Bay Leaf ... Babylon ... an' ah born again Bandit?!
Carnival time ah was real fightin up wit de flu ..... de "Machel" ..... and it kinda went away ...... but ..... after meh lil escapades de odda nite ..... it make ah tack-back ..... yes ....... ah relapse right into de "Summit"!
Anyway ..... flu or no flu ..... ah still had lil sessions tuh check out dis weekend ..... like the "Where is the Love" launch at Corner Bar ...... but ..... before we get tuh dat ..... ah hadda rewind .....
THURSDAY NITE (12th)
Thursday nite (da'is de nex nite after de Synergy, Play, Lara, Zen scene) ..... I drivin tru St. James ...... on meh way tuh drop off a friend ...... and decide tuh stop off fuh burgers ...... so we get de burgers ...... an' we reach back tuh de car ...... when a vagrant jus appear outta nowhere ...... with ah setta bush in he hand (an' on he head too - if you see de man dread!) ...... now when I say 'ah setta bush' ...... ah mean like 'de whole tree' ...... de man come by de car window ...... an' start tuh 'sell' de bush ...... which by the way ..... turned out tuh be BAY LEAF ...... ting yuh could pick anywhere ...... as a matter of fact ...... I have a bay leaf tree on the compound where I livin ...... anyway ..... altho de man was lookin real dutty ...... my boy was no chupidee ...... cuz when he open he mout ...... is only de Queen's English was comin out ...... de man start tuh rattle off all de tings dat bay leaf good for ..... how yuh could put it in yuh tea ..... an' yuh could put it in yuh food ..... an' yuh could put it in yuh clothes (tuh make dem smell nice) ..... an' yuh could even use it tuh shoo away cockroach and ants an' ting ..... well ..... as I hear ANTS ...... meh ears cock open one time ...... cuz I have ah serious ants problem in my house ...... an' is not ah constant ting eh ...... is like ah seasonal ting ...... cuz one minute dey dey ..... an' de nex minute dey gorn .... anyway ..... so ah tell fren tuh call down ah branch pronto ....... so we hand de man ah dollar ...... an' he hand we de bush ...... but wit real scorn ...... yeah ..... de man wasn't impressed wit de dollar at all ...... he take it (reluctantly) ..... an' ask we if we could buy more ..... so ..... needless tuh say ..... we left with the entire tree ......
Anyway ...... when ah reach home now ..... ah start tuh strategically place de bay leaf all over de house like ah mad woman ...... ah put one on de kitchen counter ...... ah put one in ah cupboard ...... ah put one on de livin room floor ...... ah put one in de toilet ..... ah put bay leaf all over ..... it so bad ..... dat rite now ..... my apartment lookin like if I wukkin some kinda obeah ......
Dis was de nite de relapse start!
Bay Leaf in de bathroom ...
Bay Leaf in de cupboard ....
Bay Leaf on de kitchen counter ....
Bay Leaf jus on de ground ....
FRIDAY MORNING (13th)
Nice ..... next mornin now ...... I get up ...... an' of course de first place ah head to ...... is de bathroom ..... well de horror when I walk eeeeeen ...... if you see WILD ANTZ ...... Machel didn't want nuttin wit me an' my ANTZ ..... is like dem ANTZ tort de bay leaf ...... was bay rum ...... and decide tuh pass tru fuh happy hour ...... I was so blue eh ...... cuz before de bay leaf ...... ah woulda sure tuh see only about 4 ants!!! ...... well ah turn orn de tap one time ..... an' ah drown every man jack!
De bay leaf dryin up now tho ...... and I think that that is when it's really useful (ah not sure) ..... so ah monitorin de situation ..... an' if push come tuh shove ..... an' it really eh doin nuttin ..... ah go just gather up all ...... an' use it tuh make compost or tea or sumtin!!!
Tried to rest ..... sneezed all day!
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
At 12:30 pm ah was heading in an easterly direction ..... on de Foreshore ...... and if you see Police ..... ROAD BLOCK!
At 4:15 pm ah was heading back west ...... on de Foreshore ...... and if you see Police still ..... ROAD BLOCK still!!!
Yes ..... like de Police set up shop on de Foreshore ..... an' at de 4:15 pm jam session ..... dey had ah man lying down on de ground ..... face down ..... hands on his back ..... now I eh know what ah man have tuh do .... tuh warrant dat kinda treatment ..... but it look like TV ..... den de odda day ..... one of my frens go ask me .... if he could rent my car ..... as he feelin like he cyah drive he own til after de Summit ...... cuz apparently in all dem road block ..... Police makin yuh take off dark tint .... an' he have ah dark tink ..... LOL ..... Trinis sweet yes! ...... but watch meh ..... ah seriously considered it fuh two seconds eh ..... cuz ah girl could always use ah lil extra cash
..... I'm guessing that all this sudden Police activity and visbility will only increase wit de Summit slowly sneakin up on us ...... and dat tings will only get worse (or maybe better) .....
I am amazed tho ...... at how much is getting done ...... in such a short space of time ...... and just because ..... some supposedly more important people (than us the citizens of Trinbago) gonna be in de country .... classic example ...... dem 3000 bullet proof vests dat de Police gettin ...... after dey been beggin fuh dem fuh some time now ...... hmmmm ...... Amen fuh Obama yes!
De Foreshore .... headin west at about 4:15 pm ..... in crawlin traffic! ..... after de lookout ting was smooth sailin tho .....
Look .... at ..... Police! .... yuh seein dey tent ..... and de amount ah cars dey pull aside .....
Dis is de area de Police had de man on de ground .... ah couldn't take ah pic ..... cuz is at dis point dat de traffic was movin ..... an' ah was too close anyway ..... de Police woulda see meh takin de pic .....
SATURDAY NITE (14th)
Saturday nite was de 'Where is the Love' launch ..... ah reach late ..... as usual ..... about 10:15 pm ...... and lawd de place was ram ...... we had tuh park all de way by French Street ...... den when we reach Corner Bar now ...... real people inside de place .... real people on de pavement ....... and real people in de road ..... apparently de show had just start too ..... but I have no idea who was performin ...... an' yuh see me ...... when I go tuh see ah show ...... an' I cyah actually see (cuz I'm ah shorty) ..... I does doh give ah damn ...... on top ah dat .... ah wasn't recognisin de voice or de song either ...... so ..... wit dat said ..... was off tuh de bar tuh do de nex best ting ...... well ah tort ah woulda dead in dat heat ...... when ah tell yuh de place was hot! ..... cuz was just hot bodies ...... and hot air ...... clearly wit dat crowd ...... de AC was on lockdown ..... oh and how could I forget ..... as yuh enter ..... dey was sellin 'Where is the Love' T-Shirts ...... ah tink de damage was ah blue note ..... not sure where de proceeds from de sales goin tho ..... anyway ..... after sessin out de crowd ..... we finally reach de bar ...... and in two-twos ...... drinks was in we hand (which was de shock of de nite) ..... at dat point ..... and from dat vantage point ...... ah was kinda able tuh see ah lil ting ..... at which time Rizon (dribble, dribble) was on de stage ..... den after him ah tink was either Rembunction or Fireball ..... den Kees was up next ..... but I doh know if he sing ...... den Spotrushaz rush de spot ...... where dey drop ah new song on we ..... and also took de opportunity tuh introduce dey newest member (Meet Source) ...... den after Spotrushaz ..... Fridge joined Tim Starr ..... tuh perform their new song ...... THE song of the nite 'Where is the Love' ...... ah real cool vibes song dat ah real likin ..... and following dem was Maximus Dan who really kept de tempo upbeat ..... an' ah tink Ziggy Rankin closed the show after ..... but tuh tell yuh de trute ..... altho ah was aware of who is who on de stage ...... I only really take orn Spotrushaz and Maximus Dan .... cuz dey was pumpin ..... everybody else was mostly on ah conscious (slow down an otherwise upbeat song) vibes! ...... and in retrospect ..... I wasn't late nah ...... I tink I reach in time ...... cuz from de time I reach ..... was straight pace ..... no stickin ...... was artiste, after artiste, after artiste ...... oh and they also premiered de WHERE IS THE LOVE Video ..... all in all ...... as ah say ..... it was ah real cool vibes!
Anyway ...... de real story of de nite ..... happened after de show ...... ah had done take about ah hundred groupie pics ..... an' was wrappin up de snappin ...... when ah get ah urge fuh ah pull ...... so ah tell meh fren dat ah goin outside tuh bum ...... reach outside now ..... and de only person ah could see indulgin ...... was ah iffy lookin brutha ...... but ..... ah wanted de ting ...... so ah walk over tuh him (was him an' he padna) ..... an' ah ask him fuh one ...... now Iz ah gyul ...... does like tuh get meh donor's name ...... so we strike up ah conversation ...... an' of course de usual small talk start tuh take place ...... like wuz YOUR name ...... an' yuh married ...... an' how ah nice gyul like you eh have no man ..... an' whey yuh livin ...... an' whey yuh workin ..... wuz yuh horoscope ..... OK ...... so yuh ketch meh drift ..... anyway ..... so I make ah joke wit de man ..... an' tell him dat ah livin "DIEGO - BAD BOY AREA" ...... so he say eh heh ...... whey? ...... so den ah say ..... no boy ..... I eh livin in no bad boy area ....... ah jus jokin ...... so den I ask him whey HE livin ...... and he say Diego ...... so ah say ...... which part ....... de man say ...... RICHPLAIN ..... hmmmm ...... talk about puttin yuh foot in yuh mout ...... I was feelin like ah real imps .... wit meh dotish 'Diego bad boy area' joke .....
Anyway ..... after a few minutes now ..... meh fren start tuh call out tuh meh ...... cuz she on de pavement somewhere ..... checkin out my scene ..... and probably wondering ..... why it is I still talkin tuh de man if ah done get meh fix ...... so ah gorn over tuh her now ...... and she's like ...... WHO IS DAT? you talkin to ...... so again ...... in my tipsy impsy state ..... I tell her .... he's ah gangster from Richplain ...... an' we laugh .....
So wit dat cleared up now ..... ah gorn back tuh talk tuh de man ..... an' ah tellin him dat meh fren was enquirin about who he is ..... an' ah tell her dat he's a gangster from Richplain' blah, blah, blah ...... to which de man calmly reply ...... NAH - NOT ANYMORE - AH USED TUH BE ...... Grrrrrrr?? ...... ah suddenly start tuh get sober ...... ah say WHA?! ..... den ah start tuh jam him wit questions ...... he muzbe tort I was some kinda reporter or sumtin ..... de man tell meh ..... back in de day ..... he used tuh be on de wrong side ...... but he never kill nobody ...... he used tuh carry out robberies and other crime ...... he tell meh dat he even make ah jail once ....... he say whenever he needed money ..... he just used tuh call up he padna ..... and go an' put down ah wuk somewhere ...... so I ask him how come he coulda just distance himself from dat kinda life jus so ...... if it is he does have tuh constantly be watchin he back ..... and he was like NO ...... cuz de people he used tuh roll wit ...... was like family ..... an' is like ah kinda code ..... dat family eh go hurt family ...... he did say tho ..... that there are certain parts of Diego dat he doh go ..... an' he tell meh jus de odda day ...... his cousin get murdered (rite in Diego) ....... he tell meh too ..... dat dah whole Richplain hullabaloo it had de odda day ..... wit de Soldier who get kill ..... did not happen as was reported in de papers ..... surprise, surprise ..... but ..... what was really weird ..... was altho this man was clearly lil gangster (very evident by his look) ..... and spoke so freely and easily of his past badman life ...... he was also very soft spoken ...... and seemed pretty 'normal' ..... he say he tryin tuh keep on de straight and narrow ...... and in between somewhere ..... he ask meh fuh meh number ...... Grrrrrrrr?? ...... ah tell him if even ah give him ..... ah doh answer meh phone ..... so den he ask meh ..... when he go see meh again ...... ah tell him on de Corner (Bar dat is) .....
After dat very interesting conversation ..... twas ah wrap fuh me ..... de music lock off soon after ..... and people started tuh make dey way out and about ..... of course ..... as usual ...... I does always have tuh close de party ..... so after lingering on de pavement (with no music) ..... fuh about another 20 minutes .... some bikers started tuh provide some after-Corner Bar entertainment ..... doin wheelee an' ting up an down Ariapita Avenue ..... when in de midst of all dat ..... my boy (de same former gangster) ...... pull up in he car (wit he padna) ..... bade me farewell ...... and wished me a safe journey home.
Alcohol really took care of dat darn flu!
Spotrushaz (from left: BDang, Tim Starr and newest member Meet Source)
Fridge (H20 Phlo) and Tim Starr (Spotrushaz) beltin out dey new song "Where is the Love" .... look at emotion and passion nah!
Wendell Manwarren (3 Canal) .... Wendell was de MC ....
Maximus Dan mashin up de dance ....
Ziggy Rankin ..... I went outside when he came orn ...... ah couldn't take de heat!
De after-show ..... ah setta motorbike man galleryin ..... one ah dem was real wheeleein ..... but my camera cyah capture dem kyna ting .....
SUNDAY (15th)
Oh gorm ah get up sick like ah dog ...... sneezin ...... coughin ..... headache ...... runny nose ...... watery eyes ...... tank de Lord ah had some left over soup ..... dat ah douse down wit ah setta pepper ..... and cautiously slurped ..... while gapin on my computer ...... and browsin newspapers ...... with de cricket on de TV in de background .....
And about de cricket ....... WE WIN ..... YAY! ...... and Sarwan win 'Man of the Match' again ..... steups .... yuh eh see ah shoulda really let him wine up on meh!
Feelin ah lil better now - hope I'm back tuh normal soon!
Anyway ..... flu or no flu ..... ah still had lil sessions tuh check out dis weekend ..... like the "Where is the Love" launch at Corner Bar ...... but ..... before we get tuh dat ..... ah hadda rewind .....
THURSDAY NITE (12th)
Thursday nite (da'is de nex nite after de Synergy, Play, Lara, Zen scene) ..... I drivin tru St. James ...... on meh way tuh drop off a friend ...... and decide tuh stop off fuh burgers ...... so we get de burgers ...... an' we reach back tuh de car ...... when a vagrant jus appear outta nowhere ...... with ah setta bush in he hand (an' on he head too - if you see de man dread!) ...... now when I say 'ah setta bush' ...... ah mean like 'de whole tree' ...... de man come by de car window ...... an' start tuh 'sell' de bush ...... which by the way ..... turned out tuh be BAY LEAF ...... ting yuh could pick anywhere ...... as a matter of fact ...... I have a bay leaf tree on the compound where I livin ...... anyway ..... altho de man was lookin real dutty ...... my boy was no chupidee ...... cuz when he open he mout ...... is only de Queen's English was comin out ...... de man start tuh rattle off all de tings dat bay leaf good for ..... how yuh could put it in yuh tea ..... an' yuh could put it in yuh food ..... an' yuh could put it in yuh clothes (tuh make dem smell nice) ..... an' yuh could even use it tuh shoo away cockroach and ants an' ting ..... well ..... as I hear ANTS ...... meh ears cock open one time ...... cuz I have ah serious ants problem in my house ...... an' is not ah constant ting eh ...... is like ah seasonal ting ...... cuz one minute dey dey ..... an' de nex minute dey gorn .... anyway ..... so ah tell fren tuh call down ah branch pronto ....... so we hand de man ah dollar ...... an' he hand we de bush ...... but wit real scorn ...... yeah ..... de man wasn't impressed wit de dollar at all ...... he take it (reluctantly) ..... an' ask we if we could buy more ..... so ..... needless tuh say ..... we left with the entire tree ......
Anyway ...... when ah reach home now ..... ah start tuh strategically place de bay leaf all over de house like ah mad woman ...... ah put one on de kitchen counter ...... ah put one in ah cupboard ...... ah put one on de livin room floor ...... ah put one in de toilet ..... ah put bay leaf all over ..... it so bad ..... dat rite now ..... my apartment lookin like if I wukkin some kinda obeah ......
Dis was de nite de relapse start!
Bay Leaf in de bathroom ...
Bay Leaf in de cupboard ....
Bay Leaf on de kitchen counter ....
Bay Leaf jus on de ground ....
FRIDAY MORNING (13th)
Nice ..... next mornin now ...... I get up ...... an' of course de first place ah head to ...... is de bathroom ..... well de horror when I walk eeeeeen ...... if you see WILD ANTZ ...... Machel didn't want nuttin wit me an' my ANTZ ..... is like dem ANTZ tort de bay leaf ...... was bay rum ...... and decide tuh pass tru fuh happy hour ...... I was so blue eh ...... cuz before de bay leaf ...... ah woulda sure tuh see only about 4 ants!!! ...... well ah turn orn de tap one time ..... an' ah drown every man jack!
De bay leaf dryin up now tho ...... and I think that that is when it's really useful (ah not sure) ..... so ah monitorin de situation ..... an' if push come tuh shove ..... an' it really eh doin nuttin ..... ah go just gather up all ...... an' use it tuh make compost or tea or sumtin!!!
Tried to rest ..... sneezed all day!
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
At 12:30 pm ah was heading in an easterly direction ..... on de Foreshore ...... and if you see Police ..... ROAD BLOCK!
At 4:15 pm ah was heading back west ...... on de Foreshore ...... and if you see Police still ..... ROAD BLOCK still!!!
Yes ..... like de Police set up shop on de Foreshore ..... an' at de 4:15 pm jam session ..... dey had ah man lying down on de ground ..... face down ..... hands on his back ..... now I eh know what ah man have tuh do .... tuh warrant dat kinda treatment ..... but it look like TV ..... den de odda day ..... one of my frens go ask me .... if he could rent my car ..... as he feelin like he cyah drive he own til after de Summit ...... cuz apparently in all dem road block ..... Police makin yuh take off dark tint .... an' he have ah dark tink ..... LOL ..... Trinis sweet yes! ...... but watch meh ..... ah seriously considered it fuh two seconds eh ..... cuz ah girl could always use ah lil extra cash
..... I'm guessing that all this sudden Police activity and visbility will only increase wit de Summit slowly sneakin up on us ...... and dat tings will only get worse (or maybe better) .....I am amazed tho ...... at how much is getting done ...... in such a short space of time ...... and just because ..... some supposedly more important people (than us the citizens of Trinbago) gonna be in de country .... classic example ...... dem 3000 bullet proof vests dat de Police gettin ...... after dey been beggin fuh dem fuh some time now ...... hmmmm ...... Amen fuh Obama yes!
De Foreshore .... headin west at about 4:15 pm ..... in crawlin traffic! ..... after de lookout ting was smooth sailin tho .....
Look .... at ..... Police! .... yuh seein dey tent ..... and de amount ah cars dey pull aside .....
Dis is de area de Police had de man on de ground .... ah couldn't take ah pic ..... cuz is at dis point dat de traffic was movin ..... an' ah was too close anyway ..... de Police woulda see meh takin de pic .....
SATURDAY NITE (14th)
Saturday nite was de 'Where is the Love' launch ..... ah reach late ..... as usual ..... about 10:15 pm ...... and lawd de place was ram ...... we had tuh park all de way by French Street ...... den when we reach Corner Bar now ...... real people inside de place .... real people on de pavement ....... and real people in de road ..... apparently de show had just start too ..... but I have no idea who was performin ...... an' yuh see me ...... when I go tuh see ah show ...... an' I cyah actually see (cuz I'm ah shorty) ..... I does doh give ah damn ...... on top ah dat .... ah wasn't recognisin de voice or de song either ...... so ..... wit dat said ..... was off tuh de bar tuh do de nex best ting ...... well ah tort ah woulda dead in dat heat ...... when ah tell yuh de place was hot! ..... cuz was just hot bodies ...... and hot air ...... clearly wit dat crowd ...... de AC was on lockdown ..... oh and how could I forget ..... as yuh enter ..... dey was sellin 'Where is the Love' T-Shirts ...... ah tink de damage was ah blue note ..... not sure where de proceeds from de sales goin tho ..... anyway ..... after sessin out de crowd ..... we finally reach de bar ...... and in two-twos ...... drinks was in we hand (which was de shock of de nite) ..... at dat point ..... and from dat vantage point ...... ah was kinda able tuh see ah lil ting ..... at which time Rizon (dribble, dribble) was on de stage ..... den after him ah tink was either Rembunction or Fireball ..... den Kees was up next ..... but I doh know if he sing ...... den Spotrushaz rush de spot ...... where dey drop ah new song on we ..... and also took de opportunity tuh introduce dey newest member (Meet Source) ...... den after Spotrushaz ..... Fridge joined Tim Starr ..... tuh perform their new song ...... THE song of the nite 'Where is the Love' ...... ah real cool vibes song dat ah real likin ..... and following dem was Maximus Dan who really kept de tempo upbeat ..... an' ah tink Ziggy Rankin closed the show after ..... but tuh tell yuh de trute ..... altho ah was aware of who is who on de stage ...... I only really take orn Spotrushaz and Maximus Dan .... cuz dey was pumpin ..... everybody else was mostly on ah conscious (slow down an otherwise upbeat song) vibes! ...... and in retrospect ..... I wasn't late nah ...... I tink I reach in time ...... cuz from de time I reach ..... was straight pace ..... no stickin ...... was artiste, after artiste, after artiste ...... oh and they also premiered de WHERE IS THE LOVE Video ..... all in all ...... as ah say ..... it was ah real cool vibes!
Anyway ...... de real story of de nite ..... happened after de show ...... ah had done take about ah hundred groupie pics ..... an' was wrappin up de snappin ...... when ah get ah urge fuh ah pull ...... so ah tell meh fren dat ah goin outside tuh bum ...... reach outside now ..... and de only person ah could see indulgin ...... was ah iffy lookin brutha ...... but ..... ah wanted de ting ...... so ah walk over tuh him (was him an' he padna) ..... an' ah ask him fuh one ...... now Iz ah gyul ...... does like tuh get meh donor's name ...... so we strike up ah conversation ...... an' of course de usual small talk start tuh take place ...... like wuz YOUR name ...... an' yuh married ...... an' how ah nice gyul like you eh have no man ..... an' whey yuh livin ...... an' whey yuh workin ..... wuz yuh horoscope ..... OK ...... so yuh ketch meh drift ..... anyway ..... so I make ah joke wit de man ..... an' tell him dat ah livin "DIEGO - BAD BOY AREA" ...... so he say eh heh ...... whey? ...... so den ah say ..... no boy ..... I eh livin in no bad boy area ....... ah jus jokin ...... so den I ask him whey HE livin ...... and he say Diego ...... so ah say ...... which part ....... de man say ...... RICHPLAIN ..... hmmmm ...... talk about puttin yuh foot in yuh mout ...... I was feelin like ah real imps .... wit meh dotish 'Diego bad boy area' joke .....
Anyway ..... after a few minutes now ..... meh fren start tuh call out tuh meh ...... cuz she on de pavement somewhere ..... checkin out my scene ..... and probably wondering ..... why it is I still talkin tuh de man if ah done get meh fix ...... so ah gorn over tuh her now ...... and she's like ...... WHO IS DAT? you talkin to ...... so again ...... in my tipsy impsy state ..... I tell her .... he's ah gangster from Richplain ...... an' we laugh .....
So wit dat cleared up now ..... ah gorn back tuh talk tuh de man ..... an' ah tellin him dat meh fren was enquirin about who he is ..... an' ah tell her dat he's a gangster from Richplain' blah, blah, blah ...... to which de man calmly reply ...... NAH - NOT ANYMORE - AH USED TUH BE ...... Grrrrrrr?? ...... ah suddenly start tuh get sober ...... ah say WHA?! ..... den ah start tuh jam him wit questions ...... he muzbe tort I was some kinda reporter or sumtin ..... de man tell meh ..... back in de day ..... he used tuh be on de wrong side ...... but he never kill nobody ...... he used tuh carry out robberies and other crime ...... he tell meh dat he even make ah jail once ....... he say whenever he needed money ..... he just used tuh call up he padna ..... and go an' put down ah wuk somewhere ...... so I ask him how come he coulda just distance himself from dat kinda life jus so ...... if it is he does have tuh constantly be watchin he back ..... and he was like NO ...... cuz de people he used tuh roll wit ...... was like family ..... an' is like ah kinda code ..... dat family eh go hurt family ...... he did say tho ..... that there are certain parts of Diego dat he doh go ..... an' he tell meh jus de odda day ...... his cousin get murdered (rite in Diego) ....... he tell meh too ..... dat dah whole Richplain hullabaloo it had de odda day ..... wit de Soldier who get kill ..... did not happen as was reported in de papers ..... surprise, surprise ..... but ..... what was really weird ..... was altho this man was clearly lil gangster (very evident by his look) ..... and spoke so freely and easily of his past badman life ...... he was also very soft spoken ...... and seemed pretty 'normal' ..... he say he tryin tuh keep on de straight and narrow ...... and in between somewhere ..... he ask meh fuh meh number ...... Grrrrrrrr?? ...... ah tell him if even ah give him ..... ah doh answer meh phone ..... so den he ask meh ..... when he go see meh again ...... ah tell him on de Corner (Bar dat is) .....
After dat very interesting conversation ..... twas ah wrap fuh me ..... de music lock off soon after ..... and people started tuh make dey way out and about ..... of course ..... as usual ...... I does always have tuh close de party ..... so after lingering on de pavement (with no music) ..... fuh about another 20 minutes .... some bikers started tuh provide some after-Corner Bar entertainment ..... doin wheelee an' ting up an down Ariapita Avenue ..... when in de midst of all dat ..... my boy (de same former gangster) ...... pull up in he car (wit he padna) ..... bade me farewell ...... and wished me a safe journey home.
Alcohol really took care of dat darn flu!
Spotrushaz (from left: BDang, Tim Starr and newest member Meet Source)
Fridge (H20 Phlo) and Tim Starr (Spotrushaz) beltin out dey new song "Where is the Love" .... look at emotion and passion nah!
Wendell Manwarren (3 Canal) .... Wendell was de MC ....
Maximus Dan mashin up de dance ....
Ziggy Rankin ..... I went outside when he came orn ...... ah couldn't take de heat!
De after-show ..... ah setta motorbike man galleryin ..... one ah dem was real wheeleein ..... but my camera cyah capture dem kyna ting .....
SUNDAY (15th)
Oh gorm ah get up sick like ah dog ...... sneezin ...... coughin ..... headache ...... runny nose ...... watery eyes ...... tank de Lord ah had some left over soup ..... dat ah douse down wit ah setta pepper ..... and cautiously slurped ..... while gapin on my computer ...... and browsin newspapers ...... with de cricket on de TV in de background .....
And about de cricket ....... WE WIN ..... YAY! ...... and Sarwan win 'Man of the Match' again ..... steups .... yuh eh see ah shoulda really let him wine up on meh!
Feelin ah lil better now - hope I'm back tuh normal soon!
The bay leaves need to be dried in order to work as a repellent. If that does not work, try vinegar instead.
'Where is the Love' sounds like a nice event.
The convo with the lil gangster sounds interesting too. I would love to read his interview in the paper.
I hope you're getting rid of that cold and feeling better soon.
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my car wudda be rented fuh sure.. i eh looking no gift 'horse' in d mouth...
allyuh really buy bay leaf from a vagrant?
we all at some point have convos with 'reformed' people... very sobering experiences...
so lemme understand this now... Chromatics is no longer part of SpotRushaz? and Meat/Meet Sauce/Source is the replacement...
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That looking like the same bay leaf bush in all the pics
This Summit thing making the National Security of the past look so bad. I am glad for the Summit because of the the bulletproof vest, the removal of tints, the CCTV for POS, the frequent lock downs and the cutting of bush. It's like suddenly the Government find a reason for living outside UDECOTT and CEPEP.
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Well wha ah go tell yuh....Bayleaf does work and yes yuh have tuh wait until it dries for de effek to kik in....my mother has it in all our cupboards....but we also have Boric Acid Powder dere too.................When it comes to tints on cars....here is de ting....ALL and repeat.......ALL tints are illegal in T&T.....BUT it is allowed because of the heat and once an officer can see clearly into your vehicle....It is therefore pure discretion and we all kno that a lot of dem doh have dat so dey making people take of anyting at times just to play dehself.........de ting is to try especially as a woman to turn dong all yuh glassina roadblock an hope dey gape enuff to fuhget dat dey should really be lookin fuh tint.........GOOD LUCK!!!!
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Tack-back. Gosh, de 'Summit' now? Man, allyuh does get de dreadest names for the flu.
Dat man from H2o Phlo really looking big like ah fridge, good name. (^_^)
And ah cyah believe dey name a band after a gilpin (3 Canal) (^_-)
Your camera doh have a 'sports' mode? Check the settings and look for a faster shutter speed and a higher ISO settings and you should be able to take motion pics. My Canon goes up to 1600 ISO which is pretty darn good since most 'point and shoot' goes only up to 400.
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By the way 'Scene, you doh need Bay leaf for ANTZ, you need a DVD player and ah strong stomach if you ent like Sly Stallone.
For ants , you need BAYGON!! Or as Brigo say: "Det kill dem dead!!"
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Jest remember what I use for my cold eh... a couple drinks ah puncheon wid lime and peppersauce.
Hope you get over the Summit before de summit.
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Hey wuzdescene, how strange is that yuh make that kinda joke and is really a bad bod yuh talking to, but he seem like a nice bad boy...makes for a good interview...ah will really like to knw the ture story bout that solider...
like the blog eh, been reading it for a while!
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Oh gorm Mauvais Langue ..... ah lovin de name ..... Welcome tuh de scene ..... and thanks
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Dat vagrant story remind mih ah de larse time I was home. Same night ah reach ah dong St. James tuh buy roti and out ah now where is ah vagrant in mih face wanting money oui. I eh go like nah, he frighten mih bad.
And ah reading too how farse dis summit making tings get done. Maybe dey should postpone it fuh six months so more tings dat need tuh get done go get done. Is how long now DOMA begging fuh CCTV in tong?
BTW Scene, is only bread, onion and mout wash in yuh house or what?
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