This here is Frooples, speaking to you from Froopert's Compudy, in Trinidad.
My time here is almost over, I'll be leaving in less than two days. *sigh*
Anyhoo, I'm glad to be going home too! It's nice not having to sleep on the couch (not that
mom doesn't have a spare room and both she and Froopert don't have beds big enough for three-I like the couch somehow). And I, Froopert am forced by Frooples to leave my nice large bed in my bedroom to sleep on the floor next to Frooples because she's allegedly afraid to sleep in the living room alone.
Froopert and I spent all day making this great video for you all. Well, maybe it isn't so great, but then we are both sick and coughing like old wheezy dogs and we are taking Histatussin.
That thing is da bomb! Next time I go to a cooler fete I'm going to buy me a bottle of histatussin.
"Oh no, thank you so much for your offer, but I brought my own drink! No beers this time around! Histatussin is the only drink for me this Carnival! Pass the ice."
Want to float? Take a dose of histatussin. I'm not too sure it's helping with the cough though...
So, back to my story, we spent all day battling with stupid Windows Movie Maker (next computer is a Mac!!!!) and now Youtube is refusing to cooperate.
So, I'll put a few choice pics for your viewing pleasure and maybe even explain what they're all about.
This is before we left for "Rise" fete (midnight to sunRISE, get it?) Froopert on the left.
Here we are with Wen at "Rise" fete. We stayed until the fete was over - I went to bed 8am the next day!!! I, Froopert was holding the camera- didn't I do an excellent job?
Here we are going for dim sum lunch at Eagles' restaurant with my (Froopert's) in-laws. (That dashing individual at back is our mother)
Here we are, waiting at 7:30am (after waking up at 5am) outside the licensing office.
This lovely young lady was taking part in the Tobago J'ouvert festivities. I found it to be in very good taste that she chose to cover her arms and shoulders. I also approve of the hood, who knows if it'll rain? It is a wise man who is cautious about the weather.
This is us bored at Machel Montano's concert at Normandie. We escaped from Machel's "sermon" and went to hang out with the security guards. (That proved more enticing.)
I plan on going to Trinidad and Tobago this Sunday! Yay! I'll be leaving home Saturday and overnight-ing in London and then hop a plane (like "hop a drop" not hop ON a plane) to Barbados and switch planes and fly to T&T. (I won't be actually flying the plane - I'll be too tired)
I'm going to get me passport replaced with a new CARICOM one the region is harassing the populace to use. It will not improve my life in anyway, we will all still have to go through the long, embarrassing and expensive process of begging for visas to other countries. Even if we have no intention of hiding and living in a country that's sometimes worse off than T&T!
Anyhoo, my other, more important reason for going to T&T is for Carnival! I didn't experience Carnival for 5 yrs and as a Trini, that's very, very bad for health. Romania doesn't allow for much winin' dong!
If you want to hear some Soca music - specially designed for winin' and partying C'bean style, go stalk this person. This year's Carnival is on the 23rd and 24th of February. If you're looking for tickets to get to T&T now, don't bother. There are no more seats on ANYTHING available!! Oh wait, when I checked on Tuesday, there was one business class seat still up for grabs...
So, I'll be busy packing tomorrow, and busy in transit on Saturday and Sunday. Let's see if Froopert will have anything to say to us in the interim...
Frooples on the left, Froopert on the right.
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