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Its Saturday night and my neighbors are having a wild-scream-their-heads-off-swear F_U at-the-top-of-their-lungs party. (I never knew there were so many different ways to use the F-word....till now.) There are teenagers running up and down the side driveway past my bedroom window shouting and throwing stuff at each other. (and i want to yell...'i hope you… Continue reading Stone Throwers Wanted

What is the definition of love?Spending 2 hours baking: GF chocolate cake, Oatmeal Raisin cookies, heavenly Corn/Rice/Tapioca flour bread and Banana Chocolate Chip cake - for my children when Im on a diet and CANT EAT ANY OF IT. Zip. Nada. Not even a crumb. JB helpfully assured me - (with a mouthful of his… Continue reading The Definition of Love

The World's (Former) Fattest Man is suing the UK government for 'not helping' him enough to lose weight. Wow, what a splendiferous idea! I always thought i was fat because I reeeeeally like to eat. And i reeeeeeeallly dont like to exercise. Because yesterday I ate two cream donuts from the bakery and loved them.… Continue reading Big Fat Loser

I was only just starting to get used to writing the date 2010 and heck, its 2011 already. Where did the year go? What happened to it? My year was one dominated by writing. Stressing out about writing. And then more writing.In January we set our sights on moving to Auckland before the year was… Continue reading 2010 in Review

So Im faced with a conundrum. Of existential proportions:Im still sleepless but now i live in Auckland. So technically, 'Sleepless in Samoa' is a big fat lie. Hmmm what to name my blog? Im looking around for inspiration. There's so many clever names out there. Like 'Faikakala..you know you are!' (love that one.) And 'Kuaback'...and… Continue reading What’s in a name?

I just have to rave about how amazing wireless internet is. Cos I just moved to Niusila and Im just a fob who only had dialup and now Im sitting on the sofa blogging on my laptop while JB is on FB at the exact same time on the desktop and I click on stuff… Continue reading Simple Pleasures

Where do you all go after high school?I got my high school magazine in the mail today. It travels a long way to get to me. All the way from Washington D.C in the land of the free and the home of the brave. A long time ago, my father moved us to the murder… Continue reading My High School Musical Whine.

When I was little, my nickname (courtesy of my loving siblings) was – Princess Leia. Or, as they spelled it – Princess Lia. No, not the Princess Leia with the earphone braids hairstyle who traipsed around the galaxy with the dashing and wildly attractive Han Solo. I wish. ( The Han Solo part, NOT the… Continue reading Waging War on Princess Leia

My heaven on earth...It's exam time and prizegiving time in Samoa. Another opportunity to demonstrate how different me and HRH are. HRH believes in rewarding academic excellence with cash and other material assets. Which is a foreign concept for me. I always thought you had to strive constantly to come first in class, or else… Continue reading Can you buy academic excellence?

What my living room might look like IF solitude ruled.A long time ago when I was contemplating getting married ( at the tender age of 19…shock, horror), a ‘friend’ counseled me against it. He said, “Before you commit to sleeping with someone else, make sure you can first sleep alone in the dark.” I think… Continue reading Solitude sucks.