My cousin was just here a little while ago. She moved here when she was a baby and it's funny to hear the American accent trying to speak Trini. Yesterday, she got christened....well in the Hindu way though. Initiated sounds like a better word now that i think of it. But yes, she now has a guru. A little while after they left, Nan came and was telling me that my cousin is getting to be a bit rude. I asked her how so and she told me that for everything that she asked my cousin (lets call her D), D asked her if she had a problem with it. Yeah, it's a bit rude considering that we would have been whopped for back talking to our elders. I really like D though. D's little brother is also kinda rude and for that reason, I told my parents to keep him away from me. Children are cute and all but cuteness stops when they start being rude. But there was a joke in all this. Nan told me that D was into brand names already. We were figuring that it was from her friends at school because our family doesn't really look for brand names in anything unless it promises quality and durability. So this is what Nan said, "D was telling me about some bag called Rockefeller and....." I busted out laughing and cut her off. Not only did Nan not buy the brands but she had no clue about the name! Big difference between Rocawear and Rockefeller! I guess I would have been just as clueless if it was not for Ami. Ami would not buy a shirt unless the name of it is written somewhere on the outside. I mean, not slapped across the entire front or back but on the buttons or tucked away in the front corner. Somewhere in the middle I started to buy brand names and Ami began to shop at WalMart. I guess we learnt from each other.
I tutored today because I cancelled tutoring yesterday for Divali. When I walked up to my student, I knew i smelt alcohol but i really tried to dismiss it. Turned out that he was drunk and very happy. he was talking, very loud too and he talked more today than he ever did in the many months that I have tutored him so far! Boy, was he out of it! He told me that he would pay me for not teaching him because he was "trippin'" and could not focus. I asked him to explain "trippin'" to me because I was not following him. I knew what he meant to say but I wanted to hear it from him. When he was done, I told him that his mom worked too hard to waste her money and I was going to sit there for the hour and tutor him in something that he could understand. The kid is a good kid. he has respect and he really does love his mom a lot. he asked me not to call his mom and tell her that he could not focus today because she would be upset with him. I agreed on the condition that he would have to show me that he understood the things i showed him so far. So we reviewed today. I doubt that he could even see right but I made him sit up in his chair and work problems until the hour was up. We were on the last problem when he asked me if i don't feel sorry for him in his state. I told him no because it was not as if he had a cold or something. he did that to himself and he would have to learn his limits and responsibilities. Alcohol is NOT cool. It is irresponsible and it really does smell disgusting or maybe i just have a really really good sense of smell because i smell everything. I was not upset with my student though. he showed me that he could do the work although it took him a longer time to finish up.
At the end of the tutoring, I let him know that this was the first and last time that I would see him like that. he promised me that it would be. it's good to party and have fun. Everyone should have fun when they are young like that and there is no harm in that. you can only tell a person what not to do but you cannot really stop a person from doing what they want. yes, i drank at times. I was under 21 and it was no big deal because I knew my limit. after 21 the fun comes out of it. In Trini we say, "when rum start to taste sweet, look out!" i guess that's when you know you have a problem.
All the while i was talking to my student, he was telling me about how cool my phone was and how "it got chrome on the sides and a screen." I figured he really was out of it. Thank goodness the tutoring was over! At the end of it, I was paid for my time and I felt better knowing that he did do the work that I was being paid to teach to him.
I was leaving when a guy asked me for my phone number for tutoring in Math. I told him to email me instead. I didn't think he wanted to be tutored really and he just wanted my number. i told him i share my phone with my fiancee. I doubt i will hear from him again. I better go walk now. Feeling like getting some fresh air rather than using the treadmill today. Now to just find my sneakers.........
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