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Goals worth nothing First I like to wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR with the hope that you have spent some valuable time with your family and loved ones. As usual you are supposed to set goals for the new year, which most of the time only are nice wishes. Goals and wishes are worth nothing without action , so let’s have some action during 2010. I believe that this is the time to start new and be totally open for different ideas rather then going in the footpath of the comfortable past... Read Full Story

MAKING THE MOVE TO THE FUTURE. Another year has soon come to an end and Christmas with family and friends has been taken care of. When moving closer to the new year, it is natural to reflect on the past and setting the goals for the future. What happened during the past year and how did we react to it? How did the happenings affect our future plans and goals? I wouldn’t know a better way to make our thoughts clear about this than the way it is explained in the book by Spencer Johnson... Read Full Story

Moving around trying to get the Bigger Picture. Recently a good friend from Canada, James Buffin felt the urge to come and make a contribution to Samoa with his documentary film making skills. He put in two weeks of his time plus all the expenses for airfares,  transportation of camera equipment and accommodation  to make a difference  in helping the Samoan people to monitor the progress of rebuilding after the tsunami. Tsunami Affected Family Mr. Buffin is now back in Canada editing... Read Full Story

Cloths from Sweden, We recently picked up 2 huge bags with cloths that came the whole way from Sweden. The swedish travel and tour agent “ Tour Pacific ” sent the bags with two of their clients. We were sure that they were happy to carry the big and heavy bags half around the world. The people in Samoa were at least very happy to receive the cloths. Among the cloths there were about 30 Swedish T-shirts in bright yellow and blue. We walked around town yesterday and we saw 2 kids with a... Read Full Story

Thanks a Million to all you fantastic people out there that have been contributing to help the people of Samoa that were affected by the Tsunami on September 29. We have received packages after packages with cloths and cooking items plus money that was transferred directly to our account. It has kept us really busy to deliver everything that was coming in. Yesterday we had a big shopping day to buy everything that we thought were most important to the affected families. So far we... Read Full Story

Dear friends, We have been overwhelmed by all the private help provided by families and friends, former guests and supporters. Looking at all the help from all these fantastic people, you know that the would is not a bad place at all. Unfortunately the news and the media is mostly interested in negative news which affects all humanity in a very negative way. If we focus on good, good things will happen. Thanks a million to all of you that have helped or are still helping Samoa. Below is a... Read Full Story

Dear friends, I am sorry for the late posting about the Samoan Tsunami on the early morning of September 29 which is due to me and my family being directly affected by the happening. There have just been more important things to take care of first. We like to thank every one of you very much for your supporting mails and thoughts about us and Samoa during these hard times after the tsunami. We were all very, very lucky at Virgin Cove Resort as nobody was killed or badly hurt. Although... Read Full Story

Our Famous conference hotel in Apia, Hotel Kitano Tusitala now known as “Tanoa Tusitala Hotel” after it was bought by the Reddy Hotel Group from Fiji, burned down to the ground on September 16 in the morning. The hotel has just been undergoing an extensive renovation and all the traditional meeting fales built with the best of Samoan craftsmanship had received new and beautiful shingle roofs. The hotel was very soon going to be reopened under its new owner when the tragedy appeared. It was... Read Full Story

Finally on September 7 directly after the biggest Tourism Festival “Teuila Festival” the road switch from right to left took place. Both Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th are holidays to keep too many cars off the road. What will happen on Wednesday when all people are going back to work and many kids back to school is still to be seen. The fact that most busses still have their doors on the wrong side allowing people to step out directly in the middle of the street is very worrying. It... Read Full Story

One of the most challenging parts in my life has been the struggle to make a good living and I know that I am not alone facing these problems. A few years back it was thrown in my face that there are 2 kinds of people, the ones that do something about it and the ones that don’t. I wanted to do something about it and as soon as I took the decision opportunities started to come my way. We are never too old to learn and what I discovered is that there are many people out there that has been in... Read Full Story