We are having two saturdays this weekend, with friday starting off as a public holiday to mark the Celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizaabeth II its going to be a long weekend. Honiara mayor hosted the celebration as is the past practice over and over again at the beloved one and only Lawson Tama, which include a parade, from police force and prison service, girl gudies and scouts, speeches and the important presentation of medals such as Order of the British Empire and and Brtish Empire Medal. Gosh it all sounds too pre- Independence, but what can we say.
On the other hand not everybody in Honiara turned up to Lawson Tama to see the celebration. Most prefered to laze around their house the whole day. In my neighbour hood since it is the beginning of the mid term school holidays children are ganging up with each other for the two weeks spell. The houses have DVD movies and TV turned up to the maximum volume and laughter spread around every corner of houses and side roads. Even if it is the Head of States Birthday , most people are clearly detached from the archaic of how states and nations become or even modern history just to live the moment. And the moment now is tough and people just appreciate whatever free time they have to celebrate their own lives even if its small and struggling.
