HE'S COMING...

so i found out that he planned to "suprise" me by coming over.

not being an overly big fan of suprises, i'm glad i found out... lucky though, 'coz if he'd just rocked up i would be soooooo pissed off haha. when i first heard, i thought it was him just being an east-ass when i heard he was telling everyone that he was heading over to see me. but when i confronted him about it (he was small gutted i found out), he emailed me his e-ticket as proof.

so in 15 days, my... good friend? haha my.. cousins flatmate? lolz my... friendboy? will be on island for 2 weeks.

so many thoughts running through my mind right now.

THINGS I DON'T HEART ABOUT SAMOA CONT'D...

- girls with fat legs

- girls with fat legs that wear mini skirts or short shorts

- girls here in general

- the lack of fashion sense (like SERIOUSLY- it's repulsive)

- the lack of originality (it's all been done before baby, you just have to make it your own... dummies)

- deep fried everything

SHE DON'T WANNA MAN...

ok we already know how much i heart miss keri, but this asher roth guy? he's funny! anyways, this is my new "feel good" turn up song that i stumbled across on my internet travels. it's cool because i said it was, and i don't really care if you don't like it, 'coz hello! it's MY feel good song.. go find your own. the end. haha

THINGS ABOUT SAMOA THAT I DO NOT HEART...

- the stupid American accent everyone has

- the price of food at the grocery store (it’s all pams as well)

- mozzies

- the stupid ass, ignorant radio djs who think they’re cool

- crap tv (I mean seriously, touched by an angel episodes?! And season two greys anatomy?)

- movies only being out at the cinema’s for 3days and then they all friggin’ change

- the road switch happening on the 7th

- the lack of sun at the moment.. it’s meant to be dry season and it’s been raining all week.

- People who do not indicate (80% of the drivers on island)

- People who do not know the road rules (95% of the drivers on island)

- Traffic lights not working

- Being stuck behind a stupid fuck who doesn’t know what to do when the traffic lights aren’t working

- Mcdonalds not serving hot chocolate

- Waiting for boats to bring in supplies (eg, there has been no best mayonnaise, or potatoes, or thai sweet chilli sauce, or fresh eggs on island for the past 2 weeks)

- New restaurants opening, and being amazing, and you recommending it to everyone, and then when you go again, the meals have down sized and the prices have up-sized

- People who can’t speak English

- ELEVATOR EYES (more on this subject later)

- The bell that is rung around the times of 4am and 6pm to announce that it is prayer time in the village (being woken up daily at 4am is a bitch)

- Ants (these fuckers can sniff out food a mile away)

- Stray dogs (guts hanging out and all)

- The massive fuck off trucks everyone drives around here

- Staff asking me for money

- Petrol tankers overtaking on the narrow roads in the city

- Radio stations only catering to r&b listeners

- The price of internet

Hmmm that’s all I can think of at the moment.. but don’t you worry. I shall be adding to list me thinks.

PANORAMA'S FROM MY PHONE CAMERA...

my photography lecturers would soooo give me a hiding for using my camera on my phone but meh. it's fun to play with (once i worked it out haha) these should tie you over until i think of something profoundly interesting to blog about that has happened or is happening...

this is where i live- the pacific pearl... well this is the car park of where i live.. i don't live in the car park.. i live in a room.. this is where we park cars.. it is where the cars live.. speaking of cars, that white pick up? that's my car while on island :) but on sept 7th, my aunty isn't letting me drive because of the bloody switch.

this is my second home haha paddles restaurant. listen to amy winehouse all night long. lovez it.

view from paddles: apia harbour. 

SORRY!!!

i've been a slack arse but i'm back.. (i said that last time hahaha)

no but really, i will honestly try to post at least once a week... maybe even twice? hmm no, no, baby steps first.

peace to the kids in the middle east.

WE ARE SAMOA… “PEOPLE OF THE SUN.”

Paddles Restaurant at sunset
Vaiala Beach
Chan Mows (my fave cheap fob material place)
Inside Paddles
Vavau Beach

Or so the song goes… Hmm where shall I begin? There are so many tales to tell, but because it costs me $40tala (roughly $30.00 NZD) for a 5hr lavaspot wi-fi card, internet time is used sparsely.
So far so good though. Getting my head around how expensive shit is though, finding my way around town, and trying to over come my fear of my own people… Who am I kidding? These are totally not my peeps haha they bloody fobs!!!
Running a motel when your works are fukheads isn’t as easy as it seems. Samoans are lazy, don’t have common sense or initative (or pretend not to have either) so when I set tasks, (including a demo) I usually end up sending them home and do it myself. It’s so much easier and at least I know that the job will get done to the standard that I expect.
I have found my Friday night local – Paddles Restaurant. Actually we don’t even wait for Friday night haha you can find us their on say, a Tuesday lunch time lolz

Weather is gorgeous, but I haven’t gotten a tan because I work from dawn ‘til dusk in the motel. Even going to Vavau beach last Sunday didn’t help because of all days, it was cloudy and cold hahaha
P.S.A: No offence Samoa but your beaches are pooh! Take me to the beach up north in NZ any day! Seriously, the surf was flat, current was dangerously strong, rough sand, rocks and jagged coral in the water. I’m not really down with that.

I have gotten my work uniform. Puletasi of course, but I got to choose my material. Got 3 of them yesterday and bought 8 more yards for another 2 this morning at Chan Mow’s. I’ll post photos of my fob gears later on…
What else? Hmmm I’m getting a beer git from the amount of Vailima I consume hahahahaha
Ooooh the most exciting thing? My Aunty is allowing me one of their family utes to run around the island in while I’m here. I’m not sure if it’s the white one or the red one, so thinking caps on for naming my new vehicle kids.

Which leads me to another “WTF?!” moment I had when I found out about “the switch”.. September 7th is when Samoa will change which side of the road they drive on. Ridiculous mate. I will be sitting on the sea wall to watch all the crashes and report on the deaths. (Like, seriously)

Oh and last thing before I run outta time- My frined boy is “suprising” me by coming over for 2 weeks. I was not impressed. I’m not one who enjoys suprises, and when I found out I called him up & abused him over the phone.. He’s stil coming over though (and now I’m small looking forward to it.)

So much more to fill you in with, but digest this for now, read up on the switch and plan a visit to Paddles, should you land on these shores in the near future.

Ia Mania ☺