Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

[Clarity]

I really enjoyed reading both side of the "Ninja is missing" incident. I completely understood your concern, Marley and could totally relate. I would have reacted the same way. Ninja's side of the story had me laughing. It's so sweet how he went all that way to get your Rum cream!!
The bellyflop was so much fun! Loved the pictures!
Please keep it coming!

[ralonzo29]

Day3 con’t: Monday April 23, 2012
NINJA's 2Cents
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OK this first part is gonna brief (and for me thats a miracle). Sleep YES. It was probably the longest sleep we had had so far while in Negril. Which isnt really saying much cuz we hadn’t caught up yet. I showered headed to breakfast, got to talk to Sweetness more. And of course [I’m gonna call Carol out here] had to help her pronounce my name again. I told her just add an ‘H’ Rahul its how my Mom (the woman I love and the originator of my name) says it. Or at least everyone says she does. 2 years ago when we got married and we were on Negril Escape, Natasha our wedding planner also pronounced it with an ‘H’ in it so I realized it has to be a Jamaican thing. My parents were not born there, but my grandparents where (Kingston) and I’m sure my mom has some of the accent traits. Anyhooo, Carol took my order YAY Johnny cakes mmmmmmm. We lounged I got to chat up Tizzy and Jon, Booger and Sandy more. Really got to know them more. Had my heart set on cliff jumping but oh well the rough seas wouldn't allow it. Well time to go flop.

Well since i’ve done this for everyone so far lets get Jon out of the way.
Again if you consider Booger and Him a comic duo, he’s what my parents would call the straight man (and no not that kind of straight man though I’m sure the week would prove he was). You can understand it if you go here . Not sarcastic like Boog but funny in his own respect. Alway ready to ask questions. We talked tattoos and life and I came to realize like many many of the comic straight men out there [Dean Martin, Lou Costello, George Burns, Dan Rowan, Daffy Duck to name a few] he is an entity on his own with his own brand of humor and life realizations. Oh yeah a surfer dude, TOTALLY. But generally a guy you really want to know and talk to.

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Alright for the moment you’ve really been waiting for. The look in the mind of a flopper. Its like watching HBO’s 24/7 Road to Pacquiao/Bradley. So here is my own 24/7 Road to Belly Flop 2012 - Ninja edition. But to understand we have to back up a bit before the trip.

Somewhere in the months leading up to the Flop, momentary pause to rewind back even further - polF eht ot pu gindael shtnom eht ni erehwemoS - . My wonderful wife volunteered me for this (I try and heed the acronym NAVY - Never again volunteer yourself but I guess I didnt she did) and I just went along ok back forward now. Somewhere in the months leading up to our trip the flop had been discussed a couple of times and then somewhere Brasi said Chris was donating the 100 gift certificate. This is when I decided I’d be a smart ass and say something like tell him to make it out to me. I like to talk trash alot, but I’m never really afraid to try and back it up. So fast forward to the day of the trip in, the flop came up a couple of times between me and Shauna and Guirigay. There was the mention of props and costumes and I’ll admit what once was just a bunch of guys (and one awesome girl) basically hurting themselves for the pleasure of the masses now in my mind was something I didn’t really prepare for. I didn’t have a costume I had no props, I had a couple times thought about what I would do flop wise but never actually practiced. I found myself just keeping quiet, its better to convince your opponents that you carry secret weapons than to open your mouth and given them any advantage.

Between saturday and monday, other things had come up. Like the talk of flopping from the roof. Something I’m glad didnt happen simply for safety reasons alone. Now I was I have to admit a bit nervous. I mean I did [as my friend Angela would say] sell wolf tickets as to who was gonna win. My only hope was that no one was listening to me. I kept going over the only two ideas I had for a flop in mind. I’m great at visualization (oh and modest).

So here we were the day of reckoning.

On a side note I do have to bring a conversation with Sandie where she informs us she has recently had shoulder surgery (I believe) and in her last conversation with her Dr she informs that she is going to take part in a flop and was concerned about the shoulder. How do you as a Dr look your patient in the face with out A) suprise or 2) laughter and without batting an eye respond “make sure you tuck the arm”. Which Sandie you did not, I’m telling.

I sized up the competition. With flopping of the roof not an option Thank Jah, I felt I had an even chance with drummerboy, Jon and Booger. They were smaller maybe more athletic but I felt I had them on girth and innovation. Musicdoc and Gerry were my front runners, they at least had the mass to produce a good splash so I felt I had 3rd locked at least. Pooper and Guriguy were the wild cards. He’s sly enough and well she’s crazy enough to take it. Now in all seriousness this was a purely fun event but I’m a competitor inside and even if its fun I’m gonna try. As long as you never become a sore winner or a sore loser its all good, but I HATE LOSING.

Time to start the flopping - Musicdoc was up next and though you know he didn’t win, at the time I was like he’s got it. Great form, good style and great splash.

Drummerboy followed him and well Beachgirl called him out on the fact that it wasnt a bellyflop but I almost thought he was gonna steal one of my 2 moves. He got some good air but called on the technicality of no belly and small splash.

Gerry G brought up the 3rd position and you’d think he’d have learned from drummer boy. The jump and subsequent splash were great but again all back no belly. Beachgirl called him too. I have to agree looking back at the video I thought OMG how did he not split his wig.

I found myself 4th in this group so Brasi called Ninja and up until this moment I had been trying to visualize my first flop. Not knowing how many we had to do I didnt know when to bring out my show stopper. I only had two so...

Thoughts that went through my head as I made my way to the jump point. ‘You're not winning this’, ‘Hey but doesn't mean you can’t try’. I found myself believing myself to be a Sean White or a Tony Hawk. I had to go for the only 3 things I had in my arsenal. Medium Girth(good splashability), Style in the way of posing or positioning and Like ability. I mean I’m me who wouldn’t like me.

I went for what I now call the dhanurasana flop (Bow Flop), WPYOGI will know what that is. I jumped attempted to grab both ankles and release before I touched down. I almost had it but it was enough to get me a high score.

Booger flopped 5th and he went for mass effect and length of his body. It was good enough to get him into the second round.

Next was pooper and she definitely brought out the crazy style, gotta love her. if it wasn't for Jon Guirigay would have pulled up the rear at 6th. Guirigays flop was.....
What I can say about it is if you know him you shouldn't have been surprised. What he may have lacked in size for splash he made up for in style BIG TIME.

I called it done. No way can I beat him, but I’m gonna try.

Jon definitely went for height and air and pulled off an impressive flop.

I don’t quite remember the second round flops with the exception of my 360. I really wasn't sure I was gonna pull off a full 360 and still be able to land the flop. god forbid I don’t land front wise Beachgirl gonna dock me points. Once I left the pool side it was anyone's game if i’d land it but I pulled it off. Of course that was it I was done with the only 2 I had in my arsenal. After the tally We were down to 4 and I had a chance, but no idea what I was gonna do.

My 3rd flop was what I can only call a kickstand flop and it was good enough to propel me to finals. NINJA vs GUIRIGUY the thrill in Negril. We roshambo’d for it which I lost, and as Guirigay said I should have know what he was gonna throw [out of rock, paper or scissor] cuz HE ROCKS.

He chose to go second as I would have, and I set off to go for mass, splash and distance.
I will say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. The couples splash that Sweetie Pie and Guirigay, while cute was no match for my power house. I told you, I’d win.

Oh and don’t let Shauna fool you I told her she could get anything she wanted with my winnings. I know that all sound all serious but trust me I didnt take THAT seriously we are just having fun.



My favorite pic and the video to boot

[wpyogi]

I went for what I now call the dhanurasana flop (Bow Flop), WPYOGI will know what that is. I jumped attempted to grab both ankles and release before I touched down. I almost had it but it was enough to get me a high score.

And I will say it again, (I think these were the first words i spoke to you at the Swordfish bar) that dhanurasana flop was MONEY!!!

LMAO!

[deanna]

Thanks for the info! I'm going to try it this weekend and will stayed tuned....

[marley9808]

Day 3, cont.

I was busy spending all of Ninja’s winnings in the gift shop so we actually were part of the group that headed out in the last bus, but funny enough we were the first group to arrive to Travelers Beach Resort…..uh, how did that happen? LOL! So we walked in and headed to the front desk. We told them we had a donation to make to the Buy A Brick program and asked if we could speak to someone. They called for someone to come talk to us and about that time the next group arrived….where were you guys?!?!?! Haha So we had several representatives of the program come out and speak to us. We told them about the event we just had and about how we decided to donate all of the money collected to N.E.E.T. They were very appreciative and they took some time to explain the program and also talked to us all about the new Hospital being built. We all were so thrilled that we had raised $9100 Js to donate, and since each brick is only $100 Js we pretty much knew that we could all paint a brick (and then some) so we decided we each would get a brick to paint but that we would also paint some for those who were there with us in spirit, etc. I have said before that the Bellyflop was one of the most fun things I have ever done in Negril, but this moment painting the bricks was probably one of the coolest things I have done. We had all just been laughing and having a ball and then once we got here and starting painting you could just feel the vibe change, and you could sense that everyone there was equally aware of just how special this moment was, it was amazing! I painted my brick and then one for Clarity too as they had gone to check in to their next place and didn’t make it to Travelers with us. Tizzy painted hers and then one for Markus. Patty painted one for her and one for Joe, and Kopper covered his and one for Manda. I also painted a brick each for Sweetie Pie and Guirigay who had not joined us down to Travelers….everyone had a brick and when we were all done it was such a site to see everyones name on those bricks. I took a moment to take a few pictures and then just looked at them all and thought about the school or library or whatever they would all one day build! What a great program!

Painting a brick for SweetiePie and Guirigay


Everyone painting their bricks



Group Photo



Crazy Group photo



Everyone's bricks all together...what a masterpiece!



After we finished taking the group photos I paused to take it all in and then I walked over to wash up a bit, when I looked up EVERYONE was gone. There had been a big group of folks and now all that remained was Ninja and I and Indy Bob and Cindy….where did everyone go? And how did they move so fast? This group NEVER moves fast. So I said, well I can only assume that Booger and gang are at the bar, so we headed towards the beach where the bar was. We walked up and no one was there….weird! So we walked back towards the lobby area, however Bob and Cindy appeared to be happy with staying at the bar so we waved and kept walking. No one was in the lobby. We walked out front and saw Patty, Kopper, Beachgirl,+1 and Beccajean. They didn’t know where everyone else was but they were waiting on their ride to take them back to their hotel. So I said to Ninja well we are down at the beach, we might as well hang out, so I called Daisy and Markus to see what they were up to. They had just checked into Seasplash and suggested we stop by for a drink at the bar. So we got in the van with the FH crew and then had the driver carry us down to Seasplash…….

(p.s. I only recently found out that Booger did indeed leave us, but apparently we also left Jon and Tizzy, mistakenly of course, as they were out swimming in the ocean....LOL)

[monk]

Day 3, cont.

I was busy spending all of Ninja’s winnings in the gift shop so we actually were part of the group that headed out in the last bus, but funny enough we were the first group to arrive to Travelers Beach Resort…..uh, how did that happen? LOL! So we walked in and headed to the front desk. We told them we had a donation to make to the Buy A Brick program and asked if we could speak to someone. They called for someone to come talk to us and about that time the next group arrived….where were you guys?!?!?! Haha So we had several representatives of the program come out and speak to us. We told them about the event we just had and about how we decided to donate all of the money collected to N.E.E.T. They were very appreciative and they took some time to explain the program and also talked to us all about the new Hospital being built. We all were so thrilled that we had raised $9100 Js to donate, and since each brick is only $100 Js we pretty much knew that we could all paint a brick (and then some) so we decided we each would get a brick to paint but that we would also paint some for those who were there with us in spirit, etc. I have said before that the Bellyflop was one of the most fun things I have ever done in Negril, but this moment painting the bricks was probably one of the coolest things I have done. We had all just been laughing and having a ball and then once we got here and starting painting you could just feel the vibe change, and you could sense that everyone there was equally aware of just how special this moment was, it was amazing! I painted my brick and then one for Clarity too as they had gone to check in to their next place and didn’t make it to Travelers with us. Tizzy painted hers and then one for Markus. Patty painted one for her and one for Joe, and Kopper covered his and one for Manda. I also painted a brick each for Sweetie Pie and Guirigay who had not joined us down to Travelers….everyone had a brick and when we were all done it was such a site to see everyones name on those bricks. I took a moment to take a few pictures and then just looked at them all and thought about the school or library or whatever they would all one day build! What a great program!

Painting a brick for SweetiePie and Guirigay


Everyone painting their bricks



Group Photo



Crazy Group photo



Everyone's bricks all together...what a masterpiece!



After we finished taking the group photos I paused to take it all in and then I walked over to wash up a bit, when I looked up EVERYONE was gone. There had been a big group of folks and now all that remained was Ninja and I and Indy Bob and Cindy….where did everyone go? And how did they move so fast? This group NEVER moves fast. So I said, well I can only assume that Booger and gang are at the bar, so we headed towards the beach where the bar was. We walked up and no one was there….weird! So we walked back towards the lobby area, however Bob and Cindy appeared to be happy with staying at the bar so we waved and kept walking. No one was in the lobby. We walked out front and saw Patty, Kopper, Beachgirl,+1 and Beccajean. They didn’t know where everyone else was but they were waiting on their ride to take them back to their hotel. So I said to Ninja well we are down at the beach, we might as well hang out, so I called Daisy and Markus to see what they were up to. They had just checked into Seasplash and suggested we stop by for a drink at the bar. So we got in the van with the FH crew and then had the driver carry us down to Seasplash…….

(p.s. I only recently found out that Booger did indeed leave us, but apparently we also left Jon and Tizzy, mistakenly of course, as they were out swimming in the ocean....LOL)

wow, you guys knocked it out of the park!

all respect due.

[marley9808]

wow, you guys knocked it out of the park!

all respect due.

Thanks so much!!!
Happy to do it!

[marley9808]

Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
You are going to LOVE it!

[booger]

Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
You are going to LOVE it!

At least that's how the mixture starts. I'm sure it's more vodka as the day goes on.

[Eden]

Marley, Thanks!! Will report back! Making my list now for our Memorial Day BBQ.
Oh, and you had me laughing so hard as I read your story about meeting Shamma Lamma Ding Dong that I woke up poor Anthony!!. You are right, only in Jamaica! And, omg, your description of Ninja and Markus' determination to get THE perfect moon shot! hahaha. I just love the way you write, it's as if we are all there with you. Keep it coming! :-)

Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
You are going to LOVE it!