.... on being a TRINI Capricorn!
Doh know if yuh remember ...... but some time ago ...... I did a post ....... about how I started 'posting' ...... where I mentioned ..... that starting this blog ...... was really my sister's way ..... of stopping me ...... from jammin up her INBOX ..... with my many rantings ......
..... and .... the actual 'rant' ...... that got the ball rolling ..... was one I did two years ago ..... about being born in Trinidad ..... in the month of January ...... which two years later ...... still applies!
The year was (uhhhhh forget de year fuh now!) ..... the month was January ...... the day was the 18th ...... yes people ..... that is the day ..... that the earth was blessed with my presence!
..... and ...... as far back ...... as I can remember ...... as a rule ..... every year ...... on de day ...... I'd always get de famous (and annoying) birthday question i.e. "so what yuh doin fuh de birthday?" ....... and ...... every year ....... as a rule ....... I'd always respond with ....... NUTTIN! ...... BREATHING! ...... Thank God!
So ..... as expected ..... this year was no different .....
But ..... after givin de standard response ...... over and over ...... some of de reactions got me thinking ...... thinking about de lack of hullabaloo (that yuh normally associate with birthdays) ...... when it came to my own ......
Cuz ever since I know myself ...... I never really 'celebrated' my birthday ...... I never made a big deal of it ..... as a matter of fact ..... it was always a day that ..... NOBODY ever made a big deal of (well except my parents) ....... and I guess ...... as some kind of justification ...... to comfort myself maybe ...... I always blamed my indifference (and everybody else's) ...... on logistics ..... and plain ole WRONG TIMING!
Cuz yuh see ..... January ...... in Trinidad and Tobago ..... is ah kyna tricky month ...... is de month dat falls smack in de middle ...... of those two money mongering monsters ..... Christmas ...... and ...... Carnival ...... so ..... as you can well understand ...... January was always about ...... Resolutions ...... and ...... Recovery ....... i.e. resolutions tuh recover money dat was lost tuh Christmas ....... in order tuh lose it again tuh Carnival!!! ...... Birthdays in January ..... never stood a chance against the big Cs ....... so yeah ..... just by virtue of being ah TRINI ...... my January birth ...... became a non-issue forever!!!
So when ah say .... ah eh doin NUTTIN ...... is not because ah doh want tuh celebrate ....... is not because ah not grateful fuh another year of life ...... is not because ah eh feelin de vibes ...... is simply because ...... ah born in de right country ...... in de wrong blasted month ....... and nobody eh have no money ..... and nobody eh have me tuh study ...... cuz ...... is Carnival!!!
.... so again ..... for yet another year ..... let me just say ..... to all my peeps ..... who called ..... and texted ..... and emailed ...... THANKS for the wishes (altho a gift woulda been a more memorable, tangible gesture!) ....... and tuh those who didn't know ..... now yuh know ...... and to those who clean forget me ...... doh study it ...... is Carnival!!!
PS: Coffeedude ..... whey yuh is dude ..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
..... and .... the actual 'rant' ...... that got the ball rolling ..... was one I did two years ago ..... about being born in Trinidad ..... in the month of January ...... which two years later ...... still applies!
The year was (uhhhhh forget de year fuh now!) ..... the month was January ...... the day was the 18th ...... yes people ..... that is the day ..... that the earth was blessed with my presence!
..... and ...... as far back ...... as I can remember ...... as a rule ..... every year ...... on de day ...... I'd always get de famous (and annoying) birthday question i.e. "so what yuh doin fuh de birthday?" ....... and ...... every year ....... as a rule ....... I'd always respond with ....... NUTTIN! ...... BREATHING! ...... Thank God!
So ..... as expected ..... this year was no different .....
But ..... after givin de standard response ...... over and over ...... some of de reactions got me thinking ...... thinking about de lack of hullabaloo (that yuh normally associate with birthdays) ...... when it came to my own ......
Cuz ever since I know myself ...... I never really 'celebrated' my birthday ...... I never made a big deal of it ..... as a matter of fact ..... it was always a day that ..... NOBODY ever made a big deal of (well except my parents) ....... and I guess ...... as some kind of justification ...... to comfort myself maybe ...... I always blamed my indifference (and everybody else's) ...... on logistics ..... and plain ole WRONG TIMING!
Cuz yuh see ..... January ...... in Trinidad and Tobago ..... is ah kyna tricky month ...... is de month dat falls smack in de middle ...... of those two money mongering monsters ..... Christmas ...... and ...... Carnival ...... so ..... as you can well understand ...... January was always about ...... Resolutions ...... and ...... Recovery ....... i.e. resolutions tuh recover money dat was lost tuh Christmas ....... in order tuh lose it again tuh Carnival!!! ...... Birthdays in January ..... never stood a chance against the big Cs ....... so yeah ..... just by virtue of being ah TRINI ...... my January birth ...... became a non-issue forever!!!
So when ah say .... ah eh doin NUTTIN ...... is not because ah doh want tuh celebrate ....... is not because ah not grateful fuh another year of life ...... is not because ah eh feelin de vibes ...... is simply because ...... ah born in de right country ...... in de wrong blasted month ....... and nobody eh have no money ..... and nobody eh have me tuh study ...... cuz ...... is Carnival!!!
.... so again ..... for yet another year ..... let me just say ..... to all my peeps ..... who called ..... and texted ..... and emailed ...... THANKS for the wishes (altho a gift woulda been a more memorable, tangible gesture!
) ....... and tuh those who didn't know ..... now yuh know ...... and to those who clean forget me ...... doh study it ...... is Carnival!!!PS: Coffeedude ..... whey yuh is dude ..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
"ah born in de right country ...... in de wrong blasted month ....." Ah know wat yuh mean. My birthday is always around Carnival and all the jumping up and down and sideways around the anniversary of my entry on the Planet can easily be mistaken for a celebration of me
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BTW - CONGRATULATIONS!!! - dat was cheap
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Thanks aka .... an' look at dat .... you get ah whole two days (Carnival Monday and Tuesday) ..... tuh celebrate yours!
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Happy belated birthday Scene! Look at the bright side, at least you did not get some kind of useless crap or something you do not like.
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Thanks Chica ..... and I welcome all gifts ...... like yuh never hear bout re-giftin
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Happy Belated... yuh real keep that under wraps...
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Jumbie ..... yuh must maintain some mystery ..... there's much that I keep under wraps ..... hmmmm
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Happy birthday!
and also to all the capricorns like my dad who does read the blog too!
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Aye ..... Thanks Zee ...... and HAPPY BELATED Daddy Zee
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Beautiful .... I showed your writing tuh ah Latin chick here who found it funny & entertaining ....
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Cool .... Latin chicks understand 'trini'?!
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You know you get cheated? Yuh shoulda be a Gemini (^_~)
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Sooo funny and true. My b'day was yesterday so I know it only too well. Wish I was like my friend who's brithday always used to fall on the same day as the ol' pan prelims. What a big party she always had!
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..... ah know it was yesterday ..... yuh eh see ah big yuh up
....... and yeah ..... that's why I call ONE my birthday party ..... cuz coincidentally ..... fuh de past two years .... it happened near the day ...... last year was the 17th ....... this year was de 16th .....
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Ah see it! Thanks for the big-up!
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I "celebrated" my sixty-third birthday on the 16th of January and for the first time I have realised that other January people don't make a big deal just like me. I , however say that if I don't celebrate it it does not count. So I am still in my early 40;s or somewhere like that.
I plan to stop playing mas when I get to 50 or 75 years old, having started when I was 16.
Love reading your "rants".
Keep it up!
Danos
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Aye Danos ..... Welcome tuh de scene ..... and BIG UP!!!
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this is meh dad! LMAO
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Oh ..... OK ..... hmmmm ..... I wonder if MY daddy reads my blog?!
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Thanks for the good thoughts from both you and my daughter. Enjoy the music of the festival.
A lot of my fellow seniors don't know what they are missing because they are afraid of the technology. You young people please take over the world. You can only do better.
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Oh gosh, happy belated birthday!!! May you be blessed with many, many more! As for your birthdate... doh feel no way. I'm born 9 days from Christmas so trust... I understand yuh sentiment! LOL
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LOL ...... Thanks chick ..... an' oh gosh ..... you born in ah even more tricky time dan me ..... cuz ah know nuff people muzbe does hit yuh ..... de birthday and christmas gift in one!!
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I'm soooo late, but Happy Belated Birthday 'Scene!!!
I will make note of the date now, and email yuh birthday hailings next year fuh sure!!!
Hope yuh enjoyed it, even if it was a quiet one
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Thanks Channell ...... and yeah ..... it was cool
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I thought I was the only one, who can't stand people asking' "What yuh doing for yuh B'day" or "Where the lime is?".
And yes I think the indifference is due to the month our B'day falls.
I feel as if I have a friend now! lol
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Aye JP ..... Welcome tuh de scene ...... and Happy Belated!
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Happy Belated! You think Jan is a bad month? Try having a b'day in December the week before Christmas in a family where almost everyone born in November. Every week in Novemeber is a birthday in my family so come December is real guava season - yuh know trying to pawn off that one gift for b'day and Christmas ...you can read it here http://breakfastlunchdinnerandpunch.blogspot.com/2009/12/birthday-meat-and-potatoes.html
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yeah gyul ..... dat soundin lil trickier dan my situation
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wow...Happy Belated Birthday to you.
And it's great to 'meet' a fellow Trini Capricorn. I also don't really celebrate my birthday for the same reasons that you mentioned, and I guess only someone in the same situation will understand. It's either people too broke from Christmas, or preparing for Carnival. Either way, more than likely I'll get a phone call, text or email (or an FB message) but hardly any gifts!
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Aye shells ..... Welcome tuh de scene ..... and thanks ..... and same tuh you!
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