The Viewer

If you seriously thought the blog name was some kind of wordplay on Drake's Views from the Six, I commend you. You could not have hit the nail on the head more precisely.

679 is the three-digit country code that you would need to punch in before the other 7  and very necessary digits if you wanted to make a call to Fiji. Fiji, a group of islands in the South Pacific (west of Australia, north of New Zealand). We Fijians are quite reputable for our belly laughs, our insane unbeatable passion for rugby and ardent adoration for a ginger-haired Englishman named Ben Ryan. We even adopted him into our culture and installed him as chief of Fiji (because we can't decide which part of Fiji he's from... Between us, he's from my part of town).

But whose views are being framed on your computer screens? Whose views are you giving permission to mingle with your own philosophies when you navigate through Views from the 679? Initially, I thought they would be my own and that it would be charming to let the world know what an ordinary Island girl thought about global issues, local issues, fashion fads, culture, marriage, Beyoncé and how these affect me and the Islands I live in. Then it hit me that there are other Island-dwellers who would know these topics way better than I do. Instead of uttering words from the corner of inexperience on issues that I am far from expert on, I want to involve community and the real professionals--people who are laying the ground work in their respective fields.

Apart from that, we're going to embark on many virtual travels and I really don't know what else. Do come along, children. Come along.

"Vinaka vakalevu" (Thank you) in advance to the experts for what is going to be fun, informative, educational and discovered in conversation. WIN! Hats off to the amateurs (me).

Readers, march on (in your seats).

I don't write or speak for every 679-ian (Fijian). I understand we all have different ways of seeing things; we are allowed to. Views are my own unless otherwise stated. Remember to Follow by Email so that you do not miss out on a single view.