Melting Ice caps or land mass expanding.

This is a theory though not being seriously considered  as worthy of research it is sort of a contemplation. The theory is based on a physics experiment I remembered we did back in secondary school where we dropped a small stone into a graduated flask the weight of the stone can be calculated by taking into account the difference in the water level by observing the graduations on the flask. The current climate change theory suggests that global warming heats up the atmosphere and in turn melts the ice caps in the North and South Poles. This is another theory, recently I read that New Zealand is drifting closer to Australia by millimeters according to findings by geophysicists of these two countries. The finding is based by movement of the plates. But no one has come up with the theory that landmass growth can cause rise in sea level. Remember the world once thought that the earth was flat before we discovered that it was round. It is worth a research landmass growth, search it up, continental drift and the lot then disregard the irrelevant.

Happy research

Amplifiers

A few weeks ago a man from Naitasiri was talking to me about  the sau or supernatural powers our chiefs once had and went on describing how it was revered in Fiji. I didn't remind him of how they received those powers back then he was quite intelligent enough to understand. He was hard pressed on the treatment being given to our Chiefs by the current regime. In this day and age being enlightened and having an open minded approach is a good combination in tackling issues. We are not the same as the past. The Sau is gone, the only avenue for receiving Sau nowadays, is true acceptance of  GOD as the overall power of the Vanua and Matanitu there can be no compromise, denying this will reveal the true nature of your status. We say that people belong to the Chiefs and are not accountable to anybody for their actions. We have accepted Christianity, the only title disputes that we have nowadays is when we read or listen to the media about a certain faction of a Vanua bestowing a chief there only to be challenged by another party saying they are the rightful holders. Then the NLC steps in to clarify who the rightful holder should be. Now going back to the old days, title disputes would be settled on the battlefield by the opposing faction or a surprise attack and there's the contests in which a display of skills, wits and intelligence is involved the latter I believe was the ancient of the two and was widely used then the first method before the dark ages, then to the victor goes the spoils. In certain times, a whole family has to be wiped out to avoid any future ramification as was in the Cakobau era though dissimilar in certain areas when Ratu Seru himself was hidden by his father from his enemies for fear they might kill his son and end his line. Fijian politics in the days leading to the colonial era was pure cloak and dagger stuff. Nowadays it might be of a different version but it still has the same attributes.  Back to this Naitasiri man, I told him one can make comments about chiefs nowadays, their style of leadership or how they handle themselves in this day and age but with the right reasons. We are firm believers nowadays that Kings are from Gods calling, a belief etched right out of the Bible. What we must also understand nowadays when it's from God it is within his authority to take it away when he sees fit. I stressed to him challenging a Chief for the right reasons is acceptable only to a certain point. If he or she disagrees then take your leave and pray it works out for the best. We must always remember anything done deceitfully will never live out its years. If we truly believe in the God of Jacob then we must believe and understand the promises he made to him, Blessed are those who bless you, your descendants will be as many as the stars above and cursed are those who curse you.  To that man whether he got what I said, his intepretation is his own. Remember problems are meant to be solved. Solving it is the problem and the cycle continues.  

Whose your DADDY( The MATUKU War)

Though a small part of Fijian history or one of small significance, it remains the cornerstone of Matukuan debate  and its significance in the LAU group only recently through Ratu Sukunas administration but was part of the Lomaiviti Group.As a young boy, as it would be for other Fijian famillies of their history,  I would sometimes be reminded of this past. The elders found it necessary as it defines our existence to this very day. The Valu ni Lotu as it was being refered to was nothing more then a pretext of  the Tongan warlord( Maafu) to expand his territory. Conquering the Yasayasa Moala has been on his mind although he was cautious of being reprimanded by the missionaries for they would eventually find out  his intentions and methods of spreading the gospel. My grandfather would sometimes admit with a bit of guilt that we were one of the last to accept Christianity he would sometimes defend it by stressing the method that Maafu was using didn't augur well with our ancestors then. In those times clubbing people for any reason meant war. Then the war was at Matuku's doorstep. After pacifying Moala who fought but lost, credits to them, Totoya was their next target, Totoya being the passive(sometimes refered to as pet of the other two islands) of the two accepted Christianity in exchange that they won't meet the same fate as Moala. Maafu collected warriors from the two subdued islands and headed for Matuku. By then the warriors of Yaroi, Natokalau Lomati, Ravi2 and the rest of Matuku led by Ratu Meli Saronicava as their General, the youngest son of the then Tui Matuku Roko Yaroi were prepped for battle. On their arrival there was slaughter on the beach. A big contingent of Tongan soldiers were slaughtered there as were some of their allies. That beach is named after the slaughter as Moor of Blood or Disembarkment of Blood, in Fijian "Udu Dra" and is a testament to that. It was told that it took six months for the standoff and finally a tactic by the Tongan warlord to bring one of Tui Matuku's (king of Matuku) daughters to plead with his father to come to Lakeba and accept Christianity like the rest of the Lau group finally led to his acceptance of the faith and he sent for his son to recede the protection of Matukus walls. He left for Lakeba and on his arrival was surprised that the same Tongans whom he was travelling with shouted cries of victory which meant Matuku has been subdued. To his embarrasement he was furious with his daughter, had he known of such treachery he would have stayed and continued with the fight. He asked the Tongans to be taken back but who in his right sense of mind would go through that nightmare again. Matuku finally accepted Christianity in the manner it was supposed to have been. This history survives with us and our next generation of Matukuans so we be reminded of the sacrifices of our ancestors and  with the realization of defending your livelihoods means the survival of the future generation and you protect it with your life. We are the envy of the Lau Group in that we do not wear the tawala or gafi2 as they say it in functions as a sign of a conquered people, the rest of Lau wear them signifying this and they sometimes wear it with pride without knowing the meaning of it. The Tongans regard this as an embarrassing chapter of their history in Fiji and leaves reasonable doubts on their side of the story which has become widely accepted since most early writers and local historians were from the North of Lau. Our true acceptance of the faith led one of Matuku's sons( from Natokalau) to be the first  Fijian President of the Methodist Church and led the independence of the methodist church from it's governing body in Australia in the 60's. I only pray that the Tongans or anybody for that matter had realized that using force or treachery will not end up well for them.......remember nothing can be hidden for long. Eventually there's a breaking point.      

Same sex marriage.

In Fiji, there is a growing sentiment and recently loud rhetoric's in the media of the new constitution having provisions for safe sex marriages. Pacifying a robust and once volatile society in this manner will never work. We accepted Christianity a few hundred years ago in the sense that it would enlighten our minds from the darkness it was in some otherwise I'll explain that later. We felt the power that came with it and still do. The Fijian society is one of a strong and magnificent nature. It is so because of our customs and tradition. When Filipo and Kelepi marries or Marica and Liku immediately the system is thrown in disarray because its a wrong program. Nothing can be produced from it. This types of behavior is nothing more then mens uncontrollable nature. The grassroots Fijians don't believe in same sex marriage, this is a lifestyle brought about by ancient western societies due to ignorance of its repercussions, I believe the Fijians won't take this lying down. Take this as a warning and respect the powers that be.  

History and Porn

Demarcating the boundaries of the act and the sensation has been one of the intensely debated areas in trying to curb the rise in the viewing of porn by teenagers.They are more probably the same. One cannot operate without the other. I remembered during a grog session with one of our bosses, he asked the younger guys a question, whats is the two oldest profession in the world? None of us knew what the answer was. With a little grin he answered, Land surveying and prostitution. I was a bit astounded. That blew a gap wide open to deliberate  on 2 professions very detached from each other and yet common in their survival. The question, what do these two professions feed on if I may classify the latter the same. By feed on I mean what human trait does it awaken? Yet in these millennium we still haven't answered this question, it could have been answered a long time ago, for the latter it would prove futile. Maybe I've shed a little light on this subject and maybe not. Let's see in say a few years from now.   

The greatest fear

I have always felt that greatness or power left unchecked could lead to certain chaos. Complacency in rendering the deserved attention can be detrimental to you and your surroundings. Men are capable of achieving great things given the right focus and attention to the task. There still remains a level or limit to our pursuit. We have quotes which says "The sky is the limit"and many more which states where theres a will theres a way. I do not have any quarrels with The Will, it is the recognition of its limit that I am stressing. When men try and become gods or the overruling authority over an entity. If one of Gods own ceation the sea has its coastline for it to recede, then I believe as part of nature we dig deep to isolate and acquire its consequences.The fear that you might consider yourself greater then God himself. At this stage, you are lucky if you are aware of your shortcoming and redirect your approach on everything you do before its too late. Though such a short paragraph for a title so vast but history has been a collection of such human endeavours. Go to the library or surf the web.

Welcome to Matuku

To those who have just tapped in, I extend my warm greetings to all of you. I have read on yahoo that Donald Trump fathered offsprings from many wifes, this is the first time I've ever seen one and two after a hunt in Africa for that matter. Is this what succession strategy is nowadays.....I believe it's working. The corporate world is a volatile and sinister environment. Hunters indeed, coming in from the cold............all I can say is rainbows man, when the suns rays reflect and refract inside a drop of rain a rainbow is formed,  ohh an idea just came to mind. I'll let this one run.......the rainbow is gonna be perfect. It's always interesting to entwine a little intelligence in some things. The calm moves with the storm, don't get caught on the wrong side. I just added this on for sort of a retraction, the axe is worthless without the woodcutter, a saw without the carpenter and so is the tail for we are worthless without our creator the Almighty God.  

The War Within

The case with Syria is a very complex one. We are only looking at the visible discussions that are televised, broadcasted on the radio and printed on the press. While it is essential for a so called legit regime to do so, it is the individual interests of those in power that should never be left out. These are the issues that prolong oppression, drag an incomplete resolution into obscurity, all for the purpose of fulfilling each others obligations of self gratification over the lives of the suffering. It seems as though it’s begun to look like a Mexican standoff between the Syrian regime and the Western Allies. I bet Syria is packing ammo that could re-arrange the exterior outlook of a plan already in motion, then theres the Western Allies who's trying not to let that happen. While it tightens the noose on one end Syria is threatening to release on the other. Well that’s how I look at it. Something’s got to give; I believe this is too much to chew right now. So chew slowly. Ahh I suddenly remembered George Bush Jnr's phrase from a speech at the beginning of the Iraq war, "Those who feel the warmth of our embrace will find comfort in it, and those who feel its heat will be burnt by it."  It was something similar along that line I must have misquoted but that is how I would have wrote it once. They were already in Iraq then.

The last of a generation

Yesterday we laid to rest the last survivor of one generation of the Buinimasi family of Matuku, both Natokalau and Yaroi. There's the Vadravadra lineage in Gau still living. We were talking during our family gathering and one of my uncles from Yaroi said that now we have become orphans, I didn't hesitate in pitching in, I just said  this is what life is. The old depart and the new take over. This is the master plan, sometimes the problem is we are used to clinging on (I laid it out in a respectful manner so as to avoid any animosity). There will always come a time when we will face these situations, practice it at home, because by the time you are called for a greater cause you won't have any reason to doubt yourself. May the Almighty guide her soul Home. Salote Leba, 86 yrs old of Natokalau Matuku Lau.

     

Transformation

While it has tranformed and diversified to a wide spectrum at least I've paid homage to it's conception. I will repeat it again, it was innocent and true. The rest is divine intervention.

God be with us all.

And the flies have landed

 It's amazing how quickly people pass a judgement before considering the details and facts. That is where the weakness is, we should learn to be patient. Thinking is what constitutes a wise decision. The strength of an argument is measured by its relevance and it's cohesiveness. Then again this is my blog and will depend entirely on what the writer is intending. Sometimes I like to look at it as a vast land mass just waiting to be developed sensibly.