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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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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8 Things About Me

July 6, 2007 – 4:27 am

Eight Things About Me. Yes, I have been tagged.
What do I write? Ewe gave me no hints. Argh. I’m a lawyer, I need instructions!!
Sigh.
Well, I’ve revealed various food-related facts about myself before, so let’s make this not about food…
1. I cannot ride a bike. Yes, it’s true. My learning to ride a bike around age [...]

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Cameras en route!

May 15, 2007 – 6:06 pm

For anyone who was following the whole Nikon/Canon debate and the agony that Lilandra and I still had to endure, even after we finally settled on the D50/D80…the first order not going through in the US, the D50 that had to be returned to Cave Shepherd and the wutless tourist out there who bought my [...]

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The Middle Eastern Connection

May 8, 2007 – 7:33 pm

Regular readers of my blog may have noticed the prevalence of Indo-Trini foods. And may have deduced accurately that I come from the Indo-Trini community. But the truth is, many of these so-called “Indian” foods are pretty much commonly made and eaten throughout Trinidad and Tobago regardless of family background. Just look at my Trini-Jamaican [...]

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Going to the Oval

April 1, 2007 – 1:26 am

I am now in Guyana until Wednesday. My sister and brother-in-law bought cricket tickets a while ago and we’re off to the new Providence Stadium to see West Indies vs Sri Lanka. I didn’t know that this was the match that was scheduled for the 1st. I just chose between the 1st and the 7th. [...]

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Where is it???

March 23, 2007 – 2:15 pm

Now, I have been more or less enjoying my time in Barbados. I could do with more Barbados and less work, but c’est ma vie. It pays the bills. And was supposed to pay for my brand-new Nikon d80 DSLR. You remember the path Lilandra and I took to get here - the choices, the [...]

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From Bridgetown

February 20, 2007 – 4:04 pm

I am still internet-deprived, but Lilandra is visiting so neither of us have updated our blogs. I am at work, so I have an unfair advantage For the past 10 years I have heard much about how nobody every invited her to visit Barbados (never mind she was busy doing A-Levels and [...]

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Life in Barbados…

February 3, 2007 – 6:27 pm

See what my life has been like? Beaches and sun, relaxation and all-around good times. Like a dream. Well, that’s exactly it - a dream. A vague idea, that this would be the life that it would be nice to have at some point. But I am not actually living it now. Not just yet [...]

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