Well that has you up to date with my life. I do have pictures to down load and I promise I will get to it in the next week. Josie has kindly lent me her camera so that will be a lifesaver. We are off to a village about 1 hour from Suva to spend the day with a local potter; she is going to take us through the whole process of pottery in Fiji. From digging the clay to firing the pieces, I am totally excited. More news and pictures soon!!!
Jay
I am sorry for not working on the blog, several things have happened that have stopped me. The worst is that my camera has gone on strike!!! It will turn on but it refuses to take any pictures! I think it is the humidity. I tried to find a place to get it repaired but it seems they have to ship it to Japan and it will cost me hundreds of dollars. So I will take a hairdryer to it and see if that will help. A piece of advise to anyone buying a camera, if you plan on taking the camera to a really humid place for an extended amount of time buy a underwater camera even if it never enters water.
The other reasons I have not worked on the blog is that I have started school!!!!! I am two weeks into the program and loving it. I am taking textiles and apparel, I have 3 classes; the first is the apparel class which is learning to make garments and sewing. The class final project will be a fashion show, where the students will have to model there originally designed evening wear. My second class is an art fundamentals class it is a total blast, tons of homework that I love, and again a huge finally project. This project is to explore a major theme like death, birth, and or ritual and apply it to a medium that you enjoy working in with a pacific flair. I have not decided what I am going to do yet, but I do have a few ideas’ floating in my head. My last class is the textiles course, basically the chemistry of fibre’s. This class is a distance class so I have to be very motivate to stay on track and stick to the time line. I have 7 labs to do for this class, like burning fabric and pour acid on it and things like that. And again a final project! On Masi, which is fibre cloth that is made and used in many Fijian ceremonies, it is the same as ngatu in Tonga. I am really enjoying this project since I feel somewhat comfortable with the process of making Masi after watching Stan’s mom make it. I am glad I took so many pictures of her working through the various stages of making Masi; they will come in handy with the paper.
Very exciting news Stan’s sister and youngest Tua ofa has joined us. Ana is taking a double major in English and geography and will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts. Well that has you up to date with my life. I do have pictures to down load and I promise I will get to it in the next week. Josie has kindly lent me her camera so that will be a lifesaver. We are off to a village about 1 hour from Suva to spend the day with a local potter; she is going to take us through the whole process of pottery in Fiji. From digging the clay to firing the pieces, I am totally excited. More news and pictures soon!!!
Jay
Thursday, February 15, 2007
feb 2nd Auckland
Well we had high hopes for this day, but it all fell apart. We decided that we were going to move hotels so we could be very close to the airport, since we had to be there at 5am. Josie and I decided we would take the bags to the new location and then go and pickup the girls and head off to the museum. Well the freeway goddess had other plans. We located the location of the hotel on google search only to find out that we were in the right location from the map but the hotel was not there. To make a very long driving story short, what should have taken us 20 minutes tops (hitting every light) took us 3 1/2 hours, thats right 3 1/2 hours so needless to say we missed the museum and had to get quickly ready for the cirque. The cirque was amazing as always and our dinner was fabulous. Auckland's visit was short but it was time to head home...
Feb 1 Auckland
Josie's mom is going to watch the kids so we can shop!!! We hit the streets running
(there is a lot of ground to cover) we start the morning navigating the freeway's of Auckland, the goddess of overpasses got us to our first destination of Ponsonby Street safely. After several hours of walking the streets we jump back into the car to again navigate the streets to get to our second shopping destination of Parnell street. After a long day of browsing we head home for Josie's birthday dinner with her family.
(there is a lot of ground to cover) we start the morning navigating the freeway's of Auckland, the goddess of overpasses got us to our first destination of Ponsonby Street safely. After several hours of walking the streets we jump back into the car to again navigate the streets to get to our second shopping destination of Parnell street. After a long day of browsing we head home for Josie's birthday dinner with her family.
Auckland Jan 31st
Well we have arrived in Auckland, Josie's mom Jackie picks us up at the airport. We go to Jackie's house for lunch and then I go back to the hotel for a nap while the kids go play in a park. I head back to Josie's mom's for dinner. We are to bed early to get ready for a head spinning next day!
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