About Chennette

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January 2, 2008.

I am a Trini currently living and working in Guyana, with the good fortune of being able to hop around some of the beautiful places in the Caribbean, all the while learning how to use my camera.

This blog started off as just an extension of my Flickr photos, and then I started writing actual posts which morphed into a mostly food blog. Who knows what’s next.

For all those who wonder about the name of the blog…well I gave that answer at the TriniGourmet when she did a virtual interview which I shall reproduce here:

“People wondering about my name? Years ago, when I was signing up for a free webmail, my own name was taken. So I decided I wanted something Trini. Not sure how I settled on chennet, but maybe it was in season. Couldn’t miss it if it was, since the neighbours across the road used to have a biiig tree that filled up the view from my bedroom window.

And that’s the answer to that big mystery “

And as for the “Lifespan of a Chennette”, well, I didn’t know what the blog was going to be about. Sister the younger, Lilandra pushed me into the blogosphere without my having a plan. But I knew it would have to be about me, about my life, about my travels…something. So Lifespan of a Chennette seemed to reflect that idea accurately, especially when a poem by one of my favourite authors popped immediately into my head (note I said “author” and not “poet”). I used to have this little poem on my blog just under the title, although I don’t think it would have made sense to many anyway :

Fruit Fly by Gavin Gunhold

Due to the tragically short life span of the average fruit fly,
College is not really an option.
Caps and gowns don’t come in that size anyway.

(from A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman)

And for more information on me, here are some links to posts that give some more knowledge about me as a foodie mostly:

* Nyam#1: Lifespan of a Chennette (from the TriniGourmet)

* Weird Food Facts About Me

* Answers to Questions – Hmmm’s Questions!

* A Collection of Thoughts (my thoughts on blogging back in January 2007)

* 8 Things About Me (not food related)

[Edited: 6 July 2007]href=”http://chennette.net/2007/01/18/answers-to-questions-hmmms-questions/”>Answers to Questions – Hmmm’s Questions!

* A Collection of Thoughts (my thoughts on blogging back in January 2007)

* 8 Things About Me (not food related)

[Edited: 6 July 2007]