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!