"Give us this day...

Our daily bread, and forgive us or debts as we forgive our debtors..."

How to tell a true trini. RUM OR SUNBLOCK?

In case you did not know The Cricket World Cup is being held in the West Indies right now. You are not allowed to bring alcoholic drinks onto the grounds but this guy found a nice way to do it.
We trinis can be so resourceful when we want to.

Bubba is my kinda guy!!!

Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and
cook a venison steak. But all of Bubba's neighbors were Catholic....and
since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The
delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a
problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their
priest.

The Priest came to visit Bubba and suggested that he become a Catholic.

After several classes and much study, Bubba attended Mass... and as the
priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist,
and raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic."

Bubba's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and
the wonderful aroma of grilled venison again filled the neighborhood.
The neighbors immediately called the Priest and as he rushed into
Bubba's yard clutching a rosary preparing to scold him, he stopped and
watched in amazement.

There stood Bubba, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he
carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted:

"You wuz born a deer, you wuz raised a deer, but now you is a catfish."

Friends and St Patrick's Day in NY

It was another weekend of activities in New York with St Patrick's Day, which for most people, is just another reason to go out and get drunk.
You must have at least one Guinness to celebrate the weekend. (I won't tell you how many I had)
Even though I was in Nothern Ireland for St patrick's Day 2006, my team (Kami, Abdullah and Joanne) were not interested in going out so we never really experienced a pub night to clebrate the famous saint.

This year however, was quite different. There was Jon, his brother Ethan and Jasmin so we all joined in the fun and had a few.

In NY you could see green everywhere (but on the trees) as people tried to be a bit patriotic for at least one day of the year.

Mind you, I joined in the Green as well but since I have been to Ireland, North and South, at least six times between 2004 and 2006 I feel I have earned the right. Not that anyone cares really. No we did not look at the parades, we were much too busy and besides, having some Guinness and wearing my Green Ireland t-shirt (that I bought in Dublin) was enough.


"Long live the Irish! May you live long enough to unite as one country, under one drink. Have a Guinness."

Scholarship Pictures

I know I should have posted these pictures sooner but as you know, I can be quite lazy about things like these sometimes.

Thank you all for all the good things you have said and for believing in me. It means a lot to me to know you believe in me and are always rooting for me.

The pictures are from when I recieved a certificate from my school, BMCC.

In the second picture you can see the Co-ordinator of the scholarship program Ms. Leppert, the Dean of Students Ms. Marva Craig, one of the Senior Vice Presidents Mr Wong and the President of the school, Dr. Perez.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the school make a big deal of handing out the scholarships and I am honored to be recognized. Look out for even greater achievements in the future.

"OUT IN TWO"...THE GREAT NEWS!!!!

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT...HE'S GOT IT, YOUR BABY HE'S GOT IT!!!!

Its a great Friday morning in NY! Its cold yes, but there is that bright beautiful sunshine that makes me feel as though I am back in Trinidad. Then I step out the door and reality hits! I am still in NY and its freezing.

But its still a great Friday because yours truly has just been awarded a SCHOLARSHIP! Can you believe that!

I have to say a special thanks to all of you who prayed and believed this could happen. A special thanks to my family for believeing in me, especially my sister Molly. All those years ago when you went to Wheaton College you thought of me and knew I could do this. You knew I had it in me to reach great heights and now here I am, on my way, living the dream that you helped to instill in me. Thank you very much.

The scholarship is called "Out In Two" and it is designed to assist students in graduating in two years, hence the name. Not that I planned to stay longer! I am so excited and I wish you were all here to celebrate but even though you're not, I am thinking of you.

Its a good day and even if you did not win something I am sure you have many things to be thankful for. Have a grea day, a great weekend and stay in touch.

The Power Of Words

To realize The value of a sisterAsk someone Who doesn't have one.
To realize The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam!
To realize The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a Stillborn.
To realize The value of one Month: Ask a Motherwho has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize The value of one minute:
Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize The value of one-second:
Ask a person Who has survived an accident.
Treasure every moment you have.You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend or family member :Ask someone who has lost one.
Remember...hold on tight to the ones you Love.
Time waits for no one. Tell those you love how you feel. Say "I Love You" to someone today.

The Barcadi Breezer Boy...London 2005

Here is a picture of me that I really like.
It was taken on the night of a friend's b-day and we were in a pub on a boat on the River Thames looking across towards the London Eye.
I just wanted to bring back some special memories from London. I have tons more to share so look out for them.

The Naked Fireman...One For The Ladies.

Just thought you may enjoy this one ladies and for you men, something to aspire too.

What Is The Fastest Thing That Comes To You?

An office manager at Wal-Mart was given the task of hiring an individual to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found four people who were equally qualified. He decided to call the four in and ask them only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get the job.

The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table the interviewer asked :
"What is the fastest thing you know of ?
"Acknowledging the first man on his right, the man replied, "A THOUGHT."
It just pops into your head. There's no warning that it's on the way; it's just there.
A thought is the fastest thing I know of." "That's very good!" replied the interviewer.

"And now you sir?" he asked the second man. "Hmm.! .. let me see. A blink!
It comes and goes and you don't know that it ever happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of."
"Excellent!" said the interviewer. "The blink of an eye, that's a very popular cliche for speed."

He then turned to the third man who was contemplating his reply.
Well, out at my dad's ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall there's a light switch.
When you flip that switch, way out across the pasture the light in the barn comes on in less than an instant.
Yep, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of."
The interviewer was very impressed with the third answer and thought he had found his man.
"It's hard to beat the speed of light," he said.

Turning to Bubba, the fourth and final man, the interviewer posed the same question.
Old Bubba replied, "After hearing the three previous answers, It's obvious to me that the fastest thing known is DIARRHEA."
"WHAT!?" said the interviewer, stunned by the response.
"Oh I can explain." said Old Bubba. "You see the other day I wasn't
feeling so good, and I ran for the bathroom, but, before I could

THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, I had already pooped in my pants."

* Old Bubba is now the new greeter at a Wal-Mart near you !!!! *

Ninguna Clase Española Pero Porciones De Sol!!!

Yes my friends, my Spanish professor is not well so I don't have a class this morning. Any well meaning student will use this free time to catch up on some studying but as you all know I am not one of those. Instead, I am blogging!

Its a new week and here are some highlights from the past three weeks in pictures.

Feb. 14th, Valentine's Day brought the first real snow in NYC. I had a blast walking through the snow filled sidewalks and wrapping up to the max trying not to freeze my butt off. It was fun listening to everyone complain about the snow while I was enjoying it. I even told of few of them to move to Florida or better yet the Caribbean if they had a problem with the snow and cold. The first snow pic is of our back yard and the other is a glimpse of Central Park.

My nephew Avinash celebrated his 20th b-day on the 24th Feb and Jon and I joined his sister Sharda and a few friends to treat him to a 7 chcocolate cake (which I have not tasted yet) and dinner at a buffet style Chinese resturant. After dinner we headed back to the house of some friends, Jon took a nap and the 'trinis' sat down to a game of all-fours ( a trini card game). Needless to say, we played until 4:30am, went to bed at 5:00am and was up by 9and then had doubles for breakfast since we were in Queens and you can get everything from Trinidad there. Took me a full week to recover from staying up that one night. I guess sometimes I forget I am not 21 anymore.

Anyway, I do have a Speech Outline to work on for 12 today and its now 10am so I'd better get going on that. Have a great day and stay in touch.