The Selling of Bequia Crown Lands

st vincent better be mindful and not take a 'who cares' attitude about bequia. dollars talk and if the vincy people are oblivious and keep their head in the sand, they could catapult themselves 200 years back into the past and end up landless people working for wealthy landowners once again. i may be going a bit overboard here but just envision this: 21st century colonization, but from asia this time, instead of europe.

in 1776, john byres surveyed bequia and at that time 700 acres of crown lands were put aside for poor white settlers. what a difference 200 years make, huh? i wonder if it's these very same crown lands that are now in the hands of god knows who? hmm...now in 2006 we are selling off crown lands to build an international airport on the mainland? is e.t. joshua airport not good enough? there is already a pink elephant of an airport in bequia sitting virtually empty unless you count the private jets that are parking there for pennies. look y'all, here is a petition that can be signed in support of the protest of the selling of bequia crown lands:
http://sv.usaroots.com/petition.htm

do your duty as a citizen whether you're ULP or NDP. be not afraid.

vincentians - get educated, get aware, and for god's sake and yours, demand more from your government! or vincyland may one day be called st.taiwan or st. malaysia.
thank god for freedom of speech!

Caramel Turnovers @ Timmy's

Ok...so JA Firebrand was bragging about how to-die-for this pastry was. So during the Leonard Cohen concert at Bay/Bloor yesterday we ducked into Tim Horton's for a cappucino and turnover. I took one bite into its flaky buttery-ness and my eyes nearly rolled back into my head. Firebrand was busy eating hers and simply nodded an "I told you so".
I quickly said, between bites and a sip of my vanilla-flavoured cappucino, that this was blog- worthy. Firebrand concurred. We considered buying shares and writing thank you letters to Timmy's for creating this semi-decadent sweet.

It brought back memories of growing up in Montreal and going to Woolworth's back in the days when they had lunch counters and a bakery. My absolute favourite dessert was an apple turnover. There was just something about the flakiness, the sweet crunchy sugary topping, the triangular shape, and the hidden burst of tender baked apples in the centre of it that demanded I skip/run/twirl all the way down Decarie Boulevard to Queen Mary Street anytime I could work 50 cents out of my Mom or Dad. At least I think it cost 50 cents back in '76. Ahh, those were the days. That Woolworth's is gone now and they put up a pharmacy in its place, but the memories will never leave me. I think that when a child tastes something for the first time that is so delightful to the palate, that taste memory never goes away. I will always love me an apple turnover.

Caribbean Men are so Fine!!!!!!

I think I need to become a photographer or something. I just saw two photos from a Trini all-male calendar and just the sample photos had me going. Check out what I'm talking about!! --------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----------->>>>>

Yeah, I thought so...here's the link: http://www.islandevents.com/whats_hot/article_1601.shtml

My girls and I were discussing the lack of quality unattached men here in the T-Dot (Toronto) and it is deplorable. I personally had a nasty encounter with a supposedly connected young Trini who had, as my girl put it, "trollish manners". Boy, I'm still reeling from that...I've really got to keep an eye out for these slippery jerks. But I still check for the brothers, but not only them, they have some nice Caribbean men of all shades and backgrounds....the thing I like about my Caribbean heritage is the culture, the people, the food, the festivals, the music, and its colourful history. Right now I'm listening to my favourite music in the world! SOCA!!!! Can't wait for this year's carnival in Toronto.

But back to the men...ladies, we can't live with them and we can't live without them. I'm no lesbian and so I need my man...yes sir. So although they can give us massive headaches (some good, some bad) I pay tribute to men, especially Caribbean men! Here are a few worth mentioning:
Kevin Lyttle of St Vincenthttp://www.kevinlyttle.net/
Anthony Gunn of St Vincent/Barbados
http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2004-11-14/bussguardian3.html
Brian Talma of Barbados http://www.irieman-talma.com/bio.htm
Brian Lara of Trinidad & Tobago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lara
and

Damion Marley of Jamaica
http://www.damianmarleymusic.com/



I know, they are celebrities but they're still men and some woman is in their lives. With that said, I think I'm going to call one of my good male friends and see how his day is going and let him know that I'm glad he's in my life. Hopefully that'll earn me some points when it comes to relationship karma...ha ha..

Pounds and more pounds!

I'm trying to get motivated here to lose at least 25 pounds. Don't ask me where they are. They must be hibernating in my legs and on my waist. Don't like it! Don't like it at all...aggghhhh....but I find the gym so tedious and walking is boring. I was thinking that maybe I could volunteer on a construction site or help out with Habitat for Humanity building some houses or something. That would help, don't ya think? Maybe I should get a job planting trees. All that walking from one seedling plot to another, digging, putting in those cute saplings and then shoveling dirt on top of the hole should help me shed some fat, tone up those unused muscles and get back my waist. I took a pic of myself in the fall and promised myself that I would get rid of the excess fat. Geez, my own kids laugh at me after I eat and point to my pregnant-looking belly. And they're old enough to know better than to do that. If they think it's funny, others will too...and forget about the "bikini-ready" motivating factor. What beach am I going to be lolling around on? Ashbridges Bay? Don't think so. Yeah, that's a pic of the beach right there. Some beach, huh? I don't even know how some folks dip their whole selves in that polluted Lake Ontario water.

Utah Polygamists vs Rastas and Muslims

I was watching Larry King Live and the show was about polygamists from different sects in Utah...the Mormon church says they don't agree with this business of having many wives. But it got me to thinking that it's kind of the same philosophy that Muslims and Rastas have concerning the man having more than one wife. I was told that in the Muslim faith you can and/or should only have more than one wife if you are financially able to take care of her and any children that may come out of the union. Lord, I hope I'm not speaking in ignorance here. And I was told by a Rasta man that it's not really natural for a man to only have one woman. Men are just not built that way, they need to have more than one. I was kinda checking this particular Rasta and really couldn't wrap my head around that philosophy, so I knew that he and I would definitely not work out. It's bad enough that I'm sometimes a little jealous when I'm the only woman in my man's life - I just can't imagine me sharing my man with another woman. I would go mental.

I don't know how these women do it in the name of religion. There was one man who had more than five wives and there were 54 children spread among them! That's like two public school classrooms put together. Holy Lord, I have three and the noise levels drive me nuts, I sometimes think I'm in a bloody market place.
And can you imagine actually being within earshot of hearing your loving man humping his other wife? Oh God!

That's it for now...I guess I've made my point that I'm a one man woman and don't need any other company in any of my relationships. See Firebrand, I posted more than once in one day...I think I beat ya....

Saturday is almost here...

My friend Firebrand chided me for not creating a new post..heh heh....ok gyal, here I'm doing it...gotta get a hang of this thing and realize it's like an online journal. So my day went a little stressful and I was really needing some yogic chants and deep breathing exercises in the morning. Got to get me some tapes. Well, later on I'm slated to record a radio commercial for Scotiabank Caribbean and then get some regular day work done.

There's lots of goings-on in T.O. and I'm looking forward to celebrating spring by attending a lot of them if my budget allows. Gotta pick and choose....there's First Fridays and Bump 'n Hustle among tons of others...hey Firebrand, you checking out the Bump...it was a nice time last time...i had the absolute gall to ask a guy to dance and he was so impressed that he had to pull me aside after we finished doing our boogie-down to let me know how thankful he was that I actually asked since it's well known that many T.O. girls are stuck up..I still got a lot of Mount Real in me so it's not too hard for me to put myself on the line like that. I've been told that chances are I will not face rejection...so throw on that tank top, the comfie Parasucos, and the neat Pumas and let's sweat till we're wet!

God I hope that was a good enough sell to get you to come out..

talk later and yeah yeah, I'll post every day from now on...

Spring has Sprung!

OK...I don't know about you but I'm exhausted from all these winter months...and all these winter clothes. I don't like layering unless it's a bunch of tanktops in different colors over a nice short denim skirt. Summer here we come!
I can see the buds pushing their way out and the birdies are a-singing...It's only a matter of time before the barbie will be fired up....

Hmmm...kinda like this blog thing...can write the way I talk without censoring myself too much....