TiCtOc pon di rock LIVE AND DIRECT **TRIP REPORT** On a Zero budget.

[TiCtOc]

i AM SO LOGGED IN TO IRIE FM YAY THANKS.wish I could listen to it all night I will hunt down someones internet tomorrow!

[northcoast]

I) I know what you mean about "complaining" husbands,

2) I've always said Jamaicans are the "cookingist" people I know. Almost EVERYTHING is made from scratch here, from FRESH ingredients, so it takes a LONG time to prepare food. I really do like to cook & bake & do it well, but don't want to spend the whole day inna di kitchen. Sometimes I long for a good sub sandwich or quick salad.

[Sheba]

Fulljoy mi sistren
One Love
B. x

[Seveen]

what happened to the trip report?
i have visions of tic toc dancing in her house to irie-fm with the heat blasting - lol
drinking rum :-)

[TiCtOc]

LOL seveen now you know me only too well and NORMALLY that is EXACTLY what I would be doing so 10 outta 10 for guessing but the reality is I had all my connections shut down..no phone until friday and no internet of my own until 10 days after that, I have bills coming out of my ears, no rum left, and cannot even access my irie fm unless I visit someone with internet where I have had to listen to it very quietly right now.I am sure you can imagine how SEETHING I am and to top it all off I see the second I landed in England the one love shows which i flew around the world to see THREE times and stayed in one spot in the hope they were definately happening have just announced their line up.I am not a happy bunny and I have been put on a $160 dollar WEEKLY repayment plan for about the next ten years and that is just for my holiday spends without catching up with anything else LOL BUTTTTTTTTT it was worth every second and only myself to blame.I have been using my brothers internet connection wisely this evening by using it to search flights.I know better must come!
So far I have been extremely lucky since arriving home all the good karma of giving everything away has boomeranged straight back to me,I have had free meals a brand new gorgeous comfy matress waiting for me in my home even though I have never told anyone I could use one and I never use a mobile phone-everyone says I am in the dark ages but I say I just like to be unobtainable at times and use my internet a lot.A new blackberry has placed itself in my house - got a cushy deal with that again did not ask and a really kind boardie bought me irie fm subscription so it really does pay to give all your crap away!
Everytime I give - I get back ten fold and it is always stuff I want and better than what I gave away!Ok Just for you seveen I will try and post a little more of my report I was going to wait ten days until I could settle in at home as the postings seem a little mixed up and there are some parts totally missing but just for you I shall plod on!
I have attended my girls college interview this evening and they have got in yay! dependant on them getting the good results we are hoping to get which we will receive in August..again, babylon screwing with my holiday plans lol
I was thinking of a summer break but we have enrollment days taster days parents open days and picking up results days and all sorts of things in summer lined up for them and I need to BEAT PATTY if she is still reading this you can all tell her I said so LOL I need to put this in a post of its own but my lovely well behaved girls with impeccable marks at school and manners in Jamaica shocked the life out of me this morning when they walked down the stairs on the day of college interviews with
SUNSET SUPRISE as I have now named it
explanation of sunset surfreakinprise is:
My terrible teen tearaways saw how much fun me and patty were having with matching drinks and clothing and eyeshadows that guess what?
They walked downstairs with bright white yellow and orange sunset hairBOTH OF THEM
they tried to dye it blonde apparently but as they had red on the bottom and did not strip it the top went yellowy blonde bottom went orange LOL
they say it matches the sunset in Negril photos OMG
NOTTTTTTTT on college interview day girls OMG NOOOO
NOT BOTH OF YOU.
deeeramaaaa! so we had to get it all tied up respectfully
I will post photos in a seperate thread soon.Pattys matching co-ordinating idea has just gotten OVERSTEPPED OVER THE MARK!
DOUBLE TROUBLE! OMG
HAIR DO'S MATCHING SUNSETS NOW.
So that was my sunset suprise and I cannot even go mad because it does kinda remind me of the sunset and it was quite a giggle and it reminds me of patty and Jamaica so I just looked the other way and laughed LOL

[TiCtOc]

Yesterday the cats got some fish, they were too busy fighting over it so the dog trotted in picked it up between his teeth and trotted out again LMAO

My son always loves using the blender at home for fresh smoothies he is very clever and I do not know properly how to use it yet but he does and he is fruit mad and he comes up with clever potions he is my fresh organic non-alcoholic bartender he is crazy good , so today he got some oranges from his grandparents tree and he made himself a fresh orange woieeeee go on son you clever little man. I never think of picking things and making things from trees or the ground I guess I am so used to buying things in packets but my son has been coming here all his life and he picks up real fast so he loves the nature part and is very interested in how things grow and work and how you can make things and survive off the land. I hope he learns more fast as he teaches me sometimes, It is all very interesting. There is so much to learn here though it would take me more than 6 weeks to learn it all. I need to be here living it to fully understand it I think.
There is a huge ackee tree here and I want some ackee and saltfish not had any yet this trip but I am told they are not ready or open yet and I have to wait. Maybe not ready while I am here see its things like that I want to know, how long do they take to open FEED ME NOW!
My sister in law has not left the kitchen since we arrived I have told her to sit down and turn everything off.It all takes so long.Forget the food we should have something easy and quick or all go out.We are definitely going out for food tomorrow and we are having the party at my nieces on Saturday.
GETOUTOFTHEKITCHEN.COM!
Family stuff we had to do here is almost done and Jamaica is not as easy as I would like to think!
Things always crop up and prices rise and issues pop up and try to scare you around each and every corner.I think you really do have to know what you want and where you are going and have a strong character to live in Jamaica as a foreigner if not……… YOU GOING HOME!...LOL
Probably meek mild and scared lol Not in a crying scared really frightened way but in a OMG can this be happening way because all sorts of things we take for granted in foreign are never quite so easy here and just when you least expect it a drama can pop up if you are unprepared or have not done your research or nobody has taught you.
Don’t think you can just switch on a stove and it will work, you buy tanks of gas that is unheard of where I live you just expect gas to be running, so if you have not got a back up supply you wait until you have cash and phone a delivery man and wait until he can slot you in to bring the gas and THEN you may use the stove.So do not hop out of bed just assuming you can make breakfast LOL
Then if sinks block a plumber is required and if the water is off you cannot shower, if the electric goes off you need alternative lighting.
If a tyre pops or two pops on the car be prepared for dark maybe unlit country lanes miles away from anywhere.
There are a thousand things I could tell you but I do not want to bore you and you have to live and learn too!

[TiCtOc]

my son with his home made orange juice

[TiCtOc]

The ones of you who do country visits probably know the deal and I can't spill everything I am sorry I am only getting to share about 20 minutes out of every 24 hrs with you all but there are just some things some would not believe, and the ones who did believe may faint in shock and the others would just laugh and haterate LOL so I just share about 20 minutes of my day for now .

[TiCtOc]

And I do not want you to think I am not having a good time because I am.

BUT BE PREPARED FOR JUST INCASE!
I have witnessed a few times now people selling products to others for them to sell but others not having the cash upfront to buy so the seller lets the buyer take the product until they have sold them to pay them NEVER does this happen in England unless you are a big business and have contracts to pay within 4 weeks and it is all above board and legit.
Here people are so trusting and I wonder what happens ifthey do not return the money they owe?
Well I think I know.
My son is being fussy with his food again he refuses the macaroni cheese or any sandwiches and would not eat the fish dinner or the chicken.He also said the cute looking cereal I bought him for breakfast is no good so he is having hot dogs on buns with bulla cake and a bit of spice bun and a drink and a packet of crisps for now oh and his home made orange juice so he will survive but I wish he would eat full proper meals but he is quite fussy, he loved the pizzas in Negril though they were definately a major hit.I just fancy one myself actually. I wish I could go back to the pizza place and also see yellowman and popcaan –Imagine if brasi and Gerry came to pick me and hubby up on their motorbikes LOL that would be such fun , I do not have all that gasfare though I do not think,Not sure how much that would cost and I have no internet to arrange it but it would be such fun.Where are you boys? Did you forget about little old me?
COME GET US! Bring a pizza or 3 for the kids and we will come have a final party night! Lol how many final party nights can one have? EVERY night is party night in Jamaica.What will I do when I return home?
How do you describe what Jamaica does to you?
I describe it like this:
In Jamaica I am a blossoming , growing ,nurtured, happy, bright coloured, sweet smelling, happy rose
and in England
I shrivel up and become thorny then wilt and DIE
That’s the only way I can describe it today,Tomorrow I will have another try.
I need to find a library so I can start to update you with these little titbits I have been writing.If it is not too far maybe I will get my nephew to show me where it is .Bye for now I have mansions to dream of and paint in my head and I have already booked Francine from the seastar inn in my head to come and do all the landscaping.If you do not know the owners of seastar chris and Francine, Francine is the wife and she deals with all of the plants and palm trees, some get loads of mosquitos around them but she will know what is good and what is not and she takes really good care of all the plants and trees and she has a nursery where she grows them all she does a very good job,She has leaflets for landscaping and selling them to all the big hotels.I have seen her tending to plants in work gear and she does a really fantastic job so wherever you live in Jamaica If you need landscaping or flowers or trees I would call her.If I ever get a house here Chris and Francine would be the first people I would call,Their rooms are getting built quick and to a good standard and Francine can do all the landscaping.Everything of course to do with them is totally professional and you would not get ripped off,So while I dream of my mansion that chris’ friends can help me build I have Francine potting all my pretty palm trees.
While she is there maybe she can carve me some fantastic wooden carvings around the place and of course we will need an opening party where we will need the seastar crew! And we have to have a sleepover because first morning I will need my girls barb and Clarol to start off the day anew again and make everything perfect.AHH Jamaica is perfect IF you have the money.
Beg yuh some money nuh LOL.
On a more realer note I can smell my chicken sauce so off Igo.!

[TiCtOc]

After my chicken me and the kids decide to have a wander around the neighbourhood all you newbies no getting scared now LOL off we trotted all alone out there in to the deep dark wilderness Just kidding, it was almost dark the sun was setting and we thought we would go for a stroll see who was hanging on whos verandhas see if we could gatecrash anywhere , It was a nice evening stroll.We left hubby on the other side of the neighbourhood to have a good ol grumble to himself..or maybe some passing goats who knows