At Fulton College

Fulton College

RatuSemi

Alas the travel bug hit me whilst at Fulton, I had a terrible night with fever, headache, vomiting and muscle aches. I had to stay in bed until almost midday, while Ros went off to explore her old haunts and take millions of pictures. I arose from my sickbed at midday and eventually felt well enough to drive again. After farewelling Semi Ratu (a student Ros’s parents had sponsored through Fulton)  and Nelly (the college registrar who had offered us accommodation) we hit the road to Suva. On the way we found the school where another of our church assisted students now teaches. Achana is a petite Indian lady who was only too happy to show us her classroom and explain how it all worked. The students appear eager and intelligent. Fiji has just abolished exams for all its students, which means that all students will now graduate to the next year, regardless of progress.

Achana

Surprisingly Achana informed us that the principal wanted to meet us after we talked with her, and so we met him in his office. He was pleased to find out that our church had helped Achana getting through her courses at Fulton College. He had also visited Perth in 2005 and mentioned that if he couldn’t live in Fiji, WA was his next choice.

After a bite to eat across the road from the school, we continued onto Suva, arriving at our hotel, The Tanoa Plaza, around 4pm. I updated our blog then we both had to have a nap to recover from the lack of sleep the night before. Around sunset we ventured out into the streets of Suva to get some food and look around. The place was populated with various nightclubs, which contrasted vividly with the simple life of the village Fijian. Ros contacted another student that our church helped through her studies and we will meet with her tomorrow.

Fulton Administration Building