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

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    ** 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 ....
    be hapPpy

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

    ...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
    lol
    lol
    lol
    lol
    lol
    lol
    .
    .....to be continued...
    be hapPpy

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

    ...continue-ing..
    .
    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 *

    .
    .
    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..
    be hapPpy

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

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

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

    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
    Mi Irie

    ~Just my two cents worth - I mostly only comment on places I've seen and or eaten at personally.

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


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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
    lol
    lol
    lol
    lol

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    ..likkle bit ....
    more soon come
    be hapPpy

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

    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.
    Negril.com - For the vacation that never ends!

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
    Moose,

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

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

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

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

    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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