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There’s a sinking feeling abound…

Wilson — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:53:00 +0000

It is the year 2027 and Nadi has become an underwater ghost town. The former ‘jet set’ town of bustling tourists, taxis without taxi meters, and persistent salespeople now belongs to the fishes and coral of the sea.

At least thats what is predicted by Professor Patrick Nunn, who’s part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and apparently it’s quite serious. Since Nadi is built on a delta, and the forests upstream have been deforested, water is coming down alot more often and is bringing with it silt and soil, resulting in an increase in drainage blockage and thus flooding. More soil and silt means more weight, which means Nadi’s going down, ‘abondon ship’ style.

All’s doom that ends in doom. And the Nadi Town Council agrees. Infact, they’re so shook up by the statement of Professor Patrick Nunn, that they’ve gone all religious in the hope that the Almighty One will ~~intervine~~ intervene and save the town ~~from its wicked ways~~ from its own weight. Of course, it’s either divine intervention or GTFO/relocate, the later option being less popular with the Council, since nobody likes shifting house, forget a whole town.

20 years is a long time to wait to see whether all this is going to happen (though there’s nothing in the way of saying that it won’t), and a lot of things could occur between now and then. The Nadi Town Council could order a relocate for the whole town. Or they could look into trying to save the town by looking into investing into proper drainage systems, though with the current worldwide economic slowdown, that could remain a dream and nothing more. Or they could just wait and see if what the overseas scientists predicted would come to pass. After all, one statement at a conference is one thing, official orders from the government to relocate after a million dollars of research from top scientific communities in the Netherlands (I’ve always had the notion that the most brilliant scientists came from Europe) finds that the town is indeed sinking, is another.

What will this mean for Nadi and the rest of Fiji?

Obviously, Nadi is going to lose its status as the coolest town in Fiji. I mean, let’s be honest here. When you think Nadi, you think Airport, hot tourists, and 24 hour beach parties. With that gone, Nadi’s going to end up as the town without its mojo. After all, Labasa’s the edge of civilization, Sigatoka’s got their sand dunes (which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, bonus!), Lautoka’s got their sugar sweet status, and Suva is…well…only like the capital city of Fiji and all that.

This won’t bode well with our fellow Nadi…arians. Here’s hoping that either science will get it wrong, or divine intervention will play its part in the years to come. That or in 20 years time, there’ll be a new town in Fiji called “New Nadi”.

You heard it here first folks

Night Scene – Eds Bar

Allen — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:17:00 +0000

“Eds bar” is the name of a popular nightspot in Nadi, and is frequented by many locals and tourists. I particularly mention tourists because you are bound to find one there each time you visit. In my opinion, “Eds” is the only decent nightspot in Nadi i.e. if you’re looking to have fun without getting a black-eye, compared to most of the dodgy nightspots there.

Unlike many of the bars or clubs in Suva, “Eds Bar” doesn’t have a strict dress code, and you can basically show up on a busy night in shorts and flip-flops.

Well enough with the seemingly promotion of “Eds Bar” and on to the main issue of this post. If you’re from Fiji or have connections to Fiji, most of you would have probably received an email in your inbox with the subject “Eds Bar”. If you haven’t, then you can probably expect one soon or you can view the main content right here. Please, no applause, I insist.

The email contains pictures of two females in their bikinis dancing on poles, posing behind the bar, on the dance floor, etc. What has made this email so popular in local circles is that occurrences such as this are rarely caught on camera for the amusement and entertainment of people here.

The background story (thanks to the coconut wireless), is that this incident occurred on a quiet Tuesday night (if it were a busy one, they certainly would have been swamped left, right, center, above, below), and the two performers were flight attendants of a foreign airliner. At the rate that this email is traveling, hopefully it doesn’t land in the inbox of their boss.

Special props goes out to the photographer for sending out these pics. To the two performers, we at “Failed Paradise” and our readers sincerely hope that you won’t get into trouble with your boss over this, and we send a big warm “vinaka vakalevu” for entertaining this tiny nation. [snickers]

As you can see, a replay of the Fiji vs Wales 2007 Rugby World Cup match
is shown on screen

It’s quite obvious that they’re rooting for Fiji

The victory dance…

…Wait for it… 1, 2, 3…

… “It’s Britney B*tch… Gimme Gimme“ …

…“Gimme Gimme more”

Yes, a local female patron in the background is
loving every moment of this

For those that have never been to “Eds Bar”, here is proof
of the laxity in dress code. Shorts and Flip-flops. Suva, please take note

The slogan on the guy’s t-shirt says it all

I wonder what that guy is smiling about… hmm

Isn’t it amazing that there’s more than
one photographer at work

That there is a nice “Bula shirt” a.k.a. Hawaiian Shirt

How many bottles can you see in here?

Taking time out to pose with a fan. Which one’s the star?

Are those Milo cans in the top right corner?

Notice the red eyes in amongst the crowd below? Cool!

I saw a scene like this in Coyote Ugly

Where’s Wally?

The Great Debate

Wilson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:59:00 +0000

Its a simple question.

Which is better…Suva or Nadi?

Blog in Fiji tackles this deceptively simple question with their usual humour, ‘straight’ facts and painful but true points.

From the first part of the post:

“First, in the corner to my West, I give you the challenger, weighing in at a population of 10,000 with cows blocking traffic only meters from the center of town and parades that have only one float….Ladies and gentlemen, it’s “Nadi, The Jet Set Townnnnnnn!”

And in the corner to my East, in the smelly ocean trunks, weighing in at a population of over 100,000, with political strife, a bus station that emits true knockout power of black clouds with both hands and a former garbage dump flanked by a cemetery and an ugly container yard on the main road entering the city center, Ladies and Gentleman, I give you SUVA, The City with a Silly Saturday 12 Midnight Curfewwwwww!”

I got to admit, the Saturday 12 Midnight curfew is a real kicker for us suva clubbers

On the same breath though:

“12) The Chicks (for guys) – Suva has way, way more hotter chicks…now don’t be hatin’, it’s just a numbers game. Suva has many more drunk women too (numbers game again)…Suva in a big way!”

Check out the post for a more indepth study on the pros and cons of each city.

And make up your mind.

Are you a Nadi or Suva person?