The View from our Balcony at the Resort in Montego Bay!!“A vacation should be just long enough that you're boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.”
– Unknown (Or at least I couldn’t find the author)
Oh Jamaica, How I miss your clear glass waters and the friendly people, No Problem Mon! I be returning soon!
This picture below: Is the View from the highway!! Not Fair!
Montego Bay and Negril were amazing! 5 blissful days of pool, sun and beach fun! Not sure if I got it out of my system as I don’t believe I will ever get the sun and the beach out of my system, but I feel better. It was an amazing place filled with fun people, lots of red stripe beer, funny accents, and wind surfing/water sliding/ snorkeling activities!
I loved spending time with my family. My younger sister just turned 21 and she is headed for Spain in two days for 6 months. So we celebrated with lots of beer and margaritas, daquiris and other frosty delights. My mom, of course, got drunk, being about my size width wide and a lot taller than me,
Things I learned about Jamaica:
Jamiacan English is a lot like British too me…I can’t understand it even though supposedly we are speaking the same language…
Classic Misunderstanding between Me and Cabana Guy:
Me: “Can I get a couple Lemonades mixed with Club Soda?” (my island drink, so refreshing!)
Cabana Guy: “How Many Times you Want? 1x, 2x?”
Me: looking at him with a total incomprehension… “Excuse me?”
Cabana Guy: “I Said, how many time you need”
Me: Still looking like a total nincompoop….”I guess 1x” (I am thinking, shots of lemonade or something…
He comes back with one drink, and I say, “Um, I needed 2 please…”
Cabana Guy: Totally Frustrated, “Dat is what I asked, 1x, 2x…No Problem, Mon, I bring you anoter drink…”
OOOPS!!! But in American English, you ask “how many?”
My favorite Jamaican Word was: Profile, Verb: other words with similar meaning, rubber neck, check out, etc. Used in sentences like, “Dem Boys be profiling, checking dem ladies along da street.”
And they really say, no problem mon…and I don’t mean they say it every now and then and only to men, they say it like Americans say the word “Like” it ends almost every sentence.
“Don’t worry, mon, no problem, mon. Coming right up mon…etc”
I loved it!! The crystal blue of the water was amazing, the only place that had more amazing water was the Turquoise Lake (Olundeniz) near Istanbul, Turkey.
New Years was interesting. Ten and I decided to do separate New Years which was bittersweet. He really wanted to see his friends up in New York and I really wanted to spend it with Cambouri as she had come done from New York to spend it with me. So, we decided that he would go do his thing in NY and I would stay with Cambouri and go with her to this party…
I must first explain my dress though…I love the Shopping Gods and the demi- God Lord and Taylor!!
Cambouri and I searched high and low for the perfect New Years dresses…I could not find a damn one that fit. Finally hidden in the sale rack of Lord & Taylor, a beautiful Nicole Miller satin pink fitted cocktail dress peered out at me…it was a size two but looked like it might fit my teeny tiny self… I didn’t dare look at the price because at this point who really cares…I tried it on and it was fabulous!!! YAY! The price tag was very scary though, originally $330…I took it to the “Check Price” Machine…and it showed up as $27!!!! I know, I was totally knocked off my feet…so not only did I get my dress for a whopping $22 dollars with my little 20% off extra savings pass but I also got to buy a pair of shoes to match!!
This is my dress but in Red
The party was in Adams Morgan and was a lot of fun, however, I don’t remember ringing in the New Years, as I was probably in the bathroom…totally oblivious to the time. Cambouri being the goddess that she is had guy after guy chasing her and even got 2 New Years kiss as I had to settle for a text message kiss from Ten. But at least it was a fun night with Cambouri. We didn’t get home till 5:30 because of course after the party was over we had to get big slice and then we went and hung out at one of Cambouri crushes house, she did other things besides talk while I passed out on the couch, only to be awoken at 5:30am as Cambouri pulled me out of his house and into a cab…the cab driver was laughing at us all the way probably knowing what was happening (We were ditching the boy of the nights house, not wanting to experience a coyote ugly moment (well, her, not me)) and fell asleep in her bed only to awake with the worst headache ever…ugh…but it was great…
The bittersweet part about the night, was being sad that Ten and I were apart for New Years. I had really wanted him to stay but was not willing to deny him his fun nor sacrifice my fun either. But What ended great about this experience is Ten came back on the 1st and told me how much he really feels like things lose their luster when I am not around. He always wants me to be there when he is sharing a joke with someone, and he missed not giving me a real New Years Kiss! I loved hearing that because I felt the same way. I love being with my girlfriends and there is a time and a place for girl time/boy time and together time, but New Years is not one of them and we really do enjoy spending time together on special occasions. We are having a Special Re-Do New Years tomorrow night, with Champagne, I am wearing my dress, and just us with a New Years Kiss at Midnight!!
Happy New Years Everyone! Hope it was fun and special!! Good Luck in 2008!
Oh, PS: Another Blog at Genpink.com is doing this great Advice Section for 20somethings, and I contributed to it as a guest post! YAY for getting involved!
Check out my post and her blog at: http://www.genpink.com/twenty-something-advice-dont-let-love-swallow-your-independence-spend-time-learning-what-you-are-like-when-you-are-single/
oh...please dont steal my pictures...I actually took them myself...thanks!
1 comment:
Jealous of the Montego bay pics, seems like ages since I was in Lanzarote now. It always sucks coming back though, eh?
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