Every Sunday, Speedeet and Wilar give we dem take on wha happening in Guyana from a 12-year-old perspective. Two boys from Pike Street, Kitty - no politics, just real talk!
🌎 On De Oil Situation
Wilar: Speedeet, yuh understand dis oil ting?
Speedeet: Wha part?
Wilar: Me fadda watching de news and getting VEX. Talking bout “we get exploit” and “600 blocks.”
Speedeet: Blocks? Like de blocks we does play with when we small?
Wilar: NAH bai, oil blocks. Is like… pieces of de ocean where de oil deh.
Speedeet: Oh. So we give dem too much pieces?
Wilar: Me fadda seh we give dem TEN TIMES more than normal.
Speedeet: (thinking hard) Wait. Is like if yuh got ten tamarind balls, and somebody ask fuh one, but yuh give dem ALL TEN?
Wilar: (nodding slowly) Yeah… yeah dat sound right.
Speedeet: WHO DOES DAT?! Even ME know better and me fail math twice!
Wilar: Bai, big people does do confusing ting. Me grandmother seh “wha done is done” and we just got to hope for better.
Speedeet: Me hope so too. Me want Guyana to be rich so me mudda stop telling me “we nah got money fuh dat” every time me ask fuh KFC.
🚲 On Soldiers at De Border
Speedeet: Yuh hear soldiers deh at de border now?
Wilar: Which border?
Speedeet: ALL of dem! Venezuela side, Suriname side, Brazil side…
Wilar: Wha dem doing?
Speedeet: Watching. Me fadda seh is “vigilance.”
Wilar: Vigilance? Dat sound like a superhero name.
Speedeet: (striking pose) “VIGILANCE MAN! Watching de border so yuh don’t have to!”
Wilar: (laughing) But fuh real though, dem soldiers brave. Imagine standing in de jungle all day watching fuh trouble.
Speedeet: And de mosquito dem! Bai, me get bite ONE time when we go Linden and me scratch fuh a WEEK.
Wilar: Dem soldiers getting bite every day and still standing deh. Respect.
Speedeet: Big respect. Me could never. Me would run home crying fuh me mudda after five minutes.
Wilar: Same. We soft, bai.
Speedeet: We VERY soft. Is why we stay in Pike Street where de only danger is Miss Devi cussing yuh fuh walking on she grass.
🎂 On Birthday Parties Costing Money Now
Wilar: Bai, yuh get invite to Ravi party?
Speedeet: Yeah! Saturday at de community center.
Wilar: Yuh see de part where it seh “entry fee: $500”?
Speedeet: WAIT WHA?! Me thought dat was a joke!
Wilar: It nah joke. And yuh STILL got to bring a gift.
Speedeet: So me paying to GO to de party AND me got to buy present?! Back in de day yuh just SHOW UP!
Wilar: Me grandmother seh when she was small, birthday party was cake, ice cream, and “pin de tail on de donkey.” Nobody pay nothing.
Speedeet: Now is “pay $500, bring gift, and hope de food good.”
Wilar: And if de food nah good?
Speedeet: Den yuh REALLY vex because yuh spend yuh whole week lunch money fuh eat dry cheese sandwich and warm juice.
Wilar: (sighing) Growing up expensive, bai.
Speedeet: Tell me bout it. Me saving fuh a phone and every time me nearly reach, somebody got a party me got to pay fuh.
Wilar: We should start charging people to come WE house.
Speedeet: Bai, we house small and me mudda does cook de same curry every Sunday. Who paying fuh DAT?
Wilar: (thinking) True. We need better marketing.
🏫 On School Starting Back Soon
Speedeet: How much more days we got before school?
Wilar: (counting on fingers) Like… not enough.
Speedeet: Me nah ready. Me ain’t touch me homework ONCE since vacation start.
Wilar: SAME. Me English essay still blank. De topic is “What I Did For Christmas.”
Speedeet: Easy! Write bout eating, sleeping, and watching TV.
Wilar: Dat is THREE sentences. She want THREE PAGES.
Speedeet: (horrified) Three PAGES?! Wha yuh supposed to write - a whole NOVEL?
Wilar: Me guh have to make up ting. “I went to de interior and discover ancient treasure.”
Speedeet: Now DAT is a essay me would read!
Wilar: Too bad none of it true. De most exciting ting me do was beat yuh in video games.
Speedeet: Yuh ain’t beat me! De controller was BROKEN!
Wilar: De controller was FINE. Yuh just cyaan handle losing.
Speedeet: (getting up) RIGHT NOW! Rematch! Leh we go!
Wilar: (following) Yuh getting beat AGAIN!
Next week: School start back and Speedeet already in trouble on day ONE. How? Even HE nah sure.
Speedeet & Wilar are two 12-year-old best friends from Pike Street, Kitty. Dem commentary is just fuh laughs - no politics, just life through young Guyanese eyes!