Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 6)

[clairern 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work!

That is why there is so much success with immigration because of all the legal advice and counsel we all get from the experts

Most yardies do their own filing too.

Yup...I noticed that! Good to know about M2B and Susie...now like Yardie said we need an NVC officer and a U.S. Ambassador...perferably the Jamaican one! I recently made a donation to the Obama campaign and asked them to keep me in mind for the US Ambassador to Jamaica when he gets elected! It's all about WHO you know!

Gill

Only you gill, only you

[*JG* 2]

Anyone know the embassy's e-mail address off the top of their heads?

JG, depends on what u need...http://kingston.usembassy.gov/contact.html

Bless,

Gill

Thanks. Someone e-mailed me for it and I don't know what they wanted it for. I know I never want to deal with that God forsaken place ever again!!!!

[*SunRay* 1]

Question:

Will I receive an e-mail when I petition is touched/felt/grabbed/held or only when there's a change in status?

If you register with the USCIS site you will...when you get your petition number you can register. Did they cash your check? If they did and you have internet access to look at your cancelled check your number should be on the back....it's so wierd I used to know mine by heart...now I can't even remember what the heck it started with!

Bless,

Gill

Gill, check da timeline girl......... I'm proud of my timeline. I registered already, but I wasn't sure if I had to login to look for a touch. lol Thanks for the info honey.....

[Forever Young 1]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work!

That is why there is so much success with immigration because of all the legal advice and counsel we all get from the experts

Most yardies do their own filing too.

Yup...I noticed that! Good to know about M2B and Susie...now like Yardie said we need an NVC officer and a U.S. Ambassador...perferably the Jamaican one! I recently made a donation to the Obama campaign and asked them to keep me in mind for the US Ambassador to Jamaica when he gets elected! It's all about WHO you know!

Gill

Only you gill, only you

Yuh cyan laugh now Clairey...but when mi git hit...yuh nah guh call mi han check hout mi new digs! I'm sorry, but I think anyone on this thread is more qualified to be US Ambass to Ja then the woman that currently is...

Brenda LaGrange Johnson

Brenda LaGrange Johnson of Connecticut and New York, business executive and philanthropist, is the new U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. She was a partner since 1977 with BrenMer Industries, importing and marketing consumer products.

Ambassador Johnson is on the Duke University Advisory Board of the Nasher Art Museum. She was a founding member, President, and Chairman of the Women’s Board of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club and continues her affiliation with the Club as a trustee. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed her to the President’s Advisory Council to the Arts (PACA) for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and in 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Johnson has been a member of the Woodrow Wilson Council since 1999. She also served on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Advisory Board.

She is a member of the National Finance Advisory Council for the George and Barbara Bush Endowment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is married to J. Howard Johnson and has four children and four grandchildren.

Like I said...it's all about WHO you know!!! (She probably HATES Jamaica and wanted Fiji or UK instead! )

Bless,

Gill

Edited March 28, 2008 by Deyoungting

[Forever Young 1]

Question:

Will I receive an e-mail when I petition is touched/felt/grabbed/held or only when there's a change in status?

If you register with the USCIS site you will...when you get your petition number you can register. Did they cash your check? If they did and you have internet access to look at your cancelled check your number should be on the back....it's so wierd I used to know mine by heart...now I can't even remember what the heck it started with!

Bless,

Gill

Gill, check da timeline girl......... I'm proud of my timeline. I registered already, but I wasn't sure if I had to login to look for a touch. lol Thanks for the info honey.....

Ok...Excuse me...Ms. Ting!! Dyam good job pon deh timeline...so yeah...you should get an email from USCIS when things happen!

Bless,

Gill

[clairern 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work!

That is why there is so much success with immigration because of all the legal advice and counsel we all get from the experts

Most yardies do their own filing too.

Yup...I noticed that! Good to know about M2B and Susie...now like Yardie said we need an NVC officer and a U.S. Ambassador...perferably the Jamaican one! I recently made a donation to the Obama campaign and asked them to keep me in mind for the US Ambassador to Jamaica when he gets elected! It's all about WHO you know!

Gill

Only you gill, only you

Yuh cyan laugh now Clairey...but when mi git hit...yuh nah guh call mi han check hout mi new digs! I'm sorry, but I think anyone on this thread is more qualified to be US Ambass to Ja then the woman that currently is...

Brenda LaGrange Johnson

Brenda LaGrange Johnson of Connecticut and New York, business executive and philanthropist, is the new U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. She was a partner since 1977 with BrenMer Industries, importing and marketing consumer products.

Ambassador Johnson is on the Duke University Advisory Board of the Nasher Art Museum. She was a founding member, President, and Chairman of the Women's Board of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club and continues her affiliation with the Club as a trustee. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed her to the President's Advisory Council to the Arts (PACA) for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and in 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Johnson has been a member of the Woodrow Wilson Council since 1999. She also served on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Advisory Board.

She is a member of the National Finance Advisory Council for the George and Barbara Bush Endowment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is married to J. Howard Johnson and has four children and four grandchildren.

Like I said...it's all about WHO you know!!! (She probably HATES Jamaica and wanted Fiji or UK instead! )

Bless,

Gill

I am not laughing at you, girl. I am applauding your gumption (is there such a word?). You are one bold one and only you would make that proposal. You have big dreams. I wish you luck with those racist people.

[dancehallquana 5]

Morning ladies!

Congrats Sunny on NOA#1 that's great! Hopefully the rest will be as quick (and VT will stay just as fast by the time I file, lol)

Congrats, Lawnie! You have to be over the moon - See, I told you lots of touching would make it come!

I don't know how you can keep it a secret, lol - I booked my next trip to JA the DAY after I returned from the last - and I spilled the beans to DJ last night, couldn't hold it in any longer! He was whining about not being with me, and not knowing when he would see me - I finally said "do you think you can make it to the 25th of May?" - He just mumbled I guess, then went on with the conversation - took about 5 minutes for it to sink in that I had given an actual date!

Congrats on the interview date, Claire!!

Mawnin Yardies....

Sus, thanks girl. It;s my darn turn to get touched now. Me, Islandwomarn and some others. Mi Luv touches! TOUCH ME Dag-on-it.....

I second that Sunny, but I'm afraid my touch will be for a RFE.

Naa sah, we naa play dat deh mess....

I found this Jamaican dictionary online that may hel:

http://www.speakjamaican.com/glossary.html

Dis glossary ere wa nuff help fa mi tuh..along wid Jawi876's story.. RG sey mi a Jamerican fi tru.. He doesn't speak Patwah very hardly ever so I would never learn from him.. Even when I chat or text something in patwah, he usually still comes back in English. I just really love the culture and want to learn as much as I can.

[Tonya 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work!

That is why there is so much success with immigration because of all the legal advice and counsel we all get from the experts

Most yardies do their own filing too.

Yup...I noticed that! Good to know about M2B and Susie...now like Yardie said we need an NVC officer and a U.S. Ambassador...perferably the Jamaican one! I recently made a donation to the Obama campaign and asked them to keep me in mind for the US Ambassador to Jamaica when he gets elected! It's all about WHO you know!

Gill

Only you gill, only you

Yuh cyan laugh now Clairey...but when mi git hit...yuh nah guh call mi han check hout mi new digs! I'm sorry, but I think anyone on this thread is more qualified to be US Ambass to Ja then the woman that currently is...

Brenda LaGrange Johnson

Brenda LaGrange Johnson of Connecticut and New York, business executive and philanthropist, is the new U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. She was a partner since 1977 with BrenMer Industries, importing and marketing consumer products.

Ambassador Johnson is on the Duke University Advisory Board of the Nasher Art Museum. She was a founding member, President, and Chairman of the Women’s Board of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club and continues her affiliation with the Club as a trustee. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed her to the President’s Advisory Council to the Arts (PACA) for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and in 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Johnson has been a member of the Woodrow Wilson Council since 1999. She also served on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Advisory Board.

She is a member of the National Finance Advisory Council for the George and Barbara Bush Endowment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is married to J. Howard Johnson and has four children and four grandchildren.

Like I said...it's all about WHO you know!!! (She probably HATES Jamaica and wanted Fiji or UK instead! )

Bless,

Gill

Hello All.....Good Afternoon!

I have been laughing all day at all the talk about patwah.......I am trying to learn and speak it as well.....and boy oh boy....... .....

When reading some of the patwah.......I noticed the word "dung".......Which here in the states mean POOOOOO..... ......so when I was reading it and came across the word "dung"......I had to laugh at myself.......finally realizing that it meant down.........

Peace & Love,

Tonya

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

Thanks to all who advised me on the toe thing

Still swollen, but will leave it until Monday to see how things go.

Sus, my mother was an Arnica fanatic, didn't realise they have it here!!!

BTW, if WE feel we have it hard, check out this UK immigration thread!!

http://www.ukresident.com/forums/index.php...77&hl=child

[*JG* 2]

Why don't you think she makes a good ambassador, Gil?

[*SunRay* 1]

Question:

Will I receive an e-mail when I petition is touched/felt/grabbed/held or only when there's a change in status?

If you register with the USCIS site you will...when you get your petition number you can register. Did they cash your check? If they did and you have internet access to look at your cancelled check your number should be on the back....it's so wierd I used to know mine by heart...now I can't even remember what the heck it started with!

Bless,

Gill

Gill, check da timeline girl......... I'm proud of my timeline. I registered already, but I wasn't sure if I had to login to look for a touch. lol Thanks for the info honey.....

Ok...Excuse me...Ms. Ting!! Dyam good job pon deh timeline...so yeah...you should get an email from USCIS when things happen!

Bless,

Gill

Mi luv yah Gilli....

[Yaads 0]

thanks Jamie...i can't wait just to reconfirm she is actaully a she.... if not i hope he will look cute in pink...

Is there a chance they are wrong?

there is a possibility....u/s isn't 100% accurate....

OMG I couldn't even imagine if they were wrong! That would be so awful yet so hilarious all at the same time.

Good on you Gilly Mi wonda how mi cyan git mi name pon de ambassador list...hmmm...

[*SunRay* 1]

Morning ladies!

Congrats Sunny on NOA#1 that's great! Hopefully the rest will be as quick (and VT will stay just as fast by the time I file, lol)

Congrats, Lawnie! You have to be over the moon - See, I told you lots of touching would make it come!

I don't know how you can keep it a secret, lol - I booked my next trip to JA the DAY after I returned from the last - and I spilled the beans to DJ last night, couldn't hold it in any longer! He was whining about not being with me, and not knowing when he would see me - I finally said "do you think you can make it to the 25th of May?" - He just mumbled I guess, then went on with the conversation - took about 5 minutes for it to sink in that I had given an actual date!

Congrats on the interview date, Claire!!

Mawnin Yardies....

Sus, thanks girl. It;s my darn turn to get touched now. Me, Islandwomarn and some others. Mi Luv touches! TOUCH ME Dag-on-it.....

I second that Sunny, but I'm afraid my touch will be for a RFE.

Naa sah, we naa play dat deh mess....

I found this Jamaican dictionary online that may hel:

http://www.speakjamaican.com/glossary.html

Dis glossary ere wa nuff help fa mi tuh..along wid Jawi876's story.. RG sey mi a Jamerican fi tru.. He doesn't speak Patwah very hardly ever so I would never learn from him.. Even when I chat or text something in patwah, he usually still comes back in English. I just really love the culture and want to learn as much as I can.

I'm glad it helps. I know I need it bad.... Some of the words are spelled different from the way people spell them in this forum, but overall it's pretty good.

[Yaads 0]

I didn't remember to respond to the how did you learn patois thing so here goes:

When I went the first 2 trips I was a missionary so there wasn't a lot of freedom in who I hung around and whatnot so I spent most of my time just listening to those around me in church and the children that I would teach would speak in patois a lot amongst themselves and I would just listen intently. Got to know a few people that lived on the same lot as us and I was pretty interested in learning so they taught me a few phrases and key words just to get me started. On the rest of the trips I took I stayed with a JA family and did various things around the community. I really had to learn how to understand what others were saying before I tried to pick it up myself. I accomplished that by just asking all the people I would hang around to chat patois to me and they new I wanted to learn so they would help me as I went along.

Then when A and I started dating he would talk to me in patois over the phone and when we were there. Once it was known around the community that I could understand it people stopped talking to me in English and everyone just conversed in patois around me instead of switching back and forth. When A and I got serious in our dating I felt a lot more comfortable around him and practiced my patois with him. That is basically how I learned the speaking part...I knew for a long time what I wanted to say in my head it was just a matter of getting over my fear and spitting it all out. Of course I got laughed at and made fun of at times but I just persevered. I got better at speaking when A got here and we spoke it in the house. We would speak it over the phone sometimes but with the bad connections and loud noises in the background it wasn't always that easy.

As for the writing part...it is all from the web. I know the words in my head and I picked up a lot of the different spelling for the words on this site and another JA site. It really helped that I understood the words cause then picking up the spelling/typing came pretty easy and natural. All in all for me the key was really understanding it and having so many people talk to me in it for months...I was totally immersed. I never learned from books or anything but I think anything can help.

For anyone interested I know there are some youtube videos of someone reading Dr. Suess in patois. Check out youtube and do a search. Also jamaicans.com has a lot of great resources

Wow I didn't realize I wrote so much

[dancehallquana 5]

So last night, mi get up fi get a drink and buck mi toe pan di computer chair.

Tek bout 2 hours fi di pain subside.

Dis mawnin, mi lick it pan di SED place

mi foot swell up suh til

my MIL brought a footbath and some Epsom salts and I tried it, but it neva mek nuh difference

Are you sure it's not fractured? The bones in your toes are very easily fractured, and hard to tell. If the swelling does not subside, check it out. It might only be a hairline fracture but it can hurt like he!! and you toe can become deformed. You can also try soaking it in warm water and then icing it down--helps the pain. But don't sit around with it if it keep bothering you.

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

For real! We also need a consular officer and someone who works at NVC :yes

speaking of I am a fed, work for SSA now and I just had to turn down a job at the TSC. Immigration wanted me to accept a big decrease in pay as starting salary even though it would have eventually meant major dollars, I can't afford any drastic changes in pay right now. I could have been the insider if dey see ow much mi chat on di VJ, dey prolly withdraw mi offer hennyway LOL

thanks Jamie...i can't wait just to reconfirm she is actaully a she.... if not i hope he will look cute in pink...

Is there a chance they are wrong?