Yep ....

Thanks tuh YUMA ..... ah had was tuh come out of meh slumber ..... and PRESS PLAY on Wuzdescene!

Cuz after not touchin down on dis here blog fuh de past 36 days ..... and after continuously cleansin meh aura fuh de said 36 days (see my last post on July 10) ..... guess who get ah invitation tuh YUMA band launch .... and guess who sen it fuh meh!!

Well yuh know wit dah one ..... yuh gyul was likin sheself ..... cuz HELLO .... I wasn't invited as no YUMA yuh know ..... yuh gyul was invited as ah BLOGGER ..... den ..... when ah find out dat de party was ah hott $325 .... yuh gyul was liking herself even more .... cuz HELLO ..... Iz ah Trini .... we make good company ..... when shit FREE!



Now ah know dat ah jus PRESS PLAY eh ..... but leh we rewind ah lil bit .... like back tuh de week before de party ....

Tuesday (Aug 9) tuh be exact .....

I home .... mindin meh own business as usual ..... busyin myself wit some jewellery makin an' ting .... when meh cell phone start tuh ring .... it was Ticketmaster callin .... of course tuh say dat she organise fuh YUMA ..... and dat de party is Saturday blah, blah, blah .... so ..... yuh know me .... I say cool .... we on ..... FREE is always a no-brainer!

A  A .... about ah half hour later now ..... meh cell phone start tuh ring again .... was another peeps callin tuh say dat .... YUMA organise meh under 'Bloggers' .... and dat dey (de Bloggers) have meh ticket/invite.

So see me now ..... wit meh suddenly very important self .... ah decide right there and then .... dat I was tuh definitely go tuh dis party ..... cuz was jus too many people requestin my presence

So de day of de party reach now ..... and me an' fren say we go head down about 10:30 .... which woulda give us enough time tuh find ah park ..... and tuh find ah good spot in de party ..... and get primed etc. ..... in time fuh de show .... which was scheduled tuh start at 1:00 am???

So 11:00 reach (yeah ah whole 30 mins later dan de planned departure time!) ..... and we now leavin Diego ..... but ..... was no scene .... cuz de party was right dey in Pier 2 ..... altho de invitation was sayin THE ARCADE???

De drive was real cool ..... no setta traffic ..... no drama ..... jus cool ..... that is ..... until we pass de kayak place .... where .... around de next bend in de distance .... was only as setta red lights ..... aka TRAFFIC!!! .... which I guess was good .... cuz let's be honest .... if yuh party eh have traffic AND scalpers .... den de party is BOOO .... and .... by de looks of tings .... YUMA was off tuh ah good start .... cuz if you see scalpers .... some ah dem look like dey was even lookin tuh buy tickets .... yeah ..... I know .... cuz ah had enough time tuh observe ..... as I crawled in the traffic fuh about 20 minutes ..... while also getting all excited at de big-ass monstrosity dat was constructed in Pier 2 ..... dat yuh coulda see from de road .... yep .... was real bright lights .... and real fanciness .....

So anyway ..... finally .... at about 11:45 .... we made our way into Pier 2 ..... which was actually divided into two .... part was fuh de party ..... and part was fuh parkin .... of course we had a Parking Pass (dat Ticketmaster organise) ..... as all Very Important People would have ..... so needless tuh say ..... we get ah real cork park ..... real near de entrance .....

Again .... getting in de party was ah breeze .... no long walk tuh de entrance (in we 5" heels) .... no drama .... no long line .... no setta waitin ....

When we reach eeeeen now .... was pure never-see-come-see-ness .... cuz HELLO ..... whey dey get dat stage from .... de ting was real borse .... it was like a big circular ramp ..... with a long one down de middle of de circle ..... so basically ..... no matter what part of de party yuh was chillin .... yuh woulda be up close and personal wit de models at some point ..... yuh coulda even go in de middle of de circle .... which was just awesome ..... cuz at first I tort was some kinda VIP shit ..... cuz yuh know how de ting does go in Trini .... everybody always have some dotish pippsin VIP section in dey party ..... so I was really very pleasantly surprised .... when dey announce dat yuh coulda go inside .....

Of course ah doh have tuh tell yuh where I end up 

So right ..... as ah was sayin .... we inside de party .... layout fully maco-ed .... bars identified ..... drink in hand ..... ladies room identified .... head gettin nice ..... music pumpin ..... de party orn ..... we roamin ..... I real gapin ..... when braps ..... fren bounce up Miss Teri Leigh Bovell and stop tuh chat an' take picture an' ting ..... now it eh no secret .... dat I tink Miss Bovell is one smokin hottt chick ..... so imagine my shock (and horror) .... when fren tell meh dat she no longer wit YUMA ..... cuz Grrrrrrrr????? ..... HELLO ..... tuh me .... Teri Leigh IS YUMA!!! .... who dem go get tuh fill dat hottness void now!?

Anyway .... so by de time we done walk around ..... and get ah next drink etc. ..... was time fuh de show tuh start (approx. 1:06 am) ..... so I now .... ah position mehself tuh de left side of de main ramp ..... which after de stupid smoke/fog or whatever de fog it was ..... cleared ..... proved to be ah wrong move ..... cuz de models jus wuzen stoppin dey tuh pose ..... clearly I should have been tuh de front of de main ramp and not tuh de side .... but .... whatever ..... frustration led me tuh de outskirts .... and when de show was over .... I was actually able tuh get a few shots of the models as they did ah kinda lagniappe stationary chip on de circle ramp .....

But watch meh ..... leh meh talk about de costumes lil bit ....

Now bearing in mind ..... dat I eh no mas critic .... my general observations were as follows:

Right .... so dat was dat .....

After de show now .... we drink some more ..... lime some more ..... gape some more ..... watch some people make idiots of themselves doin ah conga line on de stage ..... and by 3:20 am ..... fren was ready tuh go .... so ..... under duress .... I made my way out!

All in all .... de YUMA vibes had real vibes!

An' I doh play mas ..... so I have no idea what a YUMA mas playin experience is like .... but ah could tell one ting .... dem Young Upwardly Mobile Adults know how tuh trow ah party!!!

The pics below ..... are the only pics I managed tuh get ....

Now ah get a lil booklet when ah was leavin eh .... but meh scanner not workin ..... so is not like ah could even scan de pics and post dem ....

But wait .... talkin about dat lil booklet .....

YUMA .... wha happen tuh allyuh calendar dis year???




This is the entrance .... loved the lights .... yeah .... it takes very little tuh impress me




And that is what got yuh in de party ..... i.e. if yuh didn't have ah paper invitation (like me) ..... very cute idea I thought .... dem scalpers muzbe ketch dey ass wit dem ting!




Anybody out there could explain dis one .... what is the NO RE-ENTRY rule really about in ah party ..... like suppose I wanted tuh go tuh my car fuh sumtin .... why I cyah do dat?! ..... why once I walk eeeeeen de party .... it means I stuck dey .... til is time tuh leave?




Oh gorm .... dat is de stage ah was ravin on .... it was real bess! .... de picture eh too clear .... but if yuh look good .... yuh will see de straight part of de stage .... dat ends under some big screens .... and den piece of de circular part .....




This is inside de circle .... long before de show was ready tuh start .... hence de 'no people' ....




LAWD .... I could NEVER understand de smoke effects in ah band launch presentation.... cuz it totally  @#$%^&-up  my pictures!!!!




Gorgeous .... both the model and the costume .... I think this is Tyris ....




Ditto .... gorgeous again .... model and costume .... this is Luxor ....




This is Bejeweled Blitz .... I eh feelin dis at all!




Me eh know if dey airbrush he body .... but it orn!! .... this is God of War ....




Final Fantasy on de left ..... and Tyris on de right .....




Luxor on de left .... and Angry Birds on de right .....




This is transformers .... although ..... in de lil booklet dat ah get .... it lookin purple .... so I doh know if it is dey have it in two colours i.e. purple and royal blue .....




This is the Apache male ....




And this is the Apache Female ..... looks like a frontline or individual or sumtin .....




This looks like Heavenly Sword .... altho again .... the colour is different in the booklet .... in the booklet it looks Royal Blue ....




I have no idea what costume this is .... I eh seein it in de booklet!




Doh have ah clue what dis is either .... not seein it in de booklet .... did some sections come about as after thoughts .... like why can't I find them in the booklet?




Ah know ah done have ah pic of dis costume .... but ah couldn't resist dis bumsee shot .....




This section is called God of War .... so I'm guessing she's really a Goddess of War ....




Oooh la la! .... lovin dis .... de costume .... de colours .... de model ...... everyting .... dis is my costume .... dat ah not seein in de booklet .... so I eh know what it called .....




This is Azteca .... beautiful headpiece .... but hear nah .... no man cyah roll up on dat bumper wit all dat shit on she head!!!




This is Final Fantasy ..... and just when I tort Azteca was bad wit she headpiece .... dis one whole backside (as in the back side of her body) off-limits ....




Final Fantasy too I guess ....




Oh .... and is this a third version of Final Fantasy .... like is this the FINAL fantasy ...




This is Transformers .... where de rest of dis costume .... like where de lil crotch concealers etc. ....




I doh know if da'is de front and back of de same costume ..... but de one on de right is Spawn ....




Da'is Angry Birds on de left (altho she looks like ah happy bird tuh me) .... and Luxor on de right ....



PS:  THANKS TO YUMA  .... and ..... as usual .... tuh get de real reviews and pics ..... check out Trinidad Carnival Diary .... and Afro Chic ...