… friends


And the year was … How it happened…
1985 I transferred from Hopefield prep to Andrews prep and ended up in 7A with
Twanya, she was my first friend there
1987 Started my high school life at Andrews and Sandie and I quickly became friends
1990 By this time we were all on the swim team, and Nyasha and I went out for the water polo team
1995 Anona and I, having both returned from AFS were inseperable in our first year at UWI
1995 Having met Emru previously, I ended up joining Panoridim and he swiftly became my confidante
1996 Kirk and I started dating in 2nd year UWI and remained a big part of each other’s life for a long time
1999 A small office at UWI led to a close friendship with Deli
2000 A short stint with Panoridim fostered a very deep bond with Alexei
2001 I trusted Wesley to drive me home on the first day of school and haven’t looked back since - he is absolutely one of the best people I know
2002 Rana and I found each other thru a random room assignment at a seminar in DC, but those 5 days were the start of an amazing friendship
2002 Rana and I added a third that weekend in the form of Damien, and the three of us were always together
2002 Mark moved in with us in Miami and tho we’d known each other from years ago, we discovered a valuable friendship
2002 Damien’s girlfriend, Sasha, rapidly became my closest female friend ever
2002 Sheila, a vibrant Panamanian from NY recently moved to Miami, soon showed me there was more to her than pan
2003 Stephanie and I missed out, only finding our common ground in my last semester in Miami, but we made up ground and she completed my "girls"
2004 A Panoridim trip to Trinidad and an evening spent in All Stars panyard led to an solid friendship with Daryl