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Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 20--Christmas Heat (part 2)
This is the twentieth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.Throughout my stay comparing Fiji with the drastic social, cultural and political scenes in places like contemporary Hawaii was taboo. It was best not to discuss, in any analytical and potentially cynical detail, my own biases and perspectives of Hawaii’s plunge into commercialism and post-statehood bureaucracy. Fearful that…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 20--Christmas Heat (part 2)
This is the twentieth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.Throughout my stay comparing Fiji with the drastic social, cultural and political scenes in places like contemporary Hawaii was taboo. It was best not to discuss, in any analytical and potentially cynical detail, my own biases and perspectives of Hawaii’s plunge into commercialism and post-statehood bureaucracy. Fearful that…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 19-Christmas Heat
This is the nineteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information. Expatriate dependency on technology was rampant even in rural Fiji. Willingly, we abandoned some conveniences -- cold showers, television, cell phones, the New York Times or CNN -- but not the laptop computer. The true test was when your laptop, exhausted from the tropical heat, required the arduous journeys back and forth…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 19-Christmas Heat
This is the nineteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information. Expatriate dependency on technology was rampant even in rural Fiji. Willingly, we abandoned some conveniences -- cold showers, television, cell phones, the New York Times or CNN -- but not the laptop computer. The true test was when your laptop, exhausted from the tropical heat, required the arduous journeys back and forth…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 18--Thorns and Flowers (Part 2)
This is the eighteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.Once again the return to Suva was appreciated no matter how calming the Levuka routines had become. My visits were filled with must dos -- must buy screw-on light bulbs, oranges, must check into Polaris Edge, Suva's answer to Golds gym. But most important on that occasion was a visit to the American Embassy to share…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 18--Thorns and Flowers (Part 2)
This is the eighteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.Once again the return to Suva was appreciated no matter how calming the Levuka routines had become. My visits were filled with must dos -- must buy screw-on light bulbs, oranges, must check into Polaris Edge, Suva's answer to Golds gym. But most important on that occasion was a visit to the American Embassy to share…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 17--Thorns and Flowers
This is the seventeenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.Fiji was, and shall always be, first across the International Dateline -- one step closer to the next millennium. Four Los Angeles public relations marketing experts descended seeking information for a global First Millennium grand techno blast in Fiji, the first nation to enter year 2000. The global celebration was…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 16--Top of the Hill (Part 3)
This is the sixteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.The two young and mannered Brooke children attended the local public Fijian schools. In a few years these blonde kids, today oblivious to the nearby native Fijian poverty, would be educated abroad perhaps somewhere in North America. Today, as they frolicked on the hilltop would these youngsters return to their island privilege…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 15--Top of the Hill (Part 2)
This is the fifthteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.We were unable to use Dora’s black grand piano, so we carted Fred's tired electronic piano to Nasova house. There was a large group of refined Fijian, Indian and Euro guests. Fred and I struggled through early 20th century art nouveau French pieces and a Mozart Adagio. Joy, Dennis’s wife, gave a tedious and animated…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 16--Top of the Hill (Part 3)
This is the sixteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.The two young and mannered Brooke children attended the local public Fijian schools. In a few years these blonde kids, today oblivious to the nearby native Fijian poverty, would be educated abroad perhaps somewhere in North America. Today, as they frolicked on the hilltop would these youngsters return to their island privilege…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 14--Top of the Hill
This is the fourteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.Participating in a piano recital at the Patterson mansion perched high above the town was such a treat. The verandah architecture, with hints of Victorian details, was utilitarian and rather elegant with its high ceilings and tropical wood veneers. Fruit trees and flowers graced the exterior garden; a gravel path lead to the…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 15--Top of the Hill (Part 2)
This is the fifthteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.We were unable to use Dora’s black grand piano, so we carted Fred's tired electronic piano to Nasova house. There was a large group of refined Fijian, Indian and Euro guests. Fred and I struggled through early 20th century art nouveau French pieces and a Mozart Adagio. Joy, Dennis’s wife, gave a tedious and animated…See More
Gerald Takano posted a blog postColumn 14--Top of the Hill
This is the fourteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.Participating in a piano recital at the Patterson mansion perched high above the town was such a treat. The verandah architecture, with hints of Victorian details, was utilitarian and rather elegant with its high ceilings and tropical wood veneers. Fruit trees and flowers graced the exterior garden; a gravel path lead to the…See More
Gerald Takano's blog post was featuredColumn 13--Welcome to Wakaya!
This is the thirteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.For the initiated, Wakaya Island was the supreme exclusive Fiji private 2,700 acre island with 32 white, pristine beaches visible from Levuka. But luxury and isolation have a price -- simple units (only 8) were about $800 USD per day in 1994 and the few private homes were about $1400 USD. American Wakaya owner David Gilmore…See More
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Column 20--Christmas Heat (part 2)
This is the twentieth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.
Throughout my stay comparing Fiji with the drastic social, cultural and political scenes in places like contemporary Hawaii was taboo. It was best not to discuss, in any analytical and potentially cynical detail, my own biases and…
ContinuePosted on April 12, 2010 at 3:30pm
Column 19-Christmas Heat
This is the nineteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.
Expatriate dependency on technology was rampant even in rural Fiji. Willingly, we abandoned some conveniences -- cold showers, television, cell phones, the New York Times or CNN -- but not the laptop computer. The true test was when…
ContinuePosted on April 9, 2010 at 3:30pm
Column 18--Thorns and Flowers (Part 2)
This is the eighteenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.
Once again the return to Suva was appreciated no matter how calming the Levuka routines had become. My visits were filled with must dos -- must buy screw-on light bulbs, oranges, must check into Polaris Edge, Suva's answer to Golds gym.…
ContinuePosted on April 6, 2010 at 3:30pm
Column 17--Thorns and Flowers
This is the seventeenth column in a serialization of PACIFIC FLASH: A Year in FIJI by Gerry Takano. Copies will be available later this year. Stay tuned for more information.
Fiji was, and shall always be, first across the International Dateline -- one step closer to the next millennium. Four Los Angeles public relations marketing experts descended…
ContinuePosted on April 4, 2010 at 3:52pm
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