Sunday 15 May 2016

Sunday Sounds from Suva

Thud – bop bop - thud. Thud – bop bop - thud. 

The rhythmic ‘lali’ drumbeat at 5.00am which means someone out there's calling somebody to do something but I can’t in this case work out who, what, why or where. It seems to be coming from off campus on this occasion. If on campus, it’s important we heed and make haste.

Twang-twang-twang-twang-twang-twang-twang-twang-strum-strum-strum-strum-strum. 

Nanuku Church's young guitar class play their D major and A7 chords with fearsome concentration and aching fingertips at Pentecost service. Awesome.

Oww-sssss-ow-arrrgh! 

I step on rusty drawing pin left on church floor and draw blood. We worship barefoot. Mind wanders while listening to sermon due to this incident and lack of competency in Hindi. Muse on date of last tetanus jab…

Whirrr-vrrrooomm; whirr-vrrrooom; whirr-vrrrooom

My faithful, comforting, wall-mounted, politically neutral bedroom fan oscillates gently: left-centre-right; right-centre-left; soothing hot head and furrowed brow as I try to bash out on laptop academic paper required by end of May

Tinkle tinkle; clink clink. 

Visiting gecko tap dances on newly washed teaspoons 
in kitchen draining rack.


(I've always loved radio - the pictures are so much better...)




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