Comments on GUYANA: Another blackout.

GGYou have TALENT keep showing it to us.WHAT ABOUT...

2008-07-17T20:45:00.000-04:00

GG
You have TALENT keep showing it to us.

WHAT ABOUT THE LETTER??
Exotic Gyal

Olivia, I want to be like them, well, not in every...

2008-07-14T09:18:00.000-04:00

Olivia, I want to be like them, well, not in every way, but the interesting parts of them. Do you see your mum in you sometimes?

Mr. Night, I never saw that big red fire in the sky [I'd love to], but sometimes we sit out there and look at the stars and marvel at the size of the universe...then I go back inside and look at the silly little box that shows puny stars on tv! You've put it into perspective here.

Will we be like them? Let's wait and see, in the ...

2008-07-14T01:20:00.000-04:00

Will we be like them? Let's wait and see, in the next 20-30 years, what trail of people we leave, and how many degrees of separation we have.

You and your mom view something that makes us real...

2008-07-13T10:07:00.000-04:00

You and your mom view something that makes us realize how small we humans really are compared with the rest of the cosmos, then you watch "America's Got Talent..." which confirms it. ;-)

Great story gg.

Haha, Krimo, the audience now makes the judges loo...

2008-07-13T06:35:00.000-04:00

Haha, Krimo, the audience now makes the judges look tame. I laughed when Sharon Osborne told one of the people who auditioned, 'You are barking mad...go, just go...' She looked like her eyes were spinning with shock.

Olivia. Apologies for THESE comments? Nah, nah, nah, they were GREAT. I like 'em all. Your mum sounds exactly like mine, oh my gosh, do they ever stop knowing people? Do you think we'll be like them?

America's Got Talent!The judges often don't.But I ...

2008-07-13T04:29:00.000-04:00

America's Got Talent!
The judges often don't.
But I still watch it to unwind...

Sorry, me again. Forgot to mention all these Guya...

2008-07-12T23:32:00.000-04:00

Sorry, me again. Forgot to mention all these Guyanese people were in Houston. There were many others including Bobby, a childhood playmate of my Mum.

Coincidentally, we were in the Tube ain one day and this youngish man kept looking at mum and smiling every time she spoke. Eventually he asked her if she was Guyanese. And no surprise, it turned out their families were acquainted and he was Bobby's cousin.

Honestly, does it never end?

(Apologies for so many comments.)

Oh, there's more. Pa'ch Rice Lady daughter gave u...

2008-07-12T23:28:00.000-04:00

Oh, there's more. Pa'ch Rice Lady daughter gave us the number of the couple who had babysat my Mum and younger siblings, over 50 years ago as newlyweds. Then Mum's family moved to Skeldon and lost touch with them. I met my mother's original babysitter!

It's Aunty Iris I was thinking of when I mentioned the sending home food in a container with "granddaughter" (me). When we would visit them, she would cook everything I loved, the most delicate aloo roti and fragrant dhal. *mouth water running*

I LOVE being part Guyanese.

"He was from a village near my mother childhood vi...

2008-07-12T23:21:00.000-04:00

"He was from a village near my mother childhood village, and my mother know Anil family."

Ah, I love how every Guyanese knows someone through someone else!

When we moved to TX I went to high school with a Guyanese girl, I could tell from her (slight) accent. I asked her where she was from, she said Port Mourant and I said "That's where my Mum was born!" (Eventually they moved to Skeldon.) I went home and told my mother and by the last name she said "Oh my gosh that's Pa'ch Rice Lady granddaughter" Turns out she was the granddaughter of a woman we spotted a few times at the grocery store and by the way she walked my mother said, "She is Guyanese."

When my mother and her siblings walked to school they would take a scoop of rice in their pockets for Pa'ch Rice Lady. The lady would keep aside a handful for herself, parch the rest in hot sand until it popped, and the kids would eat it on their way.

Sab, to be honest, I enjoy that show...people sing...

2008-07-12T09:59:00.000-04:00

Sab, to be honest, I enjoy that show...people singin', dancin', some makin' fools of themselves. I really like the way people are willing to go all out and do what they believe in, even if they end up with egg in their face.

Folks here are often afraid...if someone is bold enough to be silly / funny / idiotic, you can bet there's someone waiting to curse him or her, it happened to me on a local blog where people commenting are harrassed, cursed for having different opinions.

A lovely story. America's Got Talent' was a bit of...

2008-07-11T13:23:00.000-04:00

A lovely story. America's Got Talent' was a bit of an anticlimax after that wasn't it?

Who, Stolid, who?Pat, I'm ashamed to say, sometime...

2008-07-11T08:01:00.000-04:00

Who, Stolid, who?

Pat, I'm ashamed to say, sometimes I take it for granted...okay, not everytime, sometimes I do realise I'm lucky. [But she does tell some tall tales, doesn't she?]

.....dam.... wat a friendly blogger.. hmm

2008-07-11T01:08:00.000-04:00

.....dam.... wat a friendly blogger.. hmm

GG: what I'd give to be able to sit on the verand...

2008-07-11T00:29:00.000-04:00

GG: what I'd give to be able to sit on the verandah and gyaff with my Mum. You have the luck:)

Keith, I make you laff?!? Is that good or bad? But...

2008-07-10T19:55:00.000-04:00

Keith, I make you laff?!? Is that good or bad? But lemme tell you, I've never gotten over how you get rid of junk mail [yes, I lurk, I lurk and am very slow with updating my links, I'm not as smart as you on the computer]. Waitaminnit, you left a comment a few posts back...you're grumpy old git!

Thanks Charmaine! A whole bunch.

Jdid, what the man expect, why he go and park he car on they roof?

"America’s Got Talent." You could have fooled me g...

2008-07-10T16:46:00.000-04:00

"America’s Got Talent." You could have fooled me gal! You mean that nice Mr Bush?

You make I laff!

I like the way your narrative voices collide and b...

2008-07-10T16:08:00.000-04:00

I like the way your narrative voices collide and blend (yours and your mother's). Nice bit of writing there GG! (O course, I wouldn't expect anything less.)

lol, look how they gone an steal the man car parts...

2008-07-10T16:04:00.000-04:00

lol, look how they gone an steal the man car parts

It is, CG, it is...I'm getting lots of stories fro...

2008-07-10T15:07:00.000-04:00

It is, CG, it is...I'm getting lots of stories from her.

KFM, I don't know what happen to them, most o' them musta migrate or something, just like how everybody else does migrate, hahaha. Or somebody must be ketching them to sell for fish food.

Switch off the lights, Stolid :-D

Hi Dawn, you're going to live lonnnng...the other day I found 2 articles and I though, hm, maybe I should send them to you for Sure Woman.

Blackout on a balmy night on the veranda with far ...

2008-07-10T13:04:00.000-04:00

Blackout on a balmy night on the veranda with far out tales sounds fantastic to me. Great bonding time with mom and daughter.

no masquita nah ker yall way?

2008-07-09T23:07:00.000-04:00

no masquita nah ker yall way?

blockout time is always gaffin time..

2008-07-09T21:56:00.000-04:00

blockout time is always gaffin time..

Hey G.G.It's been awhile since I was here. You jus...

2008-07-09T17:21:00.000-04:00

Hey G.G.
It's been awhile since I was here. You just crossed my mind and I googled you. Maybe I need a dose of back home and I sure got it...ah, nice words...I read your words and I hear my parents speak with their Guyanese accent makes me smile...how are things? Writing etc? I will peruse the blog to catch up...