I have now completed 6 fasts, and tonight began the 7th day* of Ramadan. For the last couple years, Lilandra has blogged regularly during Ramadan, sharing the family’s meals for Suhr (last meal at dawn before beginning the fast) and Iftar (meal to break the fast) as well as stories of some of the traditions [...]
Category Archives: Chennette
Copyright, Blogging and the Media
April 7, 2010 – 9:56 pm
This is a post that is long overdue. Very long. Georgia Popplewell of Caribbean Free Radio posted today (with the absolutely perfect title “photos don’t take themselves“) about two Trinidad and Tobago publications using one of her photos, without permission and of course without credit (Newsday even placed their watermark on the photo!). TriniGourmet, with her usual [...]
Ode to the Bread Van*, and the goodies therein
March 22, 2010 – 12:09 am
I tasted something in Guyana last week which brought back childhood memories of Trinidad. It was unexpected – they called it “bun” or “coconut bun” and I cannot remember if I’d seen it before in a bakery in Guyana. I may have, but then “bun” as a small, unprepossessing yellowish thing would have taken me [...]
Chennette Chirps #1
February 17, 2010 – 8:47 pm
Lifespan of a Chennette has decided to join Twitter. She won’t be tweeting, however, but chirping. Chennette chirps sounds so much cuter, doesn’t it? And if I have to make bird sounds, may as well choose my own vocabulary. On a less frivolous note, I have been thinking about this for a while. Although I [...]
Overheard on a Plane
February 10, 2010 – 5:56 pm
On a flight from Guyana to Trinidad last week, the passenger behind me seems to be in possession of exciting new technology. Pilot: Good afternoon from the flight deck. We are just awaiting air traffic control clearance and should be taxiing off in about 5 minutes, so we are on schedule to arrive on time [...]
Farewell Geocities
October 26, 2009 – 5:13 pm
Back in the day, I had a Geocities page. Two in fact. One under this sobriquet of Chennette* and another using my real name. I think it’s been 10 years since that first website of mine, learning basic basic html and creating my own backgrounds from Paint, learning about jpegs and gifs and obsessing about [...]
Ramadan Mubarak! And an Interview
August 22, 2009 – 10:46 pm
I have just completed the first fast of Ramadan this year. I had my worries about focusing properly on this month, and trying to maximise the benefits so that it’s not just about avoiding food and drink for the day. But apparently having Ramadan starting Friday night is a good thing – I have all [...]
I think this post is mostly filler
July 4, 2009 – 7:39 pm
One day I’ll get back to posting regularly. Maybe that day will be in Ramadan (the month of fasting) which starts some time next month. After all, it’s a good time to reminisce and also feed all the hungry searchers and googlers looking for iftar foods likealoo pie and baigani, and barfi recipes and what it’s like to [...]
Kitchen Tips #1
May 24, 2009 – 8:13 pm
Reasons to keep the sink absolutely hygenically spotlessly clean while you cook – 1. Because Mom said so.* 2. So that when you spill your pasta in the sink, while cooking with injuries all over both hands, you don’t feel guilty about scooping up the pasta and putting it back in the hot water to [...]
Chocolate = Happiness
January 19, 2009 – 4:52 pm
Originally uploaded by Chennette Even 3 year olds know this. Niece #1: “Mummy, can I get some chocolate” Sister-the-elder: “No, it’s too late. If you’re hungry you can have some bread or some food.” Niece #1: “Mummy I will be happy if you give me chocolate, I am not happy now.” Good thing she never [...]
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