In 1976, Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic, after having gained Independence in 1962. Being a Republic means not having the Queen as our Head of State, and apart from access to the Privy Council, we were on our own henceforth. We still had some other functional linkages - our education system, in that our [...]
Category Archives: Chennette
Niceness!
September 8, 2007 – 5:00 pm
More than a week ago, Ewe gave me a Nice Matters Award and said some blush-inducing things about me Yay. My first little blogging button to display. Isn’t it pretty? This is a good award to be the first, because I do believe Nice Matters. Being nice to people doesn’t take that much effort [...]
Glasgow, “Scotland with Style”
August 30, 2007 – 2:51 pm
Where Chennette visits Glasgow, and ends her vacation. And the vacation blogging.
There’s always a football match going on in Glasgow. Loads of people crowding into and singing on the Metro. Chanting and drumming on the streets. Kilts, tams and red wigs flowing around and almost overtaking the tourists. And visibly increased police presence. Every day. [...]
Down South to England, Part II
August 26, 2007 – 2:04 pm
Where Chennette visits Cambridge and the family Ewe.
Part of my London trip involved a day trip to Cambridge to visit Ewe and her family. Especially to visit with the new Baby Boo. I took the tube all by myself from Stratford to Liverpool Street, where there were hourly trains to Cambridge at a special rate [...]
Down South to England, Part I
August 26, 2007 – 12:43 pm
Where Chennette visits London.
I traveled from Edinburgh to London by train. A trip that’s a little less than 5 hours and one I have taken only a couple times before. Whenever I tell people at home that I studied in Scotland, or the UK, if they haven’t been to Scotland, they tend to assume that [...]
Edinburgh, a visit home
August 22, 2007 – 12:05 am
Edinburgh, my home for a year, was my first port of call. I arrived after about 26 hours of traveling on 3 planes and 1 train. Not counting starting the trip from Guyana the day before. I always travel from these long trips out of Trinidad, which is still my homebase. If only I’d taken [...]
What I did on my Vacation
August 21, 2007 – 10:17 pm
By Chennette.
I know I have already started posting post-vacation fare, but I meant to briefly blog about my recently-concluded much-needed and long-awaited holiday. And it may not be all food-related, but I want to post about it. I think I have come back from this vacation really refreshed and organised somewhat in my head. It [...]
Hurricane Dean
August 21, 2007 – 8:07 pm
Funny how it never occurred to me to postabout prayers and wellwishes for those in the region in the path of Hurricane Dean. I was worried, no doubt there, but I blogging didn’t occur to me…
Saint Lucia, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica…now Belize and Mexico are getting battered by a Category 5 hurricane. And [...]
Chennette’s Fantastic Four (a meme)
August 17, 2007 – 2:47 pm
Trig tagged me for this meme and I thought it was a nice (easy) way to resume blogging after my (somewhat extended) vacation. Now, I believe the point and title of this meme is 4 answers to each question, so I shall try to meet the requirements…wherever possible.
4 JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE:
Ah. [...]
Anniversary!
July 8, 2007 – 2:10 am
It’s now been a year since I first started this blog. I know, I know, the archives say it goes back to September 2005, but it doesn’t really. This blog came into existence on July 8 2006.
A year ago today, Lilandra created my account at Wordpress, after months of harrassing me and telling me I [...]
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