Off Topic....

Statistics for Business and Economics SUCKS !!!!!!!!

I should have taken this class in the fall, it is only the 1st week and already time consuming ARGH !!!

open book or open notes tests?

because thats whats important.

You betcha bottom dollar! Open book/notes saved me in undergrad and also in my first Masters program. If beyond adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing....I would be a high school drop out!

Thank God my current grad program does not require stats. I just pray that I ca find a Doctoral program that is STATS FREE!!!! I leave stats up to the nerds...

Are you good with stats, Zee ?

Lets see....I majored in Math for undergrad and I needed one more class to get a minor in biostatistics when I was in grad school. I do stats pretty much everyday for my work....I would say I am good in stats.


Does that make me a nerd ?

Welcome back Zainab and welcome home Bassi

Girl, I'm gonna have to call you. I was thinking I don't need to be on the phone all the time anymore. It's a wierd feeling. No more phone time for hours every day. I'm detoxing!

LL, no I don't really have any Salone wedding pics ........why Salone ? Gathering ideas close to the border ?

Naggie, so happy you finally got the ticket and for a decent price !

Thanks sweetie!

Boaz was in a race? Wow! I only run when I'm being chased. Well usually anyway......





Girl I know that feels soooo good!! Congrats, it's been a looooooonnnggg time coming.



Thanks for the welcomes back to VJ. Nice to be back!

What do you think my answer would be if I said I remembered your profession?

Kobby wants to be an actuary. He loves stats to. What can I say...opposites attract. You might have to advise him one day

Oooooo, I'm sorry sweetie. I thank GOD I"m not in school right now! Sorry Asante.

Are you home Steph? What happened with the dresses? You've probably posted this somewhere, but I'm still catching up.

I always new you had it in you

A friend of mine ran with the bulls today!!! He is alive!!! Whew

"cheaters"; learn to memorize and incorporate the rules.....
no open books or notes

Zainab, have you taken him to an all you can eat buffet yet ?

I wish a "^*^%&" would chase me and make me get out of breath, I'mma trip'em

Okay, that's just plain nuts!!

I remember my old pastor once saying that he was watching tv and this guy got bitten by a shark and he felt that God saved him. The pastor said that it wasn't God because God didn't SEND you to swim with sharks. It's pure luck. So stop pushing your luck!

It's not cheating if its allowed... Hey, I just go with the flow

Girl the way this man is eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think it's a good idea until he slows down. He's eating like a maniac. I have to go to the grocery store again tomorrow and we've only been home for four days. Is it the altitude? He's eating something as I type. Last night he said hunger "attacked" him at midnight and went downstairs and ate all of my left over Italian. ALL OF IT!!!!! I almost took him to the Country Buffet for breakfast on Sunday, but I was afraid he might kill himself. I'm gonna wait until this wears off. When will it wear off ya'll?

I don't remember us discussing this when we talked about what happens when they arrive. But my mom told me that it's normal. We're from Guyana in South America (part of the West Indies) and when my family immigrated, they all had initial periods of eating like crazy, then they settled in. I wonder what that's about really? It's so wierd. Not to mention expensive. He ate his whole steak and half of mine at dinner tonight. Kay and I used to eat off of two steaks for about three days.

When you come from an area of famine or rationing of food to a state of abundance, you tend to over do it.

p.s. Zainab, do you speak spanish or some variation of?????

Kobby was like that...He still goes through periods of that some times, though not as often.

He's just greedy though Skinny, tall, and greedy!!!! I hate the male physique!

I do. But not because of being from Guyana. It's the only english speaking country on the continent....formerly called British Guiana. We were a British colony before we gained independence.

Which reminds me.............have we located Chispas yet?




How long did it take for him to slow down?

Bassi is a footballer so I expect that there will be eating spurts whenever he's heavy duty training. But this has been a bit overwhelming for me to say the least. I feel almost like a short order cook. But I'm adjusting.

I have a you tube for that.....

The jet lag doesn't help, when I go to Germany and come back I eat at the craziest times day and night.
OK, whenever you think it's safe to take him to the buffet...........I wanna hear what happened.

OOPS!

Yes. I've heard from her. She is hanging in there. She has somethings she is handling right now and have been pretty busy. She said that she heard people have been inquiring about her and she is grateful. She said she will try to check in as soon as things slow down a bit.


Kobby too is a footballer...has not played much since he has been here though. He slowed down perhaps a couple of months after getting here. He was stuck on Oxtail and rice and peas for a while!

Side Question: Do you make pepper pot during christmas? Mmmmmm.....

You might have to make that trip to Costco sooner than later

I spoke to Chis today. She is umm...okay for now. Things have been very hectic for her but she is a trooper. Please Keep her in your prayers for comfort, "peace" of mind and financial blessings. She has been going through, but now she is coming out, slowly.

The quiz is open book and notes on line but midterm and final are on campus and no aids.

now here you go, "whats a pepper pot?"
and must we revive the recipe thread???

Great to hear about her. I'll keep praying for her. I hope we hear from her soon.

Yeah, I may be heading out the BJs to stock up cause my daughter comes home on Monday and between the two of them I won't be able to keep up!

No pepper pot. We don't eat pork. My mom still does though.





Remind her that God puts us in the wilderness to break a new thing out of us. Just wait on the Lord and everything will work itself out the right way. I'll keep her in my thoughts as well.

already done

Hey Zainab

I am glad you made it through your last two days, I know they were difficult for you.

Yes I made it home this weekend and my dress is 95 percent finished. You know Ghana it needs to be cleaned and ironed and i SHOULD PROBABLY LOOSE A COUPLE OF POUNDS (cause it is fitted and my train is way to long). But, other than that everything is good thanks for asking.

I have a meeting with my wedding party this weekend and everyone will try them on, I'll take some finished pics and post them.

I've been ordered to let you all know that Bassi and I are getting married on Wednesday.

We were waiting on the scheduling because the mayor is marrying us but he is out of town and then right back out of town after that, so we fit in on Wednesday and we're going to go ahead and do it. We're getting married in the mayor's office in front of the fireplace (in July), but his assistant told me it's beautiful.

Its like a brown stew made with oxtails (Z said some people prepare it with pork)...its very tasty...a Caribbean dish mainly prepared by West Indians, Guyana included.


I don't eat pork either. I've always had pepper pot made with oxtails, not pork. I did not even know it could be prepared with pork.

Great! I can't wait to see the pics!!

AKWAABA BASSI!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to meet you! CONGRATS!!!!

A Bouquet for you...

Oh, in Guyana it's made with pork and beef. But mainly pork, just about every part of the pig actually. No oxtails at all. I have had oxtail stew made with cassarep instead of tomatoe sauce, but we don't call that pepper pot. Though it really is the same ingredients isn't it? I should try that. Bassi can be my guinea pig.

CONGRATS on the upcoming nuptials...The mayor's office ? UH HUMM. I heard that...... It is good to know people in high places

Sorry let me clarify' your last two days in Ghana that is. I KNOW your last two days with Bassi have been excellent.

I guess its the more healthier version done by Guyanese in the US. My "Guyanese mom" makes it every Christmas... and only Christmas since she only uses oxtail and you know that its crazy expensive. Trust me....Bassi will love it. There was a time I was not eating red meat, but I would make the only exception for pepper pot made with oxtail!

hey y'all, can some body translate what this name means, not the first name, but the second and third names...please?????
Angelmadaline Mameamoakuwa Yeboah

for the record, this is my nieces name in ghana, she is one years old. pix to follow later.
thanx.
UNO

You might have to get that recipe from Zainab. I'm just good at eating pepper pot...never made it

Girl it's midnight here. I was wondering what on earth you were talking about but glad I made it through!



Yeah, I survived the funeral. We got there and the body was still at the hospital. Can you believe it? I was stuck sitting with those women chatting away all around me for 4 hours before the body even arrived!