In T&T at the moment, there are two types of people. Those who have BEEN on vacation, and those who are waiting to be on vacation. However, for those who doh often check their calendar, it is July 7th. This means, it is officially “Summer Time” in Trinidad. Still, summer time can mean two different things depending on whether you’re working, or schooling! Here are some tell-tale differences we caught on when yuh know it’s summertime.

Working

• Yuh thanking the traffic Gods for closing schools
• Everyday have ah after work lime
• The FOMO is real but you have work in the morning
• Starting to budget for Carnival #BandLaunchSeason
• Nowhere is sacred because uni kids are everywhere

Schooling

• Yuh weekend starts from Tuesday and Monday is the only rest day
• Yuh in 51 every Thursday either askin yuhself why yuh there or having the time of yuh life
• Yuh clock doh tell am times
• If it weren’t for your phone you wouldn’t know what day it is
• Trying to find a side hustle to subsidize yuh overactive social life
• Finally getting to wear all those outfits you’ve been saving
• Aggressively trying to lose the weight everyone else seems to notice but you
• Getting bored by the 2nd month of vacation
• Trying to have the best summer possible before grades come out to ruin the party