As we all know, the months September and October boast the most amount of birthdays in Trinidad and Tobago. The unspoken theory is that all Trinidadians are consciously or unconsciously more promiscuous and more fertile around the January-February Carnival Season. As our good friend Nesta Boxill says: "And nine months later baby sure born". Whether or not this theory is true, within our Triple E Fam their are several birthdays in and around this time frame.
Most notably during September 2010 were the birthdays and respective birthday celebrations of Ken and Armani. Relatives by choice, it may be too corny to call these two brothers from another mother as both Ken and Armani are as different as they are similar. Those interested in the life story of these kids, or just a little to idle for comfort can check out more on these two sidekicks on their official fan page: Ken and Armani.
Left to Right: Tishana, A Klass 101 Model and Tonia pose for the camera
The first leg of our Triple E Fam, special presentation was Ken's Party in the Park. This event was squarely based on the concept that people in general will party anywhere once given a chance. Also the motivation behind it, according to Ken was because he 'just wanted to sit and talk, picnic style with his friends'. The idea was that the freedom of the event would allow all interested to come share a drink and have a lime on a Sunday evening, no strings attached. Turn out was scattered in the first few hours due to rain for four hours before the event. The few who did make it on time did picnic in the park as planned however and the vibes never stopped it nightfall. By 7pm the Party moved to the road, when the influx of friends and supporters turned up. Apparently four hours of sunny skies after the rain was enough to convince most. Whatever it was, Total Control spun the event out of control as Britney, Daniella, Kristal and Akeem arrived with the food.
Left to Right: Akeem Prout and Celestina, Red Bull Powered Music, Bevv and Ken share a moment
The free flow of Gerra, Pelau, Red Bull and the cases of Guinness the YBC boys contributed was enough to turn the Park vibes into Pure Vibes in the road. Macoya Gardens residents and the police officers did not complain and the event closed off at 9.30. Stragglers made their way to Ken's home nearby and unceremoniously dealt with his birthday cake. Although the concept of "Partying in the Park" is still yet to be executed the idea of jumping up and down rave style in the middle of a random park is still on the agenda for the EEEmpire. Maybe Ken will have a part 2, without the complications of it being his birthday and torrential rainfall for the entire day. Maybe...
Party in the Pool - September 26th
Armani Fernandes helps Kayla Martin out the pool
The second leg of this Virgo extravaganza took place in the southern neighborhood Gulf View at the home of Armani Fernandes. At his home the palancemaster came alive! True to tradition he extended himself selflessly to provide a shuttle service from the east to safely transport his friends willing to come support his pool lime. Selector Red, the hidden female Dj of Redymix DMT kept the tunes in running smoothly and controlled the special requests for random music from semi drunk attendees.
The set up was perfect as Armani's open bar and his floating mini bar kept his friends happier than usual. The highlight of the evening was the valiant attempts by several girls to avoid the pool at all costs. Unfortunately for them, each person was thrown into the pool sooner, later or repeatedly!
Happy People Party Pool Side @ Armani's house
Kayla Martin was a classic example of this, being one of the first girls to be thrown into the pool. Up to publishing time, she could not be reached for questioning. This event progressed smoothly from the day into the night with Jasanya Jones and the Regal Elite sisters instrumental in keeping everyone's spirits up with wanton abandonment and indiscriminate interaction with invited guests. Turn out was great although almost everyone came at different times but Aidan represented for his Blaquee Pheonix, Seon Guitain was there since Omari Luke was too far to come even if he wanted too, even the newest members of Triple E like Shady were most present to support the Palancemaster.
Left to Right: Armani Fernandes himself & a friend, Late night pool vibes, Skittles promoted minimal behavior
Each member of 3E has one thing in common, a birthday. August into September happens to be rich with limes, parties all held in commemoration of the birthday of some member. Over the past few months celebrations have been much more a joint activity than just blowing out some candles.
Since 2009, Jasanya Jones pioneered this Birthday tradition with her birthday beach lime on Sun June 16th of that year. On facebook, the albums "My Birthday Beach Lime...I love my friends" and "Skittles B'day with her 3E Family [Beach]" showcase the joy of simply enjoying an evening of relaxation as a "family". It is interesting to note that after this Jasanya suggested we have more beach limes similar to her birthday beach lime and this eventually evolved into our popular "Not another EEEmpire® Beach Lime" series of beach limes.
Here is an eight minute clip of the random action at Jasanya's Beach lime:
Jonathan Morgan spent his first week of summer vacation in Trinidad,working arduously to ensure the perfect college Graffiti Glow experience for all. Right after this, he celebrated his birthday in collaboration with the Triple E Fam, hosting a retreat and meeting for committee members only and then a lime after for family and friends.
This great event was encouraged by a very small 'Birthday Club' lime at Jonathan's St Joseph home the week before; on the day of his Birthday.
This pre lime is best explained by this video:
"What in my opinion opened the Birthday Club was the cake and lime at Jonathan's house for his Birthday, it was a close knit, quiet lime. Sometimes we should appreciate the finer things in life, aside from all the hustle and bustle and 3E Birthday club ensures that we have events which allow for this." said Ken Sambury, organizer of both the smaller house lime and the larger retreat and birthday celebration.
To date the Birthday Club has been instrumental in making the members of the Triple E Family feel appreciated not just for their business expertise or marketing savvy, but for their own individual personality blend which makes 3E a business, a committee, a conglomerate but still a family.
This club has brought Stefan Guevera to tears, made Ken Sambury smile for pictures (which he never does), and allow Jonathan Morgan to say that he is proud, not just that our profits are more than our expenditure but proud of the unity derived from our Family activities. Remarkable occasions to say the least! All those readers who may be peeved that they can't 'join' this Birthday Club are admonished not to worry, these Birthday Club activities are never exclusive to 3E members. Friends and family are usually invited and if its Ken, he may just have a Party in the PARKfor the entire neighborhood.
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