Breadfruit's Spectacle runs in Rugby Sevens

in the pictures: I finally got a Samoan bible (O Le Tusi Paia) and a song book (Pese Ma Viiga).; the breadfruit chips..yummy yummy yummy; a church in Samoa--I'm not sure of the denomination.

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www.adyashanti.org
...december 2007 sun magazine my mom sent me..a spiritual teacher asks "what's been important to you all your life? That's your truth. I guess i liked the article (interview). Some other things...presence between the words...is this nancy anything more than a thought?...what is looking through your eyes right now?...god is peering through right now...in this moment...help people question their argument with reality...truth lies rith here, right now...when we let our guard down...reality rushes in...what am i really?...be alive in the routine...but what i have found...true spirituality...facing your illusions...it all depends on your attitude/intention...spirituality is much more of a bloody mess than we like to admit...act on truth alone...your good sense is vital...well functioning egos are nicer to be around.

http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/384/who_hears_this_sound

the craziness of Samoa: a 1GB flash drive costs $98 Tala (probably about $35/40USD). another PCV got a 1GB flash drive in America for $7.

Flashback..there is one movie place in Samoa: Magik Cinemas. I watched a movie called Cloverfield a while ago with some other PCVs. I remember "forget the world and hang on to those you love." maybe i'm the opposite, forget the family and hang onto the world. I feel so far away. but memories of home dance through my heart, as the surf crashes white against coral reef.


2/1 Another movie tonight. Sad, with a happy ending, well at least for one mother. Other mother loses daughter to violence, in the “name of peace.” Yeah, I was taking notes—here are some others: “are you ok?” “they got one of us.” They US. When we bleed the same color blood, <> “peace be with you” even in the name of violence that takes many lives. Yeah—there will be peace,when everyone is dead. “they have a relationship” world is built on relationships—for better or worse. I’m learning how important it is a skill to develop and keep positive relationships—in all strings of life. “this is a nasty business.” And we have to play nasty or we lose? How much intelligence dose it take to change a light bulb? And how many people will die? “do you have a family?” an important question when you hold the key to someone’s freedom. The movie is called Rendition. I spied it at the Magik Cinema of Samoa. I heard fat man snore. Slapping would not wake him. Maybe a cup of ice water?

It’s interesting who talks to me in Samoa—most recently it was a man looking for a lawyer..for workers compensation package of (if I read the letter correctly)_ $700 million. The letter had bad English. He asked me if I know any lawyers in America. I said no.

A Saksian Bulletin says “if you want to get a message out, wrap it up in a person.” Hmmmm…not a book? Or web site?

Good food remembered…dining at fale o Ioene in Apia during our second language session we ate well. One night included spaghetti, sauce, cheese, 2 large pieces of chocolate cake=yummy in my tummy.


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The spectacle of Rugby 7s—Wellington, NZ. Costumes of all shapes and sizes—4 black Spiderman, fat women, policemen, scantily dressed nurses. Precise passes, spinning ability, speed on demand, team thinking, holding onto the passes, good tackling—will take a team far. Rain makes spectators leave.

Some yoga thoughts: never w/o scars, yoga as a training program for how to live better, sustainable energy, to learn surrender and beginning, trusting of my abilities.

I watched a movie..it was good..and it wasn’t kick, punch, bang, boom, kill…it was about knowing people’s sadness and disturbing the peace.

Blast from the recent past: I retook the language test, code named LPI#2. this was after 2 weeks of (less intense) language training in Apia. I scored an Intermediate Mid—yeah!! The tester said I should have passed the first time..yeah..well my brain said otherwise. Whatever the case, PC is satisfied.

I’m still adjusting to the Samoan sleep schedule—my family..my dad is asleep right after eating dinner. Bingo on many nights—family comes home around 11:30 or midnight—to eat a late dinner—then sleep (moe). I usually sleep by 12am.

Waking Life’s rocking theme “are you a dreamer?” well yes, I am thank you. right now I dream about yummy cheesy quesadillas—maybe my dream will come true—a neighboring store owner wants to know how to cook, Mexican food—oh—it was Italian food. Some people from Australian want to do some Mexican.