Tuesday August 5th, 2008.
"Good Morning!!!!"
Somehow I managed to mumble the words 'I'm up.' while trying to cross that border between deep sleep and semi-consciousness. I even opened the louvers and replied to a special 'Good morning'.
It didn't take me long to get down to breakfast but like yesterday morning, it wasn't fast enough to get me a simple thing as a yogurt.....why are there so few yogurts?????!!!!!! I don't really like how they not catering for late-coming-yogurt-lovers like myself ana.....Besides the fact that a little container of bacteria does not accompany my meal, I like breakfast. I get a lot of fruits which makes me a very happy fruitaholic indeed:D
Our first field trip was to the Ministry of Health, Food and Drug division. To our surprise, on our arrival, and to our disappointment of course, they didn't know who we were, and they had not expected us to be there for a field trip so as a result of that they had not planned a tour for us. *happy us* oh my I mean so sad, oh soooo sad.....
"Can we go shopping? Fredrick's street is right there, (under my breath) and luckily I brought my money today. I can't believe they just told us they forgot about us."
I actually got excited when they said we'd go if nothing happens by 10:00am.....but it's not very good to build your hopes up in the end....
Today's field trip to the Ministry of Health reminded me of Pirates and the Caribbean. Remember in the second movie when Elizabeth left Jack to die? Well that can be accurately compared to what I had to go through today. And remember in the third and final movie they all managed to bring Jack back to life? The ride home, well back to Campus, was my little flash of green light. It was interesting in some parts, but it just didn't live up to CYSF standards. Ah never yawn so much in meh life....
I must say tho', I learnt a good bit about manic depression :) so yay me!
The UTT special feature was cancelled! Wonder what that was. Anyways Dr. Peter Corridon spoke to us. He said in a nutshell that 'Stick and Stones may break my bones but Biomedical engineering can mend them'. Yup you guessed right. He's a Biomedical Engineer (never knew that existed) and a lecturer at UTT (University of Trinidad and Tobago). I must say that he really does know how to connect with his audience, and he gets straight to the point. That's how I like it....He sure does remind me a lot of my friend back in SVG. I think it's his height and the shape of his face that are similar.....lol
Immediately after this was my biggest disappointment of the day (I really hate Tuesdays). After listening to two of the four teams debate our topic, I realized that our team stood no chance in advancing to the finals, although I didn't admit this to any of my team mates. It was sort of understood rather than admitted.
Today's debates were much funnier than yesterday's. Falling asleep was the difficulty, unlike yesterday when it was actually staying awake.
After the debates we headed off to this fast food restaurant to get dinner then it was time to do whatever we wanted....that was the only free time we had for the entire eight days so I had to use it wisely...before I move on, dem glass ah juice dey mek fuh giant??!!!! Musse!! LOL! If you see the size ah glass.....I took two sips (I don't drink much at all) and I was done.....I can't even reach half-way a KFC glass ah juice much less to that......yes so we used it to practice for cultural night (you know what I could've been doing with that extra hour??????????) then it was off to the Common Room to lime.....Hey I learnt a new card game tonight...I was the ass in the first round:D....you get to shuffle the pack and share them out....then I moved up to Assistant Ass LOL!
I cannot believe I forgot to mention that there's someone else here with my name. Same exact spelling!!! Right down to the full stop.....lol...cool!! What are the odds in that eh? :D
I made more friends again...I like this...
When we got back to our rooms it was about time we had a girl talk, so I went into to Co's room. (Illegal) I almost got caught!! The host was like "Room 55??" (Yea I left my room door open....oops!) I still can't see why we're not allowed to go into our female friends
rooms...don't see the logics in that....
Nehuz I'm extremely tired..........Wish I had me Mp3!!!!!!!!!!
Somehow it seemed like today was the day of disappointments
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
CYSF Journal: Part 2
Monday August 4th, 2008.
“Good Morning!!!!!”
What the hell is that?
“Good morning!!! Rise and shine!! This is your wake up call!”
Are they serious? LOL….this is funny. Although I was never general of being awaken by loud noises I smiled and I actually enjoyed this one.
“Vincy posse are you awake?”
“Good Morning Ryan!” *giggles*
Ryan and that Bull horn. Lol
After breakfast it was time to head off to theeee…..erm….Dudley something hall, which was on campus, for our first addresses. We had to get there by bus! Imagine that.
The first was by Mr. Luis Pineda, CYSF’s visiting scientist, a very important person in the world of IBM. This presentation was very interesting indeed. Technology plays a very important role in today’s world, and you make a good lump sum of money……I even got the chance to ask him a question. That had to do with going green and how IBM is encouraging other persons to Go Green as well. This man is very talented you see. He….it’s just too much to say about this person. Oh he’s the Director of WW Emerging Services and Enablement at IBM Software Services for Lotus to be exact. (this booklet comes in very handy:) )
The second speaker was Dr. Anesa Ahamad. I remember her from this UWI St. Augustine campus booklet. She was a very outstanding student from that school, specializing in cancer research. Now Can you guess what she was talking about then? ‘Cool Careers in Curing Cancer’ was what she spoke about. Lol, the 4C’s. It’s funny that I remember so much from this session because she was going so fast. She is one busy woman. Too bad she only had an hour tho’. It would’ve been nice to hear a lot more about cancer from her. I guess the reason why I found it so interesting was because I knew a bit about cancer myself. Hey I think that’s what I really want to do when I grow up; a cool career in curing cancer :) (I fed up change career goals now lol)
After lunch I was reminded of what was going on with climate change. ‘Managing a warming climate’ was well executed by Miss. Marcia Tinto, however, I had to take notes to stay awake. (Hardly anything I didn’t know before). At least it’s on my Biology syllabus and these notes are sure to come in handy someday:)
The debates begun sometime after that. We, already dressed in our signature t-shirts, headed into another room to anxiously await our team’s argument. Honestly, it was very difficult to stay awake. Ah do all ting. Ah write, ah draw(well attempt anyway…it’s worth a try), ah watch other people. It real hard to keep your eyes open when sleep killing you ana. The debates were very interesting nevertheless, i.e. when I wasn’t doing other things. Some of them were actually funny. Mad funny! LOL….*clap* for those teams….Some of us weren’t that lucky with the sleeping issue. We even had our own paparazzi, taking photos every time someone fell asleep. Ha! You see why I had to stay awake!!! I dor wah my pic up on that screen the night before we leave fuh everybody to laugh at me? Yuh mad! It was finally time to hear what our team had to deliver and truth be it they were good you know, just hope that they were good enough to beat the three remaining teams.
It seems as tho’ the highlight of my days are always in the night. After dinner it was time for some people to make fun of themselves….that’s right Karaoke!! I was so mad because I wasn’t able to sing that night. My voice was still in SVG….hoarse nah….It was fun as much as it was funny!!! Most memorable performances were by the Fatima crew, that guy in the red shirt who was really feeling the song, the Vincy duet (I almost died laughing. Hope they know that I have it all on camera…LOL!!!!!!) and last but not least the ‘Umberella-ella-ella-ey-ey-ey’ performance. Best Karaoke ever! OMG……Classic! I cannot believe I did not have enough space to record that!
Field trips tmr *yawns* I’m so tired, it’s time to get some slee
“Good Morning!!!!!”
What the hell is that?
“Good morning!!! Rise and shine!! This is your wake up call!”
Are they serious? LOL….this is funny. Although I was never general of being awaken by loud noises I smiled and I actually enjoyed this one.
“Vincy posse are you awake?”
“Good Morning Ryan!” *giggles*
Ryan and that Bull horn. Lol
After breakfast it was time to head off to theeee…..erm….Dudley something hall, which was on campus, for our first addresses. We had to get there by bus! Imagine that.
The first was by Mr. Luis Pineda, CYSF’s visiting scientist, a very important person in the world of IBM. This presentation was very interesting indeed. Technology plays a very important role in today’s world, and you make a good lump sum of money……I even got the chance to ask him a question. That had to do with going green and how IBM is encouraging other persons to Go Green as well. This man is very talented you see. He….it’s just too much to say about this person. Oh he’s the Director of WW Emerging Services and Enablement at IBM Software Services for Lotus to be exact. (this booklet comes in very handy:) )
The second speaker was Dr. Anesa Ahamad. I remember her from this UWI St. Augustine campus booklet. She was a very outstanding student from that school, specializing in cancer research. Now Can you guess what she was talking about then? ‘Cool Careers in Curing Cancer’ was what she spoke about. Lol, the 4C’s. It’s funny that I remember so much from this session because she was going so fast. She is one busy woman. Too bad she only had an hour tho’. It would’ve been nice to hear a lot more about cancer from her. I guess the reason why I found it so interesting was because I knew a bit about cancer myself. Hey I think that’s what I really want to do when I grow up; a cool career in curing cancer :) (I fed up change career goals now lol)
After lunch I was reminded of what was going on with climate change. ‘Managing a warming climate’ was well executed by Miss. Marcia Tinto, however, I had to take notes to stay awake. (Hardly anything I didn’t know before). At least it’s on my Biology syllabus and these notes are sure to come in handy someday:)
The debates begun sometime after that. We, already dressed in our signature t-shirts, headed into another room to anxiously await our team’s argument. Honestly, it was very difficult to stay awake. Ah do all ting. Ah write, ah draw(well attempt anyway…it’s worth a try), ah watch other people. It real hard to keep your eyes open when sleep killing you ana. The debates were very interesting nevertheless, i.e. when I wasn’t doing other things. Some of them were actually funny. Mad funny! LOL….*clap* for those teams….Some of us weren’t that lucky with the sleeping issue. We even had our own paparazzi, taking photos every time someone fell asleep. Ha! You see why I had to stay awake!!! I dor wah my pic up on that screen the night before we leave fuh everybody to laugh at me? Yuh mad! It was finally time to hear what our team had to deliver and truth be it they were good you know, just hope that they were good enough to beat the three remaining teams.
It seems as tho’ the highlight of my days are always in the night. After dinner it was time for some people to make fun of themselves….that’s right Karaoke!! I was so mad because I wasn’t able to sing that night. My voice was still in SVG….hoarse nah….It was fun as much as it was funny!!! Most memorable performances were by the Fatima crew, that guy in the red shirt who was really feeling the song, the Vincy duet (I almost died laughing. Hope they know that I have it all on camera…LOL!!!!!!) and last but not least the ‘Umberella-ella-ella-ey-ey-ey’ performance. Best Karaoke ever! OMG……Classic! I cannot believe I did not have enough space to record that!
Field trips tmr *yawns* I’m so tired, it’s time to get some slee
CYSF Journal: Part 1
Sunday August 3rd, 2008
6:45am (We’re on the plane):
Two days before we left for the Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF), I stood on that rock, with my best friend by my side and I looked out into to ocean before me. I don’t know what she was thinking about but the only thoughts that occupied my mental space were possibilities of what existed beyond that curve in the earth. I longed for a clearer vision or a slightest taste of reality. Squinting doesn’t do you any good you know….(lol)…..
Well I’m on my way to find out what lay beyond that horizon. Could you believe we almost missed the flight? A picture is really worth a thousand words eh. I need sleep!! Four hours is not enough!!! I’m on a plane and all I can find to do besides looking outside, is write and harass people about the time….LOL….Oooooo a cute dude coming on the plane…..And no he did not apparate from some weird place, we made a stop in Grenada….
9:52am (We finally @ UWI)
Wow this place doesn’t look like I expected it. There’s an obvious lack of paint which leads directly to low maintenance costs….smart…..Right now we’re lined up to register. (I’m using my phone btw to type) Why is everyone staring at us???? Could it be my hair? Nope….or could it be the fact that we’re all dressed in matching bright green polo shirts with ‘St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ marked on the front? Ahhhhhh!!! We’ve found the reason!....I feel weird. Wait is that the same guy on the plane???
10:17am (time to unpack)
Ooooo……I’m enjoying myself so far! Well look at who’s bringing my suitcase up the stairs….:D Really cute!
11:22am (Somebody’s missing)
Something funny happened while we were having breakfast. A NIHERST official came up to us and asked us if everyone was here…
“Nope. The others at the airport. They were supposed to be in at 11.”
“What??!!”
They probably all stranded at the airport right now and look at us just fullin’ we guts! You could imagine the looks on their faces when they don’t see anyone there to pick them up??? Don’t look at me I didn’t do it.
2:05pm (Orientation)
Wow! A lot of people here at CYSF boi! It’s about to start but I’m just to busy checking out the scene….:D….
5:29pm (Official Opening)
We’re at the UTT (University of Trinidad and Tobago) Grand Pavillion. (We had to wear our official t-shirts. Finally no one’s staring at me!) Oh it’s just this massive tent with plastic windows, glass doors, curtains on pieces of iron and an artic atmosphere. Least they don’t have to use so much Windex. It is a really nice place but that wasn’t my main focus after all at this moment important people are speaking to us, but I lost. Sooooo…..let’s see if there are any cuties my eyes might just have overlooked at the Orientation…..lol……and no that’s not the only thing on my mind:P I really wanted to know what they had in store for us….guess that means that I have to listen then….:)np
11:02pm (Lights wah?)
“Good night everybody”
“Good night Chris..”
Lights out at 11…wah? That’s funny..That doesn’t mean that I have to sleep…..lol….I’m just happy that I’m on a bed although it is not a soft as I anticipated. It wasn’t very easy getting up here either. Boy if anybody to fall of this bed (due to the size it was not impossible) I sorry fuh them. Serious! Feels like I’m in a closet. Lol.
Just got back from the Ice Breaker. Now that was the most fun I’ve had today. We basically played games. Most fun game: Basket turn over. Everybody was running around like crazy people….lol…Weirdest game: the one where we had to hold random hands (we were in our respective colour houses…CHERRY!!!!!!!!) then untangle ourselves without letting go. What?! I was the girl in the middle *giggles* Everybody cheated. After a while every team just let go and started to shout…..Dinner was ok…a little spicy, but a little is ok. Good night.
6:45am (We’re on the plane):
Two days before we left for the Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF), I stood on that rock, with my best friend by my side and I looked out into to ocean before me. I don’t know what she was thinking about but the only thoughts that occupied my mental space were possibilities of what existed beyond that curve in the earth. I longed for a clearer vision or a slightest taste of reality. Squinting doesn’t do you any good you know….(lol)…..
Well I’m on my way to find out what lay beyond that horizon. Could you believe we almost missed the flight? A picture is really worth a thousand words eh. I need sleep!! Four hours is not enough!!! I’m on a plane and all I can find to do besides looking outside, is write and harass people about the time….LOL….Oooooo a cute dude coming on the plane…..And no he did not apparate from some weird place, we made a stop in Grenada….
9:52am (We finally @ UWI)
Wow this place doesn’t look like I expected it. There’s an obvious lack of paint which leads directly to low maintenance costs….smart…..Right now we’re lined up to register. (I’m using my phone btw to type) Why is everyone staring at us???? Could it be my hair? Nope….or could it be the fact that we’re all dressed in matching bright green polo shirts with ‘St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ marked on the front? Ahhhhhh!!! We’ve found the reason!....I feel weird. Wait is that the same guy on the plane???
10:17am (time to unpack)
Ooooo……I’m enjoying myself so far! Well look at who’s bringing my suitcase up the stairs….:D Really cute!
11:22am (Somebody’s missing)
Something funny happened while we were having breakfast. A NIHERST official came up to us and asked us if everyone was here…
“Nope. The others at the airport. They were supposed to be in at 11.”
“What??!!”
They probably all stranded at the airport right now and look at us just fullin’ we guts! You could imagine the looks on their faces when they don’t see anyone there to pick them up??? Don’t look at me I didn’t do it.
2:05pm (Orientation)
Wow! A lot of people here at CYSF boi! It’s about to start but I’m just to busy checking out the scene….:D….
5:29pm (Official Opening)
We’re at the UTT (University of Trinidad and Tobago) Grand Pavillion. (We had to wear our official t-shirts. Finally no one’s staring at me!) Oh it’s just this massive tent with plastic windows, glass doors, curtains on pieces of iron and an artic atmosphere. Least they don’t have to use so much Windex. It is a really nice place but that wasn’t my main focus after all at this moment important people are speaking to us, but I lost. Sooooo…..let’s see if there are any cuties my eyes might just have overlooked at the Orientation…..lol……and no that’s not the only thing on my mind:P I really wanted to know what they had in store for us….guess that means that I have to listen then….:)np
11:02pm (Lights wah?)
“Good night everybody”
“Good night Chris..”
Lights out at 11…wah? That’s funny..That doesn’t mean that I have to sleep…..lol….I’m just happy that I’m on a bed although it is not a soft as I anticipated. It wasn’t very easy getting up here either. Boy if anybody to fall of this bed (due to the size it was not impossible) I sorry fuh them. Serious! Feels like I’m in a closet. Lol.
Just got back from the Ice Breaker. Now that was the most fun I’ve had today. We basically played games. Most fun game: Basket turn over. Everybody was running around like crazy people….lol…Weirdest game: the one where we had to hold random hands (we were in our respective colour houses…CHERRY!!!!!!!!) then untangle ourselves without letting go. What?! I was the girl in the middle *giggles* Everybody cheated. After a while every team just let go and started to shout…..Dinner was ok…a little spicy, but a little is ok. Good night.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Pics of Bomb Scare
Here are some photos and Videos of a bomb scare that occured at the First Caribbean International Bank, Kingstown, St. Vincent, some time ago. I had intended to write something about it on the same day but I was so busy and my PC was giving problems. Right now I don't feel like anymore so........
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