Wha Gwaan CONT'D
I coulda jus extended yesterdays delayed blog, but last night was even funnier. When you think it's over. These things are all jus so chance tho. I end up at some Sunsplash promotion and of course there are free giveaways. I text the answer in to "Which venue is Reggae Sunsplash gonna be held at?"...Like duh Richmond Estate. We all had flyers anyways. The joke is that i end up winning a free Motorolla phone and a case of Sprite, which i had to go on stage and collect and i also got a mini interview from Ms. Kitty from FAME FM (dat was exciting)...did i ever tell you i kinda like fat women...anyways daz for another blog. So the cameras pop out and picture a tek, and i'm thinkin to myself, here i am on some stage again by chance. Maybe this really is destiny or am i jus NUFF (At least i'm not singin this time). LOL. You know i'm not nuff so don't even go there. Den yu shoulda see mi a cut thru di crowd wid mi case a Sprite...proud like! (Sarry, sarry!!...a cut an go thru). And one sketel gal she waan dip har han' inna mi crate. Mi tell her seh mi soon gi ar one, an she still a gwaan like she want it. And could you believe mi pap di case fi give her one. And she gwaan like she no want it. As if hot gal no drink hat Sprite. Lickle most mi tek it back. But she give her fren...who neva even seh tanks. Den widin 8 mins after dat, some hurry come up gal to the left of mi come over and seh "Can i get one of your Sprite?". Nuttin nuh betta dan Jamdown. The Sketel seh no to the Sprite. The more uptown girl run come fi it. What if i had said NO! That woulda been even funnier. Then my fren from Trinidad leans over to me and says..."That's why you must be wid a Trini woman, cah hot girl don't beg hot Sprite". Or maybe i shoulda been wid the skets. LOL. She clearly neva want it either. And if you saw what she was wearing...had no where to put it anyway. There is the end to another exciting nite in the life of MG.
POST BLOG DISCLAIMER: The use of the terms Sketel and the patois you usually do not associate with me, was not intended to offend any of our blog-readers but just for dramatic effect. You know in my world people are people. No skets or buttus, only unless you truly prove yourself to be one...and this is not class-specific, but behaviour specific. Peace :)
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Whaaa Gwaan!
Heah bloggers and blog-readers, just had to let you know about how weird these past 2 weeks have been in terms of musical exposure and jus general exposure. Makes you wonder if things really do happen for a reason. The first incident was me being in the studio audience for Rising Stars, to support my friend Ellan. Didn't seem like a big deal to me really. I had been there 2 years ago and no one cared, but this time around it seems like i was almost a contestant with the attention it brought from my co-workers. Kinda funny. I still have people telling me about it.
This would be followed by Tuesday Nite Live at the Village Cafe where i sang backup for a band i'm in called ROCKY V. Though terribly disappointed with the sound balance, it was a good experience and a nice performance. A lot of my close friends came to support me, and i really appreciated it. Made me feel like i was one of the lead singers the way they made it look. And that's real cool. Thanks friends.
So the week continues and i go to Sumfest on Saturday, which i thoroughly enjoyed. On returning on Sunday, by buck-ups I drop a friend of mine to a band rehearsal on Sunday and again by buck-ups end up singin backup for this great band. Lickle more mi deh pon TVJ Smile Jamaica a sing backup Monday morning. Again the coworkers are in shock and surprised at the same time. "It's him on TV Singing"...."Boooombaaat, a so yu a gwaaaaan!".
When i thought it ended, last nite I supported my friend Ellan at a work talent show and heah, she needed backup, so myself and some other singing friends who jus happened to be in the audience, ended up being backup. The audience could hardly hear us, but it was cool!
This blog really goes no where, but jus goes to show that ONE TING REALLY LEADS TO ANADDA, and as my friend would say...success is when preparation and opportunity meet. So always be prepared for anything. I could have said no to my Rising Star Studio audience ticket, and definitely no to singin on Smile JA after a long drive in from the country and no to singing backup impromtu at a staff function. When opportunity knocks, sometimes you jus have to open the door. Then more and more doors start to open. Blessed love!
Heah bloggers and blog-readers, just had to let you know about how weird these past 2 weeks have been in terms of musical exposure and jus general exposure. Makes you wonder if things really do happen for a reason. The first incident was me being in the studio audience for Rising Stars, to support my friend Ellan. Didn't seem like a big deal to me really. I had been there 2 years ago and no one cared, but this time around it seems like i was almost a contestant with the attention it brought from my co-workers. Kinda funny. I still have people telling me about it.
This would be followed by Tuesday Nite Live at the Village Cafe where i sang backup for a band i'm in called ROCKY V. Though terribly disappointed with the sound balance, it was a good experience and a nice performance. A lot of my close friends came to support me, and i really appreciated it. Made me feel like i was one of the lead singers the way they made it look. And that's real cool. Thanks friends.
So the week continues and i go to Sumfest on Saturday, which i thoroughly enjoyed. On returning on Sunday, by buck-ups I drop a friend of mine to a band rehearsal on Sunday and again by buck-ups end up singin backup for this great band. Lickle more mi deh pon TVJ Smile Jamaica a sing backup Monday morning. Again the coworkers are in shock and surprised at the same time. "It's him on TV Singing"...."Boooombaaat, a so yu a gwaaaaan!".
When i thought it ended, last nite I supported my friend Ellan at a work talent show and heah, she needed backup, so myself and some other singing friends who jus happened to be in the audience, ended up being backup. The audience could hardly hear us, but it was cool!
This blog really goes no where, but jus goes to show that ONE TING REALLY LEADS TO ANADDA, and as my friend would say...success is when preparation and opportunity meet. So always be prepared for anything. I could have said no to my Rising Star Studio audience ticket, and definitely no to singin on Smile JA after a long drive in from the country and no to singing backup impromtu at a staff function. When opportunity knocks, sometimes you jus have to open the door. Then more and more doors start to open. Blessed love!
Friday, July 28, 2006
Guinep Seeds
This blog was really supposed to be talking about some of my recent musical expeditions, but i work wid kids and strangely enough guineo seeds seemed to have a heavier weighting right now. Just this week i saw 2 kids wid guinep seed emergencies. And since i've been working wid kids, i've seen at least one other...so daz 3 in a real short period of time.
As a Jamaican i always heard not to give kids guinep seeds, and now i finally can apprecite why. PARENTS DON'T LET YOUR KIDS EAT GUINEPS. Just this week i saw a kid wid one stuck just above the voice box. No heimlich was gettin dat one out. Luckily there were some skilled specialists in the vicinity who saved his life. I'm sure when he was sucking the sweet soft outside, he never imagined that the hard seed inside would have almost taken his life.
Just today i saw a kid who swallowed one yesterday, and he was cool all day, until this morning he started vomiting his life away. At first i was only thinking of it gettin stuck in the throat but not in the intestines. Well seems like this dudes guinep wanted to block him off. These kids were both big kids and also of different ages. Just goes to show what an 'innocent' guinep can do.
So lesson for today for the parents and for the non-parents...Don't SCREW wid Guineps. They could really mess up your kids. Peace out. Have to provide a little education for the masses!
This blog was really supposed to be talking about some of my recent musical expeditions, but i work wid kids and strangely enough guineo seeds seemed to have a heavier weighting right now. Just this week i saw 2 kids wid guinep seed emergencies. And since i've been working wid kids, i've seen at least one other...so daz 3 in a real short period of time.
As a Jamaican i always heard not to give kids guinep seeds, and now i finally can apprecite why. PARENTS DON'T LET YOUR KIDS EAT GUINEPS. Just this week i saw a kid wid one stuck just above the voice box. No heimlich was gettin dat one out. Luckily there were some skilled specialists in the vicinity who saved his life. I'm sure when he was sucking the sweet soft outside, he never imagined that the hard seed inside would have almost taken his life.
Just today i saw a kid who swallowed one yesterday, and he was cool all day, until this morning he started vomiting his life away. At first i was only thinking of it gettin stuck in the throat but not in the intestines. Well seems like this dudes guinep wanted to block him off. These kids were both big kids and also of different ages. Just goes to show what an 'innocent' guinep can do.
So lesson for today for the parents and for the non-parents...Don't SCREW wid Guineps. They could really mess up your kids. Peace out. Have to provide a little education for the masses!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
In the dead of night!
You know it's really amazing that in this little country of violence, where people shudder and drive painfully slow when it rains, that they would come out of their house in the dead of night! Well yesterday when Jamaica experienced its all island powercut (God knows why), the plans of many a night owl Jamaican were changed...well maybe not so many from what i saw. There was Special Delivery out at Caymanas for $3500 preseold and $4500 at the gate (conveniently for the promoters all the persold tickets were sold out; well it was convenient before the powercut), and there was Arabian Nights featuring the amazing Tessane Chin and Rootz Underground.
I was so uncertain if anyone would even consider having a function in pitch blackness that my brother went out first to see if it was really going on, then he called me. Well to our surprise, Norbrook had light (where the concert was). They also had Police and security and tonnes of cars on the sidewalk. I guess u can't cancel or postpone a Tesanne Chin concert can you...or Special Delivery for that matter. And i guess certain areas will get back light first (bitter huh).
But i was happy nonetheless cuz i was gonna see Tessane perform and that's always a treat. An you know any all- inclusive function put on by these people is gonna be legit! Island Grill, Curry goat, Chocolate fountains with dipable fruit (yummy), and a nice audience and Copppershot on the 1s and 2s.
But now that i'm telling you about what i didn't intend to, the focus of this blog is dat people in Jamaica will do almost anything for their entertainment. This country nuh boring at all. An for all those who tink it is, is you mek it boring for yuself. Nuff tings here fi do, and nuff nice peole to do it wid. Da country ya full a vibez and mad peole weh love lef dem yaad in all islan' powercut. But God bless Jamaica...wi vibes lan' out a many one people!
You know it's really amazing that in this little country of violence, where people shudder and drive painfully slow when it rains, that they would come out of their house in the dead of night! Well yesterday when Jamaica experienced its all island powercut (God knows why), the plans of many a night owl Jamaican were changed...well maybe not so many from what i saw. There was Special Delivery out at Caymanas for $3500 preseold and $4500 at the gate (conveniently for the promoters all the persold tickets were sold out; well it was convenient before the powercut), and there was Arabian Nights featuring the amazing Tessane Chin and Rootz Underground.
I was so uncertain if anyone would even consider having a function in pitch blackness that my brother went out first to see if it was really going on, then he called me. Well to our surprise, Norbrook had light (where the concert was). They also had Police and security and tonnes of cars on the sidewalk. I guess u can't cancel or postpone a Tesanne Chin concert can you...or Special Delivery for that matter. And i guess certain areas will get back light first (bitter huh).
But i was happy nonetheless cuz i was gonna see Tessane perform and that's always a treat. An you know any all- inclusive function put on by these people is gonna be legit! Island Grill, Curry goat, Chocolate fountains with dipable fruit (yummy), and a nice audience and Copppershot on the 1s and 2s.
But now that i'm telling you about what i didn't intend to, the focus of this blog is dat people in Jamaica will do almost anything for their entertainment. This country nuh boring at all. An for all those who tink it is, is you mek it boring for yuself. Nuff tings here fi do, and nuff nice peole to do it wid. Da country ya full a vibez and mad peole weh love lef dem yaad in all islan' powercut. But God bless Jamaica...wi vibes lan' out a many one people!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
I'm here gettin stuffy and feelin to be so expressive but can't seem to put my thoughts together. I hope i'm not gettin sick again. I was jus sick week before...an real sick. But i'm hungry, daz y i can't think. I'm also many other things...a lil disappointed, a lil angry, a lil pensive and a lil anxious...about what. I don't know really. This blog is jus gonna make me look a lil MAD! But at least i get to type and feel like i'm conveying how i feel right now. My colution to this is GO AN EAT. Dat usually works for me. Food can solve many problems. So i'll go do that. Maybe after that i can tell you something interesting.MG
THIS blog was written like a week before the publish date...Guess what i'm still stuffy but finally clearing up! There is a GOD!
THIS blog was written like a week before the publish date...Guess what i'm still stuffy but finally clearing up! There is a GOD!
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