Yardies, at home and a farrin (part 8)

[dancehallquana 5]

I see while I was typing, u ladies have already confirmed its the higher grades LOL

[SupportOAFJF 0]

but what if ur not in AP classes ..u become chop liver? JA has been steady with its academics..there is no bell curve over the years...I had my grandmother helpin me with my home work she's a genius..and now she's helpin my niece, nephews and cousins

[*SunRay* 1]

Thanks Sun and I hope we don't see you on VJ for at least a week once your fiance gets here!

He's probably thinking the samething. He complained the whole time I was in Jamaica on my Blackberry, but yet he sat and watch Kung-Fu movies all friggin day. What do you expect. LMAO

LMAO!!! I was going to say the same thing - our dear Sunny who logged into VJ withing 24 hours of landing in JA?!?!?! We love you and your likkle BB!

This place is probably more addictive than crack.

Jonsie!!

maxwell is my other baby daddy !! Although I do not approve of him cutting all his hair off.. I almost cried when I saw it ..

he is coming to Dallas and I hear the tickets go all the way up to $175?? I had no idea he was so popular..

Rass! Mi naah pay dat fi see Maxwell, when nuttin new released from what, 2001? 2002? Cho! Mi did see him live some years back an mi ticket cost under $50.00, but it was worth it

Quana - I Maxwell. I loved his hair even more....don't like it cut. He sold out 3 shows here next month. Tickets are expensive but worth every penny. I'm not going cuz I don't have anyone to go with . Didn't want Damien to see me lose my mind ova my other man.

Jonesie - are you PG ?

I don't like his hair either. lol I saw him a couple of years ago and he was pretty good.

[Shemmy 4]

German is what is killing us this year. I am of German heritage and I still can't make heads or tails out of most of that language......just the few words dad and grandpa spoke growing up. Thank God son took it a few years ago so he can help her out.

I keep saying, why couldn't you take Italian or Spanish.....something I know!

My daughter takes Japanese 3 She probably calls us every name in the book .

[dancehallquana 5]

German is what is killing us this year. I am of German heritage and I still can't make heads or tails out of most of that language......just the few words dad and grandpa spoke growing up. Thank God son took it a few years ago so he can help her out.

I keep saying, why couldn't you take Italian or Spanish.....something I know!

OMG!!! I can't take that JG.. they offered German in my middle skool, HELL NO too darn hard to listen to let alone learn.. (no disrespect my love LOL)..

i took French instead. I know a FEW words.. then in high school latin and spanish..Made good grades, but you have to speak that stuff everyday to REALLY learn it.. I would be trilingual right now if I had taken it more seriously I guess..

[SupportOAFJF 0]

I took spanish all thru HS and 2 yrs in college..u tink mi woulda know a lick a Spanish fi hold a convo..kissteet nope...passed with A's who cares (as i wished i could hold a Spanish convo)

[Yaads 0]

hEY ALL !!

Island...I must agree with lawny..u have to go to school in JA and US and see the dif..mi neva fortunate like Lawny so mi neva go no private school...mi no know if dat deh a JA but My primary school was very very well known and academics were great. HS was very good also...I was absolutely a bad exam taker and i freaked out everytime..still do..i never study if i don't get it in class (math) i'm never gonna get it..I did very well . When i came here i felt the same way Lawny does i was ahead of my class not by brilliance but what i was taught ...cause there were some pretty smart kids in my classes. I left my homework once and went to the bathroom and came back to the teacher asking me to share my answer i'm the only one that got it, imagine that at 15 coming up from JA wear a church frock and a Patois accent... There is alot more discipline in JA in my opinion. And college is very good as well if u can afford it...i would recommend college here b/c it's recognized everywhere..if u come here from JA u have to some extra work if not not the whole thing over.

Jonsie..u know why yuh belly a run right...dat dyam ORGANIC ice cream fram yesterday...mi no bodda want none...

I agree. A and I always talk about the differences and I feel like JA as a whole has a better education system. Children seem to be well ahead of grade level when compared to their US counterparts (like Lawns was saying) and I really like that there is still religion taught and recognized in schools in JA. Children in JA have more respect for teachers for the most part and are much more disciplined from what I have seen. I don't have any personal experience but just from what I witnessed or have heard from some teacher friends in JA I think the JA education can be better than a US education - especially in the younger years.

[dancehallquana 5]

sjb.. I can imagine being in ur house while she is practicing.. that would CRACK ME UP!!! what does hubby say LOL RG is always laughing when I say the few lil words I know in spanish

and girl.. i really would love to see Maxwell. i have alot of his LIVE CD recordings and it seems like it would be so fun.. I love the band.. they are bad.. Mint Conditon would be another fun concert i bet..

Erykah Badu is too ..that girl is FUNNY!!! she rolled all over the stage dancing when I saw her a couple of mnths ago..

oh and Prince too.. but I would have to sell a kidney to afford his concert...

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Quana u r hilarious..i can see ur expressions as u type

I agree. A and I always talk about the differences and I feel like JA as a whole has a better education system. Children seem to be well ahead of grade level when compared to their US counterparts (like Lawns was saying) and I really like that there is still religion taught and recognized in schools in JA. Children in JA have more respect for teachers for the most part and are much more disciplined from what I have seen. I don't have any personal experience but just from what I witnessed or have heard from some teacher friends in JA I think the JA education can be better than a US education - especially in the younger years.

and that's why I sent Kimora to Catholic school...

[jawi876 2]

Hey ladies. How did your SO propose to you? Was he very romantic or was is very matter of fact?

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Nervous as heck..the words couldn't come out..he proposed over the phone and I didn't accept until I went to JA...hehehee..so him end up affi do it twice

[dancehallquana 5]

Quana u r hilarious..i can see ur expressions as u type

I agree. A and I always talk about the differences and I feel like JA as a whole has a better education system. Children seem to be well ahead of grade level when compared to their US counterparts (like Lawns was saying) and I really like that there is still religion taught and recognized in schools in JA. Children in JA have more respect for teachers for the most part and are much more disciplined from what I have seen. I don't have any personal experience but just from what I witnessed or have heard from some teacher friends in JA I think the JA education can be better than a US education - especially in the younger years.

and that's why I sent Kimora to Catholic school...

LOL..its funny my best friend say the same thing.. she lives in DC so we usually only email (u know me and this phone LOL) and she says I can HEAR u talking in ur email..

i hear that also about the respect for authority in JA.. I wish it was better here.. Kids have no problem cursing in front of elders or not saying excuse me or not letting women take a seat on the bus.. stuff like that..

[dillon 6]

sjb.. I can imagine being in ur house while she is practicing.. that would CRACK ME UP!!! what does hubby say LOL RG is always laughing when I say the few lil words I know in spanish

and girl.. i really would love to see Maxwell. i have alot of his LIVE CD recordings and it seems like it would be so fun.. I love the band.. they are bad.. Mint Conditon would be another fun concert i bet..

Erykah Badu is too ..that girl is FUNNY!!! she rolled all over the stage dancing when I saw her a couple of mnths ago..

oh and Prince too.. but I would have to sell a kidney to afford his concert...

When I lived in Vegas I went to a Prince concert and I have to say it was one of the best concerts that I have ever been to.

[Shemmy 4]

sjb.. I can imagine being in ur house while she is practicing.. that would CRACK ME UP!!! what does hubby say LOL RG is always laughing when I say the few lil words I know in spanish

and girl.. i really would love to see Maxwell. i have alot of his LIVE CD recordings and it seems like it would be so fun.. I love the band.. they are bad.. Mint Conditon would be another fun concert i bet..

Erykah Badu is too ..that girl is FUNNY!!! she rolled all over the stage dancing when I saw her a couple of mnths ago..

oh and Prince too.. but I would have to sell a kidney to afford his concert...

I'm used to hearing her practice but it's funny to hear have a conversation with someone else. People are always amazed cuz not too Black Americans take Japanese. She can also hold a basic convo in Spanish. It came in handy when she worked as a telephone operator the last two summers. I wanted her to finish Spanish but her heart is in Japan.

I love Erykah was well...listened to Mama's Gun CD this morning.

[Yaads 0]

3 years. In all honesty, this is a touchy subject for me, if he really wanted to go back we/he would have gone already. He talks about wanting to go back but doesn't do anything to make it happen ie save money. We have had separate finances for over a year and a half now. He has made just as much as I have during that time and recently started making more money than I do so we are on the same level in regards to money. He has nothing saved...nothing and I know for a fact he could easily save up for a trip in a matter of a few months. He chooses to do other things with his money. His choice. I just hate feeling guilty about us not having been back when in reality it is out of my control and totally up to him. When it is important enough to him he will make the decision to budget and save for a trip. I would never go without him so for now I will wait as much as I would love to have gone back by now.

I feel you here. We have the same issues. Everytime he says he wants to take a vacation, buy a new car, buy a house, I remind him that all he has to do is start saving too. And, every time he chooses some big purchase, I remind him that could've been for those things as well. I'm not responsible for everything. I refuse to be that person anymore.

We talk about going back next Summer with some friends of ours. At this point, we are no closer to the trip then we were 6 months ago when we started talking about it. Not sure it is going to happen either. Next summer will be 3 years for us since the last time in JA.

I hope that you guys are able to go. That would be wonderful. I refuse to be that person anymore as well. We are both adults. I do the same thing as you too - everytime I see some big new this or that come through our door I remind him of what it could have saved up to be but it's his money, his choice. As long as the bills are getting paid then his "fun" money he can do with as he pleases just don't complain to me about when you ain't got no money