Reactivation of evil genius!

In another 10 days, i will be back in Paradise. However, this is a paradise that I grew up in, Muar. Small place, strong character and famous food. That pretty sums up Muar. 10 days.

Blogging has been soooooo tiring these few days, firing up the electrons in what’s left between my ears has been so hard. Too hard, that I will want to go zzzzzzzzzz. Nothing exciting has been around lately, save for the cyclone hurricane from Nadi, flooding the West, what I heard, my partner’s boat capsizing, drowning her camera along with a few others, nothing much happened.
Life is all about the little facts that matter. Small little facts, such as how European admonishes the use of personal cutleries in group dishes, as evident in the most posh Indian restaurant in town, so, should one retain the culture of one-self or just blend in. Before I make any sarcastic remarks, it is interesting to note, to my surprise, nationalities stereotype are surfacing over these 2 weeks. Germans being Germans, Australians being Australians, Fijians being Fijians, Singaporeans being Singaporeans as such. It is funny because as much as people does not want to admit that they display qualities of their nation’s stereotype, they do. Well, I can see that German being logical, Australian being Outgoing, Fijians being Friendly, Asians keeping to themselves, American being outspoken and et Cetra. Although not much of an observation, as an anthropologist, it fascinates me as people from a country will somehow assume the stereotypical role despite the fact that they have no such attributes in their home country.
Again, I still could not find something that is evil to do. Where is the Bula that we have been promised?
Greatest regret this week is that I did not catch the second boat. I seriously thinks that it is fun getting thrown into the water, maybe it is just me. Better do something this weekend that is fun to prevent a full psychological breakdown. Ouch. I think switching to office mode during an internship is not a really good idea, which is efficient but at the same time, prone to breakdowns.

Week 2 in Paradise

So, we are going to muck about and interview shops and internet cafes on whether they possess or distribute pornography. Before we go onto that, let us check the party balance: One Indian, one local, one Chinese and one German, 3 guys and one girl, 2 of them wearing official looking attire and try to ask for pornography in a direct yet polite manner. Maybe, as the owner of the shop, I will definitely say no, I do not sell any illegal material because it is not a really good day to get fined up to 50,000 or 14 years in jail. Even if you are from the FNU and all names will be anonymous, I will still be very very suspicious of the 2 foreign looking person who look as if they have a gun down their skirt. So, as any sane person trying to sell a piece of illegal fun to illegal consumers, even if it is illegal to lie to legal looking officers, they will make a run for it. So, it boils down to, am I being compromised or something? Better stay my cool and not tell these bastards who is trying to ruin my livelihood anything.
That I present to you the mind of a porn dealer.

Aside from that, things has been going a bit weird lately, perhaps that girl I was with until a month ago have affected me more than I thought. Anyway, what past is past now and I would try my best to move on, sabotaging her boyfriend every now and then. Oh well, speaking on the topic on home, other than the setting up a condom factory in Canberra is illegal joke, there is now a new one between me and my dad,

Me: “We might be getting hammered by a hurricane today, and it is like Muar during Deepavali”

Dad:” Nice, better eat all the curry you can.”

Totally ignoring the is a hurricane cyclone….. ouch. Well, nothing beats curry on a cold and windy day.
On an interesting note, we have 2 officials sleeping beauties in our group…. Missing group meetings and stuff and well, something to talk about after we go back.

Then I called my mom. Apparently the Iranians are back again. I miss their deep fried fish sooooo much. I hope that I can get to a proper fish market to get some fishes. Havent really seen any good fish, what I can see now are the fish and chips which are not all that bad but still….. still cheap cuts of meat devoid of taste. I like the crab though, although my methods are crude, it gets the job done, hopefully.

That’s all I guess. Nothing evil genius things going on but plans on how to get back to my ex…. Nasty stuff. Time to use my men in Singapore!

First time clubbing in Fiji (almost)

Friday night was less than exciting as I forget what i really did.... :( From the bits and pieces of information gained from my peers, I was able to piece out a more or less clear picture of what actually happened. Firstly, we headed of to Maris High, enjoyed a $10, all you can drink beer. The following is just a blur. but according to my friend, I started buying food for everyone, the samosa is big and tasty..... and i bought curry chicken for myself. Hmm.... my obsession with curry seems to escalate when i come to Fiji....

Anyway, after more or less drunk, by then i hope, I was then able to move to a Kava shop to buy musk for a house party while apparently houses a 6 million dollar art piece. I was describe as being, "totally stoned out", "have tons of curry" as well as "in my own world", thus i suspect that I was really not conscious. After which I was send back home. My night ended earlier than i hope but I really had a great time, until i loses conscious that is.

Moral of the story: Try not to mix Alcohol and Kava, Borg is not good for your body and try not to pursue all the inappropriate things you have done and move on.

but as the Canberra saying goes: Fyshwick Friday night full body massage, all night happy ending. That, is, to ensure happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.

Evil Genius Hatches a plan

Being the official evil genius in Fiji from ANU, I am here to spread my mischief. As we know that Fiji is just another small pacific island with a large tourist population, the fun will begin from here.

It is too bad that there is not much opportunity to do anything funny, but thank goodness that I have get pass my jet lag. Alright, to everyone's surprise, I actually went to watch Harry Potter, and prior to that, getting stuck with Germans all day long. Actually, only 2 of them, but it is enough. On the case of Germans, the new Harry Potter movie has been inspired by 1984 and more accurately, the German Nazis as the new Ministry of Magic image. Nazi uniform with red arm bands, anyone?

It seems that all Nazis are are in a standard stereotype which encompasses hugo boss uniform, recce cap and their thougish way of doing things. Well, it is was the Brits concept of Nazism, so no flowers or Guten Stagen, but straight up macho Facism.

Going back to my research project, pornography, it is quite funny that I have to actually fight with a girl to do it. It seems weird, but the "Want to have my sausage" joke seems so bloody appropriate and normal. Going up another level I guess. It is just too bad that I am not going to do it for my actual course, otherwise, it would have been awesome.

First, lets go to things proper- This place is a hell hole. Humid, hot and the every once per 15 minutes rain. All contributes to the sweaty and grimy fijian day. Oh bothers, I choose to come here anyway. But on the bright side, I met up with this lovely girl from Malaysia, it is just too bad that we had only one day but, who knows, maybe she will pop up again elsewhere in Fiji. Havent really explored the city, but is looking forward it, please dont let it rain so much again....

Long wait. 2 weeks. Fiji.

Bula !

Just a status update for quite a while. Nothing much happened since last week Tuesday and I wonder whether will there be anything happening. Although days are boring, at least I have tons of stuff to do! Learning Fiji as well as catching all the Kendo Classes to make myself presentable during my suppose demonstration.

2 Weeks more!