Blinkety-Blink-Blink-Blink

Hey.  Its me.  Writing.  Posting.

I’ve been experiencing some technical difficulty with my internet connection at home.

In short, I can download information/files/content from the web.

I just can’t upload stuff.

My download specs...

This is a major setback to me, as…well… this is a photoblog.  The connection simply times out whenever I try to upload anything bigger than a few kilobits.

That’s right… kilo-effin-BITS.

Upload? What Upload? I Don't Care Bout Your Frickin' Upload!

I’ve contacted my blinkety-blink-blinking #$%$^#@&~ ISP about it three (3) times already, and they’ve managed to tell me that they think there’s an issue with my telephone line (I have an ADSL connection) and that they’ll have to send a technician to my house to check it out.  Thing is, it will take at least six (6) business days for the appointment with the technician to even be made, and I’ve contacted them at least twice before today about this mythical appointment, to no avail.

When I checked with the department responsible for landline repairs, (surprise, surprise) no appointment had been made on my behalf for said visit to occur.

*exasperated sigh*

Right now, I’m using my girlfriend’s Mobile Internet dongle to create this post and upload the pix.  I hope to be back to my normal posting schedule as soon as its humanly possible.  Thanks for bearing with the delay.

I really hate when ish like this happens.  If I neglect to pay my bill, they waste no time in cutting my service off.  Yet they expect me to pay full price when I get half of what they agreed to give me.  I’m really going to shake things up with my ISP tomorrow.

Day 19/365: Sunset Contemplation

Day 19/365: Sunset Contemplation, originally uploaded by boboleechron.

A woman is silhouetted as she watches the sun set into the waters of the Gulf of Paria.

Shot at the POS Waterfront. I took this a few days ago.

The dry season raises lots of dust and creates beautiful sunsets.

Its a pity that it rained cats and dogs today. Would’ve loved to take some more…

Day 18/365: Yuh Holdin’ De Draff?

Day 18/365: Yuh Holdin’ De Draff?, originally uploaded by boboleechron.

A pink Poui tree blooms on my way to work yesterday. In UWI St Augustine, the conventional wisdom around campus was that if you didn’t have your coursework under control and in your head by the time the Poui trees on Campus bloomed… you’d have a really hard time passing your exams.

Those who “didn’t hold de draff” would slowly transform into “matta beasts”; mystical creatures who lived in the library from sun up til closing time, subsisting on nothing but Nescafe coffee and very little sleep.

We also never got a haircut around exam time. Then all that we’d spent months cramming in our heads would just evaporate into thin air.

Big hair was a big plus when it came to mental retention…

Day 17/365: How Not Where

Day 17/365: How Not Where, originally uploaded by boboleechron.

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A billboard seen everyday on my way to the office.

It’s not where you go. It’s how you get there.

Good point.

Day 16/365: Out of Band

Day 16/365: Out of Band, originally uploaded by boboleechron.

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I didn’t get to take any pictures on Monday… so here’s a consolation prize instead.

I took this shot at Mount Irvine Bay in Tobago. A vendor was selling some handmade jewellery on the beach. I took this picture sometime in October or November of 2008.

Again with the silly puns. Do you get it?

I crack myself up.

Day 13, 14 & 15/365…

If you’ve been following my 365 project, you’d have realised that I didn’t post anything on Saturday, Sunday or Monday (its early Tuesday morning as I type this).

Well, its Carnival time… and I went to my first Carnival fête: St Mary’s College All-Inclusive (read an interesting review of the 2008 edition of the fete here).  An “all-inclusive fête” is a Carnival fete where everything you need is included in the price.  You get as much as you can eat and as much as you can drink, as long as stocks last.  The fêtes usually go strong for as much as 10 hours… some start as early as 4pm… and they go ’til after midnight in some cases.  St Mary’s is my alma mater, and I usually attend the fete.

In lieu of my lack of photos, here’s a video I recorded of a performance at the fete: Kes the Band featuring Nadia Batson who sings with them as their female lead, although she’s an artiste separate and apart from the band.

Enjoy.

Day 12/365: Kaiso, Kaiso!

Calypso, originally uploaded by boboleechron.

I love making mistakes like these. I think they look so cool.

I was bumped on the elbow when I took this picture of a calypsonian performing at a calyspo show. He was dressed up as a magistrate and was swinging his gavel as he sang his composition.

“Kaiso! Kaiso!” is a phrase of encouragement, akin to “Bravo! Bravo!”

Kaiso is another name for calypso, the indigenous music created and loved by Trinbagonians & Caribbean people.