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October 12, 2011
It was last Friday and like Sunday Mass celebrated either Saturday evening or Sunday morning, a time reserved for de spirits, Friday night, almost a ritual, a time to head to de town of Oistins fuh de best that Bubbadus got to offer and to savour what I argue is the best grilled fish pun planet earth, Uncle George at the Fish net restaurant.
It does tek something special to get de Vendor outta Oistins Friday night and it must include some FLCS, as is Fish, Lobster, Crab, Squid or what me brethren from Guyana does call Strimps!
If a fella say Market come and eat some Sushi by chef Paul Edwards in Holetown and iffing in de next breath I hear “and I am paying”, then it would tek something of Titanic proporations, sort of like de Vendor’s size, to keep me outta Nishi’s restaurant!
Oistins is like a right of passage, yuh earn it and nobody must be allowed to tek it from yuh! I does meet all kinds of bigups there, I does see the G.M from Banks Akash Ragbirand, he wife, de Irish lads from Digicel, de titans of industry and commerce all soaking up de atmosphere (and de Banks too) and inhaling de fish!
I meet cricketers from Sri Lanka, India, England and Guyana too, including young Bishoo in Oistins. So when I hear that Nikki Crosby and Jus Jase from the Caribbean Super Station, the CSS 97.5fm was going to be in Bubbadus at a place called Gary’s Rum Punch bar pun Seclusion Road and dat them want me to lime wid dem and de folks from de chat room, I had to think carefully bout giving up Oistins to meet people I never hear bout before de advent of de CSS.
And where de hell is Seclusion Road? Who does come up wid dese names? A place called Mile and a Quarter fuh example? Why de hell yuh didn’t measure a mile and call dat George?
So Gary’s rum punch bar it was and ah witness something special, like de dawn of a revolution, people from dis chat room, who had never met before, coming from all over to be with Nikki and Jase, celebrating de six month anniversary of the Caribbean Super Station. It was like family, they came from all over the region, some live in Bubbadus, others came specially fuh de night. All had a story worth telling! A man came from Lynden in Guyana, de CSS not there yet but he does listen on de net to www.yourcss.net! A lady lawyer from Trinidad celebrating she birthday at a west coast hotel, leave de luxury of dat to be with the CSS people, a Trini living in Grenada aka Blackstone (see what ah mean bout names) flew in for de night and de energy, de love, the passion, de commitment fuh dis station and de people pun it was something else!
Last Friday night I witness de start of a movement of Caribbean people, doctors, a very sexy hotelier (I cannot print she bbm name), businessmen and women, a gathering of Caribbean people destined to change de radio landscape and integrate de region. It was something special, one of those moments when something new and beautiful started, initiated by de people that will brek down barriers and unite de region. The birth of the CSS Chatroom revolution. Caricom, tek note please! And iffin wunnah hear dat de Vendor was pun Seclusion Road after midnight talking to Seon Howel (aka Mr. Pets transportation) who was grazing he eight magnificent Rotweilers, it is true! I booking my ticket to de next CSS Chatroom lime from now!
I Market Vendor gone fuh now, you have a blessed and a wonderful day, yuh hear!
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