Puzzle Me Complete ... Believer, Mother, Teacher, Writer.

This year I am playing in Fantasy Band for Carnival. I will be wearing this.... I will have to act like this.... But I completely believe in this....

Being a Trinidadian you must have gotten some exposure to our national instrument the Steel Pan. It is an instrument that is Caribbean based and the background music for most of our local calypso music. Just like piano it has its specific keys to hit to get different tones, but it is played like if you are beating a drum set. It really is an instrument of it own kind and in my country, around Carnival, we listen to an orchestra of steel band players create the melody of one of our calypsos. I personally enjoy pan only 'live and direct'. It is not something I will listen to on the radio, but as a teacher I am constantly hearing in being practiced from the Music room. The kids really enjoy learning it, and as I said before, it being our national instrument, the Ministry of Education is implementing it into the music curriculum so that every child learns to appreciate the instrument. This is a good thing. Yesterday was our Pan Semi Finals, where Steel Pan Bands of all si...

Have you ever wish you could get a better closet and set off with the intentions of finding the perfect picture... but get sidetrack along the way. Well courtesy of "California Closets" on Facebook, I went from looking at these... To wanting a library like this.... To wanting a back yard like this.... And a Bedroom like this.... Now to get back to reality and just look at closet pictures :( Have a great weekend everyone!

When my son was born he was the splitting image of his father ... and still is.  When my little girl was born they say she looks like me.... I am still questioning that??? What do you think??

My mother when she was a little girl, was dressed in a crown of flowers, a new dress and shoes and went to throw petals at the feet of her grandmother at the Santa Rosa Festival in Trinidad. You see her grandmother was a Carib Queen and every year they celebrated this Catholic festival in Arima, Trindad. I have never experienced this and though the Carib bloodline is being passed on through me, there is not much I can say about my heritage. In jest I would tell other who ask what I am mixed with, I would say "my people were here first... we did not arrive by boat... we were natives." But I really do not know what that really means. I do not know how to live off the land. In fact I kill all plants and animals that enter my home. I should put a sign ... "Enter at your own risk!" But I do want to understand this particular part of my ancestry. Although I am mixed with Chinese, Spanish, Scottish and Protégées, I have always been curious of the one culture that was h...

A little juice for the soul. Now a little something to make you smile... well it did for me.

Did you ever find yourself in a position where you want to say something to someone but feel as if you cannot because you know it will make the relationship between you and that person uncomfortable?? I know my mother would tell me, "if the problem cannot be resolved and the person stops taking to you, then that person was not your friend to begin with and then.. no love loss". But what if that person is your neighbor... your work colleague ... or someone you saw on a daily basis... and you have no control over how often you see them. Do you bite lip and hope that the situation gets better all on its own... or do you ignore the person in the hopes that they will be able to interpret your silence. I know my mother would tell me, "sometimes you have to know when to pick your battles." But what if that battle came to you and you were not the one who instigated it in the first place. What if you said something that was completely honest but the person took offen...