I left some things off my wish list.... Sorry to seem so greedy but if you were here you'd understand ! lol
I just realized that i have been breathing in toxic fumes everynight in the form of my kerosene lantern when i read. So if anyone has the kind enough heart to send a coleman type led lantern(full size) i would love you forever.. (helps me ruduce my carbon footprint too!)
Something similar to this would work fine.... anything as long as it doesn't send toxic fumes up my nose... :)
http://www.summitcampinggear.com/coledsela.html
that is just one site.. i'm sure there are many other sites to find it on....
and also, q-tips would be great too!(ear wax builds up here so quick.. no joking either.. its a problem!)
and any kahki shorts , about knee length with cargo pockets are always good too(size 34)
and a private jet, and... j/k
This week has been pretty good.. Got a few things done around the bure.. starting to beautify it on the outside now with some landscaping.....
Attended a Tourism Board meeting Yesterday with most of the Hotel and Resort managers to organize a national tourism Day for the island of taveuni... Met some great and very generous resort owners.. Its a pretty tight community around the island.....
So as part of the national Tourism day here on Taveuini, we plan on making a Brand New 180th meridian sign and having ceremony for the new sign as well as a Meke competition (Native Fijian Dance) for the tourists.. FIJI ONE should be there as well to broadcast the event. They aare the only tv station in Fiji.....
Hope as is well with everyone back home!!!!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
TOOTH PROBLEMS....
So i had to come back into Suva today from Taveuni because my front tooth broke off a couple days ago while eating some food...~! lol Whats up with that.....! I had been at my site about a week and a half and was just starting to get settled in and then this happens.. Oh well.. Off to the dentist today to get it fixed..... I'm really starting to not like the 20 hour boat ride though.. Always feels like i am wobbly for about 5 hours after i have been off the damn thing.. I now have a little Puppy named "Tukai"(Too-KYE) who pretty much rocks other than he likes to chew on everthing that i own and i mean everything including my head and arms..! I also have a cat that i inherited from the Previous volunteer at my site, Niko, and her name is Yali(which means Dissapear in Fijian). She does a good job of keeping my rats in check and i have quite a few apparently... So far since i was at my site i have met 1 german, 2 from the Czech Republic , 2 from canada, 2 from Great Britian, as well as some Americans, New Zealanders, and Austrailians. My island is just small enough that when i come to the West side of the island to shop at the "big Town"(Nagara) that many people already recognize me and call me by name...
I have been snorkeling a few times and jumped of another waterfall while i was there... Life is rough huh...? :) There are some good things about my site but it def takes patience and finding things to do to entertain yourself.. I have a feeling that i will be reading more now than any other time in my life....! Also when i shower at night i can look up at the stars while showering under lantern light.. My shower has no roof to it which i actually like... The Stars here are unlike the stars you will ever see in most any other places... When i lay in my Bure at night and am trying to go to sleep i have no fan, which anybody who knows me knows that i love my fans, so it helps that i can hear the waves crashing on the reef just about 100 meters from my house...! Its a soothing sound and has become comforting..... As for the people in my village i am getting to know them slowly but surely.... I go everywhere with a pad and paper to write down peoples names and ages whenever i can.. I was bad with names in the states but over here i am even worse since a lot of Fijian names are quite different from those we are used to in the states.
So now here it is.. What some of you have been wating for and asking....! My wish list and my address...!!!!!!!!!!
Keep in mind i know that some of these things are def out of the realm of reasonability maybe unless you are just feeling really generous or came into an inheritance but there are quite a few things on here that i just can't get in Fiji... So here goes....
1. Labtop (no chuckles)(doesn't have to be expensive)( i may be able to get internet in my village and it would help me out as well as me networking with other agencies within Fiji and Austrailia, new Zealand , the States and the European Union maybe.)
2. Under Armour Boxer Briefs(http://www.underarmour.com/ProductDetail.cfm?site_id=1&dept_id=7&coll_id=1114&pf_id=1000667) Black and size xl
3. Any cool t-shirts(size large) preferably darker colors(white is a pain to wash here in FIJI)
4. Mach 3 Razor Blade Cartridges( or if anyone wants to send me a Gillete Fusion Razor with blades too! :) he he)
5. Rolls of 35 mm film(200 speed)Fuji or Kodak
6. New Battery For A Minolta 450 SI 35 mm camera
7. Big Bags of Peanut MM's
8. Taco Bell Mild Sauces and Hot and Fire sauces
9. Small Bottle of either Aqua Digio colgne ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002GREBU/ref=noref/104-6478714-4449553?ie=UTF8&s=hpc ) or Cool Water Cologne(find it at wall mart, even though you all know how i feel bout them) Believe it or not the Local ladies like a man who smells of nice Cologne.. :) lol
10. Axe Dry Deodorant/antiperspirant (CLIX Scent)
11. Wind Up Radio from Radio Shack(Mine Died)http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2807555&cp=2032052.2032073&parentPage=family
12. Any kind of ball(Tenis ball, ping pong ball, football, soccerball, rugby ball) for the kids of the village(Would score me some major points w/ the kids! :)
13. Sleevless Athletic Shirts(Black or Grey Preferably..) i think they have them at target for like $6 bucks a shirt
14. Any Ohio State T-shirts(once again black or Grey)
15. and a mountain Bike.!!! (damn it would make stuff so much easier... )waiting on the busses sucks and thats if they even show up! lol
16. 2 or 3 treatments of Frontline( i think thats what its called maybe) for my litle puppy...
16 1/2. 2 books by Daniel Quinn.. "Ishmael" and "Story of B"
17. and just for those of you keeping in touch to keep keeping in touch....~! Every little bit helps...
18. and anything else you just wanna send my way that might brighten my day or suprise me..!
Things can be sent to :
Matt Briscoe
P.O. Box 171
Waiyevo, Taveuni
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Make sure to ask your post office employee about the best way to send things and about insurance for items that may be expensive.. It always helps to write something about Jesus or god on the package too!
Packages clear customs better than boxes(just a side note)
Once again i understand some of these things might be out of peoples price ranges but i thought what the hell.. :) maybe someone did hit the Lottery.. :)
Also I would love any new pictures of you people and letters from all of you as well...!
I have been snorkeling a few times and jumped of another waterfall while i was there... Life is rough huh...? :) There are some good things about my site but it def takes patience and finding things to do to entertain yourself.. I have a feeling that i will be reading more now than any other time in my life....! Also when i shower at night i can look up at the stars while showering under lantern light.. My shower has no roof to it which i actually like... The Stars here are unlike the stars you will ever see in most any other places... When i lay in my Bure at night and am trying to go to sleep i have no fan, which anybody who knows me knows that i love my fans, so it helps that i can hear the waves crashing on the reef just about 100 meters from my house...! Its a soothing sound and has become comforting..... As for the people in my village i am getting to know them slowly but surely.... I go everywhere with a pad and paper to write down peoples names and ages whenever i can.. I was bad with names in the states but over here i am even worse since a lot of Fijian names are quite different from those we are used to in the states.
So now here it is.. What some of you have been wating for and asking....! My wish list and my address...!!!!!!!!!!
Keep in mind i know that some of these things are def out of the realm of reasonability maybe unless you are just feeling really generous or came into an inheritance but there are quite a few things on here that i just can't get in Fiji... So here goes....
1. Labtop (no chuckles)(doesn't have to be expensive)( i may be able to get internet in my village and it would help me out as well as me networking with other agencies within Fiji and Austrailia, new Zealand , the States and the European Union maybe.)
2. Under Armour Boxer Briefs(http://www.underarmour.com/ProductDetail.cfm?site_id=1&dept_id=7&coll_id=1114&pf_id=1000667) Black and size xl
3. Any cool t-shirts(size large) preferably darker colors(white is a pain to wash here in FIJI)
4. Mach 3 Razor Blade Cartridges( or if anyone wants to send me a Gillete Fusion Razor with blades too! :) he he)
5. Rolls of 35 mm film(200 speed)Fuji or Kodak
6. New Battery For A Minolta 450 SI 35 mm camera
7. Big Bags of Peanut MM's
8. Taco Bell Mild Sauces and Hot and Fire sauces
9. Small Bottle of either Aqua Digio colgne ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002GREBU/ref=noref/104-6478714-4449553?ie=UTF8&s=hpc ) or Cool Water Cologne(find it at wall mart, even though you all know how i feel bout them) Believe it or not the Local ladies like a man who smells of nice Cologne.. :) lol
10. Axe Dry Deodorant/antiperspirant (CLIX Scent)
11. Wind Up Radio from Radio Shack(Mine Died)http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2807555&cp=2032052.2032073&parentPage=family
12. Any kind of ball(Tenis ball, ping pong ball, football, soccerball, rugby ball) for the kids of the village(Would score me some major points w/ the kids! :)
13. Sleevless Athletic Shirts(Black or Grey Preferably..) i think they have them at target for like $6 bucks a shirt
14. Any Ohio State T-shirts(once again black or Grey)
15. and a mountain Bike.!!! (damn it would make stuff so much easier... )waiting on the busses sucks and thats if they even show up! lol
16. 2 or 3 treatments of Frontline( i think thats what its called maybe) for my litle puppy...
16 1/2. 2 books by Daniel Quinn.. "Ishmael" and "Story of B"
17. and just for those of you keeping in touch to keep keeping in touch....~! Every little bit helps...
18. and anything else you just wanna send my way that might brighten my day or suprise me..!
Things can be sent to :
Matt Briscoe
P.O. Box 171
Waiyevo, Taveuni
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Make sure to ask your post office employee about the best way to send things and about insurance for items that may be expensive.. It always helps to write something about Jesus or god on the package too!
Packages clear customs better than boxes(just a side note)
Once again i understand some of these things might be out of peoples price ranges but i thought what the hell.. :) maybe someone did hit the Lottery.. :)
Also I would love any new pictures of you people and letters from all of you as well...!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
OFFICIAL NOW.....!
So i am officially sworn in now as a Peace Corps Volunteer...! The rest of us who gtot held back for Language improvements got sworn in Today by the US Embassador to FIJI at the US Embasy...... So off to Taveuini i go today.. Nothing like a nice 20 hour boat ride to get you excited...!!!
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