Tag: Sports
Olympic Sports - a rant
Last week the IOC Executive Board took a vote on which 2 sports out of 7 finalists to recommend to all the IOC members to include as Olympic sports from 2016. I’m still a bit confused as to the process of eliminating or adding sports to the Olympics - it seems to be quite fluid, [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under Olympics.
Tags: Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Gender Equality, Golf, Olympics, Rugby 7s, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Uniforms
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FAQ
There are a few things I have been asked repeatedly about Fiji and what I’m doing over here, so perhaps they will be of interest to a wider audience…
Q. Is Fiji bidding for the Olympics!?
A. No - Fiji has an Olympic Committee to do the administration for sending Team Fiji to the Olympics - just [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2009 under Fiji, Travel, Work life.
Tags: Albert Park, AYAD, Cricket, Entertainment, Fiji, Food, French, Frisbee, Golf, Housing, Olympics, Politics, Rain, Shopping, Softball, Sports, Sunset, Suva, Tennis, Transport
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Snorkelling through a coup
I seem to be making a habit of leaving a country of residence in the week of high drama. Whilst I was technically still in Fiji for this coup (can you call it a coup if it is the same guy taking over again?), I was ignorantly finding Nemos among the brightly coloured coral of [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2009 under Fiji.
Tags: Censorship, Internet, Media, Politics, Snorkelling, Sports, Suva, wedding
Comments: 1
Three Weeks Already
It has been a hectic last few weeks. I only made it through 6 days of a 10 day in-country orientation before I had to take a wintery sojourn to the USA for Hunter and Sarah’s wedding. After a whirlwind (and very fun) trip to LA-Vegas-Utah-Vegas-Nashville, I’m back in Suva as of 3 days ago, [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under Fiji.
Tags: AYAD, FASANOC, Fiji, Food, Sports, Tsunami, wedding
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