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On vacation

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Taking a blogging vacation. Back in Sept.

BREAKING NEWS- Caribbean Airlines crash in Guyana

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UPDATED: Saturday morning a Caribbean Airlines plane crashed in Guyana. 157 passengers and six crew members lived to tell their tale. Five passengers were hospitalised. One passenger suffered a broken foot.





At 3pm CNC 3 News also began hourly updates. Click on the orange links below to view each.

3PM UPDATE- Interview with passenger Michael Nedd.

4PM UPDATE- Interview with Trinidadian Min. Stephen Cadiz who is in Guyana.

5PM UPDATE- Interview with Guyanese Home Affairs Min. Clement Rohee

Busy week. Lots of filming

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Mexican mini documentary

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Did I tell you I was in Mexico this summer?

Yes, for nine days.

Cancun? Acapulco?

No, Cuernavaca. Or as the local say Uernavaca

In May, I and six other students from Canadian universities went to Mexico for a cultural immersion experience. But I didn’t just go to learn. I went to Mexico to produce a mini-documentary. Right now the piece is in post-production. I will post some footage and pictures in a timming (Trini-talk for: I will post content soon).

In the meantime, I wrote about my trip for the Ryerson Catholic Chaplaincy Centre. The centre sponsored a huge portion of my trip. An excerpt and link is below.

“Two families invited us into their homes. If I didn’t have my camera and tripod I’d feel like someone who was invading their home. But with my equipment slung across my back like a sword I felt like an exploiter who just wanted to get as many shots as I could from this poor woman to enrich my documentary.” READ MORE

Day at the beach

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Memories of creamy crack

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I can remember my sister sitting between my mother’s legs at the bottom of our couch. A towel draped around her neck. And my mother, snapping on surgical gloves that she would bring home from the hospital she worked at. Just for Me, Dream Kids, Dark and Lovely, Motions, Cream of Nature, Soft and Beautiful– these magical products whipped my sister’s hair into silk threads.


My friend, Dominique Bennett, posted a quick video today of her mother perming her hair.

It made me relive the pain my sister would bear. And it made me remember the one time my mother asked, “You want me to do this to yours?”

Storyboarding

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Chinese chest in Chinatown

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Toronto shame corner of Shuter & Bond Sts.

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It’s Canada Day & pride weekend

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