Budhau you are hot air!!!

Tuks  has this to say 

Budhau, there you go again!!!..Stop wasting space. You are hot air -like what William Shakespear said in Macbeth and I quote …" Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".

Fiji water turns a blind eye to the sins of Dictator

The greedy pursuit of money is the root of evil. Whilst the regime is there for self enrichment this is achieved through the wresting and wielding of the ultimate power of government. Fiji Water like other money seeking businesses turn a blind eye to the sins of the illegal government and bow to it for good favor. The old case of you scratch my back I scratch yours. Both have something to gain out this symbionic relationship.

 

Peacepipes

Budhau the house was never ours from the begining

balluk Says:
September 19, 2009 at 7:40 am

Budhau you ulukau, no immagination and total BLOCKHEAD,the Indians you see all over the 3rd world today, were mostly the by-product of the British&other Europeans, Indenture Labour System.
These includes Indians you found in Africa,Middle East, South-America, North-America, West-Indies and FIJI. Why trying to hide our history?

Its an open book for everyone to read. We're a bunch of Untouchable, unloaded by our own RAJAS, to the then British Sahib, to take us off their rich hands and land?
It was the BIG SAHIB humanity that saved our ASS, they figured hey why kill these poor bugger, ship them to the new colonies and get them to work under the slavery Indentured labour system?
What you should remember was that it was our Rajas and Sahibs that led the Indian revolution to overthrow the British from our home land.

We too get involves in removing most of these Europeans colonial empires from around the globe-now who is going to help these natives to toss us out of their land? So i say, it time for us to step back and give the I Taukei the freedom to do as they please in running their own country? What is good the goose is also good for the gander? Or rather give unto ceasar what is ceasar?????????????????

 

Lets all the vulagi remain as they are-VULAGI-and allow the I Taukei to build their house?We can offer to help and they can accept the offer and allow us to participate but it doesn't mean that after the house is built we can demand to live for ever in it. Because the house was never ours from the begining? I for one have always known my position in Paradise-I can enjoy all the priviledges the Fijian landowners have kindly allows me to have, but i also know who is the legitimate giver & taker and theTrue owners of these beautiful land? You see Budass,thats the reason why you're over there(no mans land) and i'm still over here in Paradise Fiji.

Our favourite contributor Ano has this to say to Budhau

@ Budhau.

You have no idea who & what your dealing with – which is good – keeps us amused – you confused. Valid & heartening point about Macuate & its recources which you & your predatory bretheren are continually exploiting – 25% gone – 75% to get rid of – tick tick tick…And no you are again wrong again- the traditional don't want them back. No racism or hatred in this – simply a cultural reality.
You somehow labour under the mistaken illusion that colonialism only applies to the British? Sorry but its an ongoing phenomenon – essence of the word means 'too colonise' – a task you have failed at in Viti.
Repeat – you are not Fijian – you never will be reconised as a Fijian – here or anywhere else – everywhere you go in this world identifies you as Indians – thats not racist more a reality that you won't acknowledge.
Your only claim to Fiji is that your an Indian born here – get over it.
My advise is concentrate on the declining 75% of your invasion force who'll be stranded here – especially those currently being exploited in the Olosara sector – scapegoats for your bretherens gross incompetence & greed. I mean what sort of culture are you? Bringing 'slave labour' from India to upgrade the mills – come on?

Tell you something? Right now you (Indians) are being set up as fall guys – when all this eventually comes to its inevitable conclusion & blows up – guess who'll bear the backlash? Not you and your like who'll bolt back overseas at the first hint of trouble – but those poor 'buggers' you'll leave behind. As for mental related issues? Imagine you know a lot about such things?

Budhau now attacking Ratu sir Kamisese Mara's policy for not extending land lease!!!

TikoTiko.. you wrote, "….it is easy for you Bud to say anything you want because you never grow up in Sugar land farm where milk and Honey used to flow freely Fiji is still our home and Bainimarama should say sorry to the peopel or the Taukei will eat him alive."
Why do you idiots come up with conclusions – like I did not grow up in the cane belt – WTF told you that.
BTW – in Macuate – 25% of the cane farmers had packed up and left between 1986 and 1996 – Bainimarama had very little to do with that.
They left because their lease was not renewed since after 2000 when the FLP had won a free and fair election and the NLTB and the Fijians leadership made land into a political football. Now, those landowners want these same farmer to come back and lease that land – but hell no, those farmers have move on….they ain't coming back.
That land of milk and honey – my ass. The majority of the came farmers have always been in debt – hand to mouth – borrowing money, first from Punjabi money lenders, having credit accounts at Gujerati grocery stores and later giving that crop lien to the banks. Some farmers who did OK was because of their extended family set up where they had revenue coming from outside – where some folks got jobs off the farm.
As for me not growing on a sugarcane farm – you idiot – I know who the qulumbar was, or the linaman, or how to put on the juatha on a pair of bullocks, the difference between khuti and pilaat…so don't me me that crap – I know sugarcane farming and and issues related to that just as much as most other issues that are discussed in here.
Anonymous – you wrote something about my "predatory East Indian bretheren"
You see Anonymous – you and your former peace corp husband – you two have some mental health related issues. BTW – you hatred of Indians – that is your problem – I guess it must be very frustrating for you two being so marginalized…and and that lab that you work – how are my "predatory East Indian bretheren" doing out there – how does your BS lab tech crap match up against those guys PhDs.

Bainimarama the coup leader in Fiji is continuing a dead course

 

The downward spiral is no exagerration, it is happening. Bainimarama seems lost on his trek to move Fiji fwd. Thereason for this is the opposing personality of an Illegal PM who does not know how to be one and a Military Commander who thinks that he knows what is best for Fiji.
The forced approach of ideologies to everyday Fijians is something that Bai takes for granted that the Fijians will follow it like obedient sildiers.This is not so because most Fijians value their freedom to choose what they want.
The total loss of Freedom to the Fijian people has made the4 work of this illegal govt wanting.It has forced Bainimarama to lie about almost everything that is taking place in Fiji and as Bai tries to paint a positive poicture of optimism everything he does results only in pessimisim. This is not a good omen for the future and yet Bai is content to go along this path of destruction without making compromises and allow dialogue with the people.Bai is continuing a dead course.

BLG Tui

New approach and new genuine professionals are needed in the industry

 Peace Pipe Says:
September 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM

Sugar industry is the only industry that the government props up and continue to subsidise in spite of years of losses. If we work out the cumulative loss against profits over the years made we would end up with net loss of the highest order. So what sense is there in continuing in this direction. New approach and new genuine professionals are needed in the industry to effect desirable changes. Now that it is becoming a lame duck especially without the EU assistance, the IG is looking at the other major industries to cover up for the shortfall. These are tourism, mineral water and fish. That is the trouble when we have idiots trying to run the show and don't have a clue as to how to make it work successfully. These peoples agendas are all skewed up with perverted personal pursuits and are not there for the good of the country.

Tikotikokina supports Balluk

 Anonymous   @Budhau

 'and no Indian has ever stolen or attempt to steal a single square inch of the Fijian land – ever'.

In Feb 08 a report by Indian academic Dr Kkrisnamurti recommended the dereservation of all indigenous Fijian land and that the size of lease be increased to 40 to 400 acres and that these leases be a minimum of 75 years.

'I was given the proposal and note by Chaudhry to send to the NLTB for further action'. Peni Sikivou.

And also – no Ratu has ever purchased a $1.7 million Suva house.
You just don't get do you? Probably never will.

Budhau attacking great Fijian institution

Balluk you wrote, "You cannot seperate the Ratu from the Mataqali – they are one of the same. Glad you finally clarified your (Indian) position on (disputed) ownership of the Land."

Let me show you the crap the you and others like you shovel in here.

The the mataqali folks are at the bottom of the totem pole – that is why we have this problem – those land owners, when they cannot afford to shoes for their kids, they blame the Indians for the situation they are in – while the Ratu rides around in the SUV – purchased from the land rent money – BTW – those Mataqali folks get about 50% of the rent revenues – while the Ratus upline take their percentages.

So don't give me that crap, that the Ratu and Mataqali cannot be separated – They will be separated – it is just a matter of time – and it ain't no Indian that will do that – this is how things evolve. BTW – those Indos, they also used to have their own "Ratus" about 50 some years ago, they don't have them no more.

So you separate the Ratu from the Mataqali – and your rent revenue goes up 50%.

On the position of land – what I said was not the "Indian" position. Those Indians have already accepted that the land belongs to the Fijians – and no Indian have ever stolen or attempt to steal a single square inch of the Fijian land – ever.

What I said was that almost all land – anywhere in the world, was stolen from someone who was there before them – in case of Fiji, the early inhabitants of this land were most likely conquered and eaten and their land taken away by the current owners – you have a problem with that. So land was taken by conquest.

As for the Indos leaving Fiji – why are you stating the obvious. The way the immigration trend is and you add that to the declining birth rate of the Indians – in 30 years, the Indian would probably make less then 20% of the population – from a high of more than 50%. Therefore, idiots like you should be addressing the Intra-Fijian conflict that has been going on since 1987 – instead of your racist crap of the Indian as the bogey man.

Anonymous wrote – "You've tried the same everywhere you've been – driven out of Africa – Carribbean – suppressed in Asia (Malaysia) – banned from Lau – Rotumah etc – currently causing mayhem in Australia – UK – your record of non assimilation says lots about your misplaced arrogance – Indians do not travel well – & no it is not racist –
merely cultural."

Cut out your bullstit – that you ain't a racist, this is all cultural.
Indians in most of Africa went there as small businessmen and were very successful – and one can understand some of that resentment.
The non-business community, like the one is South Africa, are equal participants in that country's economy and politics. Idi Amin Dada kicking out Indians – he was an idiot, and since then Uganda has invited those same Indians, who were mostly from the business community back into Uganda.

In the Carribbean, I see that you keep reading that Professor Davis crap – Where ever you have different groups of people living together there is bound to be some friction – in Fiji this friction can be easily managed – if it wasn't for some racist bastards like you, who try to capitalize on this and come up with wedge issues to gain political power.

As for that Fijian spelling – there are probably 3 Fijian speaking people in the whole state of MA, so it is no biggie for someone from Harvard to approach someone living around there on the subject of the language – It don't make you no professor – BTW – they won't even let you teach at a community college with that undergraduate degree in some lab technology.

The idiot wrote, "We as a people know who we are – know where we come from – know where we belong – whereas yourself?"

Here again is that same fricken argument – that the Fijians are Gods gift to humanity – listen, you bytch – every race of people have the same belief system – they know who they are, where they come from and all that crap. So that canoe that landed at Vuda, where exactly did that come from – you figure that out and it is very likely that you will find out that we are all cousins.

YOU DON'T GET IT – DO YOU?

Here we see your confusion once again in your conclusion "your immediate concern should be directed whether we (iTaukei) will come to your aid when he eventually turns upon you"

First, no matter how hard you try, I don't think Fijian people are idiots, they they will buy into your bogenman argument and turn on Indos or refuse to form coalitions when it is in the mutual interest of both groups.

What is more likely is that because this is a Intra-Fijian conflict, the Fijians will turn on each other – specially as you suggested that the Indians are moving out and their numbers are declining and becoming more "manageable".

Do you honestly believe that with the Indians gone, there will be no conflict between Fijians – why don't you go look up your history, before the Indos came to Fiji and see the kinda conflict that was there. Or look around the other conflicts in the region where the conflict is between the various indigenous factions.

So my suggestion to folks like you is by inciting people to racial violence you are introducing a new element into this conflict – and once they start the killing, this will not stop for generations – go study the history of any people. Those Indos will get the next flight out – but what will you do when they come for you.

Maichod balluk – you don't don't even see that this racist bytch and her white boy husband have been trying to incite racial violence on these various websites since 2000 – the good thing is that they are so marginalized that it does not make much difference.

Sosi – As for foul language and being low – I think you and that white boy husband of yours are the lowest of the low, with this racist crap that you push. BTW – things Fijian should be sorted out at the GCC – when it come to the parliament, the president, the PM, the constitution and the like – I think all citizens of Fiji must have equal say in those matters – and as for me, I can have an opinion on whatever I chose.

Sosi – sorry for the foul language – I am sure you have objected to the foul language on this site when it was aimed at me – I am sure you find the use of the word "maichod" by Balluk also objectionable.

Tikotikona – you should learn to distinguish the small group of Indo businessmen, mostly Gujjus from the rest of the Indos – Many of these same businessmen were cutting deals with Ratu Mara and his Alliance, with SVT, and the SDL and they are doing the same with Frank and I am sure they will be around doing the same with whoever comes to power next. Why don't you get it – many of these businessmen are successful because it was the Fijian leaders who sold out to them – if it wasn't these businessmen, there would be other, Indians and more recently some of the Fijian elite crowd are doing the same.

It is this group of businessman, together with the thieving ratus who have joined forces to screw the common Fijians. The problem I have is not with the businessmen – they are only looking after their own bottom line – and this is what every business is supposed to do, maximize profits for its shareholders – If it wasn't them, someone else will step in and fill that vacuum. I have problem with the thieving Ratus – for they have a fiduciary duty to their people – they have to put the interest of their people first, even above their own person interest. IN all these scams that we have had – the only people who were harmed from that are the poor common Fijians who have money that was earmarked for their benefit scammed away.

HARI COMMENTED

Balluk, give it up, this blockhead Budhau is really stupid!!!

Budhau attacking Balluk now!!

Balluk – you wrote, "Remember one thing blockhead,Fijians did not invite our ancestors to their beautiful Islands."

Listen, you idiots, when the British brought the Indians to Fiji, they, the British owned Fiji – the land, the sea, the people, the Qoliqoli and the while enchilada.

Now, if you have a problem with the that, then you should blame old boy Seru, a failed businessman, for selling out the country and its people.

About the Indians, you wrote, "They came here because they were mistreated at home, by their own Rajas(chiefs)they had to steal food in order to feed their family,they were slaves to these Rajas."

You are a real dumbass, Balluk – one of the reason there was migration out of India in the 1800s was because the British were there, and they had created a cash crop agriculture which during times of drought created severe famine. The British had also set a very efficient railroad system, where they could transport food out of the region very efficiently and made those drought/famines even worse – that is why Indian left in large numbers – it was no Rajas. By the way, I agree with you to a certain extent that the Rajas, just like the Ratus, exploit their own people – and getting rid of both is a good idea.

Here is another of your dumbass remarks, "It is unfortunate that we as a race of people, do have blockheads like yourself, who lack the wisdom, to reflect back to the way we were, as an untouchable group of human being at home in India and to where we are now, as accepted human being in Paradise Fiji."

Hey idiot, even if I was a blockhead – race has nothing to with anything here – What I say is my own individual opinion – WTF does it have to do with my race, or anyone else who says something in here – his or her race is irrelevant.

As for respecting each others culture – the should be mutual. Balluk, you are just some uneducated idiot who is trying look good by kissing up to this crowd – whereas I say it as it is.

BTW – I am all for democracy, equal rights of all citizens, affirmative action, respect of each others culture, getting rid of the dictatorship, and that all previous coups were wrong.
I also have a intense dislike for racist folks like anon – and I don't like the way you kiss ass in here.

BALLUK ATTACKS BUDHAU

You're quite righT hari this ulukau budhau is a first class BLOCKHEAD and if he had lived in India during the 18th hundredth he definately would have been the Raja's kokosaka or Raja's ass wiper with his tounge?This fool is in denial all his life and cannot and will not tell the truth about the real reasons why we-the Untouchable- were loaded onto boats like African slaves and shipped all over the new worlds including Fiji? The Rajas did not want anything to do with us-Untouchable-they want the British to take us inhuman out of their hand-THEY DID NOT WANT US! They would rather line us up and shoot us down like animals?

Listen to this blockhead misinformations, "When the British brought the Indians to Fiji, the British owned Fiji, the people, the land, the qoliqoli "this numbskull must have learned his history from Chaudhry or other dispora who are trying their best to screw up Fijian history.Listen budhau macafaka maichod, the deed of cession was a honorable document between the King of Fiji-Ratu Seru Cakobau- and the Queen of England-Queen Victoria and I have read the original deed of cession in Prince Albert hall in London.Which in my opinion and those of various legal experts, was clearly a request for a temporary protection, from one Monarch to another? Has it ever cross you blockhead why when the colonial office was planning to hand back power they originally was going to only invites the Fijian Chiefs over for the handing over ceremony in London?

But it was the Chiefs-Ratu Kamisese mara,Ratu Kaduvulevu Cakobau,Ratu Etuate Vanuavou,Ratu Penaia Ganilau etc Called a GCC meeting and demand that other communities, must also be represented at that ceremony? Thus the ceremony was change to constitutional talk.
So you see ASSOLE, if the Fijian chiefs had accepted the British original plan, your ASS would have been otta here a long time ago?

You see blockhead don't listen to much to chaudhry's bullcraps, cause you're both very similar in stupidity and if it wasn't for the labour movements, no one would have heard your shit face? Oh heres another blockhead remarks, "By the way, I agree with you to a certain extent,that the Rajas,like the Ratus both exploits their own people-and getting rid of both is a good idea". Just how do you propose to do this blockhead? Our Raja got rid of both of us because they don't think that we're human? There were strong then and they're very strong still.Fijian chiefs are very different in nature and tradition than a Fijian Chief since they are member of the clan that they lead. I'm just going to stop here since its useless talking to a total blockhead like you on this subject. As i've said before please stay where you're at don't come back.

Renowned Fiji Sevens coach Apenisa Rabai has done it again.this time in 15

ANTONY STEWART

September 14th, 2009

UNIVERSITY coach Apenisa Rabai says Illiesa Tuibuca is a shining example of why the Boars roared to Townsville and District Rugby Union glory on Saturday.
Barnstorming No. 8 Tuibuca was advised not to play after breaking ribs in the preliminary final, but he was determined to take his place in the grand final.
Not only did he last the full 80 minutes at Hugh St, he claimed man-of-the-match honours as University beat Teachers West 21-14 to win the premiership.

• VIDEO: MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Captain Richard Hardy also defied doctor's orders and played with a shoulder injury.
It was those gutsy efforts, combined with a perceived poor display from the referee, that helped galvanise University towards drought-breaking success, according to Rabai.
''I'm really proud. They really did very well. I was talking to some of the spectators and they could just see they played from the heart,'' he said.
''When we were defending on the line (the spectators) could see that they were giving their heart, giving it their all to win the game ... it was a good, hard game.''
The Boars also had to overcome being reduced to 14 players for foul play three times during the contest and Teachers West being awarded a controversial penalty try.
It left Rabai incensed and he took unusual action, approaching the officials at halftime. Despite coming back from 14-5 down from there, winning the second half 16-0, he said he was considering making an official complaint to the referees' association.
But it could not take away from their achievement, which marked University's first premiership since 1995 and the perfect send-off for departing back Terry Poole.
Just four years ago University finished last, while in 2007 they came second-last.
Rabai said he hoped Uni's win, which came after a fourth-place finish on the ladder - ironically as did  the 1995 team - would inspire the TDRU's other lesser lights.
''It's good for the Townsville Rugby Union, because every year it is either Brothers or Teachers and Burdekin (that win the premiership),'' he said.
''You hardly ever see (North Ward) Old Boys or Ross River or University, so it's good and hopefully it will encourage other clubs - what we did this year, they can do it too.''
Brothers took out the reserve grade title, proving far too strong for North Ward.
Teachers West claimed the under-19 premiership with a 41-26 victory over Burdekin.

If it means death – so be it!

 If it means death – so be it!                      

This saga has a new twist. The move by the military has encouraged the entire Fiji people to breakloose from their controls. Any retaliation from now onwards is not of a law-breaking citizen, but a mere patriach protection as the defender of what is left with us – the vanua and the lotu.

Mobilizing the kaiviti into a communal activity is nothing new. It is part of us – something that we are born with. Hyped and psyched from the continuos injustice and military intimidation for the past two and half years, the kaiviti has now reached its limits and a breakthrough to insanity is coming.

We have been holding back because of the knowlege that Aiyaz is behind this, for his ploy to destroy the Fijian system and the Lotu. Articles were written to bring the "ulukaus" (likes of Frank, Teleni & others)into some sanity for the future of the kaiviti. Now, they have ignored the many call to sanity and initiated a move – by rounding the "Gone Marama Bale Na Roko Tuidreketi" and the "Prophets" of our living God into the barracks unto the Fiji Courts;as heralds of the truth we stand to call for all "dra ni kaiviti dina" to stand and fight back.

Our fight today will secure the future of our children. If it means death – so be it. Follow through swm for the time has come to carry that "crusade sword" and terminate the "ungodly".

New line up!!!

We will be posting the new line up of the new government in here as it comes,move over Bainimarama and co..

Bottom falling off the sugar industry

Latest figures to September 7 indicate yet again that the sugar industry is struggling to meet its export commitments to Tate and Lyle of London with whom it has a long term contract to supply 270,000 tonnes of sugar each season.

So far this year with half the season gone, FSC has only been able to export 49,000 tonnes. Another shipment of 29,000 tonnes is expected to leave by the end of the month. This should bring exports to 78,000 tonnes so far this year, if fully met – 12,000 tonnes short of what was originally planned.

By 7 September only 912,000 tonnes of cane had been crushed. The revised crop estimate for the season is around 2.3 million. All three larger mills – Lautoka, Labasa and Rarawai performed well below par in the week-ended 7 September.

The sad state of the industry can be attributed to the politics now being played against the growers by those in charge in league with FSC's imported consultants and executives.

The Sugar Minister's emphasis on "taking politics out of the industry" should perhaps be more appropriately replaced by "I will take the bottom off the industry".

Frank Bainimarama is child like in his thinking

Blah blah blah !
Frank continually makes accusations of corruption under Qarase, but there has been absolutely, no proof !
He says that he is taking Fiji forward, but forward to what and from where ? It remains undefined and frankly, is piss and wind, full of no substance at all.
He confirms that the Military has taken over an elected government, but doesn't see the absurdity of his own comments, in that he has admitted committing High Treason against the State.
He again confirms, in the plural, that it is " we " ho are doing this, not " me " .
But is too cowardly to expose just " who " the " we " are !
His remarks regarding the Governments of Australia and New Zealand lobbying the united Nations to cease Fiji military peace keeping deployments indicate that he is hurting financially and also that he doesn't understand the irony of deploying a military to peace keeping, when it is denying those same freedoms to it's own citizens.
Frank Bainimarama is child like in his thinking and his assessment of most things and anyone who supports him is simply using Frank for their own selfish reasons.
In Fiji, at the moment, there is no " VOTE " and it is the Military who are doing the dictating, not the Chiefs and the councils.
Again though, he fails to see the irony in what he is saying, at least the Councils are Elected, as are the Chiefs, where as certain within the Military have taken it upon themselves to represent their own interests and are not Elected.
Finally, Frank Bainimarama has absolutely no credibility because of his alleged involvement in the 5 C.R.W. Soldiers murders in 2000 and the murders of 4 unarmed, innocent Fijian Civilians since December the 5th. 2006 and his pending arrest for sedition in late 2006.
His failure to address these issues with the Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes or to investigate the complaints against his own Soldiers, points to the mans mentality, his real intentions and his inability to lead or take responsibility.
He is, as we all know from his retreat from the camp grounds in 2000, a coward, incapable of leading a Nation, especially a failed State such as Fiji has become since December the 5th. 2006.
Frank Bainimarama even failed to understand the concept of the internet and how it works, mobile phones and how they operate and the opposition that would ensue from the International Community and their organisations as well as the resistance against his Regime from within Fiji.
The end is near for Frank Bainimarama and his Regime and like a frightened rat on a sinking ship, he will be one of the 1st. to abandon ship when it begins to sink.

MM

They just want to get out of the current crisis ASAP but they dont know what to do

According to our sources inside Bainimarama's circle that the he has had enough and regreted having excecuted the coup

 

Had to toe Bai's agenda, but obviously was not fooled by the the stage-managed recital of "advocates" for reform.

What really would be the value of those opinions anyway, when there is simply no way to tell if they are being offered under duress or not?

If people like Dixon Seeto are under the duress of a crippling downturn in tourism, and they are not allowed to say anything else about it anyway, then what else are they going to plead with the Commonwealth? They just want to get out of the current crisis ASAP.

But to accept the military's way out of this one would be to give them carte blanche to do the same deceitfully cynical thing again ANY TIME in the future. So it is just like taking a hit of cocaine to relieve the craving for it. All you do though, is just strengthen your habit – so the real solution is just go "cold turkey" and kill it off for good once and for all!

Frank's coup to end all coups will only be so therefore if his post-coup reform order comes to naught. So just like the Commonwealth, none of us is gonna play ball either – no matter how many mannequins and glove puppets he produces to mouth the worn out regime line.

Fijian are the sole guardians of this beautiful paradise

I would assumed that the Chiefs are letting this difficulty run its course to the very end.Someone will definately have to pay for this with their life or that of their lineage for transgression against the Vanua? I for one believes that Fijian are special people,installed in this side of the planet by the almighty, as the sole guardians of this beautiful paradise. I am sure that this difficulties will come to a conclusion real soon and isn't it very surprising, that up to now, there is no evidence of any kind of killings, normally associated with this kind of political problems elsewhere?

Balluk

How Fiji's World Cup campaign helped Eels' Jarryd Hayne mature

Fear of eels spurs Hayne - NRL Premiership - Fox Sports
The story sounds much funnier the first time Wes Naiqama tells it. About the day Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne was scared by, of all things, an eel.

It is October 2008 and Hayne is standing in waist-deep water on one of the islands of Fiji fishing with 15 of his teammates.

There are two women from the local village who are whacking the water with sticks to herd the fish into the nets that are being held by the players.

There's one slight problem. Hayne is spending more time on the back of some of his teammates than he is holding the nets. Naiqama explains why.

"We copped a few eels," the Fiji captain and Newcastle Knights outside back said before correcting himself.

"No, they weren't eels, they were sea snakes.

"We saw two of them and Jarryd was totally freaking out.

"The local boys thought it was funny and every time they got a chance they'd throw something on his back and he'd be jumping around s--tting himself.

"It was pretty funny and by the end you could tell he was getting angry, but the boys were lapping it up anyway."

That wasn't the end of the fishing experience. Naiqama knows Hayne is quick but even he was surprised by his speed when they spotted a stingray in the shallows.

"We were freaking out because of the Steve Irwin thing and we thought it was dangerous," Naiqama said.

"The local boys were actually trying to surround it and it's gone through one of their legs and shot in our direction and we all s--t ourselves.

"I've seen Jarryd run fast but that's probably the quickest I've ever seen him move."

These are the experiences Hayne credited for saving his career when he collected the Dally M Medal as the NRL's player of the year on Tuesday night.

Before his time with the Fiji World Cup squad, Hayne was just another rock'n'roll footballer whose talent was being frittered away with late nights and partying.

Need proof? Think back to March last year when he was the target of a drive-by shooting while out in the early hours of the morning at Kings Cross.

The incident pre-empted what was a tough year for Hayne that finished with him being overlooked for selection in Australia's 24-man World Cup squad.

What was the Kangaroos' loss soon became Fiji's gain. Hayne was recruited by the Bati and became a driving force in steering the minnows to an unlikely semi-final berth.

While Naiqama did not really know Hayne before he joined Fiji, he did notice a transformation come over the Eels superstar during his time in camp.

"That World Cup campaign had an effect on us somehow and it's just shown in his approach to football and the way he's living at the moment," Naiqama said.

"I didn't know Jarryd much before that. I got to know him during the World Cup but we all said during the camp how good it is and I could see it in his eyes.

"He couldn't stop saying, 'How good's this, this is just mad', just playing with the boys and that sort of stuff.

"He just oozed confidence from it and look how far he has come now."

He wasn't the only player to notice a change. Bulldogs centre Daryl Millard agreed it was hard for any of them not to be profoundly affected by the Fiji experience.

From when they spent time in the stinking heat sleeping under mosquito nets at an army barracks in Suva - where coach Joe Dakuitoga snored the house down - to their camp in two-star accommodation in Woy Woy on the NSW central coast.

There were prayers two times a day - one at 6am - and Millard said Pastor Tagi had the same impact on the team as a sports psychologist would have for an NRL club.

"They were great at bringing the team together to be, like, so united," Millard said.

"The boys already had a deep faith in God but he emphasised that we could do anything if we did it as a team and we believed that after a while.

"It just made all us boys in the NRL realise how lucky we are because all the boys that came over from Fiji came over with nothing.

"The daily allowance we were getting of $100 a day was more money than they'd earn ever in the past and they were saving all their money to send home.

"It became a humbling experience because we became such good friends with these guys from Fiji that had such a different life to us."

While Hayne has credited religion in helping him realise his potential, his manager Wayne Beavis thinks of it as something a little deeper than that.

It is something that has turned Hayne into a strike weapon for the Eels, the Dally M Medal winner and the best rugby league player on the planet.

"I don't think that the faith thing is really an issue," Beavis said.

"It's the belief in the serenity and the peace and the tranquility that brings to the mind that allows you to do the things you're doing.

"He did the normal kid things and got out and ripped and teared and then he had this settling experience in his life which I think has been terrific for him.

"He's certainly matured a hell of a lot, he's still maturing and his football has been explosive."


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