SAMOA ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL!!

OMG so here i am feeling sorry for myself 'coz i've got a shitty weekend of work lined up and then a guest asks me about MENA designs. i'm like, "umm i dunno" (sleep deprived = grumpy me). but i went and googled where the shop was in auckland for her and holy crap, there is something i like about this island now... it's MENA designs.

hella expensive for a dress (starting from around $300 tala) but i think i may have to go and have a look-see with my aunty one day just to try some on. (i have 2 MENA dresses already, but they are from awhile back..)

here's a write up about the shop i found online:

MENA is a designer label from Samoa specialising in high end special occasion wear for women. The MENA look is sophisticated, elegant and very chic with distinctive use of printed Polynesian motifs of island flora or traditional ‘tatau' (tattoo). The balance between contemporary fashion and traditional Polynesian art is finely tuned in their designs.

MENA is a family owned business in every sense - four Samoan sisters Agnes, Jackie, Gina and Charlene Loheni along with their mother Mena Loheni all started working together from their family home in Apia, designing and creating hand printed dresses. The girls' father, Frank Loheni is also very involved in helping out wherever he can in the business. Word steadily got out about their unique style and they soon became very popular with the locals. Within two years after they were selling from home the family opened their own boutique in town. The business has been flourishing ever since with stockists in New Zealand, Hawaii & Rarotonga.

anyways, there is alot more on their website, so if you're bored check out MENA designs

god (or buddha) wants me to be happy after all.

NOTHING LIKE...

NZ music!

seriously, nowhere in the world does it like us. (well HELLO it wouldn't be "NZ music" if it was made somewhere else would it?!) nothing like a good dose of kiwi artists to clear out the lungs, open up the eyes and brighten up your day. crowded house, to che-fu, to goodshirt to herbs, it makes me feel like a patriotic mo' fo' every time it penetrates my ear drums. (haha i said "penetrate") even j-skywalkers favourite band *ahem* elemno p... dahahahahaha!!!



i've posted this song before, but it's currently playing on the radio here in samoa. the end.

5AM WAKE UP CALLS...

the suck thing about working in motels?
when guests want early morning wake up calls.
the end.

BODUM...

i learnt what a "bodum" is. and then i was asking why it was called a bodum and no-one could tell me. so i turned to god (aka google..) which led me to wikipedia and was enlightened by this (which i just want to share with you haha)

The French press goes by various names around the world. In New Zealand, Australia and South Africa the whole apparatus is known as a coffee plunger and coffee brewed in it as plunger coffee. Its French name is cafetière à piston. In French it is also known by its brand names, notably a Bodum or a melior, from an old brand of this type. In the UK, the Netherlands, and Ireland the device is known as a cafetière, the French word for a coffee maker or pot.

7TH SEPT -SAMOA'S ROAD SWITCH

shit like this is why the road switch is the stupidest idea ever. samoan's can't drive already. common sense isnt' at all common around these parts.

BOYS ARE...

fucks.

the end.

ONE MORE SLEEP AND IT'S FRIDAY... FINALLY!!!

finished reading this book a few hours ago. haven't read a decent book in awhile... meant to go and watch razz perform at maliu mai in the showtime finals tonight, (even forked out 10 tala for a ticket) but in the turn of events, didn't go.

odie's bornday tomorrow, small hoping we'll go out for drinks, but the neither of the girls are well so i might be a quiet meal somewhere.

long weekend this weekend because of the road switch. yes it's true, samoa is having monday and tuesday off. stupid-asses.

teuila festival wrap up this saturday i think. the only thing i'm interested in (actually not just me.. i can safely say the entire island) is the long boat racing. 7am start... cutting it abit close for me though, so might have to sit this one out.

one more thing to add to my list of what i don't heart. just noticed it today- samoan's tryna dance like other islands (eg cook island, tahiti, hawaii etc) no offence, but you should stick to your own culture. siva samoa is where it's at. don't try be something you're not.

another thing to add to my list is that my english is faltering (no really... it's really bad) i blame being constantly surrounded by FOBS!

can you believe that he doesn't have a passport and he's expecting to fly outta NZ on the 19th?! LMAO stupid foooooll! seriously, i had to talk him through what to do over MSN this afternoon. i gave him a list of things to do and so far he's completed 75% of that list. not too bad.

oki doki, bring on the weekend.

soifua!