** on-site Trip Report ~~ Tuesday ... 09/18/15

once again,
i apologize
for not post more yesterday

:-(

early yesterday evening
tired-ness plopped down pon me

not sure,
if 'twas 'cause i've been over-eating,
or
the heat & humidity
or
just too-much excitement, over-joy-ment, pure-bliss, etc etc.

monday
came home
laid down
for a nap,
and
woke-up this morning 'bout 6am --- via tablet alarm

anyhooooooooooooooo

lemme catch up on a few things.

new item

''''.,...Bill...'''' <<<<< a sweet-sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet female voice....'twas a young-lady, with boy-pickney, walking pass me in Lucea-town.

me looked at her.
..ummmmmmmmmmmmm..... sight familiar-rity to me

'''...you don't remember me......but do you remember xxxxxx @ Poinciana...???..'''''

Wow...!!!!...

it's been over 15+ years since i was time-share-ing at Poinciana
...then it came to me ----- she was a trainee with my house-keeping friend @ Poinciana

* sigh *

'tis funny
how Ja-folks remember you, na tru

next item

'''...You're VERY lucky, Sir...'''' <<<<<Lady @ Digicell store,
she was adding credit to my cell-phone, and setting up & adding $$$$$ to my internet data plan

the cell phone
sounded like it was a quarter slot maching:::::LOTS of pings, rings, chimes, beeps, etc etc.

i asked her did she break my phone.

'''...No, man......your time-ing to add credits, etc, was perfect, and you're getting a lot bonu$ credits..'''

'twas almost Ja $2,000 worth of credits.

I turn,
looked pon
a young-boy,
who was with is father,
to get a new cell phone
[[[[ noticed a lot of peer-rants with pickneys, lately
getting cellies for their pickeny, WITH data plans .... SMART peer-rants na tru ]]]


me tell the likkle-boy:::>>> ''''...DO good and God will send blessings...''''






next item

Was IT a *sign* from above..??..


for lunch,
i stop into my favorite Lucea eating spot... the SeventhDayAdventist vegetarian place

See & meet & greet,
a Lucea architect-guy *associate*
whom i haven't seen in quite a few years

we embrace, bump fist, hugged, etc etc.

like me,
he too,
from long time
is/has-been into eating the right-tings for better health & well being.

we had a good good chat while munching pon the delish-us food.

he was on lunch break,
from an on-site thing-y:::>> soil test, etc etc.

in chat, we catch-up

'''...how you like the political/politician *life*...???...''' <<<<<me-SAy

he pauses
contemplates his response

a few years ago,
his party was doing this & to get young-folks to run for office(s)
....he was a candidate for Member of Parliment
.....he lost

he tell 'bout:::::>>> ''''...blah blah ..... corruption... blah blah...greed...not for the people... blah blah blah ... for themselves... blah blah...ugly thing....blah blah''''

mi-SAY::>> '''... BUT, you KNEW THAT going in, na tru....'''

'''...Yeah,,,,but i was hope-FULL...'''

* sigh *

so it goes
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....to be continued ....

...continue-ing...

it's so-sooooooooooooo nice
doing nothing
...just chillin'
and
doing it
while IN Jamaica

:-)

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WHERE your at..??..
what you doing..??
lol
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lol
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.....to be continued...

...continue-ing..
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new item

'twas Sat-day,
'bout 3-pm-ish ... a guess-timate

saw 'bout 100 school pickneys,
WITH back-packs
walk-ing walking

they were coming from Lucea public library
....been doing homework

NEVER seen nothing like that back in-foreign
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next item

SING with me, now:::>>> ''''... you got to know when to hold 'em, you got to know when to fold ''em...''

here i am,
trying to type this trip report,
and my landlord
bothering me

he troubled,
'cause me-done
with the *argument*
regarding my personal-lodge-ing *plans*

he think he gonna change my mind,
but he no know me:::::::i'll walk away in a heart beat, Cho..!!!..

he's been warned
he got my *memo*

balls in HIS court

* sigh *

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but,
me no angry with him.
'cause me unna-stan his thinking & point of view, etc.
......he been working in the tourist industry too too long::::::doing what he do with other-foreigners, and doesn't realize that I am NOT '''...the one...'''
...............'tis difficult for zebra to change it's stripes na tru

lemme continue this trip report
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new item
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doing business Ja-Stylee

it's my practice,
to bring stuff down
to Jamaica
to get things fixed, repaired, etc
'cause price better than in foreign,
and the workmanship is MUCH much better.

so,
this trip,
i brought one of my watches :::: need battery & new band

so,
day #2, last Friday
i go to the One-Way road-side watch repair man

tell him what i want/need
..give him my watch

'''..Soon come back for it...''' <<<::me-SAY
as
i go off
to run some errands.

couple hours later
i come back
:-(
watch man GONE [[ home ]]

me vexed,
'cause
me KNOW i won't see him or my watch until MONDAY, 'cause 'cause of his religion, he no work pon Sat-day.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

in Jamaica, it things like this that you always gotta keep in mind, when doing business, shopping, etc. .... some folks open on X-day, some folks not

* sigh *

so it goes

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to be continued..

WHERE your at..??..
what you doing..??
lol
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Just chillin in this cubicle in the office, wishin I was there.
Stop laughing at me! :-)

Smith,

How much does it cost for a data plan in Ja? Trying to figure out if it would be worthwhile to get a JA sim or just get a month of international data from AT&T. Do a lot of restaurants/bars in Negril offer free WiFi that I can use instead of data?

Thanks,
~Moose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgdw3aUEENA
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so-Sorry
'bout the back-ground
noise & bangin'

a man [[ and landlord ]]
doing some building stuff

me GOT to tell & show you this Ja-building thing
...they Goooooooooooood..!!
............they *way* they do & build things is fascinating AND instructive.

again::>>> wish you-all WERE here...!!

lol
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..likkle bit ....
more soon come

Moose,

For Negril, Digicel offers the best cell data plans - they have the best connections. They offer a 2-Day (which you can add data to at any time) for 225MB for J$108 which we use. If you are hardcore FB user, the 2 Day Plus plan offers free FB access for J$130.

http://www.digicelgroup.com/jm/en/mo...4g-mobile.html

I set up most of the wifi in Negril, and you can probably get by using the hotel wifi and the free wifi at many bars and restaurants. Like tonight at 3 Dives for the webcast, they always have free wifi...

A Digicel simcard will cost around j$700.

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Originally Posted by Rob

Moose,

For Negril, Digicel offers the best cell data plans - they have the best connections. .

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yep yep..!!!

me-personally,
do not own or/nor use a cell phone in-foreign ..... can't afford it... can't manage...no sir... not me

BUT,
when i *discovered* whagwan down yonder here with cellie & rates AND this internet thhing-y, I JUMP-ed on it....

it's made my Ja-visit(s) sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better in more ways than you can imagine

better for pennies..
the Digicell deal can NOT be beat.

an aside:::>>> any thing Jamaican is better than foreign ..... your in-foreign plan is highway robbery,,,, your foreign-$$$$$$$$ goes much further/farther down here.

'' Sitting in you cubicle"''....hahahaha....you Never fail to make me smile!!!!

Thanks for putting the time in Bill!

Hey- so what exactly is the landlord's housing offer? You want to build on his land? Just wonderin... (as I sit here in my cubicle hahaha)