Thursday, May 22, 2008

Transfer to Mona?

Ok.. jamaica is great. I am about ready to transfer to Mona campus. Nah... I won't though..I have too many special friends in Barbados (alluh yall know yallselves.. so yall can blush).lollol
I've been up and about and generally havign a good time. Can't believe I only have one week left (sigh) Oh well.. that just means I'm one week closer to my next visit.haha.
I'm happy to be back online after 2 days of crazy modem trouble. Feels like I'm back in civilization.

Hair wise..not many comments on my hair here...maybe it's because Jamaicans arn't as social as other Caribbean people, and so would not mention if they liek it or not.lollol. There was one lady inside "Mother's" who told me she really loved my hair though. I've seen quite a few lovely heads with sisterlocks here too.

Anywayz.. just popping in...

Friday, May 16, 2008

SAMMY'S BIRTHDAY AND JAMAICA!!!

YAYE!! Exams are over..and Samantha's birthday celebrations began immediately...
We went to Old Dub Tuesday at Club Xtreme... Was a good start for her birthday..got home round 4 am. Woke up at around 8 so that we could get ready to head to town for her birthday catamaran cruise... a nice Sunday vibe (despite the fact that it was on a wednesday.lollol ( after effects of free drinks in Xtreme sammy?)..wasnt as bad as "in that circular box".lollol. But the cruise was great!! We sailed to Payne's Bay Beach where we went swiming with turtles (the swimming was bit tough on my ankle (but i think it was some form of Physio therapy-lol), from Payne's Bay, we headed to Sandy Lane beach ( I really Hope I'm getting these names right- afterall...drinks on the boat were free too..lol)and we went snorkling near a reef and a sunken barge (it was great- all the colourful fish- Will love to do it again)- there was some lady on the boat who absoloutley loved Jerusha's and my locks (jerusha wears traditional locks, buh they're relativley small and very neat - will post pics soon)...yeah.. this lady just kept goign on about our hair.. well..obviously i encouraged her to get her hair done.. but she's skeptical as she says she loves the feeling of a comb in her hair...oh well..to each their own..
Well after the cruise, we all walked throught town lloking liek tourist as we had on shorts and little sun dresses with our swim suits showing..lollolBuh i guess we were all too tired to care...
You'd think that was the end of the birthday celebrations.. but... NO!! there was another party to head to in the evening.. so we went home, rested for a while, then got ready for "FINAL CHAPTER" - it was just an lright party..nuttign to shout about, but the overall birthday celebrations were fabulous (yes carlene.. we missed you)lollol
Well.. Im in Jamaica now...havent done uch yet as I had to recover from those two sleepless nights....but im sure I'll have great time.... will keep you posted..

OH.. one of the air hostesses on my flight wears her hair in sisterlocks as well, and he complimenet me on my hair and said how much she loves them. hers were beautiful too...

Anywayz...i'll be back to post out my happenings soon...

Sunday, May 11, 2008

The weekend

yes yes.. yet another weekend has come and gone. Was it a good one??.. it was aiight
Samantha, Carlene and I went to town on friday.. well... more like Samantha and I. Carlene had more important people to be with (*coffcoff*)..but anywayz..
Sammy really shopped up a storm, this girl had me entering every store in sight, and she'd try on around 3 outfits, and then say.. "NAH.. i ent like it" despite me telling her "yeah man.. ttek it.. dis one look good" after she ask for my opinion. (*rolls eyes*). I defintley know how men feel now. So after around 3-4 hrs, she finally chose something.. and we came home...

Well.. I didint go home...y?? CAUSE... KAY IS HERE!!! Kay is one of my fav Bajan friends, who moved to The bahamas to finish her degree. She's back in bim for a few days, and well.. Friday was my day to see her. So.. i stoped off at her house, after watching pictures from every single event (NO EXAGGERATION!!) that has occurred at her school over the past semester (obviously done during the adverts whilst the Tyra Show was playing), we went over to chill by keisha 9another Bajan friend.. ) ok ok ok... to much details... moving along.. It was nice being with kay again, just talking, catching up, updating each other...

So ironic that after all this time reuniting with my friend who had been away for soo long, I went over by my other friend who was leaving the next day! :(. Yup... Carlene (the one who had more important people to spend time with), finished her exams, and had to fly hoem early than expected cause of some damn cavity, root canal.. something!! Sayign the goodbyes was rather emotional...lollol..I'll miss her for the summer... I mean.. going from talking every day, to having to wait till September..But we'll survive... I hope :S (haha)

Saturday was quiet, spent most of the day studying hard (hardly studying:S) cause I still have my micro Economics exam on Tuesday... I left my apartment at around 5ish to go visit latoya at my consultant's salon. Latoya is a Jamaican Lady who I meat in February when I went to Montserrat on my UWI STAT trip. She wears sisterlocks as well, and knew that I was visiting from Barbados, so she asked "Is Lisa your Consultant?" . I answered yes, and we had a short conversation (about our sisterlocks..OBVIOUSLY)..she told me that she come to Bdos ever so often to get her hair done by lisa (there's no consultant in Montserrat), so i gave her my number and told her to gimme a call whenever she's in Bdos. So...although we weren't able to do lunch as we had originally planned, i just wanted to make sure i saw her whilst she was here. She had 4 months of growth, and after 2 hours, Lisa (who works like a machine) was only half way with her 500 or so locks!! Can you imagine if I had 4 months growth?? DAMN.. my normal retightening, with 6 weeks growth takes 4 hrs....YOU DO THE MATH FOR 4 MONTHS!lollol

Moving along...Sunday...ahh.. Sunday ( 2 more days till exams done *smile*)..Started off with Breakfast by my favorite Tobagonians...umm... you know what??.. This post is already too long, and, sunday's summary is quite long as well... So, I think I'll blog about sunday tomorrw , as nutting exciting should be happening tomorrow...but just an idea ...Crystal was insulted about me callign her a permie in my previous post, Danielle was apaulled that I "insinuated" that her jewelery was ugly (IT REALLY IS THOUGH!!!-haha), Crystal wanted to snip off the ends of my locks, Marika nearly fell off my couch..and somewhere in between alluh this, we did some studyign too.lollol

Friday, May 9, 2008

TOWN DAY!!! :D

YAYE!! As promised, I have hair news that resulted from the 2 consecutive days in town.
Thursday started off early with me going to physiotherapy (will blog bout why I needed it in the first place in another post-perhaps a boring day.lolol) Whilst I was on the bus, I felt people starign at my hair, but noone othered to say anything. When i got off at the avenue to get to the therapist, some random man who was headed in the same direction commented on how thick and nice my locks were. I just said thanks, and walked on, cause I think he just wanted an excuse to talk to me.lollollol.
After therapy, whilst walkign to town to meet up with crystal, gavi ann and danielle for what would be 6 hrs of shopping, 2 women complemented me on my hair. On was a bit awkward, cuz the woman just kept staring and me whilst walking towards me, and then FINALLY said "OH WOW, I love your hair". I need to get use to that ...that however isnt the strangest way I've received a compliment though. Two saturday evenings ago, my friends and I were in the supermarket( I spent 5.oo BDS/2.50 US- they spent 70 BDS and 50BDS each-PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY COOK), my hair was a bit wet cuz I'd just finished washing it, and a lady walked up behind me, slapped my @$$ and said "I want those locks" and just walked off.lollol I was abit taken aback.seriosuly..wouldn't you be? or is that normal?lollollol
So.. the day went on, with the occasional stare (an inaudible compliment in my opinion)..then.. i spotted this lady in a store with a set of long, thick sisterlocks ( i estimate around 4 yrs old), I was on a call when I spotte dher, all of a sudden, the call was totally unimportant, and I walked up to compliment her on her hair and xchange a smile . My friends just rolled their eyes..they don't understand the connection we sisterlocks people share.lollol. THOSE PERMIES DEM!!haha. I've tried to exlain it, but they just can't seem to grasp...
but yeah, my day in town was not ONLY about getting (and giving) hair compliments...4 gurls + alot of shops and boutiques * (its summer and we're all goign home soon)= ALOT OF SHOPPING!!!lollol. We started shoppign at aroudn 12, and never left town till 6 pm!!
I bought work clothes (start my summer job on June 1st), danielle bought some "unique" accesories ( I won't call them ugly here , so don't worry..lolol), Gavi ann was a bit disappointed cuz she didin't get anything.. crystal... cyah real rmemeber wa she bought, buh i knew she bought stuff, and ALOT of it.. afterall... She's CRYSTAL .enuff said!!
OMG.. i forgot to mention the lil cutie i met ....hmm...No i wont go on...this post is already too long.... haha

(the cam ws giving issues, so I have no blog worthy pics...sigh.. anyoen wanna buy me a new one?)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Another day..

My macro exam is over, and I officially have one exam left. Can't wait for dem dyam exams to dun!!! The exam this morning was OK, I guess...will know for sure when results are out. I was a bit concerned cuz of Danielle's (boo boo's) drama, but I know all will be well. Gavi Ann and Crystal have an exam tomorrow, so.. they're studying, but tomorrow is "TOWN DAY" (term coined by Crystal).lollol. So as you can imagine, we are excited about going. I'm gonna be looking for one work outfit for my summer job (will be sure to blog about that when I start), a top to wear with my little plaid pants to go to Sammy's bday catamaran cruise next week Wednesday, and another pair of linen pants (just cuz I heard they going cheap).
I had trini/tobagonian dumplin and saltfish for lunch today (thanks Gavi :D- didnt get those charred oats though, maybe tomorrow :S lollol) and we decided to have lunch whilst watching youtube vids of clips from NAT G.O.'s Taboo. DAMn. people eat alot of wierd stuff!!!...buh wat the heck... I'd try them too.lollollol
Ok.. I know this is supposed to be a hair blog, but it's like since I started the blog (4 days ago) the crazy hair comments that I previously found blog worthy (when no such blog existed),have stopped!!maybe my day in town tomorrow will lead to something exciting..maybe.. perhaps.. HOPEFULLY!! :D hmmm...If there's nutting exciting related to hair tomorrow, I'll post stories of the past stuff. ok??

Monday, May 5, 2008

AND THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!!!...10


Today is May5t, and that means exactly 10 more days till my trip to JAMAICA!!! I'm overexcited about goign to JA. Everyone keeps saying how fabulous jamaica really is, and I guess this will be my chance to find out for sure. I'm sure the whole world can't be lying bout it, so, I know for sure I'll have a great time.
BUT.. before I get to JA, i need to get through my last two exams. I have Intermediate Macro Economics 2 on Wednesday and Intermediate Micro Economics 2 next week Tuesday.So.. today is going to be another day of studying interupted once in a while for em to check my email, check facebook, read a blog, watch the tyra show ...Gosh.. I come up with alot of excuses to take a 2 miute break.lollol.
It's now 12:52, and I'm going to have my breakfast. yes.. you read right BREAKFAST!! Thats because i woke up at 12:30 (DON'T JUDGE ME...STUDYING REALLY DRAINS YOU!!). Breakfast is a bowl of cornmeal porridge. I only learned how to make it yesterday. And that was after i spoiled the first set, and my roomate told me the correct way to make it.Now, I got it down to science.
Nothing exciting hair wise will be hapennign today since I doubt I'll even be leaving the apartment at at point in time. So...that it for my day's post.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

MY FIRST POST!!!


Ok....Finally...

After battling with myself for the past couple weeks about whether or not to create a blog, I've finally done it. After spending countless hours (despite my exams) reading brunsli's, leighann's, keila's blogs, I FINALLY CREATED MINE!! well.. lets hope I keep it up. I'm sure I will.
I think my life (of which my hair is a very big part) is quite interesting, and this blog will be a way to invite allyuh into my life, and also make the time i spend online more productive.

Happy Reading!:D