My Struggle to Stay Fit and Healthy

It’s a rainy Friday evening at the end of a long week.  I feel in desperate need of a vacation.  Not the one where you stay at home and end up running errands for a week, only to trudge back to work the following week wishing for two more days to “really sleep”.  Not the…

What we in Barbados can learn from “Us”

*SPOLIERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* Scary movies give me nightmares (I don’t go beyond “The Sixth Sense” in level of creepiness) and I don’t like gore (although I’m a die hard GOT stan).  However…..after watching the trailer for Jordan Peele’s “Us” on Christmas night with a room full of cousins, we were pretty…

Removing the Insta glasses to reveal “Gasp!”, Real Life

Since the story about the ill-fated Fyre Festival broke in 2017 I’ve devoured almost any piece of information I could find in order to learn as much as I could about the mess that happened on Great Exuma, The Bahamas.   So I was as excited as a pig in mud to learn that not only…

Is it possible to separate Art from Artist?

I was a huge fan of R. Kelly’s music growing up and while my love for his music waned when I was asked to “Step in the Name of Love” and completely ended after he was “Trapped in the Closet” for the hundredth time, I knew every word of so many songs he had released…

Favourite Shows of 2018

I watched A LOT of television in 2018, partially due to being on sick leave for a month and partially due to the best thing since Sbarro’s chicken pizza, i.e. Netflix.  Not sure how 2019 will go tv-watching wise but if you have time and you haven’t yet, I suggest you try the following: 1….

Managing Your Own Expectations and Dealing with Disappointment

It’s easy to say that by ridding yourself of expectations you will not suffer disappointment but is that really possible?  Is it realistic?  Should we just throw caution to the wind and ignore our innermost feelings, hopes and desires?  Should we all just become cynics? I don’t think so.  I believe it’s about approach.  Anyone…

Group Chats: A Love Hate Relationship

Happy New Year guys!  It’s been months since I’ve published any posts because, you know, life.  However, your girl is back and ready to share her thoughts on whatever comes to mind in 2019.  I figured I would start on a light note and address a topic that so many people seem to love to…

Pet Peeves

A couple annoying af things: People who don’t indicate when turning into a road. People who don’t wipe down gym equipment after use. Slow drivers who aren’t sick or have car trouble. Constant use of cell phones when in a gathering of people. Telephone calls on speaker with office door open. Sometimish people. People who…

Messenger vs Message: How Much Does Credibility Mean to Us?

I think that by now anyone who follows some sort of social or traditional media platform is aware of the recent attempts by Omarosa Manigault-Newman to further expose the shenanigans taking place at the Donald Trump-led White House.  In her new book, “Unhinged”, she revealed that she taped her firing and the subsequent conversation on…

Lessons from the 2018 Barbados Election

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a fan of politics, particularly during the “Silly Season”, i.e. the few weeks preceding the general election.  The mudslinging, name-calling, posturing and avoidance of important issues in favour of playing to the gallery, are turn-offs for me.  It isn’t as though I don’t understand that a…