The Manicou Report

Choc’late Allen
There is little I can say about Choc’late Allen that hasn’t been said by someone smarter and more eloquent than I.

The first time I heard her talk my jaw dropped. I had never before heard a child speak so articulately or confidently. What dey feeding that chile? I think I found out that she was home schooled. Which may explain a thing or two. At 13 my conversation was to the effect of “ummmm, yeah, eh heh, yeah daiz de man”. In fact if you read over this blog, you’ll find that my speech hasn’t changed much in over a decade and a half.

I’m going to resist the temptation to make puns out of her name like the other newspapers, but I’m just going to say I wish there were more Choh’lates in the world (I promise that is not an attempt at a pun).

Faith Williams
Nowadays we’ve become used to people meeting untimely deaths. And because we know the killers just don’t care, we don’t expect anything more from them. But what should we say when 3 year old Faith Williams dies after undergoing a routine hernia surgery because as it turns out the “health professionals” used faulty equipment? The machine wasn’t calibrated properly and so Faith Williams received 17 to 18 per cent more anesthesia than was supposed to be administered. No one bothered to check, no one bothered to calibrate it so she’s dead.

Well if the health professionals are so careless about our lives, far less for anyone else.

Piarco Airport Sentencing
When I first returned to Trinidad a friend tried to win me over to the UNC. One of his methods was to say, “Well we all know dey line dey pockets, but ent we still get airport?” I of course couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was trying to figure out how someone could be so unpatriotic in order to support a political party. Within weeks of being here I realized it was a sentiment that had been expressed time and time again.

For the record I’m a patriot. I don’t care who you are or what you’ve done in the past. If you tief, you should be thrown in jail. Don’t try to smooth it over by saying “well at least we get schools, at least we get airport”.

I just can’t wait for more charges to be laid in connection to a certain non-existing hospital in Scarborough. (Sorry law, I know I promised to blog about this, but for now I think the moment is gone. When it pops up again, hopefully I will get a chance then.)

Cornell Glen
Well it’s no secret, by boy Cornell got fired. Whether or not that has to do with the arrival of the new Fresh Prince of L.A., I have no idea.

What has me laughing is the interview he gave on CNC 3 last night. When asked about where he was going to play now that he’s out of a job he replied (and I’m paraphrasing), “Well I want to play in a foreign club for sure. If I have to play down here (scoffs and laughs at the same time then pauses) I guess I’ll play with one of the top teams like Joe Public or San Juan Jablotech. “

But what de jail is this? Who is he? Now I know the boy has some mad skill eh, but who is he to say who he will play for? Son, you have to be offered a job in order to play eh. I know yuh good, but you just can’t dictate who you’ll play for. Remember, you’re not all that fit at present.

Having said that, I wish him a speedy recovery, because I think he’s one of the better players (and one of my favourites) on the National Squad. I hope that he gets a big contract somewhere.