Jul 08, 2005 19:17
I AM AN IMMAGRANT
I was born in trinidad, the island at the bottom of the carribean. if yall are initerested here are some facts about where i was born. its the most industrialized island of the carribean. it is the birthplace of calypso, the limbo dance, and the steel drums. ( i know yall know that song, "feelin hot hot hot!, thats trinidad shit) . the island is a cosmopolitian melting pot of many races. the majority being african and indian, but also consisting ofmiddle easet, europe, india, china, and some of the last amerindiands, (caribs and arawaks.) the island is extremely diverse, many of the in habitatns mixed. i lived there from when i was born to when i was 6, and visist all da time. the island does not participate in daylight savings time. so for half of the year our time is da same as american eastern time, and the the other half its an hour behind. we dont have 4 seasons like up here either. we only have 2, the rainy and the dry season. theres also a lizard down there that glows in the dark that cant be found anywhere else in the world. i can remember all kinds of shit when i was little, watching my dad and my grandad trying to kill a 28 foot anaconda down there. they had mascheti's in their hands and were chopping at it and it wouldnt penetrate the skin. theres also one of the wonder's of the world down there, the pitch lake. it constantly refills itself from the bottom up with pitch. weird huh? no matter how much yoiu take out, it refills itself back up to that level. in my country, the biggest thing its known for is music. in that jayz video big pimpin. thats where they filmed it. that is where im from