Fiji Three - Text
The subject is a Fijian female. She was born on the 25th of May, 1965, and currently works as a supervisor. She has a form 6 level education.
She was born on Soso, where she lived until age 15. She has since lived in Lautoka. Running time 00:04:00.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
Well, I’m from Soso in, uh, just next to Mantaray. And then, um, I moved onto the mainland. I was working in, uh, one of the, uh, uh, what are the shops in Nandi, near to the airport. And then I applied to come in here…and here I am. Both my parents…my mom was working in a hospital as a maid. Uh, well actually, she was, uh, from Soso too. She’s from Soso. She was brought up from Soso. And then, uh, that’s where she had her primary schools. And she moved onto the mainland for her high schools. And likewise, too my father. Yeah. And then my mom came back to the village. And then she decided to go back to the mainland and look for…for work. And that’s when she got a job at the hospital as a…as a maid. Yeah. And at the moment, uh they—one of my parents has died…my father. And only my mom is alive, and she has retired from her work.
RECORDED BY DAVID NEVELL 7/12/08. NOTES AND UNSCRIPTED TRANSCRIPTION BY JOE CALARCO.