World Suicide Prevention Day

Saturday was World Suicide Prevention Day 2006 and a big march was organised early in the morning through the centre of Suva. There was a good vibe amongst the marchers and the marching band did a good job of leading the way. There were some pretty 'special' banners being waved around. It must be a nightmare trying to organise something like that here in Fiji, so all in all I think it went well (Fiji style), however, I kind of got the impression that we were more of a curiosity than anything else though. The last few days have also seen the arrival of 'summer', and I think the brutal rise in temperatures is going to make life a lot tougher. Luckily so far we have had a beautiful run of nice sunny weather but the heat is never much fun when watching TV makes you sweat.