Emily goes to TnT: January 2009

UWI campus

Here are just a few pictures of the campus I am at everyday.

This is the Bursary's office where I pay rent.

Center for Language Learning (CLL). I have Spanish class here, I lime here with friends a lot, and I was here a lot in the beginning because the International Office is in here as well.

Sports and Physical Education Center (SPEC) i.e. the gym where I work out.

The ugly library I pretty much lived in last semester and despise (no bags, food, or drink inside...i.e. a freezing pain in my butt).

The food court/square

The food court/square with Rituals (the equivalent of Starbucks)

The Department of Behavioural Sciences is located on the second floor of this building.

The Department of Natural Sciences, the department of International Relations, SALISES (or the Law Department) and Center for Gender Studies and Development is to the right of these (not pictured).

Some grassy area across from all those buildings.

Sandbaggers and Karaoke and JMalone's

My friend Lynneil's friend, Richard aka Chynee, is on TnT's soca version of American Idol...Soca Star. He is a finalist and they follow around the finalists for a day with their friends and family. So Richard had a lime at Sandbaggers...a billiard. By the time we arrived, the cameras had left, but we didn't really want to be on TV, we just wanted to lime. We played darts, foozball and pool. After, we migrated to JMalone's for Karaoke. We didn't get up to sing, but Lynn and I plan to choose a song ready to sing for next time.

A crazy Ukrainian who got up to sing.

This guy got 'surprised.' His friends put his name on the list, but he played it cool and even got another girl to dance with him.

Some of the spectators of the Karaoke...including Lynn!

Chynee/Richard shootin pool.

Playin fooooozball!

Ruby Tuesday Lime

Yes, they have Ruby Tuesdays in TnT (along with subway and KFC and TGIF). Rashida decided to throw a big lime (20 people who were all late except me and Chanel who were early haha oh Trinis) with friends who are coming and going to school before the Vac ended.

Jabari, Rashida, Tenniel, Hilary

Chris, Chanel, Me

Me, Rashida, Lynneil

Asa Wright

Just after I got back from Christmas at home, I went to Asa Wright Bird Sanctuary via the North coast route. Here is what I saw:

View of Asa Wright from the guest house porch.

Some humming birds eatin lunch.

Some more humming birds and a nasty-lookin rodent.

I forget the name of this bird.

In the forest during the nature walk.

A venomous snake we saw on our walk just mindin its own business.

The owl butterfly...can you guess why it is called that?

Pretty flower 1

Pretty flower 2

Pretty flower 3

On the ride up.

Caroni Swamp

Somehow between Tobago and Home I went to Caroni Swamp...here are some of the things we saw.

This pic doesn't do our 'Christmas Tree' justice. The red are the Scarlet Ibis, the White are the Snowy Egrets, and somewhere are the Tri-Colored Herons. They all converge on this tree for the evening at dusk.

Pretty.

A snake chillin in the tree.

The tree-climbing crab that has Carotene in it that the Scarlet Ibis eat that give them their red color.

A Blue Heron

Some part of the croc fam.

Cool Mango-tree roots.

Englishman's Bay

Next we ventured way up the north coast to go to Englishman's Bay...a somewhat deserted beach. It rained for most of the morning, but at least the sun came up for a bit before we had to travel back.

View during bus ride back

Pretty

Englishman's Bay with the Sun out!

Me and Martina finally gettin some sun!

View from our camp out on top of the cafe/souvenir shop with sarongs swaying in the rain.

Me at our camp out where we ate some goood suger cake.

The stupid stray dog who wouldn't leave us alone.

Mount Irvine

After Kat left, Martina and I ventured to a different part of Tobago and ended up at Mount Irvine-the surfers beach. We relaxed and met a chill group of locals and foreigners liming on the beach!

Check out this sweet surfer...I will be back.

Pretty Mount Irvine

A Baptism at Mount Irvine

Store Bay

After crashing CoCo Reef we went to Store Bay...they had good eats (including Bake N Salt fish) and lots of souvenir shops. That evening we watched the sunset at the Beach Bar, which had this blown up Santa.

What is wrong with this picture? I am tan and wearing a halter next to a santa wearing a fuzzy red coat and pants, boots, gloves, and a hat....I should be bundled up as well!