Tings ah done cover .... an' tings ah jus discover!
Tings ah done cover
My Gardening
Dat tryin tuh grow food scene ..... is now at a complete standstill wit me!! ...... since meh bodis ...... I never plant another seed ....... altho I really wanted to try tomatoes and sweet peppers ...... so fuh now ..... is still talk, talk, talk ...... and loads of procrastination ..... but ...... I live in hope ......
The 'new meter' T&TEC Bill
Remember my T&TEC Bill ..... dat I had swear was wrong ...... especially after T&TEC admit dat some bills was in fact wrong ...... well ..... mine wasn't one ..... my bill was CORRECT! ...... and I know ..... cuz I actually went in to T&TEC (their Broadway office) and checked it out!
The Creep aka Stalker aka Moron
He still calls me ...... an' I doh answer ..... an' he doh leave no messages either ...... well except the one he left on New Year's Day ...... which was sooooo funny ....... cuz he actually sounded angry saying Happy New Year to me ...... it was like ...... "Hi Scene this is Moron just calling to wish you Happy New Year ....... BYE!" ..... I real laugh ..... cuz if you hear dat BYE ...... how stern it was! ..... what I doh understand is ..... if yuh want tuh be bennin while conveyin greetings ..... why bother?! ..... but then again ..... is him ..... so I guess I shouldn't be surprised!
Water
Water goes every single day now ...... and I wish I were exaggerating ...... but I'm not! ....... before ..... it used tuh go a few times a week ...... now is every day! ..... and most times ..... fuh de whole day too ...... it so bad ..... dat my neighbour's landlady ...... puttin in ah tank and pump fuh he personally!
Mr. Iguana
Ok ..... so quick recap .... Mr. Iguana was first heard on Tuesday ..... and by Tuesday nite he was still around ......
Then on Wednesday ...... I heard him again ..... in my bedroom ..... but ah had tuh go out ..... so ah couldn't deal wit him den .....
I returned home at about 2:00 pm ....... and nothing again ..... then at about 5:00 pm I decided to leave a tile on my porch open ..... in the hope that he'd make his escape ..... but SALT ...... anyway ...... when ah realise like nuttin was happenin ...... ah put back meh tile ..... which ah end up breakin' while tryin tuh take it out (ah stick it back wit duct tape
) ..... then ..... at about 8:00 pm now ..... I start tuh hear ah setta noise ...... comin from de nex side of de apartment ...... so of course yuh know what automatically jump eeen meh head ..... ah start tuh tink Mr. Man like he come back ..... only tuh discover dat is my hyper neighbour ...... who now reach home (since cluing him in de same morning) ..... an' like ah madman ...... he was outside ...... jus hittin up all de tiles between de two apartments ..... wit de intention of leaving all ah dem open so Mr. Iguana could come out ..... now I know I had de idea too eh (wit meh porch project) ...... but not tuh do ..... in de flickin nite ...... so ah say breds ..... yuh see wha yuh doin dey ..... it go break de tiles ..... and tuh besides ..... I eh want dem ting open (right outside my window) ..... tuh encourage no night creatures like bat an' ting tuh go eeeen ..... so he calm down ...... he agreed ...... an' he put back de tiles ..... Yesterday now ...... as ah get up ..... fuh my own peace of mind ...... ah decide tuh go an' look in de ceiling fuh mehself ...... cuz I really didn't want dat ting tuh dead in dey ...... well ah look everywhere ..... and Mr. Iguana was nowhere tuh be seen or heard ......
Today now ..... so far ..... I'm still not hearing (or smelling) anything ...... so I'm assuming that he eventually got out ...... or he muzbe settle down in my neighbour apartment instead ...... either which way ...... tank de Lord!
Me, UTT and Kimberly
Went to UTT on Wednesday to pay for my course ..... and Murphy's Law struck again (clearly Murphy an' UTT is fren!) ..... cuz the girl to swipe my card wasn't there ..... she went out ...... to return at about 2:00 pm!! ..... now it was only 12:30 pm when I was informed of this somewhat sticky situation ..... and I was not about to wait around UTT fuh ah whole hour an' ah half ...... so I had no choice but to leave ..... and return the next day ..... mind you ..... Wednesday was 'the day'..... the last day to pay ..... so if dey know that that is de last day ....... fuh people tuh come an pay fuh ah course ..... and you have only ONE person in de whole of UTT dat could swipe card ..... why pray tell would you allow said ONE obviously highly trained card swiper to 'go out'??!! .....
Anyway ..... I returned to Tunapuna again yesterday (cuz I just love to drive to the East every day in traffic) ...... and thankfully the card swiper was in office ...... so after ah lil wait ..... actually no ..... it wasn't 'lil' nah ..... it was ah kinda long wait ..... Ms. Swiper swiped my card and did her do ..... in all of two seconds ..... and then Kimberly wrote up my receipt ..... de whole scenario was just reeking of 'Government Office' ..... cuz yuh know how ..... in ah Government Office ...... it have ah different person tuh conduct each part of a single simple transaction?! ...... anyway ..... so ah pay fuh meh course ..... and it startin next week ...... but hear de nex joke (and hopefully de last in this UTT series) ...... you know when I reach home now ...... and I pull out de receipt tuh file it ...... it dated December 8, 2008 ..... and if yuh tinkin that da'is just ah new year mistake ...... de description indicating what de receipt is for ..... also had 2008 as the year ..... so clearly Miss Kimberly still in 2008!! ..... now ah doh tink dat da'is any real problem ...... but fuh kix ..... ah call her ...... yes ...... ah call Ms. Kimberly ..... an' ah tell her ...... tuh go an amend her 'back in times' copy ......
And oh ...... how could I forget this important tidbit ..... she also gave me a printout of the elusive email reply ..... i.e. de one she say she send ..... dat I never received! ...... well guess what de date on it is ..... Monday January 5 2009 ..... so it seems that coincidentally ..... she replied to my email ..... on the very same day that I end up callin ...... hmmmmm ...... an' up tuh today ...... ah still never get none!!! ...... she also gave me printouts wit info on the 3 other courses in the same series ...... which I was very grateful for ...... and which she probably did tuh limit our communication in de future ..... but ...... throughout dis whole comedy of errors ..... she was really sweet tho ...... so I really wasn't inclined tuh bitch on her at all!!! ..... I think she thought I was funny ...... cuz she laughed at everything I said ...... she even laughed when I told her that I was gonna write about her on my blog! ..... she didn't even ask fuh de blog name or anyting ...... she just laughed ...... I know if somebody tell ME ...... dat dey goin' an write bout meh ...... in light of some jokiness I had dish out tuh dem ...... den hell yeah ...... I want tuh be first tuh log orn and read de crap!
Anyway ..... moving along ..... da'is all de updates fuh de hour ..... now is on tuh some tings ..... dat ah jus discover ....
Tings ah jus discover
Blogs
Ah jus discover ...... dat ah setta blogs changin up dey look ..... I guess fuh de new year ....... nice ...... but not me ...... I love my orange too much! ..... an' I eh want people tuh get too confused ..... from me re-arrangin and re-doin everyting ..... besides I eh know how tuh fancy up mine anyway (OK so da'is de real story)
Carnival 2K9
Ah jus discover ...... dat 90% of de soca fuh C2K9 (also being called 'two thousand and wine') ....... is about ass ..... yep bumper and bam bam and bumbumville (da'is Shal Marshal make-up word) ...... ah know yuh eh notice dat eh ..... check it out!
Ah jus discover ...... dat Chutney Soca music (and the composers and singers) is ah ting ..... dat will always hold my interest ...... cuz even tho it confuses me like hell ..... at the same time ...... it also fascinates me ...... cuz check out dat headline I see in yesterday's Express ..... Chutney Soca Prizes 'not good enough' ...... now you could tell me what de word "Prizes" doin in dat headline? ...... cuz hello ..... is not de 'prizes' ..... dat not good enough ...... is de blasted Chutney music itself ..... steups ..... an' dey want tuh vex ..... because de prize money reduce dis year ...... when dey should be glad it actually have somebody willin tuh give dem prize money in de first place (fuh dat shit)!!!
Ah jus discover ..... dat Carnival officially starts tomorrow .... wit Blazing Fire Fete! ..... ah want tuh go bad!
Ah jus discover ..... dat Amnesia is just two days away .... where's the hype my Island People?
Ah jus discover ..... dat Machel Montano (and frens) Zen fracas case still goin orn ..... Why? ..... so wha dey go do now dat Carnival start? ...... adjourn fuh another year ...... cuz yuh know after Trini Carnival .... he gorn again!
Ah jus discover ...... dat it pays tuh own ah 'Total Local' radio station ...... cuz Iwer George is singing major shit these days ..... and thriving ...... how could you have a song where the whole chorus is ONE word ..... yes the whole chorus of his song is the word 'Wine' repeated about ah hundred times ...... now de name of de song is either ...... We Like It ..... or Ready ...... but whichever one it is ...... I know ...... dat I NOT READY ..... TUH LIKE IT ...... steups ....... is bess I go an' write ah soca yes!
Ah jus discover ...... dat wit ah 'Total Local' radio station on de scene ...... I eh go have tuh worry bout no soca mafia or no crap like dat (when ah record meh soca) ...... my shit will get play on de total local station ...... jus cuz it local ..... an' cuz is we culture too ..... and even if it not up tuh scratch ..... when it get play ...... over and over and over on de radio ..... it will magically turn into ah real borse soca ...... e.g. de same stupid Iwer George Wine song dat goin an' mash up party ..... watch an' see!
Ah jus discover ..... dat KMC ..... like he kiss an' make-up wit de so-called 'soca mafia' ..... cuz my boy music mysteriously start back playin on de 'number one radio station' ...... 96.1 WEFM ..... an' is not one song dey playin eh ..... cuz if it was one alone ..... ah woulda say dey muzbe jus givin him ah bligh ...... but is all de man songs dey playin .... which by the way ..... is real songs ..... yeah KMC eh makin joke ...... my boy have ah band now ..... and puttin out real music ..... so far ah likin Living Water ..... and Yeast ...... well done KMC! (oh gosh yuh could tell dat ah like him!) ..... Oh ..... and tuh top off de generous doses of air play ..... my boy also playin in de Zen tonight (wit he full band) ...... yeah ...... someting definitely went down fuh sure ...... Confucius say ...... don't be a fool ..... embrace de man ..... he's ah hits (aka money) generator!
Ah jus discover ..... dat de ONLY song dat makin me feel Carnival-ish ...... is ah song called 'Head Bad (on de spot) ..... sung by Skinny Fabulous ..... who is not even ah Trini ..... Lawd ..... dat song so BAD eh! ....
Ah jus discover ...... dat wit Carnival now startin tuh heat up .... we hadda stay tuned fuh more on dat 'Wash Rags' scene ..... cuz obviously people go be travellin on dem Water Taxis tuh head out tuh dey favourite carnival fetes an' ting ..... and of course said people will be equipped with dey Rags (and flags) ..... so ah only hoping dat no more eh get stuck in de boat gas tank ...... cuz man scene go real jumbie if dey lose dey rag on de boat ..... before dey even reach de fete ..... and ..... on ah related note ..... ah hear dat Shurwayne Winchester is somebody of interest tuh de Police (in this case) ..... cuz yuh know he's de original 'Rag' man!!!
Miscellaneous
Ah jus discover ...... dat my birthday is days away (hint hint ) ..... and so is my blog's ...... yeah I'm ah Capricorn turnin y'all orn ...... LOL .... remember dat long time radio announcer who used tuh say dat ..... 'Capricorn turning you on' ..... dat was like his tag line ..... Chis Boynes was it?!
Ah jus discover ..... dat it didn't have no setta hullabooloo at all ...... over dem Chinee an' dem cookin dog fuh we tuh eat (according tuh de Express) ..... is like nobody eh business (except Newsday's Kevin Baldeosingh) ...... when yuh see dat ..... de dog muzbe eatin nice!
Ah jus discover ...... dat since de new year start ...... all de newspapers comin tin tin ..... like de newspapers an' all feelin de recession ...... or is it dat it eh really have no news tuh report .... which I'll take ..... cuz no news is generally good news!
Ah jus discover ...... dat we in de West .... like we still celebratin Christmas ..... Hott Shoppe still have up dey decorations ..... TSTT Westmall still have up theirs too ...... and yuh could get sorrel right opposite Westmall ..... still! .....
da Skinny Fabulous is one ah d bess so far fu tru.... but I loving De Boss and winewinewinewinewinewinewinewinewinewinewinewinewine... we like it
and yes it still have sorrel sellin in 'puna by Food Masters
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yeah .... de Boss song kinda growin on meh ..... but dat may be because of the brainwashing effect ..... of hearing it everywhere yuh turn .... he was on Synergy TV (Friday night) ..... it went down good .....
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I was going to ask about the iguana but I realized I better not since I get the impression you could handle your guanas
The problem with WASA is that they have too many good reasons for no water - too much rain, too much drought, too much holes, too much...
You know, last year I bought music from trinidadtunes.com and it's a good way to support our local and some West Indian talent. But from the way things are looking it might just be about two or three songs. WHat ever happened to calypso and soca classics with real lyrics? Check out guanaguanaresingsat.blogspot.com
I feel UTT will get there and it's not Kimberly's fault but teething problems with big teeth.
That is a point, if people waving their rags on the Water Taxi what would the security do? Suppose they found underwear in the tank would they now search passengers before and after the trip?
Sorrel has a long shelf life so it might be Jan 2008 sorrel that must go.
Stalker sounds like he is suffering from stage 1 tabanca hence the irritation in his BYE
The first sign of a recession is weight loss starting with the newspapers. I don't think it's too serious and the thinness is normal for this time of the year.
Don't worry about KB and the Chinese dog thing but I did find the last bowwow kai nip I had tasted a bit like...
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yuh know .... besides totally gettin kix off of your comments (every time!) ...... I'm always very impressed too ..... tuh see dat you actually read de whole post ..... especially when is ah long ass one like dis
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Wow, covered a lot. As for the gardening, that's something yuh have to invest a lot of time in if yuh want to see results.
Good thing you checked out the bill. Always better to check on things if it involves your money.
Stalker sounds persistent, wonder if he go come up with a new approach?
Your water situation is bad guyl, hope your landlord starts to think about getting a tank too.
I love the head bad, that's a great tune.
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.... one of my other readers, Fensic ..... hinted that maybe his new way of trying to get tuh me (or get back at me) ..... was tuh put de iguana in meh ceiling ...... LOL .....
.... an' I eh have no landlord ..... is my parents apartment I does live in ...... gyul I cyah even afford gas fuh meh car ..... yuh want meh tuh have landlord! ...... an' is real tank we have up here yuh know ..... so really an' truly ...... people shouldn't have tuh install their own personal ones!!!
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Gyul if fensic was right, M.Iguana would have entered your bedroom by now. LOL
Well be thankful yuh doh have to deal with a landlord.
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