** 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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.....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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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)

Hi Rob,

I can pickup a digicel sim in Negril? I'll have to check, I think my old iPhone 4s has been unlocked; that would be ok to use with their sim?

Thanks,
Moose

Moose,

Yes you get a sim in Negril at the Digicel store. Bring your ID/passport. If the full size sim won't fit, they will be able to cut it for you.

Don't rush yourself so ~ today is the 15th not 18th :cool:

...continue-ing..
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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

:-(

JUST got an email::::from Verizon::: re my internet bill .... dem want money by the 24th

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

dem bandits...!!..

question:::>> can i get Digicell in-foreign..???...
....dem cheaper than Verizon


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NEXT item..!!...

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i'm getting sick & tired
of folks always
trying to run the ''..fear..'' game on me

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

'''..Bill be care with this......... blah blah watch out for this & that ,,,,,,,blah blah ....'''

Jeeeez...!!.
don't they realize me no idiot..!!..
...when i left WashingtonDC USofA they were killing/shooting/stabbing folks all day long,,,every day .... average 'bout 3, 4, 5 shooting daily

i done figured OUT one thing:::>>>> this '''fear''' con-game is one of those get-over on the tourist/foreigner thing-ys .... a means of control... especially controlling the foreigner's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$, and how and where it's $pent

they ought to QUIT it...!!!!...

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next item

yesterday,
after gettin' up
and
standing pon verandaH
sipping my tea,

i FELT something(??)
damp & wet
moving on my big toe

i jumped

looked down

'twas one of those stupid, silly, pesky Ja-dog puppies likkin' my toe/foot/toes

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

hate them Ja-dogs.
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Should i open a likkle Ja-business .... a roadside shop

me drinking too much tea.
...likkle while ago
sugar ran out

walked down road,
to shopkeeper lady
who sells sugar and other stuff
that the closer shopkeeper guy
don't sell

1-pound sugar::::: Ja$90
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
IF me were smart,
and planned in advance
could have gotten
that same sugar
in Lucea Town
from China-man for Ja$50

poor planning WILL get/cost you EVERY time, na tru

* sigh *
so it goes

....to be continued...

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Originally Posted by Lola

Don't rush yourself so ~ today is the 15th not 18th :cool:

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lol
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'member:::>> me old-old-OLD, with a likkle pea-brain

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Originally Posted by murph

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)

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STAY tuned

:-)

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

mi think you missed some of my old trip reports eh

me no wanna be redundant
..but stay tuned

...continue-ing....

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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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it's almost 1PM Ja-time

me been on this 'puter
&
in-yard
waaaaaaaaaaay to long.
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gonna GO to Lucea beach and play in the water.

any of YOU's wanna come along..???..

lol
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likkle more

soon-come back this evening/night
WITH in-Sea video(s)

Go pee back on one of those Ja. dogs!- lol

Smith, I'm sitting in my office waiting for UPS man to bring me a much needed care package from Jamaica...... :)

Enjoy,

VVHT

Good tune mon!!

..continue-ing...

gonna end this thread
and
start new one

'twill be tuesday night apres beach

lataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thanks for the tunes and reports Smith! Always nice!