• Fijian’s Are Like Big Kids – Why Can’t We?

    Fijian’s Are Like Big Kids – Why Can’t We?

    I often wonder why it’s so damn hard to just be a big kid no matter how old you are, and hanging on to that carefree child even when you grow up. If you remember that 1988 Tom Hank’s movie “Big”,  it was about a 12 year old boy who made a wish at a [...]
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  • Why Does Organic Food Cost More In Western Countries?

    Why Does Organic Food Cost More In Western Countries?

    Fijian’s are very lucky that their fresh fruits and vegetables are in abundance and for the most part, grown organically without pesticides and herbicides.  They are also extremely lucky that this organic produce is cheap – dirt cheap compared to Western countries. Tropical pineapples, papaya and watermelon sell for as little as USD$0.50 per kilogram, [...]
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  • BULA! Welcome to a Fijian Culinary Adventure!

    BULA! Welcome to a Fijian Culinary Adventure!

    “Since arriving on Castaway Island, Fiji in early September 2009 I’ve been developing, testing and sampling the unique world-class foods available here in Fiji and we’ve developed what we believe to be a first for “Fijian” cuisine. We continually source the freshest produce and have developed our menus drawing on Mediterranean, Asian and Fijian influences [...]
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  • I Was Honoured To Attend A Solemn Ocassion In Fiji

    I Was Honoured To Attend A Solemn Ocassion In Fiji

    As the Paramount Chief’s first foreign, cultural ambassador, I was privileged and honoured to attend the funeral of his late aunt, who was herself a person of great stature and belonged to the Chiefly family. Like everything here in Fiji, their culture and traditions are well and truly alive and have been adapted into everyday [...]
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  • Christmas Comes Early at a Local Fijian School

    Christmas Comes Early at a Local Fijian School

    I visited the local district school today with some resort guests to hand out over 100 early Christmas gifts of much needed school book and mathematical sets to the Fijian school children. These were donated by a Castaway Island resort guest, who was married in Fiji earlier in the year and was touched by the [...]
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  • Welcome…To Modern Fijian-Fusion Cuisine

    Welcome…To Modern Fijian-Fusion Cuisine

    “Since arriving on Castaway Island, Fiji  in early September 2009 I’ve been developing, testing and sampling the unique world-class foods available here in Fiji and we’ve developed what we believe to be a first for “Fijian” cuisine. We continually source the freshest produce and have developed our menus drawing on Mediterranean, Asian and Fijian influences [...]
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    Why Are Fijians The Happiest People On The Planet?

    Why Are Fijians The Happiest People On The Planet?

    • February 7, 2012 • Comments (0)

    In a recent international survey it was found that the native Fijians are amongst the happiest people in the world. Without the affluence of Western society, how is it that a native people who seem to live in poverty compared to the West, are actually more happy and content? A deeper look at their close-knit [...]

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    Coeliac Disease – Nature’s Alarm Bell Against GM Grains

    Coeliac Disease – Nature’s Alarm Bell Against GM Grains

    • February 7, 2012 • Comments (0)

    According to immunologist Professor Robert Anderson at Australia’s The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, “It would be surprising to find Coeliac disease in Melanesian Fijians, but not at all unexpected in Indian Fijians as North Indians do have HLA DQ2 quite commonly”. The genes that are susceptible to the synthetic proteins found in GM wheat, [...]

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    Eating GM Foods Is Like Smoking

    Eating GM Foods Is Like Smoking

    • February 7, 2012 • Comments (0)

    When images of 2-year old Indonesian kid Ardi Rizal appeared in our television screens in 2010, it sent shock waves of protest and disgust around the world. How could someone allow a baby to smoke cigarettes? And even worse— become addicted? Some 30 years after being told by tobacco companies that smoking was not bad [...]

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