Meet my FIJIAN FAMILY! 🇫🇯

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  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2025

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  • @ELM4PMQEY
    @ELM4PMQEY 2 роки тому +7

    I did so many builds like this for Habitat for Humanity Fiji... miss it so much!

  • @Riverside195
    @Riverside195 2 роки тому +9

    Since your first vlog on about Fiji your views reached thousands. Now you're getting more than 6k views. Great stuff.

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +2

      I know, it's crazy! I'm glad people are enjoying it. Thanks for the comment

    • @adilaisa7760
      @adilaisa7760 2 роки тому

      @@loadertom qqqqqqppppqppp

  • @apisaivukifiji9784
    @apisaivukifiji9784 2 роки тому +6

    Beautifuly captured bro..thanks for visiting the mother land🙌🇫🇯

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      The pleasure was mine!

  • @fijikimbo
    @fijikimbo 2 роки тому +6

    Wouldn’t be a trip to Fiji without a dodgy stomach… tho sounds like you had it bad!
    Nice set of videos so far and glad you enjoyed it so much …and yes, Fijian hospitality is world class 👌🏻

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +1

      It's true! The dodgy stomach definitely enriched the experience lol. Thanks for the feedback - I did enjoy it a lot!

  • @lautokyokogagi9584
    @lautokyokogagi9584 2 роки тому +1

    Well done lad . I hope you enjoyed your stay in Fiji . Vinaka

  • @airashiitheempress5798
    @airashiitheempress5798 2 роки тому +12

    Aww I love the Fijian people my nieces are half ratuman and my sister lives there near Nandi with her little family. I miss them so much and watching this makes me wish I was there to see them such a beautiful people and so sweet and kind love this and thank you for all your efforts in building and helping the village in any way so sweet of you guys! Happy New Years

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks, Aira! Happy new year to you!

    • @granvilleheights3411
      @granvilleheights3411 2 роки тому +1

      do you know which district in Rotuma your nieces from? I'm from the district of Malhaha.

    • @opetaiaseni1955
      @opetaiaseni1955 2 роки тому +1

      Rotuman are not really ethinically fijian

    • @airashiitheempress5798
      @airashiitheempress5798 2 роки тому +1

      @@opetaiaseni1955 yes I am aware of that and yet they still live and are from there and ratuma is an island near Fiji so they are nationally Fijian and my neices and their father all grew up there and are proud to be Fijians so technically your right but they are still Fiji 🇫🇯 at heart and so so proud too and I am proud of them aswell Bula Vinaka

    • @yungming2046
      @yungming2046 Рік тому +1

      I'm from lau and rewa my mums village is in tailevu half my village are married to rotuman from juju and etc mostly fijian rotuman 4 generation most the village are mix with maori and Tongan and European and Indian and Chinese

  • @RachelC426
    @RachelC426 2 роки тому +5

    Love this Tom! Such special memories 🇫🇯

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Thanks Rach! They are indeed

  • @n7zzz
    @n7zzz 2 роки тому +3

    good video brother reminds me of my family in samoa

  • @kaira2596
    @kaira2596 2 роки тому +1

    Great video mate! My village is really close to this One. I literally knows everyone here…We’ll done brother!!

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Thanks bro!! That's awesome - glad you were able to find this vid

  • @jaymejay6691
    @jaymejay6691 2 роки тому +1

    Love your content...new sub here and welcome🇫🇯

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      vinaka vinaka Jayme :-)

  • @LydiaMartindale
    @LydiaMartindale 2 роки тому +5

    What a lovely family 😅❤

  • @Leo_Fiji
    @Leo_Fiji 2 роки тому +1

    Bula Vinaka Tom...I hope you enjoyed staying in my village and the rugged short ride up.

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks Leo :-)

    • @Leo_Fiji
      @Leo_Fiji 2 роки тому +2

      @@loadertom I love your content...Vinaka vakalevu! You have a SUBSCRIBER here and I've shared your video on my FB hope you don't mind.

  • @yungming2046
    @yungming2046 Рік тому

    Great video bro

  • @stephaniem.v.tuifagalele4283
    @stephaniem.v.tuifagalele4283 2 роки тому +1

    Vinaka Tomasi. Hope you enjoyed the experience of village life in 🇫🇯🇫🇯

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +2

      Vinaka Stephanie :-) I certainly did!

  • @bernadettepal966
    @bernadettepal966 2 роки тому +1

    Wow beautiful ❤❤

  • @lekimababakobau2542
    @lekimababakobau2542 2 роки тому

    Nice video bro

  • @ratudelailomaloma4305
    @ratudelailomaloma4305 2 роки тому

    thomas baker🤣🤣🤣, great stuff bud👌🏾🤙🏾

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Glad someone got the joke, I'll be honest, I didn't at first 🤣🤣

  • @sairasalato3833
    @sairasalato3833 2 роки тому +1

    nice food💜

  • @JiahRadini
    @JiahRadini 7 місяців тому

    Miss those days with community feeding from viti ladies 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢

  • @kara8892
    @kara8892 2 роки тому +1

    3:40 the mandatory mess when you go to the village 😆

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      homely but messy hahaa, I'll blame it on my roommates xD

  • @tommyx6553
    @tommyx6553 10 місяців тому

    The guy that jumped to spike the ball needs to learn more from his coach Mausio

  • @alesiyawa1301
    @alesiyawa1301 8 місяців тому

    🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏

  • @mikatuitoga4992
    @mikatuitoga4992 2 роки тому +1

    Bula, Loved your video. What was the name of the village you were staying in?

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +2

      Vinaka dude. I'm not sure I should share the name of the village as this vid has gotten more views than I expected! But it was up in Ra

    • @mikatuitoga4992
      @mikatuitoga4992 2 роки тому +1

      @@loadertom ok that's cool. Hope you enjoyed your stay. Moce.

    • @kaira2596
      @kaira2596 2 роки тому +2

      Nadavacia village

  • @LeoBooth-pd3vb
    @LeoBooth-pd3vb 9 місяців тому

    Found it Tom

  • @thehfambam
    @thehfambam Рік тому

    💕💕❤❤

  • @ItsReverb_YT
    @ItsReverb_YT 2 роки тому +1

    Oh I thought that was your family just by reading the title

  • @Myobb
    @Myobb 2 роки тому +2

    Bula! Vinaka!

  • @senemeli8898
    @senemeli8898 2 роки тому +1

    I hope u give these family's money and take them to the market to buy them food

  • @albertogucci8339
    @albertogucci8339 2 роки тому +1

    😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love my culture

  • @ItsReverb_YT
    @ItsReverb_YT 2 роки тому

    Shouldve sit around the Tanoa and drink some kava

  • @MrB590
    @MrB590 2 роки тому

    Is this your adopted family?

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Nah not my real adopted family haha. Just for a month while I lived in their house. But they became family

  • @lelatamani
    @lelatamani 2 роки тому

    Is that your real Mother?

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Yes. We are biologically related

  • @sinipativuti4092
    @sinipativuti4092 2 роки тому

    At least tell us which VILLAGE OR VILLAGE NAME ON YOUR DESCRIPTION WHERE IN FIJI IT IS

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Clues in my other videos if you really want to know

  • @frenchycw7179
    @frenchycw7179 2 роки тому +3

    Stee isaTukaiiii bulabula oiko taxi driver

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +1

      taxi driver bula bula

  • @TheFreeest501
    @TheFreeest501 2 роки тому

    I’m confused, are you actually related?

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      Nah not related. We became part of their family while we lived in their house and village for a month. It helped them and us have a richer cultural exchange

    • @TheFreeest501
      @TheFreeest501 2 роки тому

      @@loadertom that must’ve been great 👍 I’m Sāmoan so I know something about that

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому

      @@TheFreeest501 It's amazing for me to think people even from Samoa have seen this haha! Although I guess it's not that far from Fiji. But yeah it was an immersive experience, one I'll never forget 👌

    • @TheFreeest501
      @TheFreeest501 2 роки тому

      @@loadertom what I mean is, Sāmoans are just as family oriented, it’s very communal here too, you could have went to a Sāmoan family and it would’ve been the same

  • @Thomasshoot246
    @Thomasshoot246 2 роки тому +2

    are u adopted??

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +2

      temporarily, I guess yes

  • @laisanitamanikaiyaroi3274
    @laisanitamanikaiyaroi3274 2 роки тому +1

    Lorenzo😂

    • @loadertom
      @loadertom  2 роки тому +1

      You know him?! He's a funny guy

    • @laisanitamanikaiyaroi3274
      @laisanitamanikaiyaroi3274 2 роки тому

      @Tom Loader yes I know him we went to teritary together and I was a Team Leader for other 2 projects😌🙌

  • @MrB590
    @MrB590 2 роки тому +1

    Bula