If you've been reading my blog for a year or two, you may be expecting both a recipe and Christmas music from Fiji this December.

Like many countries, Fiji held official ceremonies on 11th November to remember the service and sacrifice of their armed forces, not only in wartime, but also in international peace-keeping missions and regional operations. In the capital, Suva, wreaths were laid at a dawn service which you can view here. and more than 300 ex-servicemen dressed with pride to join the customary march. Former Warrant Officer Class 1 Onisimo Gucake, aged 75 years, joined the then-Royal Fiji Mili

He laid down his life for his friends. In 1969, Fiji issued a stamp to mark the 25 years since Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu V.C. sacrificed his life to save his troops in the Bougainville campaign of World War II. Today, 23 June 2019, is the 75th anniversary of his death. Suka, as he was known, was born in 1918 and named for his Yacata chief who returned from the battlefields of France at the time of Suka's birth Ironically, Sukanaivalu means returned from war. After comple