July 18, 2005

Tag...I'm it

From SmallIslandGirl and PoetinWisconsin (I too lazy to do the url thingy)

Ten years ago (1995)

I was enjoying the job that I was in (Assistant Training & Development Manager at a Kingston hotel), but hating what Jamaica was becoming. I also went on my first trip to Grenada....I knew it would not be my last.

5 years ago (2000)

I was walking up and down on a construction site in Grenada, where the hotel I was employed to was undergoing a massive renovation. The walking up and down contributed to significant weight loss. The clothes were falling off. Pity I couldn't maintain it when the hotel opened in December and I was running around like a chicken without a head.

In May or thereabouts, I went to England to watch West Indies lose to England (sucker for punishment). Oh, Dr D, is cricket ah talking bout!

I was also seriously pondering my future. I didn't want to reach 60 and not pursue higher education so I started looking about studying in the Motherland. The following year, I would get a Caribbean Tourism Organization scholarship which allowed me to go to England for my MSc.

One year ago (2004)

I was seriously pondering my future (I'm a ponderer, I guess). Had been accepted in 2003 to start my PhD at Virginia Tech but deferred it to take up a training contract in the Eastern Caribbean. When 2004 came I decided that it wasn't the right programme for me (excellent decision), so was left in a quandary as to how I would be spening my time. Oh well. I'm pondering.

Yesterday (Saturday)

Watched for a hurricane that never came and played Kalooki with the family. I won, as I usually do.

Today (Sunday)

I didn't do much as I had a 'visitor'. Washed the dishes though and played with my favourite dog. Fooled around with the blog design some more. (You like?)

Tomorrow (Monday)

Veg out a bit. Send off a work document. Maybe go to Pilates in the evening.

Five snacks I enjoy

Ovaltine Biscuits (me too Shotta M)
Cashew Nuts
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Fruits (apple, plum, pear, mango)
Haagen Daz Cookies & Cream ice cream

Five Bands/singers that I know the lyrics of most of their songs

Bob Marley
Earth Wind & Fire
Whitney Houston
Diana King (who???? She's Jamaican. Very good)
Luther Vandross

(I hope to be adding Joss Stone to this list soon)

Things I would do with 1000.000.000 (is that US or Jamaican???)

Buy my sister a house and put up a trust fund for my niece and nephew
Buy a house for myself and some more real estate and rent them out
Travel to every cricket playing nation to watch a cricket series
Put away money for retirement
Give parents and sibblings whatever they need

Five Locations I'd like to run away to

Providence, Rhode Island
Sri Lanka (the food is divine)
India (ditto)
Anguilla
Turks & Caicos

Five Bad habits I have

Biting my finger nails (yeah, me too)
Eating too much
Being anti-social and a loner sometimes
Not fixing up myself when I am at home (who coming to visit me? Nobody, but I should really do better)
???? I guess a friend would have to fill in the fifth...can't think of anything else

Five things I like doing

Watching cricket
Writing and blogging and reading
Travelling to different countries
Exercising
...and of course...
Eating!

Five things I would never wear

1. A thong
2. Braids
3. Stiletto heels
4. See through clothes
5. Body piercings

Five tv shows I like

Oprah
Days of our Lives
The Apprentice
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Fresh Prince of Belair

(I am disgusted that not one of those is a local or Caribbean show....but I do like shows which feature the Caribbean...I just don't get to see them often enough)

Five Movies I like

Pretty Woman
The Bridges of Madison County
Heat (what's that?? that's with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino...a classic)
Hitch (drop down funny)
Shrek

Five famous people I'd like to meet

Oprah Winfrey
Michael Jordan
Anybody from slavery days who had a hand in dismantling slavery
Michael Manley
Halle Berry

Five biggest joys at the moment

Exercising
Writing
Heading for Grenada
Friends
My favourite dog Penny (I'll take a picture of her one day)


Five favorite toys

Is a computer a toy?

Tag You're it (Whoever wants it run with it)

Posted by yamfoot at July 18, 2005 02:25 AM
Comments

OH gosh I forgot thong I hate thost too. Thanks for leaving a comment I have the Pilates tape I just haven't tried it yet.

Posted by: Amelia at July 18, 2005 11:41 AM

Ovaltine biscuits I stock up with them whenever I'm away from home. I always share them with my fellow students starving on a college budget and still have enough left that at the end of the year I gotta to give them out like Santa before heading home.

Posted by: Marc at July 18, 2005 11:19 PM

I like the new layout. It's so refreshing to read a blog from someone in the caribbean. Looking at the picks of your dog, I could see the surroundings and I was remembering my grandmother's house. Pity they don't have galleries here.

Posted by: Nikki at July 19, 2005 09:51 AM