For De Record

Over himself, over his body and mind, the individual is sovereign

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Acquiesced to a birthday treat this year on one condition: no candles 😊#belatedbirthday #celebration #spiceofindia #restaurant #norwich #nocandlesallowed #treat #virgos

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One week ago... Trinidadian Designer Michelle Lee asked me to host her fashion show for a second consecutive year. When it wrapped she said, "We did good." But of course :) #fashionshows #michellelee #trinidad #designer #october2016 #awesomeness #blackdress #host #guyanese #woman

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The day drifted by pretty quickly and of all the snaps that I saw this one remains my fave #birthday #september #snap #belatedpost #jennysontheboulevard #greatservice #trinidad

[visual-poetry]

collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. nothing is more important than an unread library.

john waters (via visual-poetry)

[dxmeon]

Ivory Coast 1966-1974

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I found a made in #Guyana purse/wallet in Trinidad and I absolutely love it! The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well back home #purse #wallet #love #entrepreneurs #export #trinidad

[newyorker]

Li’l Donald

Li’l Donald has some more choice words for his schoolteacher in today’s Daily Shouts:

“Do I know the square root of a hundred and forty-four? Is that what you’re asking me? Of course I do. It’s absurd that you would even ask me that.”

“Please tell the class what it is.”

“You want ME to tell the class? Excuse me—aren’t you supposed to be the teacher? I think we can all agree that, if anyone around here is going to tell the class the square root of a hundred and forty-four, you should be the one to do it. If you even know the square root of a hundred and forty-four—which, frankly, I have my doubts.”

Read more.

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Brilliant!

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Got compliments on the twist out today...ah I have so many hair stories. #teamnatural #twistout #kinks #highlights #compliments #blackhair #blackhairstyles #hairstory

[oupacademic]

What happens when a research library and a major university press collaborate on a study of suicide ethics?

You get a groundbreaking printed book and public digital archive hybrid that is ever-growing with digital information. ‘“On the one hand it’s a book,”’ says Margaret Pabst Battin, editor of The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources, ‘“and on the other hand it’s a website as a sort of scholarly/social center, where people who are interested in the topic for whatever reason can discuss it, and can add content. It’s so exciting, if for no other reason for its dynamism and for the proof of concept that it creates.”’ @universityofutah

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Free 10 minute chair massages, the perks of early morning shopping in downtown Port of Spain. This was awesome...from the kneading and compression to tapotement. #chairmassage #swedish #kneading #compression #tapotement #bodywork #practitioner #awesomeness #portofspain #trinidad

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I first heard of Paul Keens-Douglas when I was in Secondary School - unarguably the Caribbean's best storyteller. When he announced the 40th anniversary of his classic 'Time Was When' show I had to show up and support last night. Here is the original poster for his first show 40 yrs ago- I wasn't even conceived yet ☺ #paulkeensdouglas #timewaswhen #classic #storytellying #tradition #trinidad #littlecaribtheatre #40th #anniversary #rich #commentary #comedy #nostalgia #caribbean

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Paid a courtesy call on Labour Minister Simona Broomes on Sept 21, 2015. We discussed worker's rights, labour conditions and developing a just working agenda for the workers of Guyana. #Guyana #workers #labour #rights #workersagenda #labourconditions #simonabroomes #just #courtesycall

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Peace groundings at my alma mater President's College on Sept 21, which also happened to be my birthday. We spoke about peace and chanted against racism, discrimination and violence, and pledged to build a cohesive Guyana one community initiative at a time.  Then came the groundings with my educators. I opened the conflict management workshop saying that God has favoured me and Mrs Chichester said, "I knew that since you first spoke in my class." I'm forever indebted to the guardian  angels posing as educators at PC. #peace #groundings #almamater #Guyana #discrimination #racism #cohesive #conflict #management #workshop #educators #guardianangels #president'scollege #birthday #worldpeace #day #community

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I felt like he painted it knowing I would own it. I walked into the gallery Spice Mall gallery in Grenada and I swear the painting whispered my name. So I bought it - he called it "Chocolate Delight." It's a beautiful painting and there are no replicas. Remembering Grenada, artist John Henry, his incredible story and the warm people I met on the island. #art #caribbeanartist #chocolate #delight #cocoa #grenada #gallery #johnhenry #supporting #regional #beautiful #painting #tbt #replica

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In conversation with Chilean operatic tenor Diego Godoy-Gutierrez. He is hoping to change perceptions of opera music and encourages young people to "rediscover the music" since according to him,"Opera has always been about the common man." I like this guy...and he's so passionate about his work. #chile #opera #tenor #music #southamerica #perceptions #rediscover #commonman #passion #diegogodoy

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Eid Celebriations for our 3-woman unit at the office, a bit delayed but well worth the wait following one week of additional fasting #eid #celebration #fasting #newdays #elsocorro #trinidadandtobago #teamspirit

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Conquered my fear of the water and went snorkeling. The coral reef in Flamingo Bay, Grenada is unbelievably beautiful. Missed the under water sculpture park due to a panic attack. But the team at Eco Dive Grenada was awesome! I broke a toe and got sea sick, but as the trinis would say "small thing" #snorkeling #grenada #flamingobay #coral #reef #ecodive #ecodivegrenada #grenadadiving #fun #water #grandansebeach #beach #puregrenadafun #grandanse