For most of my blogging career, I’ve written about Guyanese politics in relation to race and ethnic identity. But what many people don’t know is why I started blogging. All my life I’ve been obsessed with telling stories and I began blogging because I believe that our stories are spectacular stories that can’t be found anywhere else. I mean, yeah, you may take a boat … Continue reading The ‘Why’ behind my blogging
I first encountered “bae” on Facebook. My friend – a brilliant Economics graduate – was posting lovely poetic things about his bae and to his bae. It sounded like the most mysterious and romantic metaphor. Ah yes, to have a bae, to have someone think of you as bae. It must be a sign that life has meaning. Soon all my social media contacts were … Continue reading For Bae
Life was not made to be rushed through. I try to savour the minutes and hours and days because I know that when they become months and years I won’t be able to remember them all. We don’t remember days or anything in its entirety. We remember moments that touch us in some way. Yesterday I was in a rush. I burnt a dress I’ve … Continue reading The Nameless Thing
Scrubbing clothes in the rain yesterday did me in. I spent today rolling around in bed trying to sweat a fever out and watching YouTube videos in desperate hope of learning something about pop culture. I learnt about queefing, Netflix-and-chill and the orgasm inducing mushrooms. Pop culture scares me. It rained most of today. This morning it was beautiful. I love the way everything turns … Continue reading Rain, Romance and Pop Culture
My family and I finally moved into our house in the Diamond New Housing Scheme. I can’t say that I like it nor can I say I hate it. The traveling is hard and the morning traffic is harder but the place has a certain quietness to it that I like. It’s been a long time since my mother, younger brother and I have shared … Continue reading New home, same life
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