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Are you Guilty of a Negative Workplace Mentality?

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“Yayyy! I got a job!" Most persons share these sentiments after that most anticipated phone call, post interview. Feelings of happiness, jubilation and excitement rush through your veins, as you share ...

Work & Money | COMMENTS

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Long-term Relationships: Holy Grail or Crying Shame?

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I was in a restaurant abroad with a group of girlfriends, some old, some new when the subject of partners came up. Only one member of the group knew I’d ...

Self & Relationships | COMMENTS

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Livin La Vida Bored? Get More Social

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A typical day in your life goes like this. You wake up – grudgingly – about 5 a.m. or earlier (props to you if you can get up later; pats ...

Lifestyle | COMMENTS

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To Stay Home or Not to Stay Home? That is MY Question

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Never in a million years would I have imagined that I would be strategizing worthy ways to make being a stay-at-home mother a reality. Housewife! Yuh crazy! I would never ...

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Compre vs. Prestige: Did the Type of Secondary School You attended Matter?

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“You went a Compre, serious? But yuh doh sound like yuh went ah Compre. And well, yuh so calm.” That’s usually the response I get from folks when they find ...

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Feteing wid Yuh Lover, but Wining on Someone Else?

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Anyhow yuh wine, a wine is a wine, but… Ladies, when you’re in a fete, do you like to see your man wining on another woman? Men, are you okay if your ...

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Upcoming Articles

Sean Annandsingh: Babash ManSean Annandsingh: Babash Man
Sean Annandsingh is one of those guys you have a hard time not liking. Always smiling (at least every time I see him), he's earnest...
Is Facebook the new Séance?Is Facebook the new Séance?
Last December, my friend Dennis died. Loved by many, his death came as a huge shock, and there was no end of tears at his send off. Even...
Marijuana: Loved by Rastas, Sprangas, and Tantie?Marijuana: Loved by Rastas, Sprangas, and Tantie?
Scene:  A twenty-something-year-old, female professional, Empress, sits in a dark room upstairs a busy business, in the heart...
Abuse and the Cycles of NegativityAbuse and the Cycles of Negativity
Some time last year, my co-worker was stressed out, and on edge because of his girlfriend. He complained that she repeated negative...
Loving a SociopathLoving a Sociopath
There is no worse feeling than realising that the person you love just a little less than life itself doesn't love you at all. You...

Contributors

Krystal Richardson is a young attorney, who also holds a BA in Literature and History. She hopes to one...Read more >>
Born in Trinidad, and raised in New York, Onika Pascal is a paralegal by day, and writer by night. She’s...Read more >>
Jody Edwards’ love for storytelling comes from her family and close friends. She aspires to be a successful...Read more >>
David Hamilton aka Da Face is a local hip hop artiste who moonlights as a blogger, when he's not trying...Read more >>
Ever met a guy who knew exactly what he was about? Well, Kwame Weekes is not that guy. The only thing...Read more >>
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Interviews
Obasi Springer: Artist on SkinJoshua Ramirez Wharwood
Obasi Springer: Artist on Skin
A drummer with Trini Rock gods Orange Sky, turned tattoo artist, he is probably the best kept secret in Trinidad and Tobago's body art world. Chances are you may have seen his handiwork, but don't know the man, 26-year-old Obasi Springer. Outlish recently sat down with Obasi (in the supermarket on a Sunday afternoon, mind you) to get to know the man behind the already legendary tattoo of Lord Ganesh, adorning a young woman's back, which is still a work in progress, and his take on skin as a growing medium f...Read More >>
 
Interviews
Messiah Ramkissoon: Rhyme and ReasonOnika Pascal
Messiah Ramkissoon: Rhyme and Reason
Back in May, I received a text message from my Trini pal DJ Mad Scorpion, telling me about a poet he had just checked out. “He’s a real boss with this poetry ting,” he said. He told me that the poet would be performing at a show at Folukie’s, a Trini-owned restaurant here in Brooklyn, New York. Knowing my love for poetry, my friend insisted that I attend the show. I didn’t make the show at Faloukie's, but googled him, and saw that he’d performed with the likes of Janelle Monae and Lupe Fiasco...Read More >>
 
Interviews
Christian Boucaud: Designing her DreamsCatherine Young
Christian Boucaud: Designing her Dreams
When Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago came to a close earlier this year, Christian Boucaud was the name on everyone's lips. Bringing the audience to its feet after the presentation of her latest swimwear collection "Christian Boucaud Designs", which she dedicated to the memory of her late grandmother, the 26-year-old designer had hit quite a fashionable homerun. "This collection was very close to my heart because I dedicated it to my grandmother," she explains. "She passed in March and so I wanted to make...Read More >>
 

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Lifestyle
Love in a Barrel. The Second Generation.Desiree Seebaran2010-05-24 01:55
Love in a Barrel. The Second Generation.
Unlike many of my classmates in primary school, I never received a barrel. You know, those brown cardboard, cylindrical container...Read More >>
 
Opinion & Issues
Caribbean-Americans - A Case of IdentityKarel Mc Intosh2010-06-07 04:30
Caribbean-Americans - A Case of Identity
With June officially proclaimed as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month in the USA, you’d think the Caribbean community w...Read More >>
 
Opinion & Issues
To UWI or not UWI? Education at Home vs. AbroadDzifa Job2010-07-19 04:30
To UWI or not UWI? Education at Home vs. Abroad
Stay home, or head out to greener pastures? This is the question everyone asks when considering the options for tertiary level ed...Read More >>
 
Opinion & Issues
A Nation of Nattys and the Rastas in BetweenQuilin Achat2010-05-17 04:30
A Nation of Nattys and the Rastas in Between
My sistren's locks are ebony black extensions from her soul.  In a lazy, sexy bun they sit on her head, mirroring her ancest...Read More >>
 
Self & Relationships
The Games Adults Play with LoveOnika Pascal & Karel Mc Intosh2010-07-19 04:30
The Games Adults Play with Love
Red light... green light... one... two... three. This had to be one of your top ten, favourite games as a child, right? And who...Read More >>
 
Self & Relationships
Becoming a statistic. Do you let life happen to you?Fayola Vidale2010-07-12 04:30
Becoming a statistic. Do you let life happen to you?
If any of you know me, you know that I am not in any way a mathematician (I sat CXC Mathematics three times, and I am yet to rece...Read More >>
 
Self & Relationships
Avoiding Tief Head and TabancaKarel Mc Intosh2010-07-12 04:30
Avoiding Tief Head and Tabanca
These days, Alicia Keys is to be blamed for loads of people getting a serious chain up where love is concerned. Blast "Unthinkab...Read More >>
 
Work & Money
To Save or Pay off DebtNatalia Jones2010-06-14 04:30
To Save or Pay off Debt
In a perfect world, we would all have more than enough money to satisfy our needs and wants, and we would never have to choose on...Read More >>
 
Work & Money
Kissing the Man's Ass in BabylonQuilin Achat2010-07-12 07:30
Kissing the Mans Ass in Babylon
It is a weekday scene that few of us will never see, but which most of us live oh too well. Five a.m. waiting at bus stations ac...Read More >>
 
Work & Money
Fabulous Saving - A Guide to Office Chic ShoppingKalifa Clyne2010-06-07 04:30
Fabulous Saving -  A Guide to Office Chic Shopping
Some people can walk into any store, pick up items, and throw them in a bag without a worry. They can shop without looking at pri...Read More >>
 
Arts & Entertainment
Sound clash virgin no moreKalifa Clyne2010-05-05 23:38
Sound clash virgin no more
At 10 p.m. on Saturday night, I found myself getting dressed to attend, of all things, a sound clash. Hosted by the Red Bull Musi...Read More >>
 
Arts & Entertainment
The Trini Rock Scene through the eyes of NYCPady Naidu2010-05-10 04:30
The Trini Rock Scene through the eyes of NYC
Trinidad has a huge, underground rock scene. Isn't that the biggest oxymoron you ever read? There are many bands such as Orange S...Read More >>
 
Biz Chat
Trini Entrepreneurs - The Now GenerationKarel Mc Intosh & Kenyon Champion2010-05-17 04:30
Trini Entrepreneurs - The Now Generation
It seems that all of a sudden, everyone is an event promoter, photographer, graphic artist or a plain ole salesman thanks to soci...Read More >>
 
Lifestyle
Girls who love FootballQuilin Achat2010-07-05 04:30
Girls who love Football
For the last two weeks, screaming, crying, cussing, belligerent messes of men have surrounded me and I love it! This is the pa...Read More >>
 
Lifestyle
The Life of a Thick GirlKaren Francisco2010-07-05 04:30
The Life of a Thick Girl
What exactly does it mean when you're called 'thick'? Apparently, a woman who is not slim, and not fat, but is curvy in all the r...Read More >>