**on-site Trip Report [[ Thursday evening ..... 01/02/14 ]]

[smith744]

Hello fellow-boardies..!!..

:-)

as some may rember/know,
TODAY is my bert-day

it IS an Inter-galactic holiday::
this year (as usual)
it's a week-long celebration.
.
.
today, this report is gonna be short & sweet,
'cause ITS MY BERT-DAY, Duh

and

i'm chillin' as much as i can

{{ continue in a minute ))

[smith744]

.
.
continue in a few minutes

[Kiknback]

Happy Birthday Smith! And nice pic!

[smith744]

[[continuing ]]

.
Photo Credits (pic above)

1..blue silk briefs -- from Mystic, in Negril ... drop in to see MissAngela --- she/her-bizness recently celebrated her TENTH-year in Negril

2...construction hat --- found it at the GrandPaladium, when 'twas under construction, a few years ago

3...the green-ish feathery adornment pon the construction hat ---- a gift, from boardie-St.LouisSally ---- I miss her a LOT..!!!. ...
THANKs, Sally..!!..

4...the BIG-BIG bamboo *seat* ---- a gift to me-self,,,, built this week, by Lucea-country neighbour-Rasta Vin --- a master bamboo craftsman
stay tuned:::: Nuff-videos soon come ---- showing the construction of this beauty ---- you won't believe the work involved.

been wanting for looooooooooong-time to have one of these benches/*seats*

[[ continue-ing in a few minutes ]]

[mokatee]

Happy Birthday Smith! Nice schtick

[Jaherring]

Happy Happy Happy Birthday!!!!

[smith744]

[[continuing ]]

I've OVER-done *things*
:-(

today,
I've started a likkle fasting thing-y, 'cause I've eaten waaaaaaaaaay to much meat-stuff, patties galore, pastries, cookies, yams, dumplings, and a whole heap of things I shouldn't have ---- BUT I couldn't help myself ----- this Jamaican food is TOO-TOO GOOD..!!.

as mentioned,
in other posts,
I'm over-party-ed
...can't do no more

:-(

THANK-fully
this holiday stuff is over & DONE
for now
'til ValentinesDay

the vibe is quickly changing around Lucea and Negril, and probably the entire island.

Holiday done,
back to school next week
you can see & feel folks shifting gears
BACK to normal

a Lucea-photographer buddy today/'bout 20-minutes ago said:::>> "... It's BACK to zero..."



[[ continue-ing in a few minutes ]]

[kaycee]

Happy birthday!

[smith744]

[[continuing ]]

NewYearDay Boadie-Meet-Up @ Canoe
it was FABULOUS..!!..

and
of course,
BIG fun..!!..

I ALL-ways
relish & cherish these boardie meet-ups

it's comfort-ing to finally meet,
and re-meet folks whom you've only *seen* or chatted with on-line

the bonus is:::>> you get to hang-out with folks who OVER-Stand your Jamaica-addiction .... hummingbirds-of-a-feather, so to speak


in case you's wondering::: there will be NO videos of the meeting/gathering/fun-times::::>> videos WERE taken, but some didn't wanna go public, were shy, etc etc .... so I'm holding those videos for my own enjoyment

Interesting-ly,
I got to meet a few lurker-boardies as well
we got some nice lurkers out there

Hi, Lurkers
[[ waving ]]


.
.
gotta run
they closing
I forgot my eyeglasses and can't see to-good

AND:::>> it's my bert-day..!!..

oh
oh
oooooooooooh:::>>> you-all have GOT TO SEE the slick, smooooooth, roomy, ultra-comfortable route-taxis they got on the Ja-roads NOW-Days...!!!...
these new route-taxis are NICE

but,
of course,
I'm NOT advocating that any of your foreign/tourist-types use 'em

but they sure are nice

....likkle bit...

WILL post a LOT more on Friday

gonna do a LOT of bert-day chillin' on-line, on the board, on you-tube (uploading) and trying my darndest to '.catch-up.'
.
.
PLUS::>> my Ja-mentor (and one of her employees) gonna *teach* me HOW TO down-load YouTube videos to my laptop hardrive.... AND they gonna *teach* me how-to convert MP3 and MP4 video-stuff to DVD-format

i've got BIG-plans,
once i *learn* the DVD conversion thing-y
yep
yep... BIG-BIG plans..!!!..

'cause almost EVERY-body down here got a DVD-player, for shows/movies, etc.,,, and I've got a couple nice video-camera options, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

:-)


....lata..

[goldilocks]

Classic Smith ensemble dat! Perfect Birthday attire, Enjoy!