Preview: India 1...Mumbai

Jon and I arrived in Mumbai, India on 8th June, 2007 and we made it fine through immigration, collected our baggage and then walked outside. That was when it hit me! That is, the 38 Deg. C temperature! I had never felt natural heat like that in my life before! I could barely open my eyes and I began sweating immediately.
Jon was quite amused at my reaction to the heat since I always spoke of growing up in a hot tropical island but Trinidad was nothing compared to this heat. It was my big welcome to India.
I didn't mind though, I was in India, the land of my ancestors and I was living another dream and I fully intended to enjoy it, heat and all.

Some funnies for the weekend.

Laughter is like good medicine so I hope you like to laugh. Have a great day.

London June 07

India is now behind me and I am in London for a week already. Its been an amazing summer so far and its not even half way through.
I arrived in London on 25th June and breezed through to meet my fiends Neisha, Pete and Jasmin who were all waiting.
Being back in London brings back so many memories, all of them good. I slept for a week in my old room and I am back at work at the usual place. Quite a few of the guys I worked with are still there so its good to be in a familiar place among familiar faces. All in all, life is good and I am grateful.
Look out for upcoming posts about the India trip. I have so much to post and I have not even started so look out.

ONE YEAR DOWN!

As of 22ND May, 2007, I have completed my first year of college and its an incredible feeling to have come this far. I can't help but realize that I could not have done this on my own. My faith in God has been a big part, not that I have great faith but the one whom I have placed my faith in has worked wonders to bring me to the point that I am at now.
I remember my sister Molly telling me 20 years ago that I HAVE to attend college in the US after her first semester at Wheaton College IL and I also remember thinking, this is something I can do and be good at. The seed was sown then and it has take all these years ans many twists and turns, ups and downs, many times more downs than ups but by August 2006, I boarded a plane to New York, armed with my Student Visa and what little money I had, but also with lots of faith and hope and the prayers of family and friends, and the knowledge that some believed in me and were willing me on this path.
Almost a year later I have a year of school behind me, I am on the Dean's List and I have been awarded a Scholarship. I am humbled by all that has been afforded me and I look forward to all that is coming my way.
Thank you, my family members who have believed in me. Some of you have said it it out and some of you have not but thanks all the same. Thanks to all my friends in Trinidad, those in London and now all the new ones in NY.
It has been a great year and I know the next few will be even greater. I am glad we are all on this journey together. I could never do this alone and I am glad you are with me.

Alliyah-Lynn Maraj

Alliyah-Lynn is the youngest member of our family. She is my newest niece and the daughter of my second youngest brother and Rakesh, and Michelle. They live in Forreston IL. and I hope to visit one day and see her for the first time as well as his son Jordan, whom I will be seeing for the first time since he was 10 months old.

Hi is in a few of the pictures with Alliyah-Lynn in some sort of a container (don't ask me what they were doing in a container).

There are so many cute pics here that I just went wild and posted tons of them so enjoy.

This shows how much we like the Bajans.

Takes Place in Barbados

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is Bajan.(Born in Barbados) She asked her students to raise their hands if they were Bajan too. Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like flashy fireworks. There is, however, one exception. A girl named Charlene has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different. "Because I am not Bajan." "Then", asked the teacher, "What are you?". Im a proud Trini." boasts the little girl.

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asked Charlene why she is a Trini. "Well, my mom and dad are Trini, so i am Trini too."

The teacher is now angry. "Thats no reason," she says loudly. "What if your mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?" A pause and then a smile. "Then," says Charlene "I would be a Bajan."

Caribbean Surgeons

Five Caribbean Surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.

The first, a Cuban surgeon says,

"I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

The second a Jamaican responds,

"Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is colour coded."

The third a Barbadian surgeon says,

"No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."

The fourth a Guyanese surgeon chimes in:

"You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over

But the fifth a Trinidadian surgeon shut them all up when he observed:

"You' re all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and the head and the ass are interchangeable."

Thanks Michelle H (in Trinidad) for sending this to me.