Manmay LaKay Magazine Issue 2 April 2018 | Page 75

So, describe Claudette Ubekha
Charles?

I am an inquisitive free spirit, who is
an adventurous, sometimes silly, big-
hearted, self-aware, strong-willed,
imaginative soul. In my ideal world, I
would live by my own rules, eliminate
clocks, sleep in the daytime and work
at night. I would travel to every
destination on the planet and write
about it.
Lol. An interesting person you are
Bekha. So, where do you live now?
I was born in St. Lucia, grew up in
Brooklyn, lived in Fort Lauderdale for a
number of years, and currently live in
St. John’s Antigua. 
Ahh, it isn't any wonder this globetrotter
  considers herself a citizen of the world. So at
  the age of 10 you left St. Lucia to reunite with
your parents. What was your first day like in
the Big Apple?

My sister and I arrived in February of 1978 in
the middle of a blizzard, so getting used to the
snow and the extreme cold was one of the
most difficult things for us from the very start.  
I can only imagine. What was it like seeing or
playing in snow for the first time?
The very next day after arriving, my sister and I
padded up with our new snowsuits and
mittens and went out to play in the snow. I
remember taking our gloves off to get a better
feel of the snow and to make snowballs. Our
hands got so red and felt like they were on fire,
lol, that we quickly ran up, back to our