Monday, August 15, 2005

I must have looked like I had STUPID tatooed on my forehead

Ahhhh.... the Italians have arrived.
I was given a painstaking explanation, in English, this morning, by someone from a country that begins with the letter I, that Zey vood like waaaan explaaaaaaaaaaaaasso.
I answered, Sure! Which in perky Americanish is the same as o.k., or yes, right now, or right away. I turned around to push the button on our Gaggia (Italian) superautomatic espresso machine and the "person" said. "Eeeet eees daaa leeeeetle koffeeeeee, not zeee beeeeeg waaaaan. "
I finished pulling the shot and said with a big smile on my face "Pague por favor cuatro dólares al hombre gigante allá." roughly translates to please pay $4 to the giant man over there"
Ciao!
Note to self: I have to remember to start speaking English with my fake Spanish accent again.

As another side note, I think I've been working too hard because I've lost my sense of humour (and my feet hurt). Just ask the water taxi boat captain who "misplaced" my $360 coffee order today. So, I'm taking off for the mainland until Friday, working at my studio, and am going to enjoy the quiet while it lasts.
Adios Amigos - Living in Paradise

7 comments:

neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

Hullo. I found your blog at Vit's. I got curious because I once considered living in Belize. Now I'm even more curious because of the art gallery.

Hope you don't mind, I'll stick around to read some more.

Caribbean Colors Belize said...

GG- I just found your site, your stories remind me so much of Belize. Our nurse here on Caye Caulker (Donna) is from Guyana. There are a lot of similarities between the two countries, the accent is similar, the formalness. You might like Belize. Guyana is a member of Caricom, so that would make it easier for you to come.

Caribbean Colors Belize said...

Yes, I'm still here, I'm leaving tomorrow morning.

Restless Angel said...

I just found your comment at my blog.... I'm sorry! You must've thought I was ignoring you or something.... Bad Angel!

Any-who, I've read over a few entries, lovin' your space... mind if I link you sometime over at RA?

piu piu said...

what sort of work do you make?

Caribbean Colors Belize said...

Sure RA, the more the merrier.

Caribbean Colors Belize said...

Piu Piu, I do hand colored photography, watercolors and I paint on silk with the French serti technique. You can see my (always unfinshed) website at http://www.caribbean-colors.com or my flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribbeancolors