Reupena Maugata from Falefa believes that Samoa is not a poor country and that God's gift of land and the sea is all we need.

While Samoa Observer took a trip around the island on Saturday, the 48-year-old Mr. Maugata was cruising on the side of the road with stocks of coconuts on his bike, on his way home.

The 48-year-old told this newspaper in an interview this is what he does every Saturday to prepare for the umu on Sunday while all his five children are at work.

"I understand everyone believes that this life has gotten more and more expensive but I believe as a farmer and someone who cherishes the gifts of land and sea very much, there's nothing we can not get from those two important gifts from God," he said.

"Every Saturday, I go with my brother to the plantation to collect some coconuts to sell and some other things for our Sunday umu while my kids are away for work.

"Whatever we get from selling coconuts, we earn about $16 or $20 a day and whatever we can use that money for, I give that money to my family to help with small things like sugar and those other things.

"Just because my children are all working now and living well, I still have that urge to collect what I can from the land and earn from it to help with those small things. So, I'm enjoying this so much."

Mr. Maugata also explained that he stopped working in his youth and started collecting coconuts to sell for a living and this put his children to school back then.

He sells three to four times a day and not only coconuts, he also resorts to fishing and farming whenever his coconuts run short.

As he is not getting any younger, Mr. Maugata also believes riding his bike to collect coconuts is also a good life tip on how to live longer and healthier as exercise is paramount.