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Now dis is drama! Imagine if they did this in a square in Port of Spain…

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Been gone for a bit, but still got love for y’all!

Here’s a fave video from Aswad.

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How up front are you about your beauty and grooming practices? Are you bravely going to bed sans hair, teeth-whitening contraption in place, and a patchwork of calamine lotion on your face?

Does Keeping up The Illusion mean Keeping your Partner?

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To me, banking in Trinidad and Tobago, is a horrific experience, but am I alone in this belief that banks are the spawn of Satan himself?

Banking in T&T: Irritating, Irritating, Irritating

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I consider myself to be a true child of the islands. No matter where I go in this world, my roots will forever and nostalgically be planted in the warm soils of the Caribbean. If I’m being honest, however, the decisions that I have made about the kind of life that I now live are seemingly at odds (according to some) with my Caribbean upbringing.

Gay Abroad, Closeted at Home: How it Hurts

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...my clichéd aspiration of being a globe trotter does not mesh with my periodic fear of the plane careening into the Atlantic, and the inconveniences that have become mainstays of flying.

Sugar Cake and Aloes: The Travellers’ Diaries

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Whether it’s a house lime or work party, there are some cardinal sins to stay away from this season – either to save yuh from looking like the less appreciated relative of reindeers (an ass), or being automatically uninvited from future limes.

Things not to say at a Christmas Lime

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December reach. SoE done. Monday morning.

Real pressed for time.

Full lineup:

Sugar Cake and Aloes: The Travellers’ Diaries by Tamika Gibson

Things not to say at a Christmas Lime by Karel Mc Intosh

Banking in T&T: Irritating, Irritating, Irritating by Kern Elliott

Does Keeping up The Illusion mean Keeping your Partner? by Simone Dalton

Gay Abroad, Closeted at Home: How it Hurts by Kevin Campbell

Is "Twilight" teaching Young People to Accept Abuse? by Joshua Ramirez Wharwood

Allyuh, exams in meh tail. Time allyuh get this ah bussin mih brains trying to remember what it is go on in de past 3 months. Wish me luck.

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Friends also provide random company on any given evening to come and eat the groceries you just bought. It is a well-oiled machine when the relationship is intact, but when the breakup comes, what happens to the friends? Do they get split up? Who gets to keep who? 

Breakups: Who gets the Friends?

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Boss Lady's home video on why you should join Outlish. Click here for more info.

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Sometimes I dream of installing a Mactruck’s horn in my hatchback, so that I could scare the living daylights out of discourteous and dangerous drivers (and de people who take dey time to cross de lights by City Gate). I also dream about ramming into them (de drivers, that is) just fuh spite. But on the roads, reality rules.

Vroom Vroom Horrors: Drivers who Piss me Off!

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Guest writer Patrice Grell Yursik (aka Afrobella) on becoming an American citizen.

When I left my homeland of Trinidad and Tobago for Miami, Florida in 1998 I didn’t think to myself; “Say goodbye to your old life, Patrice. You’ll never live here again.” It wasn’t that serious.

It Happened to Me: I Became an American Citizen

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Growing up as a last child I became spoilt. Yes I admit it. I am (or was) spoilt, not rotten but definitely overripe. My parents and sisters supported me through what they must have thought were my endless studies. So imagine how I felt when the first reality check slapped me across the face.

Mommy, Daddy, I’m a Working Girl Now!

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A lil video on why you should join the Outlish crew, home video style. Click here for more info.

PS -- doh mind de one woman talkin real loud through de whole thing nah,

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Lady Tosh @TEDx Port of Spain

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So we had a lil' writers workshop/farewell lime over de weekend.

Boss Lady call it "How to Critique Your Writing", but we did done know de score -- she's a closet limer, and she playing bashful, calling "workshop" and ting. RIGHT.

And we say a temporary goodbye to Keisha Stephen *sob* who going to greener pastures, but she go be back for Carnival ah sure.

But, as you see, we kinda normel too, nah. All kinda thing does go on when you get at least 3 of we in the room.

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Finding love in the office isn’t uncommon. Most people spend more than eight hours a day working together, and some tend to form social networks outside of the office. This creates an ideal setting for the full range of human attraction to develop. While pursuing a love interest at the office may be a big no-no by some, is dating someone you work with a really such a bad idea?

Love at the Office: Smart or Stupid?