Year 7000, Star Trek on Punjabi Radio

On local Punjabi radio I overheard today at Pizza Hut here on Lulu Island, the lady announcer said Star Trek is “the year 7000.”

Wongs' Fiji Party

My Fijian Wong neighbours had an amazing party last night. The food was incredible. There were dialogues in Fijian, an interesting language in the same language family, Austronesian, as my Tagalog. The party honoured the birthday of Abe, as the son of the Wongs. I really liked their sea cucumber (bêche-de-mer) and lotus root stew.

Renkon

lotus root farming:

"renkon" is the Japanese

word that people use