Candida Telles

I was born in Mahaicony in a village called Novar but grew up in Huntley.  My mother is of Indian and Portugese descent while my father’s descendants came from Italy, Africa, China, Indian and the list goes on.

I was and still am my father’s baby but I also have a brother Mario.  I went to Novar Nursery School and then went on to the Novar Primary School where my mother was a teacher.

My favourite games while in school were hopscotch, Chinese Skipping, Jacks and ball.  I climbed ginip trees when they were in season and enjoyed visiting my father on his cocomut estate where the excitement was going to see the labarias coiled in the coconut husks. I also took pleasure in troubling marabuntas so I received my fair share of stings, one which left my eyes swollen for over one week.

I was always an excellent student but playful.  I began taking part in our inter school quiz competitions and at the SSEE I was in the top six who received over 500 marks.  My parents did not want to send me to Georgetown so I enrolled at the Mahaicony Secondary School.  Whilst there I scored first in the handwriting competition from forms 1 – 3 I was second academically throughout my secondary school years.

After completing high school I immediately enrolled at the University of Guyana where I completed my Diploma in Computer Science

In 1999 August I was introduced to the real working world at GA 2000, then Constellation Tours.  I also decided to complete my BSc in Computer Science in one year and that required a lot of study and serious concentration.

I have visited several interesting sites in Guyana like Kaieteur Falls, Marshall Falls. I’ve traveled through the Essequibo and Mazaruni area, visited the Dutch Forts in Essequibo River, Bartica, Baracara Island Resort and most of all took an exciting ride for 13 hours on the Lethem trail.

Presently I have a pet dog ….Sabra who chews on every conceivable thing. My working shoes which were just one day old were ripped to shreds in a few minutes. My beloved teddy bear for 3 years is now hers.

I am afraid of creatures like cockroaches, crabs and spiders. No-one would want to be in a room with me with things like that.

At present I share an apartment with my brother as it was easier than traveling every day to Georgetown to work.

My plan is to pursue a postgraduate program in Computer Science in 2002 in New Zealand.

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