ANOTHER MADEA VIDEO.... i love madea... so funny!

MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL QUOTE TAKEN FROM MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION A MOVIE THAT I WAS PRIVELLEGED TO WATCH YETERDAY. IT'S FROM THE SCENE WHERE CICELY TYSON (AS AUNT MYRTLE) TALKS ABOUT TAKING PRIDE IN YOURSELF AND IN YOUR HERITAGE.




Family reunions are about uniting the family, bringing together the young and old. Singing and dancing and thanking God, giving him the glory.

Thanking him for getting us over. As we marched up the road this afternoon, what we saw were young men gambling, fighting, cussing. Women with no clothes on gyrating all over on this land.

Do you see this shack. The man and woman we were born here gave birth to this generation. They were slaves. They worked this ground, but they bought it from the widow of the slave owner and that's the kind of blood we have running though our veins. That's the stock we are made of.

What happened to us. What happened to us. Who are you. Do you know who you are. What happened to the pride and the dignity and the love and respect that we had for one another. Where did it go. And how, How do we get it back.

I'ma tell you. Young Black men, take your place. We need you. Your sons and daughters need you. Did you understand what I just said. You were sold off and had no choice, yes but now it's time to stay. Take your place. Now. Starting now. Starting now.

Young black women, you are more than your thighs and your hips. You are beautiful, strong, powerful. I want more from you. Take your place.

I want every single one of you, young man, young woman, turn to the next person standing alongside of you. Grab them and hug them and tell them that you love 'em. Tell them, 'If you need anything, come to me.' 'If you need somebody to talk to, come to me.' 'I'll give you the shoulder, I'll give you the hug. I'll feed you, I'll clothe you if you need it.

That's how you start from this moment. When you leave this reunion today, you take that with you.

IN THE JUNGLE.... very cute video!

FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

well, here's me posting yet again... it seems to me that i can do like totally impromptu posts mostly towards the weekend.. this week was not as stressful as i thought it would be... there's of course the usual assignments due and stories for JN but other than that, i've been spending a good deal øf time checking up on my blogs and other people's blogs... i finally figured out how to work in links to the sidebar and i even included my shoutbox to it...

i've decided that every friday i will post a recap of my week in general... although i will still post a daily update if the situation demands it.... found some photos of my niece Jessica, she's like 6 months now, the photos were taken in the weeks following her discharge from the hospital. isn't she just adoable??? she was born weighing 4.10kg and now she's like 7.46kg.... she's the happiest baby i have ever seen... she loves to laugh and has a great ear for music. one of her photos is about her fingers, their like pianist fingers...

we had a forum meeting with Steve Vete from UNAIDS and it was pretty interesting...esp when you consider the fact that he handed out female condoms for us to check out... it was so hilarious!!! some of the girls had never seen it before and this was the first time for them to touch one.... funny thing was that one of our senior journalists is a mother of 2 and she was so interested in how it works.... i was like... lmfao

besides all that, choir practice has been cancelled coz the soloists have to work on their songs.... i just found out that graduation is just next week.... OHMIGOD!!! i hope we can learn all the songs in time....

that's about it for now... look forward to more posts!! i love this thing!!! kaicolo or what??? lol

My niece's photos

MORE ABOUT ME!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME; MY FULL NAME IS RATU SAILOSI VESIKULA TALEI TOGANIVALU... AT THE MOMENT 'IM UNDECIDED AS TO WHAT I LOOK LIKE, I FELL LIKE A CHAMELEON, YOU KNOW, I ABSORB THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE ENVIRONMENT I'M IN...



AT THE MOMENT I AM A FIRST YEAR JOURNALISM STUDENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC... I'M ACTUALLY DOING MY BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN JOURNALISM AND HISTORY/POLITICS. MOST OF THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE IN MY ALBUM ARE OF ME AND MY FRIENDS IN THE JOURNALISM PROGRAMME... I'M ALSO TAKING AN INTRODUCTION TO ART IN EDUCATION (WHERE I LEARN TO DRAW AND APPRECIATE OR CRITIQUE ART) AND FRENCH (WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME CAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE)



BESIDES THAT I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER RADIO HOST WITH OUR CAMPUS RADIO STATION: RADIO PASIFIK (TRIPLE 8FM). I JUST STARTED THIS YEAR AND IT'S BEEN A BLAST WORKING WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND PREPARING STUFF FOR MY SHOW (CALLED GRAFFITI: ONE HOUR OF MEDIA, ART AND MUSIC), MY SHOW IS ON EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 10AM TO 11AM...



BESIDES ALL THAT UNI STUFF I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE MALAGA 2006 (PRODUCED BY FAMOUS SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN IGELESE ETE FROM NEW ZEALAND)



I GO TO THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH, AND HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE I WAS BORN. WHATR I MEAN TO SAY IS THAT MY PARENTS ARE SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS (IN OTHER WORDS CHRUCH MINISTERS) AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CHURCH SINCE 1973...



I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO TRAVEL, HAVING FLOWN TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND LIVING IN MALAYSIA FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS (PRACTICALLY HALF MY LIFE). I LOVE KUCHING AND WILL ALWAYS MISS MY FORMER SCHOOL: LODGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL. I WENT TO THAT SCHOOL AS AN EXPAT STUDENT (I WAS THE ONLY FIJIAN STUDENT IN THAT SCHOOL) FROM GRADES 1 TO 7... I WAS PRIVELLEGED TO LEARN TO SPEAK BAHASA MALAYSIA AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF HOKKIEN... ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL ALWAYS MISS ABOUT THAT PLACE IS THE FOOD MOST ESPECIALLY THE LAKSA AND THE MEE GORENG AND MOST ESPECIALLY BEEF RENDANG...



HAVING JUST COME BACK TO FIJI IN 2000, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THE PLACE (YES EVEN NOW I'M STILL TRYING)... WHEN I CAME BACK I WENT TO SCHOOL AT GOSPEL HIGH SCHOOL IN SAMABULA AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH - I HATED THAT PLACE FROM WHEN I WAS IN FORM 3 TILL I REACHED FORM 5... IT WAS AFTER FORM SIX THAT I BEGAN LIKING THE SCHOOL, AND MY NETWORK OF FRIENDS JUST BALLOONED... I FINISHED GOSPEL IN FORM SEVEN (2004) AND AFTER THAT I SPENT A YEAR RESTING AND DOING SOME VOLUTNEER WORK WITH THE CHURCH, A KINDERGARTEN (FOR 6 MONTHS) AND WITH THE PACIFIC CHILDREN'S PROGRAM (OF WHICH I AM STILL A PART OF)...



FOR THE MOMENT, I'M ALRIGHT WITH EVERYTHING I'M DOING AND I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH MANY MORE THINGS IN MY FUTURE...



PEACE!

MY TRIBUTE TO A GREAT WOMAN...

Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE, (23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006) was the Māori Queen for 40 years, the longest reign of any Māori monarch. Her full name and title was Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. Her title Te Arikinui (meaning Great Chief) and name Te Atairangikaahu (also her mother's name) were bestowed when she became monarch; previously she was known as Princess Piki Mahuta and Princess Piki Paki, after marriage.

She was the only birth child of Koroki Mahuta and Te Atairangikaahu Herangi; her father had an older daughter, Tuura, by an earlier relationship. Dame Te Atairangikaahu had adopted siblings including Sir Robert Mahuta, whose daughter Nanaia Mahuta is a member of Parliament. Dame Te Atairangikaahu was a descendant of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, and succeeded her father, King Koroki, becoming Queen the day Koroki was buried.[1] She married Whatumoana Paki, a farmer, and they had seven children.

The office of the Māori Monarch holds no constitutional function, but Te Atairangikaahu was an avid supporter of cultural and sporting events and commonly appeared in a figurehead role at locally held, international political events involving indigenous issues. Her official residence was Turongo House in Turangawaewae.

In 1970, she became the first Māori to be made a Dame, specifically a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was one of the first inductees of the Order of New Zealand when it was established in 1987. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Waikato University in 1973, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Victoria University in 1999.
In December 2005, she started dialysis treatment when her kidneys began to fail. On 11 July 2006, Te Atairangikaahu suffered a possible heart attack and was admitted to intensive care in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton. She was discharged from hospital later in the month, in time to celebrate her 75th birthday.

Te Atairangikaahu died on 15 August 2006 at her official residence, Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia. Six of her children were present, with another daughter attempting to return from Australia. Her death sparked a week of mourning for Māoridom leading to her funeral on 21 August 2006. She is buried on Taupiri mountain in an unmarked grave, as are her ancestors, as a sign of equality with their people.

Another Day in my Life...

BULA!

Here's another day in the life of me... Here's a list of things that I'll be doing today:

1. Radio Show at 10am

2. Go to ITS lab and print letters for Dad (b4 12pm)

3. Catch bus to dad's office and drop off letters (around 11am)

4. Look for Lunch (I'm sure to be hungry by then)

5. Email HP 102 lecturer about Tutorial assignment

6. Go to Library and work on HP 101 assignment and module notes (due Friday)

7. 4pm Lecture in N111 for HP 102

8. After the lecture back to the radio station for rest and relaxation

9. Graduation Choir Practice at U8 theatre (7pm)

10. Go and wait for Dad to pick up after choir (9pm)

SO THERE'S MY DAY ALL LINED OUT FOR ME... HOPEFULLY I'LL FIND THE TIME IN BETWEEN TO ADD MORE POSTS ON MY BLOGS!

(^_^)

Wicked Witch of the West (WWW??!?)

i had the chance to read this book just last week and i found it pretty interesting. i think that the book is all about changing what people's perspective is on the values of what we know as GOOD and EVIL.

I like the way the author portrayed the Witch of the West as a misunderstood green girl who never wanted to be a witch in the first place!

Here's a snippet i pulled out from Wikipedia:

The novel is a political, social, and ethical commentary on what good and evil really are. The story centers around Elphaba, the misunderstood green-skinned girl who grows up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba acquired her green skin through one of her mother's affairs (a man of unknown ethnicity and a green liquid in a green bottle that he feeds to the pregnant Melena) and was also born with incredibly sharp teeth. It tells of her time at Shiz University, as well as her journey to the Emerald City and The Vinkus, among other places in Oz. The book explains Elphaba's motives and examines her true personality. Many familiar characters from Oz are featured in Wicked, including the Wizard, Glinda (here originally called "Galinda" but later adopting the name Glinda out of respect for Dr. Dillamond who often mispronounced her name), the Wicked Witch of the East (here called Nessarose), and Dorothy. Maguire also introduces several new characters including Fiyero, Madame Morrible, and Doctor Dillamond.

BUT IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BOOK JUST GO TO THE BLOODY LIBRARY AND READ THE BOOK COZ I DON'T WANNA SPOIL THE WHOLE THING BY TELLING YOU ABOUT IT.

(^_^)

THE PERFECT GIFT

It was a beautiful day and I was down in Suva looking for a gift for a
friend. I had just about given up hope when something caught me from
the corner of my eye.... there in the shop's window...

IT WAS UNIQUE, CUTE, ABSOLUTELY DESIRABLE, COLOURFUL, BEAUTIFUL, COOL, RETRO EVEN!!... IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS THE PERFECT GIFT!!

But just as I was about to run in to the shop to buy it.... I realised
that it was just my reflection.

It's a video of me dancing...

THINGS TO DO IN A BORING LECTURE

1. Bring a blowhorn. Use it when you ask or answer a question.

2. Heckle the professor.

3. Hire a video crew to come to the class. If asked about it, say that you have to tape the lecture for a friend.

4. Bring a water gun. Shoot the professor when his back is turned.

5. Get the other students in your row to do the wave.

6. Bring a small chalkboard to class. Ask the professor if you can borrow his chalk to take notes.

7. Contradict everything the professor says. Offer irrefutable scientific proof.

8. If it's a math lecture, claim that the professor misspelled pi.

9. When the professor asks a question, raise your hand. If the professor calls on you, point to someone in the next row and say "He knows." Pick a different person each time.

10. Buy a doll. When you go to class, leave the doll in your chair, along with your notebook and pen. Say that you have an important meeting to go to, and that the doll will be taking notes for you.

11. Bring a typewriter. Use it to take notes.

12. Write a love note. Sign it "a secret admirer". Get someone to pass it to the professor.

13. Get up to go to the bathroom five or six times during the class. Change clothes every time.

14. While taking notes, write vulgar words every few lines. If anyone asks, say you have Tourette's syndrome.

15. Buy a watermelon. Give it to the professor. If he/she asks, say "They were out of apples."

16. Bring a small tape player. Play a tape of the previous lecture. Take notes on both.

17. If it's an English class, ask how the theory of relativity relates to Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream".

18. Pretend to be asleep until five minutes before the end of class. Then wake up and explain that you missed the lecture, and ask the professor to summarize what he/she talked about.

19. Bring a can of spray paint. Use it to take notes on the classroom wall.

20. Bring a fully-stocked picnic basket to class. Explain that you didn't have time to eat breakfast.

21. Wear a loincloth to class. If anyone asks, say that it is your costume for the school play, and you didn't have time to change out of it.

22. Tear out pages of the textbook and make little origami animals out of them. Have a whole menagerie by the end of class. Give them to the professor as a token of your esteem.

23. Bring a fishing rod. Try to catch things on the professor's desk.

24. Bring a tape player and a tape of a thunderstorm. Keep it hidden. Sometime during the lecture, start the tape, stand up, claim that the professor has angered the gods and leave. Watch to see how many students follow you after the tape starts playing.

25. Make reserved seating cards and place them on the desks before class.

26. Tell the professor you are on a new experimental cold medication that may have strange side effects. Every ten minutes or so, run around the room screaming. Afterward, claim that you have no memory of what just happened.

27. Claim that you are the new student teacher, and that you are to give the lecture for that class. If the professor agrees, lecture on a subject completely opposite the to subject of the class. If the professor objects, say that the students should have a wide range of knowledge.

28. Switch the professor's lecture notes with your history notes from last term.

29. Raise your hand and ask when the movie is going to start.

30. Bring a flash camera. Take pictures every few minutes, using a very bright flash. If anyone complains, say that you didn't see any sign saying you couldn't bring cameras.

31. Bring a light bulb. Hold it over your head whenever you have the answer to a question.

32. Bring an easel and a paint set. Paint a portrait of the professor during the lecture. Say that it is a homework assignment for art class.

33. Sneeze very loudly. Then, have the person next to you sneeze, then the person next to him, and so on. See how long it takes before the professor sneezes.

34. When the professor comes in, say, very loudly, "Hey! A substitute! All right!" Claim that the real professor said you could have lecture outside.

35. Come to class wearing the same outfit as the professor. Call the professor a copycat.

36. If it's a geology lecture, switch the quartz crystals with New Folger's Crystals and see if the professor notices. Have a hidden camera.

37. Hide a ticking clock under the podium. Call in a bomb threat.

38. Write your assignment on Plato on your little sister's modelling clay.

39. Ask questions in a foreign language you know the professor doesn't know. Act angry when he/she doesn't understand you.

40. Come to class dressed as a professional wrestler. Tell people you joined the wrestling team. Bodyslam anyone who doesn't believe you.

41. When the professor comes in, suddenly scream, "NOOOOOO! Not him! Not professor Johnson!! They let him teach again! Noooooooooo!" then run out of them room. See how many people follow you.

42. Turn your row into a mosh pit.

43. Before class starts, turn all the desks upside down. Sit on them like you would normally.

44. One word: Gladiators.

45. Make requests like people do at rock concerts. ("Relativity! Relativity! Einstein rocks!")

46. Bring popcorn. Throw it and the professor. Complain that these trained animal shows aren't what they used to be.

47. Bring a tape player and a tape of the school bell. Play it every 15 minutes.

48. When the professor calls on you, mumble incomprehensibly. Answer every question in this fashion. See how long it takes before the professor stops calling on you.

49. When you take a test, hire a security guard to stand by your desk and make sure no one cheats off your paper.

50. Make up a strange religious cult and distribute flyers for it during class.

A good way to let go of stress!!

NOSABE: A MULTI-CULTURAL TALE

May 2, 2006
Wansolwara Online

SUVA: Imagine a play performed in four languages using dance, puppets and storytelling.

That was the experience when watching performer Catherine Dinevan in her recent solo performance called Nosabè at the Fiji Institute of Technology’s (FIT) School of Arts, Culture and Design in Raiwai, Suva.

Catherine is of Vietnamese origins although she was born and schooled in Vanuatu.

Pulling on her different cultural backgrounds and experiences, she creates a fairytale like story that captures the mind of the audience.

“I speak four languages: Vietnamese, French, Bislama and English.”

Catherine has been performing for seven years and during those years she has performed over 10 plays in French.

“My original script for this play was written in French and this is only my second time to perform in English.”

Catherine added that her first performance of Nosabè in English was done at the 2004 Pacific Arts Festival hosted in Palau.

The play includes modern day issues like education, women’s rights, family planning abortion and even racial ethnicity.

The Alliance Française in association with UNICEF and FIT brought the theatrical piece to Fiji.

It's a new day!

well, here i am again, posting yet another blog in my endless stream of blog consciousness... the weather today hasn't improved much from yesterday...it's still cold and wet and i'm starting to develop a case of the flu... which totally sucks if you ask me.

i had to get up early this morning coz (1) dad was calling me to wake up and (2) i had solo auditions with Igelese at 9.40am for the graduation choir. by 9am i was wide awake, showered and dressed waiting for my father who by the way was still dressed in shorts and a vest wrestling with the hose outside (*SNIFF*)

i got to the music centre at like quarter past nine and Igelese was sitting at the computer waiting for Tusipepa (who was supposed to be on at 9.10am) but i said that i would wait for Talei (who was on just before me) and then i went in for my soloist auditions. it was alright, i suppose, but i felt that my voice was cracking when i tried to hit a high note so i just sang falsetto for that bit.... Igelese had me try out for the tenor part of "Seasons of Love" - the song by Stevie Wonder that was redone by the cast of RENT.

After all that, i'm here blogging (again) and just killing time before my first class of the day (which is Politics 101 with my fav lecturer Kylie). At 3pm there's a leadership course-ish seminar that i'm attending with a few friends, namely Edmond and someone else (i can't entirely remember who)....

that's my plan for the day, if nothing else happens, i'm just gonna spend more time writing up more blogs for you to read. lol!

PEACE! ^_*

Strictly aimless...lol

well, here's a testament on how aimless i'm feeling today. there's like power cuts all over campus and nearly all classes are cancelled... so here i am bored and aimless as ever trying to figure out what i can do from now till 7.00pm (grad choir practice)...

things have been really hectic this week and i'm so happy that i could spend some time just unwinding and releasing steam from yesterday's "FUN" times... lol.... i bet the idiots in the newsroom must be wondering where i've been all this time... as if i care...

i'll probably head off home and get something to eat... i am HUNGRY! so that's it for now... memo to self: get hold of 1GB flashdrive and upload malaga diary to my other blog.... ^_*

My fav tv series

My photos...

IDIOTS!

damn, i am seriously stressing my self out too much.... esp ova my journalism course... that idiot sushil almost got punched by this random dude that was reading the papers in the newsroom (which is not allowed) and because sushil talks as if he's fighting with you, the guy took it wrong and warned sushil to not talk too much else he'd get a butt whooping... so after this random guy leaves, sushil and that nosy erykah started telling everyone in the newsroom off for not alerting to the fact that a non-journalism student was reading our papers.

the really stupid thing about this incident was the fact that sushil actually had the audacity to take out his frustration over the incident on us the first years.... idiot!

so here i am letting off some steam just so i can clear my mind in order to write my stories.... don't these idiots realise that i have other courses to work with other than Journalism??? seriously, this is so not working for me...

DAMN THEM ANYWAY.... i don't even care if they read this blog coz it'll show them what i'm feeling at this time...