WASA, TTEC, TSTT ......what a day!!!
Lately ..... like for the past week ...... I've been having problems .... sleeping!! ..... of all tings!! ...... and I can't figure out why ...... cuz sleeping is one of de few tings dat I'm actually good at ..... be it ........ morning, noon or nite ..... lyin down ..... sittin down ...... or standin up ...... it eh have nobody more versed in sleepin ..... dan me!
So wit dis new 'problem' ..... it was no surprise ..... that when I looked at the clock yesterday morning ...... it was sayin 3:10 ..... LAWD .... why de arse was I awake at 3:10 am!?!?! ...... anyway ...... apparently I eventually drifted off ....... which I only realised when my alarm started tuh scream at me .... at 5:55 am ......
Yesterday ...... I dedicated to a friend of mine ...... who I offered to help wit some running around ...... which meant ..... heading out de road by 6:30 am ...... now I know girls are supposed tuh take long tuh fix up deyself etc ...... but not me ..... hence de 5:55 alarm ..... tuh leave de house by 6:30 am ......
So what started off ...... as ah kinda orf day ...... gettin up at 3:10 and all ...... continued on that path ..... and got even orf-er ....... cuz check out what my day was like yesterday ......
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME MY EYES OPEN DIS MORNIN???? ...... #$%&* 2:42 am!!! ..... den 4:50 am!!! ...... den 5:30 am!!!
Sleepless in Trinbago ...... and living in Trinbago ..... in dis 21st century ..... real causin people tuh go off de deep end bwoy ...... well ME at least ...... cuz is WASA .... is TTEC ..... is TSTT ...... is mosquitoes ..... is traffic ..... is 200 luxury cars de govt want tuh buy fuh dem 2 conference next year ..... is $200 tuh full meh gas tank ..... ah real tryin meh bess ....... tuh see if ah could see ...... de glass half full eh ...... but oh gorm ...... meh 2020 vision gettin blurred rite tru .... cuz is nearly every day I eh have no water ...... ah not gettin chance ..... tuh full de damn glass!!!
..... anyway .... yuh know ah like meh pics ..... so here's de pictorial ......
..... that's a new building (I think its gonna be a car park) ...... being constructed on Tragarete Road ...... saw it while waiting fuh dem gross doubles by George and George X ..... found the top of it ...... kinda interesting (and cute) .....
..... how it is ..... dat people does actually be able ...... tuh leave shopping compounds ...... wit de people shoppin cart?! ...... dat is ah Pricesmart shoppin cart ..... dat dat man was pushin ....... on de highway (Foreshore) ...... what he doin wit it ...... and what exactly he pickin up off de ground??!! ..... and why de hell he in de middle of de damn highway??!!
..... saw these gorgeous flowers while waitin fuh fren ...... when ah went tuh pick him up at 3:50 ......
....... eh heh ..... look what I find in yesterday's papers self ...... is not me was supposed tuh have NO CURRENT ...... is Maraval/Haleland Park!!!! ...... and from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm too ....... not 5:13 pm - 8:30 pm!!!
....... this is what NO CURRENT looks like from my porch ..... de lights is dem 2 or 3 'towers' in Westmoorings ...... La Fontaine ..... and La Riviera ..... and La Whatever!! ...... yeah ..... while we on de poor side ah Westmoorings ..... was havin no current ..... de porsh side by de sea ...... did have!!
....... another view of NO CURRENT from my porch ..... all dem lights ..... is de stadium and Movie Towne an ting!
....... uhhhhhh ....... NO ....... this is not my idea of 'Dinner by Candlelight' ...... altho that's exactly what it was ...... nasty, greasy, salty, cold, chinese food ..... by candlelight ...... at least if ah coulda warm it up ...... ah wouldna notice dem odda tings!! .......
...... and this is what NO CURRENT ...... and NO WATER looks like ...... yep ..... de hot .... de cold ...... and de lightswitch ..... was all 'ON' ...... took this pic in the dark (wit flash)! ...... just another one of those fun things you can do ...... when yuh have no current and no water ...... take pics in de dark!!!
So wit dis new 'problem' ..... it was no surprise ..... that when I looked at the clock yesterday morning ...... it was sayin 3:10 ..... LAWD .... why de arse was I awake at 3:10 am!?!?! ...... anyway ...... apparently I eventually drifted off ....... which I only realised when my alarm started tuh scream at me .... at 5:55 am ......
Yesterday ...... I dedicated to a friend of mine ...... who I offered to help wit some running around ...... which meant ..... heading out de road by 6:30 am ...... now I know girls are supposed tuh take long tuh fix up deyself etc ...... but not me ..... hence de 5:55 alarm ..... tuh leave de house by 6:30 am ......
So what started off ...... as ah kinda orf day ...... gettin up at 3:10 and all ...... continued on that path ..... and got even orf-er ....... cuz check out what my day was like yesterday ......
| 3:10 5:55 6:00 6:01 |
Opens eyes ..... God alone knows why! Opens eyes again! Rolls out of bed (literally) Goes to da loo ..... flushes toilet ...... and immediately starts tuh get cuss from de toilet (frowns at the noises in bewilderment - but not really bothered) |
| 6:01:45 |
Opens tap tuh brush teeth .... an' get cuss dey too .... NO WATER! |
| 6:02 6:03 |
Gets container wit water and brushes teeth Gets right back into bed and sets alarm for 6:25 am ..... cuz where I was goin ..... I didn't need tuh bathe ..... especially wit dah whole bucket and heatin up water scene (is not like ah was comin out de car or anyting) |
| 6:42 |
Fren calls tuh say leave home now and meet him by de church (never got up wit de 6:25 alarm) |
| 6:46 7:24 7:40 8:30 9:15 9:30 |
We meet up and start tuh head tuh Chaguanas Reach Chaguanas and had tuh wait til de place open at 8:00 Walk tuh ah nearby roti shop tuh get coffee and a Coke Wit biz organised .... we start tuh head back tuh Diego Stop off in Woodbrook tuh buy doubles by George and George X Reach Diego ...... eat doubles (ughhhh .... was terrible .... George an he X need tuh get back together or sumtin!) .... wash up dishes ..... fill back water container etc. ...... and jumps in shower tuh now take de bath ...... NO WATER AGAIN! - dis time ah had tuh use de bucket! |
| 11:10 11:25 |
Start tuh head back tuh Chaguanas tuh collect finished biz Stops off at TSTT on Ind. Sq. (LAWD who sen meh!!!!) ...... tuh pay phone bill ..... dat is double what it normally is ..... so I decide tuh query it one time .... only tuh find out ..... dat ah have tuh pay $11.50 fuh ah printout ..... jus tuh check tuh see if TSTT charge meh fuh calls ah eh make ...... so on top of de double amount bill ...... I also gave them $11.50 ...... anyway ....... this story is ah whole odda post ...... I muzbe spend bout 30 minutes in TSTT jus quarrelin ..... and tellin dem how 'bad' I am and dat ah go write dem up ..... Rajindra was not de least bit phased! |
| 11:55 1:00 |
Reach Chaguanas ..... leave fren dey an' start tuh head back tuh Diego Reach back Diego ..... went in de ATM fuh cash ...... tuh pay fuh some Chinese Food (on de Main Road) ..... dat ah had order while ah was drivin back down de road |
| 1:45 |
Done eat .... NO WATER STILL! .... turn orn computer ..... post two-three lil comments on blog ..... check email etc ..... and decide tuh take a five ..... before headin out again ...... |
| 3:50 5:10 5:13 |
Back out de road tuh pick up fren in de Valley ..... tuh drop him off in town Reach back Diego ...... after crawlin in de after work traffic CURRENT GORN! ..... and ...... NO WATER STILL! |
| 5:13 to 7:35 |
Tired no ass ..... tried hard tuh sleep but couldn't ..... cuz ah setta blasted mosquito was jumbie-in meh!!! ..... ah bun out bout 3 candle ..... now ah have only two left ...... so ah have tuh go in de grocery and buy more candle!!! .... imagine candle is ah now ah staple!! |
| 7:36 |
Leaves Diego to go pick back up fren in town ....... NO CURRENT STILL! ...... and ..... NO WATER STILL! |
| 7:50 |
Reach fuh fren ..... and almost have ah nervous breakdown in car! I just had to get a drink, a smoke, some drugs, a gun ..... ANYTING!!! ..... ah was about tuh explo!!!!! |
| 7:55 |
Five minutes later ..... and five minutes before actually 'explodin' ..... we end up in Corner Bar ...... where ah stiff drink was had .... before headin home tuh see if current and water come back! |
| 8:34 |
Reach home (Diego) ...... current come back ...... water come back |
| 8:36 |
Head out tuh drop fren home in de Valley ...... |
| 8:55 |
Reach back home |
| 9:15 |
Calls other fren tuh advise dat I will not be going tuh Rachael Price in 51 Degrees!! ..... altho ...... at dat point ...... ah really coulda do wit some laughs ..... and another stiff drink!!! |
| 10:00 |
After fullin back .....bucket .... and water containers ..... washin dishes ..... brushin teeth ..... takin a shower ..... was bedtime fuh me ...... |
Sleepless in Trinbago ...... and living in Trinbago ..... in dis 21st century ..... real causin people tuh go off de deep end bwoy ...... well ME at least ...... cuz is WASA .... is TTEC ..... is TSTT ...... is mosquitoes ..... is traffic ..... is 200 luxury cars de govt want tuh buy fuh dem 2 conference next year ..... is $200 tuh full meh gas tank ..... ah real tryin meh bess ....... tuh see if ah could see ...... de glass half full eh ...... but oh gorm ...... meh 2020 vision gettin blurred rite tru .... cuz is nearly every day I eh have no water ...... ah not gettin chance ..... tuh full de damn glass!!!
..... anyway .... yuh know ah like meh pics ..... so here's de pictorial ......
..... that's a new building (I think its gonna be a car park) ...... being constructed on Tragarete Road ...... saw it while waiting fuh dem gross doubles by George and George X ..... found the top of it ...... kinda interesting (and cute) .....
..... how it is ..... dat people does actually be able ...... tuh leave shopping compounds ...... wit de people shoppin cart?! ...... dat is ah Pricesmart shoppin cart ..... dat dat man was pushin ....... on de highway (Foreshore) ...... what he doin wit it ...... and what exactly he pickin up off de ground??!! ..... and why de hell he in de middle of de damn highway??!!
..... saw these gorgeous flowers while waitin fuh fren ...... when ah went tuh pick him up at 3:50 ......
....... eh heh ..... look what I find in yesterday's papers self ...... is not me was supposed tuh have NO CURRENT ...... is Maraval/Haleland Park!!!! ...... and from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm too ....... not 5:13 pm - 8:30 pm!!!
....... this is what NO CURRENT looks like from my porch ..... de lights is dem 2 or 3 'towers' in Westmoorings ...... La Fontaine ..... and La Riviera ..... and La Whatever!! ...... yeah ..... while we on de poor side ah Westmoorings ..... was havin no current ..... de porsh side by de sea ...... did have!!
....... another view of NO CURRENT from my porch ..... all dem lights ..... is de stadium and Movie Towne an ting!
....... uhhhhhh ....... NO ....... this is not my idea of 'Dinner by Candlelight' ...... altho that's exactly what it was ...... nasty, greasy, salty, cold, chinese food ..... by candlelight ...... at least if ah coulda warm it up ...... ah wouldna notice dem odda tings!! .......
...... and this is what NO CURRENT ...... and NO WATER looks like ...... yep ..... de hot .... de cold ...... and de lightswitch ..... was all 'ON' ...... took this pic in the dark (wit flash)! ...... just another one of those fun things you can do ...... when yuh have no current and no water ...... take pics in de dark!!!
VISION 2020
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no water again today ..... since about 3:30 pm ....... not expected to come back til tomorrow morning ..... *SIGH*
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yuh mean yuh went quite Chaguanas an yuh ent even pass some water or a wet wash rag in between?
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LOL .... no boy ..... was more important tuh use de water ..... tuh brush meh teet ..... I was not on tryin tuh take no 'cowboy' ..... and doh act so surprised ..... it have real people walkin around 'dutty' ...... wit de 'No Water' dramas all ah we goin tru dese days!!! .....
look RITE NOW ....... 3:53 pm ........ on Thursday, October 16, 2008 ...... NO WATER ....... AGAIN!!!
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For my street, and a few streets in St. Augustine, the water supply is excellent by local standards. The water is hardly ever brown and only a few people every year has to be hospitalized for water poisoning. The water supply has been this good for a few years but there is no telling how bad it will get once the PM's son moves into the area. Like gas and oil, there is no new water and the existing supply must be diverted to the Areas that must have it the most.
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I thought I was OK .... with the NO WATER scene ..... once I got the routine down ....... but then somebody went and change up de routine (as in "diverted to the Areas that must have it the most") ..... and now is NO WATER like every day!!!! ....... and DAT .... I CYAH handle!!! ..... I'm literally going crazy ..... oh and yesterday ..... current went again ..... I want to scream!!!!!
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Screaming alone at home is safer than strangling someone at one of the Utilities. But you have to look on the "bright" side of this "pressure" situation since both T&TEC and WASA are competing for your attention admirably
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