February 2012
19 posts
Life isn't a beach!
I just realized that I put a lot of photos of the beach on my blog. Ironically, I rarely go to the beach. I only happen to have my camera ready when there’s a beach involved. I live a pretty mundane and “normal” life. I go to work so I can have some money, I have a horrible commute, I hang out with my family and my dog during the weekends. At times, I go out to the bar with my...
I'm hungry!!!
I felt like writing so here I am. I guess when I don’t have the energy to do anything else, I only have energy to opine. So yesterday, I decided to go on a 3-day fast, basically to jump start my digestive system over because I have not been eating right at all. Yesterday was not bad, although I cheated and had a bite of a sandwich. Today, I’m hungry and all I can think about is food,...
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Kanaval
We celebrate carnival in Haiti. This year from February 20th to the 22nd, the whole country is going to be participating in the 3-night national festivities that we call Kanaval. To help with the decentralization program, the government decided that the main carnival will happen in Aux Cayes this year. All the towns and cities will have their own celebrations but the main one that usually takes...
Weekends!
Like most of you! I live for the weekends. You are free, your friends are free and you are finally your own person. Usually, I spend my weekends running errands or hanging out with my family. Some weekends, however, I luck out and get invited to see the contryside either by friends or either through work. These are the times when you realize that life isn’t all that bad. Whether you eat the...
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Speaking English in Public
I always avoid speaking English in public. When I’m in the tap taps (public transportation) I never pick up a phone call that could lead me to speak English. However over these last few months I have encountered people who speak English extremely loud on the small buses throughout their entire ride. Once, this couple got on the bus and this lady started speaking extremely loud in English,...
Toc Toc Toc
Is this thing on? Are you still with me? Are you ready to go? Ok let’s go!
November 2011
2 posts
Anonymous asked: Greetings!I am writing to you on behalf of Haiti Cultural Exchange, a cultural non-profit group based in Brooklyn. I wanted to know if you would consider attending and/or advertising our upcoming film festival? If so, please provide me with an email address to send our media alert to. Thanks so much!
I am in NY!
I am taking a small break from Haiti for a couple of weeks. I am hanging out with my family and visiting my friends. It has been great so far! I am eating my weight in food!
I will also take this time to upload the photos I promised to last month *guilty* and some more from this New York trip.
October 2011
15 posts
Hello Friends
I spent the weekend working on Cotes des Arcadins, a beach coast just north of Port-au-Prince. I have some great photos and even greater memories. I will share some of them with you soon!
Pwetty Pikshus coming soon!
I promise my life does not only comprise of complaining about being in Haiti. I do…stuff! Here are some every day photos for ya!
September 2011
14 posts
Dream-like trance
Sometimes being in Haiti feels like you are in a dream. It feels like one of those childhood dreams that is not necessarily a nightmare but isn’t a good dream either. It feels like you’re confused, you look around and say “wait! Am I really here?” Well that’s my experience at least or perhaps I am just going crazy.
Anonymous asked: If you were a car, what kind would you be?
Anonymous asked: can i be ur puppy?.... i'm well trained...
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10 years later
I do not want to write a whole blog post about how I felt that day in a classroom in Manhattan because then I would have to get into the circumstances surrounding the event. And I think today might be the wrong day for that. But I remember that I was not scared but I was angry, very angry and I knew it would be downhill from there. I was also sad, because NONE of the people who died that day...
I have tons of great photos to share with you guys from when I go out or just every day stuff but I am having USB cable issues. As soon as I get a memory card ready, I will be bombarding you with photos, no worries!
Weekend? I thought today was Monday!
Actually my weekend started with finishing up on some work, moving into our new lovely house, going to the pool, relaxed dinner with friends and a relaxing Sunday spent talking and eating. Now could you please bring me some dessert!
I sound like I live on a farm
I fed the dog AND fed the chicken. I almost fed a hummingbird too but it was not mine.
The high of life
I have been trying to figure out life all of my 26 years on this earth and I think I will until I am no longer here. Life feels like a drug, searching for one high higher than the last. The problem is with me, these highs do not last. Every new step in life feels like a thrill but after couple of years it becomes routine until you look for the next high. Is it me or is this exhausting? Or perhaps...
