Sampling the silver screen in Suva

One of the favourite ways to spend time here in Suva is going out to the movies, and tonight we finally got around to experiencing cinema, Fiji-style!

 We were very excited to finally get the chance to see the Incredibles 2, having just missed it coming out at home, although we were surprised to find out how expensive it was- nearly $20 per person! We were expecting prices to be lower than in England, much more like the $6 or so that the other films seemed to cost, but we noticed the little 'Premium' annotation next to the listing and figured we didn't have much choice in the matter.

 The cinema iteself was the same as any around the world, and we were pleased to see that food and drink was as cheap as we'd been expecting (~£2 for a generous drink and popcorn combo). Mazza was particularly excited to discover that she could order hot food, including pizzas and burgers, and even have it delivered to her seat- in the end she went for a plate of wedges. 

It was only when we got into the screen that we finally realised why our tickets had been so expensive: the premium screen is super swanky! There was only around thirty seats, tiered so that there was no risk of seeing the person in front's head, and each was made of comfy leather and could recline down to let you lie flat. There was even a tray for your food and drink! 

Living the high life!

The film itself was (unsurprisingly) great, and we got to enjoy some of the classic Fiji cinema experience- people here tend to be much louder than at home and love to laugh at the movie (even when things aren't obviously funny!). Even with the expensive premium seats, this ended up being a much more reasonably priced evening that it would be at home, and we had a great time. Now, there's a sing-a-long screening of Mamma Mia 2 on next week....


Lie back and relax...

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Reflecting on medicine in Tonga

My placement is nearly over now, so as always I thought I'd take this chance to reflect on my experiences of medicine out here in Tonga.  This ED placement has definitely felt a little more like the elective experience I'd imagined, even down to the moment a nurse asked if I could just prescribe some fentanyl for a patient (oddly enough I declined!) and I think it's definitely made me more confident.  It's amazing to think how nervous I was that first day when the doctor abandoned the department to us, and how I just accept it and get on with things now. It might be partly because we've got lucky and not had to deal with anyone peri-arrest or similar on our own, or it might be partly because I've realised that here in Tonga there's often not a lot you can do for conditions suc as stroke or MI compared to back home. Either way, I feel like I've gained an awful lot of experience just from being left with patients that need treating and only patchy seni...
Read more

Panga-what?

Image
Here in Tonga, Sunday is strictly a day of rest and religion, with most of the local population heading into church for a large chunk of the day. Almost all shops and restuarants are shut, catching a bus or taxi becomes near impossible and even working out is frowned upon. Not a bad place to spend a Sunday To pass the time, I headed with a group of other medical students to Pangaimoto, a popular island resort just twenty minutes from the harbour, where a huge chunk of the non-religious population gather on a Sunday. For only ~£15 you get a boat transfer, lunch, and free reign of a beautiful island and its white sand beaches. I was there from 11am till 5pm enjoying the sunshine, swimming in the calm water and playing card games in the shade when it got a bit too much. All in all a tough day!  You can climb up this sunken ship, and jump off into the sea Here is the first place I've spotted any signs of damage from the recent cyclone- when you head around the island yo...
Read more

Signing off on Suva

Image
It's that moment when your heart sinks into your boots, and you hear the words: "Leave your form with me, and I'll ask around for feedback."  Now, it's not like we haven't been going in or anything- Mazza and I have both been in most days for the last four weeks. It's just that the interns I was with for most of that time are no longer in the department, and I can count my interactions with the registrars on the fingers of one hand, so this was not the response I was hoping for when presenting my form for a signature to confirm I'd been attending for the last four weeks here in Fiji.  Sign-offs are my own personal nightmare- I loathe them in a way no-one else seems to, and have spent many a sleepless night trying to plan exactly how I'm going to cram in all the signatures required for a placement. So when it comes to elective, despite being fully aware that there will be some students who got signed off on their first day and never set foot in ...
Read more