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After a long weekend, I’m finally glad to be back home. See, I spent this last few days somewhere in Trinidad, “meeting the Fockers!”. Good food, great hospitality, was good to finally meet the family. The place is as hot as Florida if not hotter. A lot of things made no sense to me. Why the rooftops are made of metal sheets in such a hot place? Why Rum is so popular? Why the roads, houses, and living conditions are so horrendous when it seems the country is doing well from its natural resources (Gas, Oil)? Why many are not trying to better themselves?
During the weekend we spent quality time with the family, drove around the island to meet Michelle’s extended family, and in between I had time to chat with some about business, life. Internet there, while common, isn’t yet to where it should be. It should be all over, it should be more affordable.
Rum and killing one another seems to be the favorite past time there. Laventille, one of the most dangerous places in Trinidad, counts well over 200 killings since the beginning of the year. And Rum? Not only locals make little money, they choose to spend it on drinking for the most part. Pausing reality keeps one away from making a better one. I found that sickening.
On the way back to the airport after spending the weekend there, seeing a stray dog walking on a busy highway calmly towards cars as if they were not there, head down, described my feeling there. Feeling of no hope, no future, nothing really matters.
I’m going to stop here, let you think it over for a day or two.
Have a blissful day!
Sahar
Sahar said, “Feeling of no hope, no future, nothing really matters.”
You have a vision of something better. I’m sure some of that rubbed off on a few people there. And it spreads outwards. One guy tries just a little harder. The next sees the improvement and wants the same. You do what you can within your sphere of influence and another sphere of good happens a little further out.
“Internet there, while common, isn’t yet to where it should be. It should be all over, it should be more affordable.”
It would be good to get the Internet to more people there and at a affordable price. But, most people will misuse it anyway. Porn and scams. A few will use it for problem solving. Making their world a little better or a little brighter. That’s where the good will come in. And the good will spread outwards as it goes.