Either provide me with more resources, more accurate data, or you just give me more time to do whatever I'm doing and don't ask me for immediate results because they're not going to come. It's not that simple, right? If you were not able to do it and then you hired me to try and do it, you can't expect me to be a bloody expert in no time at all and do an accent and be able to manage your data and be able to then also provide you with real life results and so quickly, especially after I've worked a whole bloody long day and I'm coming to do this as a favor to you and it was just horrible. So I ended up actually quitting my job at Frontline Managed Services, one of the worst decisions I've made, but then again, life has a way of putting you through things. So I just took it with a pinch of salt. I told the people at the startup that this wouldn't work out because they were just too underappreciative, didn't pay me enough, would constantly try and cut me on. On my commissions, as well as when it came to the overall pay, they mentioned something different in the beginning and then later on they wanted to tax me and there was a considerable chunk of the money that I was making and it didn't make sense because then the only reason I joined the startup was to make more money and they were taking that away from me basically and I was like, man, I'm done with this. You know, I can't be underappreciated, overworked and then not paid enough for it as well. So I tell them that it wouldn't work out. And I left and unfortunately for me, I'd already put in my papers at Frontline Managed Services. I was at the end of my notice period. And at the time, my girlfriend got an opportunity to go ahead and be able to do her post-doctorate in Malaysia and she had to leave in a few weeks. And, you know, I was like, okay, you know what, man, I'm just going to go ahead. And by this time, I had kind of regained some of my financial stability. I had a little bit of, you know, I had a little bit of savings for rainy days and I decided to just take some time off to be able to think and be able to, you know, decide what I wanted to do, whether or not I would stay back at Goa, where I'd enjoyed the last two and a half years thoroughly because I got to spend a lot of time with my niece and nephew. I got to watch my niece grow up, literally. She was born in 2020. I moved there in 2021. And I basically got to watch. I grew up and that was one of the best experiences of my life and the most traumatizing because baby's poop stinks, man. Once it's on your skin, you can't get it off for days. You know, it's just horrible. And babies in general, very cranky and they require a lot of love and attention and, you know, you can't just leave them like a pet. You have to take care of them. And, um, a lot of the times, um, my sister-in-law would be out at work and my brother would be at work and I was the only one who would be able to, you know, take care of them, especially considering the fact that. I was working from home. So it definitely taught me a lot about the responsibilities of being a parent and how difficult it is to have a child and bring one into the world and then teach it what to do in the bloody world. So Goa taught me a lot. And, uh, ironically, Goa has, um, very low liquor prices. So Mumbai is literally double of what you pay for liquor in Goa. And I'm not proud of this, but I did have a drinking problem for a few years, not something that. Really, um, you know, shattered my life, but it wasn't healthy in that sense. And, um, I, I went up on a limb when I initially got Goa because of the lovely pricing, right. He's getting it at half the price twice as much, and that kind of happened. And that was, um, a little bit of a, uh, lower part of my, you know, journey in Goa. But once I was done with that, it got really nice because, um, when I met my current girlfriend, she really, really. Really, really took the time out to understand me. And, um, she took the time out to understand why I was drinking and then slowly and surely she, she got me out of it. And, um, I still drink, I don't drink as much as I used to, and now I have a much better grip on it. And I'm not as, um, you know, addicted, you could say almost cause, um, there was a time when I couldn't do without a drink every day, you know, I had to have a drink or my day was not complete or I wouldn't get sleep. So she helped me through that. And, uh, I learned a lot. And again, having my own cats that taught me a lot about, um, being a pet owner and how expensive it can be to buddy, to have pets, you know, with the veterinarian's bills and the bills for all their food and for litter. And then the very fact that you clean the litter is to keep all your expensive stuff inside because the cats always get to it and they're animals, right? They can't understand that they're destroying something that costs a lot or that it's, it's something that. Can't be played with unlike human babies, which still don't understand it until a few years later. So it definitely taught me patience, responsibility, the ability to be able to push through difficult situations. Um, the ability to be able to save and say no to people. Um, my girlfriend bought up a lot of, um, situations and she constantly made me see situations wherein I was, um, uh, a, a people pleaser, how people would take advantage of the fact that I have a kind soul. And, and try and take advantage of my personality. And a lot of times would just downright just have me there for entertainment. And she noticed all of these things and bought me out of it. And uh, that's when I decided that, you know, maybe it might be time now, um, to, this is, this is obviously I'm talking about after I left the job at the startup and, and, uh, I'd finished my, my notice period with, uh, FMS, which is frontline managed services. And um, I pretty much was jobless. But I had, as I said, a few, a little bit, a little bit of savings for rainy days. And I just decided to spend it, um, on spending time with my girl because she was obviously leaving and she herself had finished, um, her notice period with her company. So we ended up just spending a few weeks together at Goa. And I think those were some of the best days I've ever had at Goa. And unfortunately after that, she did have to leave and go to Malaysia. And uh, for me. I wanted to stay back at Goa, but my parents, um, weren't too happy at Goa. So they moved back to my hometown in, um, in Mumbai or rather back to their hometown in Mumbai. And, uh, they were staying there and them being kind of older and in more need of support, I had to go back to Mumbai. So that's basically the story of how it all happened. And um, Goa in, in, in totality, literally, I mean, there's obviously so much more I can tell you about it, but from the surface level and what it taught me and how it was as an experience, this is pretty much it. So cars and bikes, let me see where I can start. I think the first memory of a car that I ever had was a gypsy or, um, in other countries known as a Samurai, but it was a Suzuki gypsy in our country. And um, it was one of the most, uh, well known army cars. And, um, that was fascinating. It fascinated me and sparked the whole, um, journey on me being interested in automotives and automobiles and in general. And it's also what led me to go ahead and eventually actually pursue, um, both education and at least try for a career in the same, in the automotive space. Um, for me, the fondest memories I have is, um, as a child when my uncles and aunts would buy me cars or any sort of toy that had wheels on it. I, the, uh, very smart person that I am. My dad was an engineer. He used to, um, build and manufacture reaction vessels and, um, basically do a lot of fabrication work and stuff like that. So tools were always available at our house. Like I grew up around tools always being one of the primary things, like the first thing that I see. Um, and, um, I still remember my dad's old toolkit. Um. It was a plastic tray and a bunch of tools that he'd collected over the years. Some of them so rusty, you can't even touch them. Some of them so pristine and lovely that you don't want to use them. And that's kind of where I got the whole idea and what sparked the ideation of trying to build cars and bikes or be able to do something about something related to the automotive industry. And I still remember the first time I bought my own screwdriver, it was me and my dad. We'd gone downstairs to buy, um, a few tools for something he was trying to do at home or a tree. I don't remember, but I remember distinctly being at the hardware store and I seen, um, this screwdriver and it was bright yellow color. And I was like, that, that, that, can I have that? And that was like, well, we already have one at home. I said, yeah, but those are yours and I want my own. So that was a bit impressive. And he was like, all right then, if you're that excited about it, why not? And he bought me my first ever screwdriver, which was a Phillips head screwdriver, or rather not a Phillips head, but a Phillips screwdriver, not Phillips the brand, the cross or it's the pattern or the type of screwdriver it's called Phillips, but other people call it cross, call it X, whatever you want to call it, a plus. But it was that. And I remember as a child, I would always buy cars and bikes or anything that had wheels, as I mentioned earlier. So the minute I got my first screwdriver, I went home and all the toys that I had, literally each and every car, bike, or any kind of vehicle, and sometimes not twin cars or bikes, anything that had screws in them, I just went ahead and started opening them up. You know, I started taking it out. I'd open it up, look more and more into what it was, how it's built. Can I do something to improve it? Can I do something to try and repair it in case it was broken? And generally just sparked this weird obsession with being able to open things and use tools. And that's where it all started, right? My first screwdriver, and I got my second screwdriver, which was a flathead or a minus or whatever you want to call it. But basically the minus sign is the best way to describe it. What type of screwdriver it was. It's just a flat line across. And that's when I started getting more and more into tools. And I started buying more and more tools like pliers and screwdriver sets, different types of wrenches, offset wrenches, spanners, pipe wrenches. And my dad was a very, very, very resourceful man. He would basically do as much as he could on his own. If he could figure it out and do it on his own, he wouldn't call a person from outside to come over and do it. So he'd try and learn skills, learn how to do things on his own. And in that same spirit, he taught it to me. So I learned a lot about generally just working on things at home, being able to assemble furniture, being able to do a bit of plumbing here and there, being able to open up electronics. My dad taught me how to solder when I was a bit older and I did burn myself. I did burn myself a few times because I'm an idiot that way. I'm not the most safety-oriented person and I used to not exactly use the soldering iron the way it's supposed to be used. So I did end up burning myself quite a few times and did end up destroying a lot of tables, a lot of chairs, a lot of things that I shouldn't have destroyed because of that soldering iron. But it also made me so much more confident in being able to work with my hands. And that's what sparked about, you know, the whole narrative to go ahead and become, to try and get into the automotive industry and try and repair bikes, restore stuff, and in general, just be curious about anything that required tools to be worked on. And during school, I mean, we pretty much had a normal standard education, right? Not until the 10th standard, it was all normal. And it's after the 10th that you have to decide whether you want to do commerce, arts, or you want to do science. And me being the kind of curious chap that I was, my father definitely had a great influence on my life and the things I liked and the things I liked doing. And I also learned, I mean, not from a coveted kind of school or institution or university per se, but I learned to sing from a local teacher who had studied at London in, I think, I'm not sure what's the name of that really famous school in London that teaches music. I'm not sure if it's Trinity or whichever other one it is, but that's the one she learned at. And then to give back to the community, she would teach the locals, the local children, basically from the 4th standard to the 10th standard, she would do a course of five years of singing training from everything she learned when she was abroad and studying music, basically. And by that time, I've learned music as well. I wasn't into voiceover as much, but I did have a fair idea of how to do it. So I was dabbling in trying to be a musician. I mean, I wasn't super excited about it. I was more, as I said, a hands-on kind of guy who wants to work with tools and do things with, you know, anything that could be worked on with tools. So it was obvious that I went in for science and my dad was super proud because unlike my two older brothers. I was the only chap in the family to go ahead and do science and then I also went to pursue engineering after that. And my dad was a self-taught engineer. He never actually had formal education in engineering, but he took the time out to try and learn it himself. And he did. For the longest time, he would study and, you know, just learn it on his own and be bloody good at it as well. So that's how it all came about. And after I did science in the 12th, I was a little bit more experienced. I was a little bit more self-centered. Our family took kind of a turn for the worse, you can say. Dad lost his factory and the industry wasn't doing too good and dad wasn't really getting into a lot of work and we were not well-to-do. We didn't have any old money, so it wasn't exactly the best time. But now I went ahead and I joined an organization called Dados and I was working there selling musical instruments during the day. Because I didn't want to leave my education behind, being only a 12th pass, I started doing commerce, which is completely opposite to what I was doing all these previous years. But I started doing commerce in the night college at Xavier's and that was another experience that I was definitely not ready for. Working all day and then trying to study at night and then traveling back home and then doing the whole thing all the weekend the next day. And eventually... I sucked at commerce because obviously I had never had any formal background in commerce. I wasn't thoughted for the last two years and to try and catch up on two years of syllabus that you missed out on, plus learn the new syllabus, was horrible. And I kept failing and one of the priests who was one of the... He was basically the vice principal at the college. He sat me down and he said, man, what are you doing? You've done science. You're a smart guy. You know what you're doing. You know, especially when it comes to... All of these other things like, you know, science wise, at least, you know, what you're talking about, you know, why are you trying to get into commerce and why are you doing this? And I kind of explained the situation to him and he was like, okay, I get it. And I get that you, you know, you're just trying to support your family, but at the same time, you have to think about yourself. You have to make sure that you build your own career and definitely do something that makes you happy or else you're just going to be going from one thing to the next. And then you don't know when you left the earth and you just feel unsatisfied. So... that was kind of the time when I decided that I'm not going to do or rather I'm not going to pursue my commerce degree anymore and I wanted to do something in engineering or something related to science again and that's when I kind of told my parents hey man listen I don't want to work anymore and I want to pursue my education and they were more than happy and obliged to do it because by that time about a year later I tried it for a year it's not like I just gave up in the first go I did try commerce for a whole year kept failing kept failing kept failing and that's when the priest the vice principal he did advise me and he said man you know you're probably just wasting your time so you might as well try for something else and that's when things kind of got better at home dad got ran into a lot of work we started you know at least stabilizing if nothing else financially and that's when I told dad that is it okay if I want to you know pursue my education again and especially pursue engineering and as usual dad was all overjoyed and the first thing we did was went out and looked for all the colleges that offered engineering and then at the time I was also very into trying to restore and repair older vehicles like older bikes so me and my best friend at the time Norman me and him would just go around randomly riding around on our good bikes that we had from like you know mom and dad or whatever and we would just randomly just literally go around the the area the town and look for old old and like run down bikes that we could just buy for a song and then try and restore it and sell it on and one of the first bikes that we ever got was something called the sunny it was a jarred sunny and the sunny was basically a 50cc two-stroke little moped that you take and it's it's ridiculously underpowered sounded like a mosquito but it was a mode of transportation for a lot of people it was their daily driver or rider whatever you want to call it and it was rather popular in India and what we did was we took it we got the engine working we serviced it and we painted it ourselves and we sold it on and that was pretty much the first project and that's where I realized and during that time when I was building that bike and I got shocked off the off the goddamn coil because we didn't know why it wouldn't give spark and then we realized that we've not turned the bike on because at the time we were we both didn't know anything about anything related to bike so a lot of good and bad experiences from that time but that project the first time I ever laid hands on tools and I opened up a bike and I seen how the things work and I got the shock from the bike and we built it literally and then painted it and sent it on and that first money that we got from selling it on was what sparked the the it ignited me to be able to pursue engineering and that's when I finally did start my engineering and then me and Norman obviously kept buying bikes and and doing them up and trying to sell them on eventually of course our education caught up with us and we didn't have enough time and we didn't have enough resources to be honest to be able to keep affording


And that was like, well, we already have one at home. I said, yeah, but those are yours and I want my own. So that was a bit impressive. And he was like, all right then, if you're that excited about it, why not? And he bought me my first ever screwdriver, which was a Phillips head screwdriver, or rather not a Phillips head, but a Phillips screwdriver, not Phillips the brand, the cross or it's the pattern or the type of screwdriver it's called Phillips, but other people call it cross, call it X, whatever you want to call it, a plus. But it was that. And I remember as a child, I would always buy cars and bikes or anything that had wheels, as I mentioned earlier. So the minute I got my first screwdriver, I went home and all the toys that I had, literally each and every car, bike, or any kind of vehicle, and sometimes not twin cars or bikes, anything that had screws in them, I just went ahead and started opening them up. You know, I started taking it out. I'd open it up, look more and more into what it was, how it's built. Can I do something to improve it? Can I do something to try and repair it in case it was broken? And generally just sparked this weird obsession with being able to open things and use tools. And that's where it all started, right? My first screwdriver, and I got my second screwdriver, which was a flathead or a minus or whatever you want to call it. But basically the minus sign is the best way to describe it. What type of screwdriver it was. It's just a flat line across. And that's when I started getting more and more into tools. And I started buying more and more tools like pliers and screwdriver sets, different types of wrenches, offset wrenches, spanners, pipe wrenches. And my dad was a very, very, very resourceful man. He would basically do as much as he could on his own. If he could figure it out and do it on his own, he wouldn't call a person from outside to come over and do it. So he'd try and learn skills, learn how to do things on his own. And in that same spirit, he taught it to me. So I learned a lot about generally just working on things at home, being able to assemble furniture, being able to do a bit of plumbing here and there, being able to open up electronics. My dad taught me how to solder when I was a bit older and I did burn myself. I did burn myself a few times because I'm an idiot that way. I'm not the most safety-oriented person and I used to not exactly use the soldering iron the way it's supposed to be used. So I did end up burning myself quite a few times and did end up destroying a lot of tables, a lot of chairs, a lot of things that I shouldn't have destroyed because of that soldering iron. But it also made me so much more confident in being able to work with my hands. And that's what sparked about, you know, the whole narrative to go ahead and become, to try and get into the automotive industry and try and repair bikes, restore stuff, and in general, just be curious about anything that required tools to be worked on. And during school, I mean, we pretty much had a normal standard education, right? Not until the 10th standard, it was all normal. And it's after the 10th that you have to decide whether you want to do commerce, arts, or you want to do science. And me being the kind of curious chap that I was, my father definitely had a great influence on my life and the things I liked and the things I liked doing. And I also learned, I mean, not from a coveted kind of school or institution or university per se, but I learned to sing from a local teacher who had studied at London in, I think, I'm not sure what's the name of that really famous school in London that teaches music. I'm not sure if it's Trinity or whichever other one it is, but that's the one she learned at. And then to give back to the community, she would teach the locals, the local children, basically from the 4th standard to the 10th standard, she would do a course of five years of singing training from everything she learned when she was abroad and studying music, basically. And by that time, I've learned music as well. I wasn't into voiceover as much, but I did have a fair idea of how to do it. So I was dabbling in trying to be a musician. I mean, I wasn't super excited about it. I was more, as I said, a hands-on kind of guy who wants to work with tools and do things with, you know, anything that could be worked on with tools. So it was obvious that I went in for science and my dad was super proud because unlike my two older brothers. I was the only chap in the family to go ahead and do science and then I also went to pursue engineering after that. And my dad was a self-taught engineer. He never actually had formal education in engineering, but he took the time out to try and learn it himself. And he did. For the longest time, he would study and, you know, just learn it on his own and be bloody good at it as well. So that's how it all came about. And after I did science in the 12th, I was a little bit more experienced. I was a little bit more self-centered. Our family took kind of a turn for the worse, you can say. Dad lost his factory and the industry wasn't doing too good and dad wasn't really getting into a lot of work and we were not well-to-do. We didn't have any old money, so it wasn't exactly the best time. But now I went ahead and I joined an organization called Dados and I was working there selling musical instruments during the day. Because I didn't want to leave my education behind, being only a 12th pass, I started doing commerce, which is completely opposite to what I was doing all these previous years. But I started doing commerce in the night college at Xavier's and that was another experience that I was definitely not ready for. Working all day and then trying to study at night and then traveling back home and then doing the whole thing all the weekend the next day. And eventually... I sucked at commerce because obviously I had never had any formal background in commerce. I wasn't thoughted for the last two years and to try and catch up on two years of syllabus that you missed out on, plus learn the new syllabus, was horrible. And I kept failing and one of the priests who was one of the... He was basically the vice principal at the college. He sat me down and he said, man, what are you doing? You've done science. You're a smart guy. You know what you're doing. You know, especially when it comes to... All of these other things like, you know, science wise, at least, you know, what you're talking about, you know, why are you trying to get into commerce and why are you doing this? And I kind of explained the situation to him and he was like, okay, I get it. And I get that you, you know, you're just trying to support your family, but at the same time, you have to think about yourself. You have to make sure that you build your own career and definitely do something that makes you happy or else you're just going to be going from one thing to the next. And then you don't know when you left the earth and you just feel unsatisfied. So... that was kind of the time when I decided that I'm not going to do or rather I'm not going to pursue my commerce degree anymore and I wanted to do something in engineering or something related to science again and that's when I kind of told my parents hey man listen I don't want to work anymore and I want to pursue my education and they were more than happy and obliged to do it because by that time about a year later I tried it for a year it's not like I just gave up in the first go I did try commerce for a whole year kept failing kept failing kept failing and that's when the priest the vice principal he did advise me and he said man you know you're probably just wasting your time so you might as well try for something else and that's when things kind of got better at home dad got ran into a lot of work we started you know at least stabilizing if nothing else financially and that's when I told dad that is it okay if I want to you know pursue my education again and especially pursue engineering and as usual dad was all overjoyed and the first thing we did was went out and looked for all the colleges that offered engineering and then at the time I was also very into trying to restore and repair older vehicles like older bikes so me and my best friend at the time Norman me and him would just go around randomly riding around on our good bikes that we had from like you know mom and dad or whatever and we would just randomly just literally go around the the area the town and look for old old and like run down bikes that we could just buy for a song and then try and restore it and sell it on and one of the first bikes that we ever got was something called the sunny it was a jarred sunny and the sunny was basically a 50cc two-stroke little moped that you take and it's it's ridiculously underpowered sounded like a mosquito but it was a mode of transportation for a lot of people it was their daily driver or rider whatever you want to call it and it was rather popular in India and what we did was we took it we got the engine working we serviced it and we painted it ourselves and we sold it on and that was pretty much the first project and that's where I realized and during that time when I was building that bike and I got shocked off the off the goddamn coil because we didn't know why it wouldn't give spark and then we realized that we've not turned the bike on because at the time we were we both didn't know anything about anything related to bike so a lot of good and bad experiences from that time but that project the first time I ever laid hands on tools and I opened up a bike and I seen how the things work and I got the shock from the bike and we built it literally and then painted it and sent it on and that first money that we got from selling it on was what sparked the the it ignited me to be able to pursue engineering and that's when I finally did start my engineering and then me and Norman obviously kept buying bikes and and doing them up and trying to sell them on eventually of course our education caught up with us and we didn't have enough time and we didn't have enough resources to be honest to be able to keep affording to buy and restore bikes and also the the not having a dedicated space did become a bit of a challenge because a lot of the times we were just working off the road or we were working in somebody's backyard or we didn't have a specific place where we could actually do things and then as and when education became more and more of a priority for both of us um we started losing interest a little bit here and there of course i was still doing it on my own but having an extra set of hands is always beautiful right and um norman eventually um started paying more attention to his education and also he wasn't really that much into automobile into the automotive scene he was more of like a traditional engineer he wanted to know how everything worked whereas i was more niched into going towards the automotive side because i wanted to know how engines work and how did bikes get built and what are the various parts and components that can be changed to increase performance so i had to try and make it better smoother more efficient whatever it took basically to make it the ultimate vehicle and eventually i just started doing it on my own and after a point it became a little ridiculous because the kind of money that you'd make from you know flipping a vehicle wasn't always great and then again i didn't really do it with bigger better bikes or cars especially not cars because we didn't have the bloody place to do it and i especially didn't have a place to do it so i, eventually, slowed down a bit and then that's when i had to get the job and i got done with the job and then i told my dad about the engineering and he put me in um uh college it wasn't one of the best colleges in the world but it was a college and it would provide me with a certificate that would say that i'm an automobile engineer so i went through with it and um because i was already working on bikes and cars before that and i did have a fair knowledge of it i pretty much excelled at all subjects in my engineering quest except for the engineering part of it so i didn't really know anything about it except for math i failed math like five times it was pathetic but whatever um we did go ahead and i i completed my diploma in engineering i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i


that was kind of the time when I decided that I'm not going to do or rather I'm not going to pursue my commerce degree anymore and I wanted to do something in engineering or something related to science again and that's when I kind of told my parents hey man listen I don't want to work anymore and I want to pursue my education and they were more than happy and obliged to do it because by that time about a year later I tried it for a year it's not like I just gave up in the first go I did try commerce for a whole year kept failing kept failing kept failing and that's when the priest the vice principal he did advise me and he said man you know you're probably just wasting your time so you might as well try for something else and that's when things kind of got better at home dad got ran into a lot of work we started you know at least stabilizing if nothing else financially and that's when I told dad that is it okay if I want to you know pursue my education again and especially pursue engineering and as usual dad was all overjoyed and the first thing we did was went out and looked for all the colleges that offered engineering and then at the time I was also very into trying to restore and repair older vehicles like older bikes so me and my best friend at the time Norman me and him would just go around randomly riding around on our good bikes that we had from like you know mom and dad or whatever and we would just randomly just literally go around the the area the town and look for old old and like run down bikes that we could just buy for a song and then try and restore it and sell it on and one of the first bikes that we ever got was something called the sunny it was a jarred sunny and the sunny was basically a 50cc two-stroke little moped that you take and it's it's ridiculously underpowered sounded like a mosquito but it was a mode of transportation for a lot of people it was their daily driver or rider whatever you want to call it and it was rather popular in India and what we did was we took it we got the engine working we serviced it and we painted it ourselves and we sold it on and that was pretty much the first project and that's where I realized and during that time when I was building that bike and I got shocked off the off the goddamn coil because we didn't know why it wouldn't give spark and then we realized that we've not turned the bike on because at the time we were we both didn't know anything about anything related to bike so a lot of good and bad experiences from that time but that project the first time I ever laid hands on tools and I opened up a bike and I seen how the things work and I got the shock from the bike and we built it literally and then painted it and sent it on and that first money that we got from selling it on was what sparked the the it ignited me to be able to pursue engineering and that's when I finally did start my engineering and then me and Norman obviously kept buying bikes and and doing them up and trying to sell them on eventually of course our education caught up with us and we didn't have enough time and we didn't have enough resources to be honest to be able to keep affording to buy and restore bikes and also the the not having a dedicated space did become a bit of a challenge because a lot of the times we were just working off the road or we were working in somebody's backyard or we didn't have a specific place where we could actually do things and then as and when education became more and more of a priority for both of us um we started losing interest a little bit here and there of course i was still doing it on my own but having an extra set of hands is always beautiful right and um norman eventually um started paying more attention to his education and also he wasn't really that much into automobile into the automotive scene he was more of like a traditional engineer he wanted to know how everything worked whereas i was more niched into going towards the automotive side because i wanted to know how engines work and how did bikes get built and what are the various parts and components that can be changed to increase performance so i had to try and make it better smoother more efficient whatever it took basically to make it the ultimate vehicle and eventually i just started doing it on my own and after a point it became a little ridiculous because the kind of money that you'd make from you know flipping a vehicle wasn't always great and then again i didn't really do it with bigger better bikes or cars especially not cars because we didn't have the bloody place to do it and i especially didn't have a place to do it so i, eventually, slowed down a bit and then that's when i had to get the job and i got done with the job and then i told my dad about the engineering and he put me in um uh college it wasn't one of the best colleges in the world but it was a college and it would provide me with a certificate that would say that i'm an automobile engineer so i went through with it and um because i was already working on bikes and cars before that and i did have a fair knowledge of it i pretty much excelled at all subjects in my engineering quest except for the engineering part of it so i didn't really know anything about it except for math i failed math like five times it was pathetic but whatever um we did go ahead and i i completed my diploma in engineering i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i And once that happened, it was when I started looking for jobs in the automotive industry and, um, I, uh, for the longest time was not completely happy and satisfied with that because all the jobs, uh, which actually involves being a hands-on mechanic paid peanuts, absolute peanuts. So I couldn't sustain myself or my family with those kinds of jobs. And it didn't make sense financially for me to be able to pursue that line of work. So eventually I just kind of gave it up and it became more of a hobby. And I got into the corporate world and the corporate world pays well. So we all know that. And I started working at a corporate world in it and eventually, um, we came through on the other side and, uh, uh, fast forward to 2020 was when, uh, my spark was really ignited and, um, basically I have this two stroll hundred CC bike that my uncle, um, who now lives in New Zealand would basically use as his daily rider every day. And as a child. I always wanted to ride that bike and I never had the opportunity because obviously I was too young and I couldn't barely reach the bottom of the ground while sitting on the bike. So, and not to mention the fact that he wasn't exactly excited to give an underage non-licensed person to ride a two stroke bike. And at that time, it was quite a powerful bike, you know, for, for the time at least. So, uh, eventually he just kind of moved abroad and he kind of left the bike to rock. And I seen it, uh, I mean, I've seen it every year. I've seen it every day of my life. It was just standing there every day in the rain, you know, just collecting more and more dirt and rust. And I used to foolingly say it's rusting in peace, you know, rather than resting, you say rusting in peace. And, um, I don't know, but in 2020, when I think it was the most difficult time for everyone when COVID hit and, um, during that time, I think I wanted to reignite that same spark and I basically went out and, um, I just called my uncle and I'm like, Hey man. I see that your bike's over there and it's just like, literally, this is just falling apart to the ground. Do you think I could have it since you're not here and you don't care about it? Clearly. And he said, yeah, sure, man. And as long as you don't do anything illegal with it. And I was like, bloody hell, what do you think I am doing something illegal with it? I was just going to, you know, start it up and maybe ride it around a bit. And he's like, that's exactly what I'm scared of. Cause there's no papers for it or other papers weren't up to date on it. So he was more than happy to give me the bike. And, uh, eventually. What ended up happening is I, um, dismantled the bike on the ground floor, uh, took all the parts up to my terrace because at the time it was COVID. So we weren't allowed to be around on the roads. And I built it on the bloody terrace and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Definitely kept me from going insane during the COVID pandemic. And, uh, one of the achievements that I have under my belt that I'm very proud of. And that's how now we come to today where I'm still trying to do. The same thing. And I'm trying to, I'm trying to still work on bikes and cars, and I hope that it's always a career and it always goes on for a very long time. Thank you. Alrighty, then we're done with this. Yay.


to buy and restore bikes and also the the not having a dedicated space did become a bit of a challenge because a lot of the times we were just working off the road or we were working in somebody's backyard or we didn't have a specific place where we could actually do things and then as and when education became more and more of a priority for both of us um we started losing interest a little bit here and there of course i was still doing it on my own but having an extra set of hands is always beautiful right and um norman eventually um started paying more attention to his education and also he wasn't really that much into automobile into the automotive scene he was more of like a traditional engineer he wanted to know how everything worked whereas i was more niched into going towards the automotive side because i wanted to know how engines work and how did bikes get built and what are the various parts and components that can be changed to increase performance so i had to try and make it better smoother more efficient whatever it took basically to make it the ultimate vehicle and eventually i just started doing it on my own and after a point it became a little ridiculous because the kind of money that you'd make from you know flipping a vehicle wasn't always great and then again i didn't really do it with bigger better bikes or cars especially not cars because we didn't have the bloody place to do it and i especially didn't have a place to do it so i, eventually, slowed down a bit and then that's when i had to get the job and i got done with the job and then i told my dad about the engineering and he put me in um uh college it wasn't one of the best colleges in the world but it was a college and it would provide me with a certificate that would say that i'm an automobile engineer so i went through with it and um because i was already working on bikes and cars before that and i did have a fair knowledge of it i pretty much excelled at all subjects in my engineering quest except for the engineering part of it so i didn't really know anything about it except for math i failed math like five times it was pathetic but whatever um we did go ahead and i i completed my diploma in engineering i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i And once that happened, it was when I started looking for jobs in the automotive industry and, um, I, uh, for the longest time was not completely happy and satisfied with that because all the jobs, uh, which actually involves being a hands-on mechanic paid peanuts, absolute peanuts. So I couldn't sustain myself or my family with those kinds of jobs. And it didn't make sense financially for me to be able to pursue that line of work. So eventually I just kind of gave it up and it became more of a hobby. And I got into the corporate world and the corporate world pays well. So we all know that. And I started working at a corporate world in it and eventually, um, we came through on the other side and, uh, uh, fast forward to 2020 was when, uh, my spark was really ignited and, um, basically I have this two stroll hundred CC bike that my uncle, um, who now lives in New Zealand would basically use as his daily rider every day. And as a child. I always wanted to ride that bike and I never had the opportunity because obviously I was too young and I couldn't barely reach the bottom of the ground while sitting on the bike. So, and not to mention the fact that he wasn't exactly excited to give an underage non-licensed person to ride a two stroke bike. And at that time, it was quite a powerful bike, you know, for, for the time at least. So, uh, eventually he just kind of moved abroad and he kind of left the bike to rock. And I seen it, uh, I mean, I've seen it every year. I've seen it every day of my life. It was just standing there every day in the rain, you know, just collecting more and more dirt and rust. And I used to foolingly say it's rusting in peace, you know, rather than resting, you say rusting in peace. And, um, I don't know, but in 2020, when I think it was the most difficult time for everyone when COVID hit and, um, during that time, I think I wanted to reignite that same spark and I basically went out and, um, I just called my uncle and I'm like, Hey man. I see that your bike's over there and it's just like, literally, this is just falling apart to the ground. Do you think I could have it since you're not here and you don't care about it? Clearly. And he said, yeah, sure, man. And as long as you don't do anything illegal with it. And I was like, bloody hell, what do you think I am doing something illegal with it? I was just going to, you know, start it up and maybe ride it around a bit. And he's like, that's exactly what I'm scared of. Cause there's no papers for it or other papers weren't up to date on it. So he was more than happy to give me the bike. And, uh, eventually. What ended up happening is I, um, dismantled the bike on the ground floor, uh, took all the parts up to my terrace because at the time it was COVID. So we weren't allowed to be around on the roads. And I built it on the bloody terrace and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Definitely kept me from going insane during the COVID pandemic. And, uh, one of the achievements that I have under my belt that I'm very proud of. And that's how now we come to today where I'm still trying to do. The same thing. And I'm trying to, I'm trying to still work on bikes and cars, and I hope that it's always a career and it always goes on for a very long time. Thank you. Alrighty, then we're done with this. Yay.


In the 18th century, Nevis was known as the mother of English-leavid cribbies. A captain-general ruled the group in the name of the king. But if it died suddenly, his internet duties devolved upon the governor of Nevis until the crown heard of its loss and made choice of another to fill that high and valued office. She had a council and a house of assembly, modelled in a miniature upon the house of peers and commons. And was further distinguished as possessing the only court in the English Antiglitz, where pirates could be tried. The council was made up of ten members appointed by the captain-general, but commanded by its own particular and private governor. The freeholders of the island chose 24 of their members. The freeholders of the island chose 24 of their number to represent them in the House of Assembly, and the few chronicles of that day agree in asserting that Nevis, during her hundred proud years of supremacy, was governed brilliantly and well. But the careful administration of good laws contributed in part only to the celebrity of an island, which today, still British as she is, serves but as a pedestal for the greatest of American statesmen.


In the 18th century, Nevis was known as the mother of English-leavid cribbies. A captain-general ruled the group in the name of the king. But if it died suddenly, his internet duties devolved upon the governor of Nevis until the crown heard of its loss and made choice of another to fill that high and valued office. She had a council and a house of assembly, modelled in a miniature upon the house of peers and commons. And was further distinguished as possessing the only court in the English Antiglitz, where pirates could be tried. The council was made up of ten members appointed by the captain-general, but commanded by its own particular and private governor. The freeholders of the island chose 24 of their members. The freeholders of the island chose 24 of their number to represent them in the House of Assembly, and the few chronicles of that day agree in asserting that Nevis, during her hundred proud years of supremacy, was governed brilliantly and well. But the careful administration of good laws contributed in part only to the celebrity of an island, which today, still British as she is, serves but as a pedestal for the greatest of American statesmen. In these old days, she was a queen as well as a mother. Her planters were men of immense wealth and lived in the life of grandeurs. Their cane fields covered the mountain on all of its sides and subsidiary peaks, rising to the very fringe of the cold forest on the cone of volcano long since existent.


The freeholders of the island chose 24 of their number to represent them in the House of Assembly, and the few chronicles of that day agree in asserting that Nevis, during her hundred proud years of supremacy, was governed brilliantly and well. But the careful administration of good laws contributed in part only to the celebrity of an island, which today, still British as she is, serves but as a pedestal for the greatest of American statesmen. In these old days, she was a queen as well as a mother. Her planters were men of immense wealth and lived in the life of grandeurs. Their cane fields covered the mountain on all of its sides and subsidiary peaks, rising to the very fringe of the cold forest on the cone of volcano long since existent. The great houses build invariably upon the eminence that command a view of the neighboring island states.


In these old days, she was a queen as well as a mother. Her planters were men of immense wealth and lived in the life of grandeurs. Their cane fields covered the mountain on all of its sides and subsidiary peaks, rising to the very fringe of the cold forest on the cone of volcano long since existent. The great houses build invariably upon the eminence that command a view of the neighboring island states. They withstood hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and tidal waves. They were impregnable fortresses against rioting negros.


The great houses build invariably upon the eminence that command a view of the neighboring island states. They withstood hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and tidal waves. They were impregnable fortresses against rioting negros. and spasmodically aggressive Frenchmen. They even survived the abolition of slavery and the old gay life went for many years.


They withstood hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and tidal waves. They were impregnable fortresses against rioting negros. and spasmodically aggressive Frenchmen. They even survived the abolition of slavery and the old gay life went for many years. English people, bored or in search of health, came for the brilliant winter, delighted with hospitality of the planters and to relive their vitality in the famous climate and sulphur baths, which, of all her possessions, time has spared to Nevis. And then, having weathered all the ills to which even the West Indian islands can be subject, she succumbed, to the price of sugar.


and spasmodically aggressive Frenchmen. They even survived the abolition of slavery and the old gay life went for many years. English people, bored or in search of health, came for the brilliant winter, delighted with hospitality of the planters and to relive their vitality in the famous climate and sulphur baths, which, of all her possessions, time has spared to Nevis. And then, having weathered all the ills to which even the West Indian islands can be subject, she succumbed, to the price of sugar. Her great families drifted away one by one. Her estates were given to the agent for a time, finally to the mongoose. The magnificent stone mansions, left without even a caretaker, yielded helplessly to the diseases of age and the first hurricane entered unbattered windows, carried to the roof of the sea. In Charlestown, the capital since the suburb...


English people, bored or in search of health, came for the brilliant winter, delighted with hospitality of the planters and to relive their vitality in the famous climate and sulphur baths, which, of all her possessions, time has spared to Nevis. And then, having weathered all the ills to which even the West Indian islands can be subject, she succumbed, to the price of sugar. Her great families drifted away one by one. Her estates were given to the agent for a time, finally to the mongoose. The magnificent stone mansions, left without even a caretaker, yielded helplessly to the diseases of age and the first hurricane entered unbattered windows, carried to the roof of the sea. In Charlestown, the capital since the suburb... In Charlestown, the capital since the suburgence of Janestown in the 1980s, are the remains of the large townhouses and fine old stone walls, which one can hardly see from the doorstead. So thick are the royal palms and the coconut trees among the ruins, wriggling the slender bodies through their crevices and flaunting their glittering


Her great families drifted away one by one. Her estates were given to the agent for a time, finally to the mongoose. The magnificent stone mansions, left without even a caretaker, yielded helplessly to the diseases of age and the first hurricane entered unbattered windows, carried to the roof of the sea. In Charlestown, the capital since the suburb... In Charlestown, the capital since the suburgence of Janestown in the 1980s, are the remains of the large townhouses and fine old stone walls, which one can hardly see from the doorstead. So thick are the royal palms and the coconut trees among the ruins, wriggling the slender bodies through their crevices and flaunting their glittering and flaunting the glittering luxuriance above every broken wall.


In Charlestown, the capital since the suburgence of Janestown in the 1980s, are the remains of the large townhouses and fine old stone walls, which one can hardly see from the doorstead. So thick are the royal palms and the coconut trees among the ruins, wriggling the slender bodies through their crevices and flaunting their glittering and flaunting the glittering luxuriance above every broken wall. But in the days where the maternal grandparents of Alexander Hamilton looked upon the trifle, upon those who dwelt on other isles, Nevis, wrecked of future insignificance as little as a beauty dreams of age.


and flaunting the glittering luxuriance above every broken wall. But in the days where the maternal grandparents of Alexander Hamilton looked upon the trifle, upon those who dwelt on other isles, Nevis, wrecked of future insignificance as little as a beauty dreams of age. In the previous century, England, after the mortification of the royalties by the Cromwell, had sent to the Nevis Hamilton, Herberts, Russells and many other refuge from other historical houses.


But in the days where the maternal grandparents of Alexander Hamilton looked upon the trifle, upon those who dwelt on other isles, Nevis, wrecked of future insignificance as little as a beauty dreams of age. In the previous century, England, after the mortification of the royalties by the Cromwell, had sent to the Nevis Hamilton, Herberts, Russells and many other refuge from other historical houses. With what money they took with them, they founded the greatest estates of the 18th century. And the sons sent their own children to Europe to become accomplished men and women.


In the previous century, England, after the mortification of the royalties by the Cromwell, had sent to the Nevis Hamilton, Herberts, Russells and many other refuge from other historical houses. With what money they took with them, they founded the greatest estates of the 18th century. And the sons sent their own children to Europe to become accomplished men and women. Government Houses was a miniature court as gay and splendid as its offices were busy with commerce of the world. The governor and his lady drove about the island in a carriage of state, with outriders and positions of livery.


With what money they took with them, they founded the greatest estates of the 18th century. And the sons sent their own children to Europe to become accomplished men and women. Government Houses was a miniature court as gay and splendid as its offices were busy with commerce of the world. The governor and his lady drove about the island in a carriage of state, with outriders and positions of livery. When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second.


Government Houses was a miniature court as gay and splendid as its offices were busy with commerce of the world. The governor and his lady drove about the island in a carriage of state, with outriders and positions of livery. When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second. When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second by the gorgeousness of his uniform only.


When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second. When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second by the gorgeousness of his uniform only. and both dignitaries were little more important than the planters themselves. It is true that the men, despite their fine clothes and powder-prickles, preferred a house


When the Captain General came, he outshone his proud second by the gorgeousness of his uniform only. and both dignitaries were little more important than the planters themselves. It is true that the men, despite their fine clothes and powder-prickles, preferred a house It is true that men, despite their fine clothes and powdered prikus, preferred a horseback to the modern of a lumbering couch. But during the winter season, their wives and daughters in the shining staffs, the pointed bodies and elaborated headdress of Europe, visited government houses and their neighbours with all the formality of London or the Bay.


and both dignitaries were little more important than the planters themselves. It is true that the men, despite their fine clothes and powder-prickles, preferred a house It is true that men, despite their fine clothes and powdered prikus, preferred a horseback to the modern of a lumbering couch. But during the winter season, their wives and daughters in the shining staffs, the pointed bodies and elaborated headdress of Europe, visited government houses and their neighbours with all the formality of London or the Bay. After the 1st of March, the planters wore white linen. The turbaned black women were busy among the stones of the rivers and voluminous wardrobes of cambrids and lawn.


It is true that men, despite their fine clothes and powdered prikus, preferred a horseback to the modern of a lumbering couch. But during the winter season, their wives and daughters in the shining staffs, the pointed bodies and elaborated headdress of Europe, visited government houses and their neighbours with all the formality of London or the Bay. After the 1st of March, the planters wore white linen. The turbaned black women were busy among the stones of the rivers and voluminous wardrobes of cambrids and lawn. Several estates belong to


After the 1st of March, the planters wore white linen. The turbaned black women were busy among the stones of the rivers and voluminous wardrobes of cambrids and lawn. Several estates belong to Several estates belonged to certain offshoots of the ducal house of Hamilton, and in the second decade of the 18th century, Walter Hamilton was Captain General of the English LeWitt Grabies and ordinary of the scene.


Several estates belong to Several estates belonged to certain offshoots of the ducal house of Hamilton, and in the second decade of the 18th century, Walter Hamilton was Captain General of the English LeWitt Grabies and ordinary of the scene. After him came Archibald Hamilton, who was, perhaps, of all the Hamiltons, the most royal in his hospitality. Moreover, he was a person of energy and ambition, for it is on record that he paid a visit to Boston, fleeing from the great drought which visited him.


Several estates belonged to certain offshoots of the ducal house of Hamilton, and in the second decade of the 18th century, Walter Hamilton was Captain General of the English LeWitt Grabies and ordinary of the scene. After him came Archibald Hamilton, who was, perhaps, of all the Hamiltons, the most royal in his hospitality. Moreover, he was a person of energy and ambition, for it is on record that he paid a visit to Boston, fleeing from the great drought which visited him. And even in those remote and isolated days, Hamiltons and Washingtons were associated. The most popular name in our Edel's Repairs.


After him came Archibald Hamilton, who was, perhaps, of all the Hamiltons, the most royal in his hospitality. Moreover, he was a person of energy and ambition, for it is on record that he paid a visit to Boston, fleeing from the great drought which visited him. And even in those remote and isolated days, Hamiltons and Washingtons were associated. The most popular name in our Edel's Repairs. The most popular name in our annals repairs frequently in the common records of Nevis. And there is no doubt that when our first president, American's ancestors fled before Cromwell to Virginia, a brother took ship of the English Grabia.


And even in those remote and isolated days, Hamiltons and Washingtons were associated. The most popular name in our Edel's Repairs. The most popular name in our annals repairs frequently in the common records of Nevis. And there is no doubt that when our first president, American's ancestors fled before Cromwell to Virginia, a brother took ship of the English Grabia. From a distance, Nevis looks like a solitary peak in mid-ocean, her base sweeping out on other side. But being the Great Central Cone, rising 3,200 feet are five to six lesser peaks, between which are dense tropical gorges and mountain streams. In old days, where the slopes were not vivid with the light green of the cane field, there were cool and somewhere groves of the coconut trees, mango, orange and guava.


The most popular name in our annals repairs frequently in the common records of Nevis. And there is no doubt that when our first president, American's ancestors fled before Cromwell to Virginia, a brother took ship of the English Grabia. From a distance, Nevis looks like a solitary peak in mid-ocean, her base sweeping out on other side. But being the Great Central Cone, rising 3,200 feet are five to six lesser peaks, between which are dense tropical gorges and mountain streams. In old days, where the slopes were not vivid with the light green of the cane field, there were cool and somewhere groves of the coconut trees, mango, orange and guava. Even when Nevis is wholly visible, there is always a white cloud above her head. As night falls, it becomes evident that this soft aggravation of her beauty is but night robe hung on high.


From a distance, Nevis looks like a solitary peak in mid-ocean, her base sweeping out on other side. But being the Great Central Cone, rising 3,200 feet are five to six lesser peaks, between which are dense tropical gorges and mountain streams. In old days, where the slopes were not vivid with the light green of the cane field, there were cool and somewhere groves of the coconut trees, mango, orange and guava. Even when Nevis is wholly visible, there is always a white cloud above her head. As night falls, it becomes evident that this soft aggravation of her beauty is but night robe hung on high. It is about seven in the evening that she begins to draw down her garment of mist. But she's long in perfecting that nocturnal toilet.


Even when Nevis is wholly visible, there is always a white cloud above her head. As night falls, it becomes evident that this soft aggravation of her beauty is but night robe hung on high. It is about seven in the evening that she begins to draw down her garment of mist. But she's long in perfecting that nocturnal toilet. Lonely and neglected, she still is a beauty exacting and fastidious.


It is about seven in the evening that she begins to draw down her garment of mist. But she's long in perfecting that nocturnal toilet. Lonely and neglected, she still is a beauty exacting and fastidious. cloud is tortured into many shapes before and it takes it off.


Lonely and neglected, she still is a beauty exacting and fastidious. cloud is tortured into many shapes before and it takes it off. She snatches it off, redeposes it, done, and takes it off again. Wraps it about her with yet more enchanting folds, until by nine o'clock she sweeps the sea and Nevis, the proudest island of the Caribbean, has secluded herself from those cynical old neighbours who no longer bend the knees.


cloud is tortured into many shapes before and it takes it off. She snatches it off, redeposes it, done, and takes it off again. Wraps it about her with yet more enchanting folds, until by nine o'clock she sweeps the sea and Nevis, the proudest island of the Caribbean, has secluded herself from those cynical old neighbours who no longer bend the knees. Nevis, gave her bounty to none more generously than to John and Mary Favots. In 1685, the revocation of Edith and Nantes had sent the Hungajian swarming to America and the West Indies. Fawcett was but a boy when the tropics gave him shelter, and learning was hard to get.


She snatches it off, redeposes it, done, and takes it off again. Wraps it about her with yet more enchanting folds, until by nine o'clock she sweeps the sea and Nevis, the proudest island of the Caribbean, has secluded herself from those cynical old neighbours who no longer bend the knees. Nevis, gave her bounty to none more generously than to John and Mary Favots. In 1685, the revocation of Edith and Nantes had sent the Hungajian swarming to America and the West Indies. Fawcett was but a boy when the tropics gave him shelter, and learning was hard to get. except in the matter of craving cannabis. But he acquired the science of medicine somehow and settled on Nevis. Remodeled his name and became a British subject. Brilliant and able, he was not long accumulating a fortune. There were swarms near Charlestown that bred fever and the planters lived as high and suffered as acutely as the English queers of the same period.


Nevis, gave her bounty to none more generously than to John and Mary Favots. In 1685, the revocation of Edith and Nantes had sent the Hungajian swarming to America and the West Indies. Fawcett was but a boy when the tropics gave him shelter, and learning was hard to get. except in the matter of craving cannabis. But he acquired the science of medicine somehow and settled on Nevis. Remodeled his name and became a British subject. Brilliant and able, he was not long accumulating a fortune. There were swarms near Charlestown that bred fever and the planters lived as high and suffered as acutely as the English queers of the same period. His wife bought him money and in 1714, they received a joint legacy from Captain Frank Clennell. Whether a relative of hers or a patient of his, the records do not tell.


except in the matter of craving cannabis. But he acquired the science of medicine somehow and settled on Nevis. Remodeled his name and became a British subject. Brilliant and able, he was not long accumulating a fortune. There were swarms near Charlestown that bred fever and the planters lived as high and suffered as acutely as the English queers of the same period. His wife bought him money and in 1714, they received a joint legacy from Captain Frank Clennell. Whether a relative of hers or a patient of his, the records do not tell. Mary was some twenty years younger than her husband, a high-spirited creature with much intelligence and will, which in later years John found himself unable to control. But before that period, when to disparity in time were added,


His wife bought him money and in 1714, they received a joint legacy from Captain Frank Clennell. Whether a relative of hers or a patient of his, the records do not tell. Mary was some twenty years younger than her husband, a high-spirited creature with much intelligence and will, which in later years John found himself unable to control. But before that period, when to disparity in time were added, in time were added the irrabilities of age in the man and impreciousness of maturity in the women.


Mary was some twenty years younger than her husband, a high-spirited creature with much intelligence and will, which in later years John found himself unable to control. But before that period, when to disparity in time were added, in time were added the irrabilities of age in the man and impreciousness of maturity in the women. They were happy in the children, in their rising fortunes, and for a while in one another.


in time were added the irrabilities of age in the man and impreciousness of maturity in the women. They were happy in the children, in their rising fortunes, and for a while in one another. For 28 years, they lived in the life of the island. They built a great house on the estate at Gingerland, a slope of the island which faces Augustia, and they had their mansion in town for use when the Captain General was abiding in Nevis.


They were happy in the children, in their rising fortunes, and for a while in one another. For 28 years, they lived in the life of the island. They built a great house on the estate at Gingerland, a slope of the island which faces Augustia, and they had their mansion in town for use when the Captain General was abiding in Nevis. when Mary was bringing up and marrying her children, managing the household affairs of the large estate, and receiving and returning the visits of her grandsons of the island, to stay nothing of playing.


For 28 years, they lived in the life of the island. They built a great house on the estate at Gingerland, a slope of the island which faces Augustia, and they had their mansion in town for use when the Captain General was abiding in Nevis. when Mary was bringing up and marrying her children, managing the household affairs of the large estate, and receiving and returning the visits of her grandsons of the island, to stay nothing of playing. her important part in social functions, life went well enough. Her children, far away from the swamps of Charlestown, throve in the trade winds, which temper the sun of Nevis and make it an isle of delight.


when Mary was bringing up and marrying her children, managing the household affairs of the large estate, and receiving and returning the visits of her grandsons of the island, to stay nothing of playing. her important part in social functions, life went well enough. Her children, far away from the swamps of Charlestown, throve in the trade winds, which temper the sun of Nevis and make it an isle of delight. When they were not studying with the governance, they were groves and garages to play in, ponies to ride and monkeys and land crabs to hunt. Later came the gay life of the capital. The routes at government house frequent enough when the chief was elsewhere. The balls at the neighboring estates, the picnics in the cool high forest or where more tropical trees and tree ferns grow thick, the constant meeting with distinguished strangers and the visits to the other islands.


her important part in social functions, life went well enough. Her children, far away from the swamps of Charlestown, throve in the trade winds, which temper the sun of Nevis and make it an isle of delight. When they were not studying with the governance, they were groves and garages to play in, ponies to ride and monkeys and land crabs to hunt. Later came the gay life of the capital. The routes at government house frequent enough when the chief was elsewhere. The balls at the neighboring estates, the picnics in the cool high forest or where more tropical trees and tree ferns grow thick, the constant meeting with distinguished strangers and the visits to the other islands. The young Fawcetts married early. One went with the husband, Peter, to the island of St. Croix. The Danish government, upon obtaining possession of the fertile island in 1733, immediately issued an invitation to the planters at Livid Krebis to immigrate, tempting many who were dissatisfied with the British government or wished for greater estates than they could acquire on their own populous island.


When they were not studying with the governance, they were groves and garages to play in, ponies to ride and monkeys and land crabs to hunt. Later came the gay life of the capital. The routes at government house frequent enough when the chief was elsewhere. The balls at the neighboring estates, the picnics in the cool high forest or where more tropical trees and tree ferns grow thick, the constant meeting with distinguished strangers and the visits to the other islands. The young Fawcetts married early. One went with the husband, Peter, to the island of St. Croix. The Danish government, upon obtaining possession of the fertile island in 1733, immediately issued an invitation to the planters at Livid Krebis to immigrate, tempting many who were dissatisfied with the British government or wished for greater estates than they could acquire on their own populous island. members of Lytton, among the first to respond to the liberal offer of the Danish government. The two sons of James, Peter and James, grew up at St Crox, Danish by law, British in habit and speech, and both married women of Nevis.


The young Fawcetts married early. One went with the husband, Peter, to the island of St. Croix. The Danish government, upon obtaining possession of the fertile island in 1733, immediately issued an invitation to the planters at Livid Krebis to immigrate, tempting many who were dissatisfied with the British government or wished for greater estates than they could acquire on their own populous island. members of Lytton, among the first to respond to the liberal offer of the Danish government. The two sons of James, Peter and James, grew up at St Crox, Danish by law, British in habit and speech, and both married women of Nevis. Peter was the first to wed, and his marriage to young Mary Fawcett was the last to be celebrated in the great house of Gingerland.


members of Lytton, among the first to respond to the liberal offer of the Danish government. The two sons of James, Peter and James, grew up at St Crox, Danish by law, British in habit and speech, and both married women of Nevis. Peter was the first to wed, and his marriage to young Mary Fawcett was the last to be celebrated in the great house of Gingerland. when Peter and his wife sailed away, as other sons and daughters had sailed before, to return to Nevis rarely, for those were the days of travel unflintered. John and Mary were left alone. The youngest daughter, she who afterwards became the wife of Thomas of St. Cloris, was at school in England. By this time, Dr. Fawcett had given up his practice and was living in his income. He took great interest in his cane fields and mills and in the culture of limes and pineapples. But in spite of this outdoor life, his temper soared and he became irritable and exhausting. Gout settled in him as a permanent reminder of the high fortunes of his middle age. And when the gallic exability of his temperament, aggravated by half-century of hot weather, was stung to fierce expressions by the twingles of his disease.


Peter was the first to wed, and his marriage to young Mary Fawcett was the last to be celebrated in the great house of Gingerland. when Peter and his wife sailed away, as other sons and daughters had sailed before, to return to Nevis rarely, for those were the days of travel unflintered. John and Mary were left alone. The youngest daughter, she who afterwards became the wife of Thomas of St. Cloris, was at school in England. By this time, Dr. Fawcett had given up his practice and was living in his income. He took great interest in his cane fields and mills and in the culture of limes and pineapples. But in spite of this outdoor life, his temper soared and he became irritable and exhausting. Gout settled in him as a permanent reminder of the high fortunes of his middle age. And when the gallic exability of his temperament, aggravated by half-century of hot weather, was stung to fierce expressions by the twingles of his disease. He was an abdominal companion for a woman 20 years closer to you.


when Peter and his wife sailed away, as other sons and daughters had sailed before, to return to Nevis rarely, for those were the days of travel unflintered. John and Mary were left alone. The youngest daughter, she who afterwards became the wife of Thomas of St. Cloris, was at school in England. By this time, Dr. Fawcett had given up his practice and was living in his income. He took great interest in his cane fields and mills and in the culture of limes and pineapples. But in spite of this outdoor life, his temper soared and he became irritable and exhausting. Gout settled in him as a permanent reminder of the high fortunes of his middle age. And when the gallic exability of his temperament, aggravated by half-century of hot weather, was stung to fierce expressions by the twingles of his disease. He was an abdominal companion for a woman 20 years closer to you. In the solitudes of large house, Mary found life undearable. Still handsome, naturally gay of temper, and brilliant figure in society, she deserted her elderly husband for weeks at a time.


He was an abdominal companion for a woman 20 years closer to you. In the solitudes of large house, Mary found life undearable. Still handsome, naturally gay of temper, and brilliant figure in society, she deserted her elderly husband for weeks at a time. The day came when he permanently forbade her to leave the place without him. For a time, she submitted.


In the solitudes of large house, Mary found life undearable. Still handsome, naturally gay of temper, and brilliant figure in society, she deserted her elderly husband for weeks at a time. The day came when he permanently forbade her to leave the place without him. For a time, she submitted. For although a woman of uncommon independence of spirit, it was not until 1740 that she broke free from traditions and astonished the island of Nevis. She shut herself up with her books and needlework, attended to her house and domestic negros with the precision of long habit, saw her friends when she could, and endured the extractions of her husband with only an occasional but mighty outburst.


The day came when he permanently forbade her to leave the place without him. For a time, she submitted. For although a woman of uncommon independence of spirit, it was not until 1740 that she broke free from traditions and astonished the island of Nevis. She shut herself up with her books and needlework, attended to her house and domestic negros with the precision of long habit, saw her friends when she could, and endured the extractions of her husband with only an occasional but mighty outburst. It was in these unhappy conditions that Rachel Fawcett was born. Take a break.


For although a woman of uncommon independence of spirit, it was not until 1740 that she broke free from traditions and astonished the island of Nevis. She shut herself up with her books and needlework, attended to her house and domestic negros with the precision of long habit, saw her friends when she could, and endured the extractions of her husband with only an occasional but mighty outburst. It was in these unhappy conditions that Rachel Fawcett was born. Take a break. There are no divorce laws on the islands in the 18th century. Not even an act of separate maintenance. But Mary was a woman of resource.


It was in these unhappy conditions that Rachel Fawcett was born. Take a break. There are no divorce laws on the islands in the 18th century. Not even an act of separate maintenance. But Mary was a woman of resource. It took her four years to accomplish her purpose, but she got rid of Dr. Fawcett by making him more than anxious to get rid of her. The Captain General, William Matthews, was a staunch friend and admirer and espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of speculative for separate maintenance. Dr. Fawcett gradually yielded to pressure, separated her property from his, and that might pass under her personal and absolute control, and settled on her some £35,000 annually, as a full satisfaction of her grounder and third part of the estate.


There are no divorce laws on the islands in the 18th century. Not even an act of separate maintenance. But Mary was a woman of resource. It took her four years to accomplish her purpose, but she got rid of Dr. Fawcett by making him more than anxious to get rid of her. The Captain General, William Matthews, was a staunch friend and admirer and espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of speculative for separate maintenance. Dr. Fawcett gradually yielded to pressure, separated her property from his, and that might pass under her personal and absolute control, and settled on her some £35,000 annually, as a full satisfaction of her grounder and third part of the estate. Mistress Fawcett was no longer a woman of consequences, for her personal income was curtailed by great drought of 1373.


It took her four years to accomplish her purpose, but she got rid of Dr. Fawcett by making him more than anxious to get rid of her. The Captain General, William Matthews, was a staunch friend and admirer and espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of speculative for separate maintenance. Dr. Fawcett gradually yielded to pressure, separated her property from his, and that might pass under her personal and absolute control, and settled on her some £35,000 annually, as a full satisfaction of her grounder and third part of the estate. Mistress Fawcett was no longer a woman of consequences, for her personal income was curtailed by great drought of 1373. and Nevis, complacent to the gallantry of the age, was scandalized at the novelty of public separation. But she was free, and she was the woman to feel that freedom of her fingertips.


Mistress Fawcett was no longer a woman of consequences, for her personal income was curtailed by great drought of 1373. and Nevis, complacent to the gallantry of the age, was scandalized at the novelty of public separation. But she was free, and she was the woman to feel that freedom of her fingertips. She could live up a life with no will in it, but her own, and she could bring her to little girl in an atmosphere of peace and affection. She moved to an estate she owned at St.


and Nevis, complacent to the gallantry of the age, was scandalized at the novelty of public separation. But she was free, and she was the woman to feel that freedom of her fingertips. She could live up a life with no will in it, but her own, and she could bring her to little girl in an atmosphere of peace and affection. She moved to an estate she owned at St. She moved to an estate she owned on St. Christopher and saw John Fawcett again. He died a few years later, leaving his diminished property to his children.


She could live up a life with no will in it, but her own, and she could bring her to little girl in an atmosphere of peace and affection. She moved to an estate she owned at St. She moved to an estate she owned on St. Christopher and saw John Fawcett again. He died a few years later, leaving his diminished property to his children. Rachel's share was the house in Charlestown. The spot on which Rachel spent her childhood and brief youth was one of the most picturesque on the mountain range of St. Christopher. Facing the sea, the house stood on a loft eminence in the very shadow of Mount Misery. Immediately behind the house were the high peaks of the range, hardly less in pride than come of the great volcano.


She moved to an estate she owned on St. Christopher and saw John Fawcett again. He died a few years later, leaving his diminished property to his children. Rachel's share was the house in Charlestown. The spot on which Rachel spent her childhood and brief youth was one of the most picturesque on the mountain range of St. Christopher. Facing the sea, the house stood on a loft eminence in the very shadow of Mount Misery. Immediately behind the house were the high peaks of the range, hardly less in pride than come of the great volcano. The house was built on a ledge, but no one could step on the terrace above into an abrevent raven, wrenched into its torturous shape by earthquake and flood. Virgin tropical forest. The great house, with its spacious open galleries and verandas, was surrounded with stone terraces, overflowing with the intense red and orange of hibiscus and cotton bronze. The golden browns and softer yellows of less ambitious plant, the sensuous tints of the orchid and high and glittering beauties of the palm and the coconuts.


Rachel's share was the house in Charlestown. The spot on which Rachel spent her childhood and brief youth was one of the most picturesque on the mountain range of St. Christopher. Facing the sea, the house stood on a loft eminence in the very shadow of Mount Misery. Immediately behind the house were the high peaks of the range, hardly less in pride than come of the great volcano. The house was built on a ledge, but no one could step on the terrace above into an abrevent raven, wrenched into its torturous shape by earthquake and flood. Virgin tropical forest. The great house, with its spacious open galleries and verandas, was surrounded with stone terraces, overflowing with the intense red and orange of hibiscus and cotton bronze. The golden browns and softer yellows of less ambitious plant, the sensuous tints of the orchid and high and glittering beauties of the palm and the coconuts. The slope to the coast were covered with coconut fields, their bright young greens sharp against the dark blue of the sea.


The house was built on a ledge, but no one could step on the terrace above into an abrevent raven, wrenched into its torturous shape by earthquake and flood. Virgin tropical forest. The great house, with its spacious open galleries and verandas, was surrounded with stone terraces, overflowing with the intense red and orange of hibiscus and cotton bronze. The golden browns and softer yellows of less ambitious plant, the sensuous tints of the orchid and high and glittering beauties of the palm and the coconuts. The slope to the coast were covered with coconut fields, their bright young greens sharp against the dark blue of the sea. The ledge on which the house was built terminated suddenly in front but extended on the left along the line of the cliff above the charm until it sloped on the road.


The slope to the coast were covered with coconut fields, their bright young greens sharp against the dark blue of the sea. The ledge on which the house was built terminated suddenly in front but extended on the left along the line of the cliff above the charm until it sloped on the road. on this flat eminence was an average of royal palms.


The ledge on which the house was built terminated suddenly in front but extended on the left along the line of the cliff above the charm until it sloped on the road. on this flat eminence was an average of royal palms. Witch with the dense wood on the hill above.


on this flat eminence was an average of royal palms. Witch with the dense wood on the hill above. to the manias, one of the most familiar landmarks of St. Kittas. From our verandas, Mary could see, far down to the right, a large village of negro huts, only the hatchet African roofs visible from the long leaves around their dwellings.


Witch with the dense wood on the hill above. to the manias, one of the most familiar landmarks of St. Kittas. From our verandas, Mary could see, far down to the right, a large village of negro huts, only the hatchet African roofs visible from the long leaves around their dwellings. beyond was brimstone hill with its impregnable fortress and on the left far out of the sea her purple heights and palm fringe shows deepening the execute buell


to the manias, one of the most familiar landmarks of St. Kittas. From our verandas, Mary could see, far down to the right, a large village of negro huts, only the hatchet African roofs visible from the long leaves around their dwellings. beyond was brimstone hill with its impregnable fortress and on the left far out of the sea her purple heights and palm fringe shows deepening the execute buell deepening the execute blue of the Caribbean by day, a white ever-charging spirit in the twilight, and no more verge of her under the stars that she sunk when she came.


beyond was brimstone hill with its impregnable fortress and on the left far out of the sea her purple heights and palm fringe shows deepening the execute buell deepening the execute blue of the Caribbean by day, a white ever-charging spirit in the twilight, and no more verge of her under the stars that she sunk when she came. Mary Fawcett never set foot on her again. But she learned to sit and study her with a whimsical affection which was one of the few liberties she allowed her imagination. But if the unhappiest years of her life had been spent there, so had her fairest.


deepening the execute blue of the Caribbean by day, a white ever-charging spirit in the twilight, and no more verge of her under the stars that she sunk when she came. Mary Fawcett never set foot on her again. But she learned to sit and study her with a whimsical affection which was one of the few liberties she allowed her imagination. But if the unhappiest years of her life had been spent there, so had her fairest. She had loved a brilliant husband in her youth and all the social triumphs of her handsome and fortunate young women had been hers.


Mary Fawcett never set foot on her again. But she learned to sit and study her with a whimsical affection which was one of the few liberties she allowed her imagination. But if the unhappiest years of her life had been spent there, so had her fairest. She had loved a brilliant husband in her youth and all the social triumphs of her handsome and fortunate young women had been hers. In the deep, calm, which now intervened between the two mental hurricanes, her past affections, and before she died, she knew how insignificant the tragedy of her own life had been.


She had loved a brilliant husband in her youth and all the social triumphs of her handsome and fortunate young women had been hers. In the deep, calm, which now intervened between the two mental hurricanes, her past affections, and before she died, she knew how insignificant the tragedy of her own life had been. Although Rachel was born when her parents were past her prime, the vitality was what


In the deep, calm, which now intervened between the two mental hurricanes, her past affections, and before she died, she knew how insignificant the tragedy of her own life had been. Although Rachel was born when her parents were past her prime, the vitality was what The vitality was what it was in her concentrated and strong. It was long enough to give a long life, but while it lasted, she was a magnificent creature. And the end was abrupt.


Although Rachel was born when her parents were past her prime, the vitality was what The vitality was what it was in her concentrated and strong. It was long enough to give a long life, but while it lasted, she was a magnificent creature. And the end was abrupt. There was no slow decay. During her childhood, she lived in open air. For expecting cool nights for a brief winter, only the jellishes were closed.


The vitality was what it was in her concentrated and strong. It was long enough to give a long life, but while it lasted, she was a magnificent creature. And the end was abrupt. There was no slow decay. During her childhood, she lived in open air. For expecting cool nights for a brief winter, only the jellishes were closed. on a high... Sorry.


There was no slow decay. During her childhood, she lived in open air. For expecting cool nights for a brief winter, only the jellishes were closed. on a high... Sorry. And on that high shelf, even the late summer and early autumn were not insufferable. Exhausted.


on a high... Sorry. And on that high shelf, even the late summer and early autumn were not insufferable. Exhausted. Exhausted, as the trade winds become, they give what little strength is them for the heights of their unfavorable isles. And during the rest of the year, they were so constant, even when the storms rage in North Atlantic, that Nevis and St. Christopher never feel the full force of the sun, and winter nights were cold.


And on that high shelf, even the late summer and early autumn were not insufferable. Exhausted. Exhausted, as the trade winds become, they give what little strength is them for the heights of their unfavorable isles. And during the rest of the year, they were so constant, even when the storms rage in North Atlantic, that Nevis and St. Christopher never feel the full force of the sun, and winter nights were cold. Rachel was four years old.


Exhausted, as the trade winds become, they give what little strength is them for the heights of their unfavorable isles. And during the rest of the year, they were so constant, even when the storms rage in North Atlantic, that Nevis and St. Christopher never feel the full force of the sun, and winter nights were cold. Rachel was four years old. Rachel was four years old when her parents separated and grew a womanhood remembering nothing of her father and seeing little of her kin scattered far and wide. Her once unmarried sister, upon her return from England, went almost immediately to visit Mr. Linton.


Rachel was four years old. Rachel was four years old when her parents separated and grew a womanhood remembering nothing of her father and seeing little of her kin scattered far and wide. Her once unmarried sister, upon her return from England, went almost immediately to visit Mr. Linton. and married Thomas Mitchell, one of the wealthiest planters of St. Croix. Mary's children had not approved her.


Rachel was four years old when her parents separated and grew a womanhood remembering nothing of her father and seeing little of her kin scattered far and wide. Her once unmarried sister, upon her return from England, went almost immediately to visit Mr. Linton. and married Thomas Mitchell, one of the wealthiest planters of St. Croix. Mary's children had not approved her. Mary's children had not approved her course.


and married Thomas Mitchell, one of the wealthiest planters of St. Croix. Mary's children had not approved her. Mary's children had not approved her course. Mary's children had not approved her course for they remembered their father as the most indulgent and charming of men whose frequent tempers were quickly forgotten and year by year she became more wholly devoted to the girl who clung to her with a passionate and uncritical affection.


Mary's children had not approved her course. Mary's children had not approved her course for they remembered their father as the most indulgent and charming of men whose frequent tempers were quickly forgotten and year by year she became more wholly devoted to the girl who clung to her with a passionate and uncritical affection. Clever and accomplished herself and quick ambition for her best beloved child. She employed the most cultivated tutors on the island to instruct her in English, Latin and French.


Mary's children had not approved her course for they remembered their father as the most indulgent and charming of men whose frequent tempers were quickly forgotten and year by year she became more wholly devoted to the girl who clung to her with a passionate and uncritical affection. Clever and accomplished herself and quick ambition for her best beloved child. She employed the most cultivated tutors on the island to instruct her in English, Latin and French. Before Rachel was ten years old, Mistress Fawcett had the satisfaction to discover that this little girl possessed a distinguished mind and took to hard study and to lead graces as natural as she rode a pony over the hills and shot the reef in a boat.


Clever and accomplished herself and quick ambition for her best beloved child. She employed the most cultivated tutors on the island to instruct her in English, Latin and French. Before Rachel was ten years old, Mistress Fawcett had the satisfaction to discover that this little girl possessed a distinguished mind and took to hard study and to lead graces as natural as she rode a pony over the hills and shot the reef in a boat. For several years, the women in St. Christopher held aloof, but many of the planters who had been guests at the great house in Gringlin called on Mr. Fawcett at once.


Before Rachel was ten years old, Mistress Fawcett had the satisfaction to discover that this little girl possessed a distinguished mind and took to hard study and to lead graces as natural as she rode a pony over the hills and shot the reef in a boat. For several years, the women in St. Christopher held aloof, but many of the planters who had been guests at the great house in Gringlin called on Mr. Fawcett at once. Of these, William Hamilton and Archbowled Ham became her staunch and intimate friends. Mr. Ham's estate adjourned hers, and his overlooker


For several years, the women in St. Christopher held aloof, but many of the planters who had been guests at the great house in Gringlin called on Mr. Fawcett at once. Of these, William Hamilton and Archbowled Ham became her staunch and intimate friends. Mr. Ham's estate adjourned hers, and his overlooker relieved of much care. Dr. James Hamilton, who had died in the year preceding her formal separation, had been a close friend of her husband and herself, and his brother hastened with assurance of his wish to serve her. He was one of the eminent men of the island, a planter and a member of the council, also a doctor of physics. He carried Rachel safely through her childhood compliments and the darkest of the night.


Of these, William Hamilton and Archbowled Ham became her staunch and intimate friends. Mr. Ham's estate adjourned hers, and his overlooker relieved of much care. Dr. James Hamilton, who had died in the year preceding her formal separation, had been a close friend of her husband and herself, and his brother hastened with assurance of his wish to serve her. He was one of the eminent men of the island, a planter and a member of the council, also a doctor of physics. He carried Rachel safely through her childhood compliments and the darkest of the night. he carried Rachel safely through her childhood complaints and darkest of her days. And if this was a hand which opened the gates between herself and history, who shall in the light of glorified results that this master should not sleep in peace?