Sniffing Glue
In today's Fijian Sun Times there was an article (warning) about kids going back to school and how this year they should refrain from sniffing any glue. Seems last year there was a glue sniffing epidemic that contributed to the decline of proper education. While reading the article I'd begun to see parallels with the glue sniffing students and the islanders as a whole. A casual observer might even draw the conculsion that the entire population of Fiji is sniffing glue. Everyone I've encountered moves slower then Bryant Mckinnee on Sundays. If you get stuck walking behind a Fijian, you're best off consulting a map and finding a new route. If they give you a specific time to catch a boat or taxi, add a half hour, order lunch and then be on the look-out. However, and this is a constant, whatever they tell you they're going to do they will do just not on time. They get things done, just on their own time. This my friends is "Fijian time" and it must be as intoxicating as sniffing glue because everyone here is high on it.
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