VisaJourney.com > Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 6)

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:19 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:17 AM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 08:09 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:54 AM)

QUOTE(brownnskinn @ Mar 27 2008, 01:44 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 26 2008, 04:11 PM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 26 2008, 12:44 PM)

Andre actually reads what I write most of the time. He'll say (insert random Patois cussword here) you did not just tell them that!

A reads here as well...I am usually showing off my patois skills to him. Come read this...look at this...

Yardi. How long did it take for you to learn patois, writing as well as speaking? Were you ever made fun of when trying to learn?

Speaking I am still learning...I can say a lot of it in my head but because I don't really have the accent very good it sounds funny when I say things sometimes- so usually it is a mix of patois/english. A and my friends down in JA always said that I do pretty good but I do really good when I am pissed off and just let if flow

Unfortunately there are some bad minded people out there that did make fun of me but I just try and ignore them. At least I am putting myself out of my comfort zone to learn something new. Usually I just get mad respect from people because very few "yankees" try and take the time to learn and continue to try even when I do get made fun of. When I kept going back to JA and living a lot of the community thought it was great that I was adapting to their way of life and becoming Jamaicanized when a lot of the foreigners they see come down and try and americanize them.

Yardie...you impress me everyday with your knowledge and your quick take on patois!! I said it before...I'll say it agaain...I would NEVER know that you weren't born-Jamaican...you do so well with patois!

I will lick dung hennyboddi dat mek fun hof yuh!

Gill

Thanks

I think anyone who makes fun of another person for trying something new should be licked dung

I just don't get why people would make fun of others genuine attempts at bettering themselves and learning, ya know? But unfortunately it happens a lot which is really quite sad and speaks volumes about that persons character. This topic is a sore point for me...it really bothers me that others will break people down instead of building them up.

YARDIE...we call dem people deh BAD MIND.

Jengles

Mar 27 2008, 10:20 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Jengles @ Mar 27 2008, 11:06 AM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 09:32 AM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 09:03 AM)

Confession is good for the soul, Gill.

Good for laughs this morning too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gurl,

You ain't lying!!!

Update on KJ...Ken called yesterday and the RGD... RDG ...whatever... said that Ken should get his Birth Certificate by Tuesday (yeah...I'll believe when I see it). ANyway, if not we are going to leave Ken's phone with his brother and when they call he will pick it up for us. I asked Lawny, if she can bring it back to DC for me and my Sister will get it from her there and bring it the next time she come to NY.

Ken, said that KJ's Mama is going to have to tek care of the Passport (I don't think that's the best idea)..but if not the consulate did say we could apply for it via them. I told Ken to take KJ to get pictures before he leaves (cause G-d help us if the consulate has a problem with his pics).

I am going to file for Advance Parole so we(or at least Ken) can take KJ for his Embassy interview. I don't trust that Mama as far as I can throw her! The other day she asked Ken how long before KJ can file for her ... ...Em knoa not tuh even ask mi that...he just told her ..."A WHILE!!!!" Then she told em to look a nice boyfriend for har when he comes hup! WTF!?!?!?!
I am going to get going on this ASAP...cause I knoa Ken...he will be miserable without our likkle face-ty KJ here!

Thanks for asking.

Gill

that last thing u will need is that chick up here, she'll come up and someone will tell her about child support. Mek she tan right down there. Well know u know why she's letting him come up.

MAWNIN Jengs --

Mi glad you reach.

Me too, i have nuff to read up

Yaads

Mar 27 2008, 10:21 AM

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

Islandwoman

Mar 27 2008, 10:24 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:25 AM

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 11:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

Advance Parole

nannygirl82

Mar 27 2008, 10:29 AM

Gill here is a link to the AP topic....
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...Advanced+Parole

also when i went onto uscis.com and looked at the instructions of the i-131 it said
B. A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and is pending with USCIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must present your valid H, L, K, or V nonimmigrant visa and continue to remain eligible for that status.

so unfortunatly is doesn't seem possible to file for it before you file for the aos....

Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 10:42 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 09:56 AM)

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:55 AM)

Gill about AP....i think you can only file for that when you send off you AOS packet...it is included in the fee that you pay....but I think you can't send it off ahead of time it has to all be sent in together....

Yep that is the way it is now. I am pretty sure you can't file separate anymore.

Yes I agree with both of you.

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 09:57 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:54 AM)

QUOTE(brownnskinn @ Mar 27 2008, 01:44 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 26 2008, 04:11 PM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 26 2008, 12:44 PM)

Andre actually reads what I write most of the time. He'll say (insert random Patois cussword here) you did not just tell them that!

A reads here as well...I am usually showing off my patois skills to him. Come read this...look at this...

Yardi. How long did it take for you to learn patois, writing as well as speaking? Were you ever made fun of when trying to learn?

Speaking I am still learning...I can say a lot of it in my head but because I don't really have the accent very good it sounds funny when I say things sometimes- so usually it is a mix of patois/english. A and my friends down in JA always said that I do pretty good but I do really good when I am pissed off and just let if flow

Unfortunately there are some bad minded people out there that did make fun of me but I just try and ignore them. At least I am putting myself out of my comfort zone to learn something new. Usually I just get mad respect from people because very few "yankees" try and take the time to learn and continue to try even when I do get made fun of. When I kept going back to JA and living a lot of the community thought it was great that I was adapting to their way of life and becoming Jamaicanized when a lot of the foreigners they see come down and try and americanize them.

Way to go Yards!! I can read it and understand when I listen to it, but can't speak it in any form.

I understand the spoken word and can speak a lot of it back; but can't read it properly for the life of me.

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:42 AM

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 11:29 AM)

Gill here is a link to the AP topic....
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...Advanced+Parole

also when i went onto uscis.com and looked at the instructions of the i-131 it said
B. A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and is pending with USCIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must present your valid H, L, K, or V nonimmigrant visa and continue to remain eligible for that status.

so unfortunatly is doesn't seem possible to file for it before you file for the aos....

Wah u seh Nanny -- I have a quick question. Mawnin fus, are you in Wilmington? Reason Im asking. My cousin is moving there next month and she wanted to know if there's a large Jamaican community. I've been to Delaware a few times for dances, but it wasn't anything big. I did run into a lot of Jamaicans there. That was back in 2002.

Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 10:44 AM

QUOTE(sus @ Mar 27 2008, 10:05 AM)

Isn't the I-94 your entry document? I think it's just called an EAD stamp

Yep, EAD stamp.

QUOTE(Jengles @ Mar 27 2008, 10:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 09:48 AM)

***update on my cousin's ex fiance

That dumb A$$ got married March 16th at the Ritz Carlton in Mobay. I'm wondering how long he knew this woman. My fiance has a lot of friends that works at the Ritz Carlton and they told my fiance that the wedding was a nice size. Last Saturday Marcel and the same friends that worked at the Rizt went to a dance in Mobay and saw him all over these woman (they looked like spring breakers). What a DOG! All I can say is that poor woman he just married. My cousin has since moved on. He's still calling my cousin and telling her he don't need her for nothing. Dumb A$$, I know I'm going to run into him next month and I can't wait.

Utterly dumbfounded!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to comment; but didn't really know what to say. So, I shook my head and moved on.

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:45 AM

UNU COME CLOSEEEEEE...

GUESS WHO BAX MI TODAY...just tek a good GUESS. Mi naw tell unu yet...unu afi guess

GUESS WHO BAX MI

Yaads

Mar 27 2008, 10:46 AM

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 08:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

I got used to cold showers or even having to take my bath out of the little basin I would fill with water from the tank out back when they shut off the water

I even stayed in a place way up in the mountains for a week with no running water and electricity. You went to bed when the sun set cause there wasn't anything to do. To be honest I really loved the way I lived when I was there. Most people think how could you have enjoyed washing all your clothes by hand, walking everywhere you went, squeezing up into the taxis or standing on the buses, always having to have a chaperone after dark cause women don't walk the streets alone in the night...it really was a completely new way of living but I loved it. I really loved it and wish I could go back to it. I miss the sense of community and walking down the streets in the early morning hailing up all the people, I miss the carefree attitude and all the friends, I miss falling asleep listening to the cicadas and crikets and the occasional bashment

while the cool night breeze would blow over you. I miss it all very much

Look now I am getting all emotional

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:46 AM

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:44 AM)

QUOTE(sus @ Mar 27 2008, 10:05 AM)

Isn't the I-94 your entry document? I think it's just called an EAD stamp

Yep, EAD stamp.

QUOTE(Jengles @ Mar 27 2008, 10:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 09:48 AM)

***update on my cousin's ex fiance

That dumb A$$ got married March 16th at the Ritz Carlton in Mobay. I'm wondering how long he knew this woman. My fiance has a lot of friends that works at the Ritz Carlton and they told my fiance that the wedding was a nice size. Last Saturday Marcel and the same friends that worked at the Rizt went to a dance in Mobay and saw him all over these woman (they looked like spring breakers). What a DOG! All I can say is that poor woman he just married. My cousin has since moved on. He's still calling my cousin and telling her he don't need her for nothing. Dumb A$$, I know I'm going to run into him next month and I can't wait.

Utterly dumbfounded!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to comment; but didn't really know what to say. So, I shook my head and moved on.

JG -- what happened to your beautiful picture. One of my co-workers were all in your pics a few months ago. I told him...you see that FINE man beside her, now back off.

Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 10:46 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:17 AM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 08:09 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:54 AM)

QUOTE(brownnskinn @ Mar 27 2008, 01:44 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 26 2008, 04:11 PM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 26 2008, 12:44 PM)

Andre actually reads what I write most of the time. He'll say (insert random Patois cussword here) you did not just tell them that!

A reads here as well...I am usually showing off my patois skills to him. Come read this...look at this...

Yardi. How long did it take for you to learn patois, writing as well as speaking? Were you ever made fun of when trying to learn?

Speaking I am still learning...I can say a lot of it in my head but because I don't really have the accent very good it sounds funny when I say things sometimes- so usually it is a mix of patois/english. A and my friends down in JA always said that I do pretty good but I do really good when I am pissed off and just let if flow

Unfortunately there are some bad minded people out there that did make fun of me but I just try and ignore them. At least I am putting myself out of my comfort zone to learn something new. Usually I just get mad respect from people because very few "yankees" try and take the time to learn and continue to try even when I do get made fun of. When I kept going back to JA and living a lot of the community thought it was great that I was adapting to their way of life and becoming Jamaicanized when a lot of the foreigners they see come down and try and americanize them.

Yardie...you impress me everyday with your knowledge and your quick take on patois!! I said it before...I'll say it agaain...I would NEVER know that you weren't born-Jamaican...you do so well with patois!

I will lick dung hennyboddi dat mek fun hof yuh!

Gill

Thanks

I think anyone who makes fun of another person for trying something new should be licked dung

I just don't get why people would make fun of others genuine attempts at bettering themselves and learning, ya know? But unfortunately it happens a lot which is really quite sad and speaks volumes about that persons character. This topic is a sore point for me...it really bothers me that others will break people down instead of building them up.

nannygirl82

Mar 27 2008, 10:47 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 10:42 AM)

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 11:29 AM)

Gill here is a link to the AP topic....
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...Advanced+Parole

also when i went onto uscis.com and looked at the instructions of the i-131 it said
B. A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and is pending with USCIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must present your valid H, L, K, or V nonimmigrant visa and continue to remain eligible for that status.

so unfortunatly is doesn't seem possible to file for it before you file for the aos....

Wah u seh Nanny -- I have a quick question. Mawnin fus, are you in Wilmington? Reason Im asking. My cousin is moving there next month and she wanted to know if there's a large Jamaican community. I've been to Delaware a few times for dances, but it wasn't anything big. I did run into a lot of Jamaicans there. That was back in 2002.

I would say there is a pretty nice sized JA community in Wilmington...more so in the city...there are several different resturants that mike would go to that were YUMMY!!!! as well has groccery stores...and they have a festival in August i think that is a lot of fun....there is one resturant that is outside the "city" area that is SO good and pretty cheap and their patties are very good!!! if you want i can give you a list of the different places

Yaads

Mar 27 2008, 10:47 AM

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Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 10:48 AM

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 10:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

Cold showers never bothered me. It was lack of water sometimes that just about killed me.

AP= Advanced Parole......the ability to leave and return to the US before receiving a valid green card

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 10:49 AM

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:48 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 10:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

Cold showers never bothered me. It was lack of water sometimes that just about killed me.

Well, girl try taking a bath in RIVER water at 5:30 am in the morning. If you're not AWAKE...you damn sure will be by the time you step into the river.

nannygirl82

Mar 27 2008, 10:49 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:46 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 08:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

I got used to cold showers or even having to take my bath out of the little basin I would fill with water from the tank out back when they shut off the water

I even stayed in a place way up in the mountains for a week with no running water and electricity. You went to bed when the sun set cause there wasn't anything to do. To be honest I really loved the way I lived when I was there. Most people think how could you have enjoyed washing all your clothes by hand, walking everywhere you went, squeezing up into the taxis or standing on the buses, always having to have a chaperone after dark cause women don't walk the streets alone in the night...it really was a completely new way of living but I loved it. I really loved it and wish I could go back to it. I miss the sense of community and walking down the streets in the early morning hailing up all the people, I miss the carefree attitude and all the friends, I miss falling asleep listening to the cicadas and crikets and the occasional bashment

while the cool night breeze would blow over you. I miss it all very much

Look now I am getting all emotional

i used to take a shower with flip flops on incase a bug would try to get me....

Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 10:51 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 10:46 AM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:44 AM)

QUOTE(sus @ Mar 27 2008, 10:05 AM)

Isn't the I-94 your entry document? I think it's just called an EAD stamp

Yep, EAD stamp.

QUOTE(Jengles @ Mar 27 2008, 10:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 09:48 AM)

***update on my cousin's ex fiance

That dumb A$$ got married March 16th at the Ritz Carlton in Mobay. I'm wondering how long he knew this woman. My fiance has a lot of friends that works at the Ritz Carlton and they told my fiance that the wedding was a nice size. Last Saturday Marcel and the same friends that worked at the Rizt went to a dance in Mobay and saw him all over these woman (they looked like spring breakers). What a DOG! All I can say is that poor woman he just married. My cousin has since moved on. He's still calling my cousin and telling her he don't need her for nothing. Dumb A$$, I know I'm going to run into him next month and I can't wait.

Utterly dumbfounded!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to comment; but didn't really know what to say. So, I shook my head and moved on.

JG -- what happened to your beautiful picture. One of my co-workers were all in your pics a few months ago. I told him...you see that FINE man beside her, now back off.

Which? The gigantic one at the bottom of all my posts? I just kind of figured I was being a little to boasty with that one. So, I settled on the avatar. Today, it is giving me issues. Something must be going on with my photobucket. I can't even log into it to see. I'm trying.

Awwwwwww.........and thank you for the comments. I can't wait to see your wedding pictures!

Forever Young

Mar 27 2008, 10:56 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 11:45 AM)

UNU COME CLOSEEEEEE...

GUESS WHO BAX MI TODAY...just tek a good GUESS. Mi naw tell unu yet...unu afi guess

GUESS WHO BAX MI

ok...we knoa dis person?

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:46 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 08:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

I got used to cold showers or even having to take my bath out of the little basin I would fill with water from the tank out back when they shut off the water

I even stayed in a place way up in the mountains for a week with no running water and electricity. You went to bed when the sun set cause there wasn't anything to do. To be honest I really loved the way I lived when I was there. Most people think how could you have enjoyed washing all your clothes by hand, walking everywhere you went, squeezing up into the taxis or standing on the buses, always having to have a chaperone after dark cause women don't walk the streets alone in the night...it really was a completely new way of living but I loved it. I really loved it and wish I could go back to it. I miss the sense of community and walking down the streets in the early morning hailing up all the people, I miss the carefree attitude and all the friends, I miss falling asleep listening to the cicadas and crikets and the occasional bashment

while the cool night breeze would blow over you. I miss it all very much

Look now I am getting all emotional

I hear you Yards...I miss it too! It is a totally different type of living!

Bless,
Gill

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 11:29 AM)

Gill here is a link to the AP topic....
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...Advanced+Parole

also when i went onto uscis.com and looked at the instructions of the i-131 it said
B. A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and is pending with USCIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must present your valid H, L, K, or V nonimmigrant visa and continue to remain eligible for that status.

so unfortunatly is doesn't seem possible to file for it before you file for the aos....

Ahhhh, Thanks Nans... I truly appreciate it! You're a sweetie!

Bless,
Gill

Yaads

Mar 27 2008, 10:59 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 08:45 AM)

UNU COME CLOSEEEEEE...

GUESS WHO BAX MI TODAY...just tek a good GUESS. Mi naw tell unu yet...unu afi guess

GUESS WHO BAX MI

We need some clues cause mi nah have a clue

nannygirl82

Mar 27 2008, 11:03 AM

Lawney....ok there are a whole bunch of them around 4th street one is called D & H West Indian...so good the festival is to die for....just thinking of it is making me hungry....
the one outside the city is called D & H Jamaican Cuisine it is in Newark...you have to turn onto Route 4 and go past all these industry buildings and past Christiana Hospital and it will be on the right side past a sub shop...
the groccery store there in one on route 2 call Gigante and they sell a lot of west indies things and fresh fish...
the other store...i never went into it but went past it is on Concord Ave called A and J Caribbean Market here is the website http://www.geocities.com/ajcaribbeanmarket/
the festival happens in august and is called Bob Marley People's Fest in Wilmington, DE

Forever Young

Mar 27 2008, 11:03 AM

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:42 AM)

I understand the spoken word and can speak a lot of it back; but can't read it properly for the life of me.

You do very well too JG! I seriously give ya'll credit...I don't know if I would even bother if i weren't raised around it! My sister (in DC) can't speak it ATALL!!!! As long as you speak VERY slowly she can understand you. I used to go to Jamaica every summer and she used to go to UK...so I guess that's how I really learned it! My parents never really spoke it in the home (except when my Mom was VEX...then WATCH OUT!!!)

Even when Ken gets excited sometimes I have to tell him to SLOW down...now wat yuh saying???

So some serious kudos goes out to everyone that gives it an 'E' for effort in my book!

I told Ken I want us to speak it in the house so our kids learn it. Mi doan want none of dem Yardie cousins fi chat bad bout dem han dem nuh knoa hit!

Gill

Islandwoman

Mar 27 2008, 11:04 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:59 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 08:45 AM)

UNU COME CLOSEEEEEE...

GUESS WHO BAX MI TODAY...just tek a good GUESS. Mi naw tell unu yet...unu afi guess

GUESS WHO BAX MI

We need some clues cause mi nah have a clue

Please say it was an e-mail with a NOA2!!!

Jomo's girl

Mar 27 2008, 11:06 AM

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 10:49 AM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:48 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 10:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

Cold showers never bothered me. It was lack of water sometimes that just about killed me.

Well, girl try taking a bath in RIVER water at 5:30 am in the morning. If you're not AWAKE...you damn sure will be by the time you step into the river.

The day we last left Jamaica, I was bathing in the ocean at 3:30 a.m. It was a little rough!

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 11:06 AM

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 12:04 PM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:59 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 08:45 AM)

UNU COME CLOSEEEEEE...

GUESS WHO BAX MI TODAY...just tek a good GUESS. Mi naw tell unu yet...unu afi guess

GUESS WHO BAX MI

We need some clues cause mi nah have a clue

Please say it was an e-mail with a NOA2!!!

I WISH!...but them did BAX me again TODAY. So, seet deh...a USCIS BAX mi today!

Islandwoman

Mar 27 2008, 11:06 AM

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:46 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 08:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

I got used to cold showers or even having to take my bath out of the little basin I would fill with water from the tank out back when they shut off the water

I even stayed in a place way up in the mountains for a week with no running water and electricity. You went to bed when the sun set cause there wasn't anything to do. To be honest I really loved the way I lived when I was there. Most people think how could you have enjoyed washing all your clothes by hand, walking everywhere you went, squeezing up into the taxis or standing on the buses, always having to have a chaperone after dark cause women don't walk the streets alone in the night...it really was a completely new way of living but I loved it. I really loved it and wish I could go back to it. I miss the sense of community and walking down the streets in the early morning hailing up all the people, I miss the carefree attitude and all the friends, I miss falling asleep listening to the cicadas and crikets and the occasional bashment

while the cool night breeze would blow over you. I miss it all very much

Look now I am getting all emotional

I take my kids camping aLOT in the spring/summer and it is the exact same kind of feeling. We camp at Vermont State Parks which have no electricity (except in the bathrooms) and you have to lug your water jug to the spiget. They LOVE it! Jamaica reminds me of that - only warmer.

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 11:07 AM

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 12:06 PM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 10:49 AM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:48 AM)

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 10:24 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:08 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:59 AM)

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 10:58 AM)

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 07:51 AM)

Yards, are you a born Jamaican?

Nope not even close

Girl get out of here. I would have never know.

I am whiter than white and started going to JA when I was 16 as a missionary. Went back again as a missionary - made a lot of friends and started going back just to visit. I only went 8 times total but I totally threw myself into the culture and way of life. I never stayed in a hotel - always in a house or with a family in the mountain area of St. Catherine so I was definitely immersed into the JA way of living and had to learn quick.

So you got used to taking cold showers?? That was the only thing I consistently complained about after going in '06. That was the first thing I check when I got the Holiday Inn!!

QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 27 2008, 11:21 AM)

Gilly when you apply for AP you are eligible to apply because of filing the I-485 (AOS). If you don't file AOS then he technically wouldn't qualify for an AP document. So therefore you have to file them together.

What's AP?

Cold showers never bothered me. It was lack of water sometimes that just about killed me.

Well, girl try taking a bath in RIVER water at 5:30 am in the morning. If you're not AWAKE...you damn sure will be by the time you step into the river.

The day we last left Jamaica, I was bathing in the ocean at 3:30 a.m. It was a little rough!

ummmmmmmmmmmmm 3:30 in the MORNING! JG --

(let me leave that alone) I'm too NOSEY!

nannygirl82

Mar 27 2008, 11:07 AM

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 11:03 AM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:42 AM)

I understand the spoken word and can speak a lot of it back; but can't read it properly for the life of me.

You do very well too JG! I seriously give ya'll credit...I don't know if I would even bother if i weren't raised around it! My sister (in DC) can't speak it ATALL!!!! As long as you speak VERY slowly she can understand you. I used to go to Jamaica every summer and she used to go to UK...so I guess that's how I really learned it! My parents never really spoke it in the home (except when my Mom was VEX...then WATCH OUT!!!)

Even when Ken gets excited sometimes I have to tell him to SLOW down...now wat yuh saying???

So some serious kudos goes out to everyone that gives it an 'E' for effort in my book!

I told Ken I want us to speak it in the house so our kids learn it. Mi doan want none of dem Yardie cousins fi chat bad bout dem han dem nuh knoa hit!

Gill

i would agree with that...i want Kayla to know words and things like that...it is part of her and needs to know....

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 11:09 AM

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 12:03 PM)

QUOTE(Jomo @ Mar 27 2008, 11:42 AM)

I understand the spoken word and can speak a lot of it back; but can't read it properly for the life of me.

You do very well too JG! I seriously give ya'll credit...I don't know if I would even bother if i weren't raised around it! My sister (in DC) can't speak it ATALL!!!! As long as you speak VERY slowly she can understand you. I used to go to Jamaica every summer and she used to go to UK...so I guess that's how I really learned it! My parents never really spoke it in the home (except when my Mom was VEX...then WATCH OUT!!!)

Even when Ken gets excited sometimes I have to tell him to SLOW down...now wat yuh saying???

So some serious kudos goes out to everyone that gives it an 'E' for effort in my book!

I told Ken I want us to speak it in the house so our kids learn it. Mi doan want none of dem Yardie cousins fi chat bad bout dem han dem nuh knoa hit!

Gill

Gill,

You know when I went to school in Jamaica we were not allowed to speak PATWAH. It was forbidden and if they hear you we were spanked. My brother was always gettting a beating and do I dear interfere HELL NO!

Forever Young

Mar 27 2008, 11:13 AM

***UPDATE***

Suh Ken jus call mi...he went BACK inna town (MoBay) this morning fi deal wid the license ting...AGAIN!! So he went on Tuesday, Wednesday & today!

So, I faxed his flight confirmation and he showed it to the ooman dat we paid to tek care of this ting! What does she say!!?

Oh, we not gonna ave enough time fi git it!!! She is gonna give him his $$ back (she better dyam well do so!) You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

So, I told Ken in the future when I tell you to do something PLEASE DO IT!! Guys, I asked Ken in Feb of 2007 fi tek care of this, then in May, August (we got into a BIG fight...nothing after that) til February!

I have to let it go now...and I will but... it just so dyam frustrating! He could have been here THIS WEEK!!! But we were waiting on the BLINKING drivers license!

So when he gets here we have to start from scratch! When em rass haffi cyatch bus han train inna deh mikkle of summer/winter...I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD!!!!!!

Just ridiculous!

Thanks for letting me vent,

Gill

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 11:16 AM

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 12:13 PM)

***UPDATE***

Suh Ken jus call mi...he went BACK inna town (MoBay) this morning fi deal wid the license ting...AGAIN!! So he went on Tuesday, Wednesday & today!

So, I faxed his flight confirmation and he showed it to the ooman dat we paid to tek care of this ting! What does she say!!?

Oh, we not gonna ave enough time fi git it!!! She is gonna give him his $$ back (she better dyam well do so!) You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

So, I told Ken in the future when I tell you to do something PLEASE DO IT!! Guys, I asked Ken in Feb of 2007 fi tek care of this, then in May, August (we got into a BIG fight...nothing after that) til February!

I have to let it go now...and I will but... it just so dyam frustrating! He could have been here THIS WEEK!!! But we were waiting on the BLINKING drivers license!

So when he gets here we have to start from scratch! When em rass haffi cyatch bus han train inna deh mikkle of summer/winter...I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD!!!!!!

Just ridiculous!

Thanks for letting me vent,

Gill

Gill, lawd...try fi calm down. Let me call my dad, I think my dad's brother was able to pick up his (Jamaican) license and I brought it back with me to the states. Mi a wait fi daddy call mi back.

Islandwoman

Mar 27 2008, 11:16 AM

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 12:13 PM)

***UPDATE***

Suh Ken jus call mi...he went BACK inna town (MoBay) this morning fi deal wid the license ting...AGAIN!! So he went on Tuesday, Wednesday & today!

So, I faxed his flight confirmation and he showed it to the ooman dat we paid to tek care of this ting! What does she say!!?

Oh, we not gonna ave enough time fi git it!!! She is gonna give him his $$ back (she better dyam well do so!) You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

So, I told Ken in the future when I tell you to do something PLEASE DO IT!! Guys, I asked Ken in Feb of 2007 fi tek care of this, then in May, August (we got into a BIG fight...nothing after that) til February!

I have to let it go now...and I will but... it just so dyam frustrating! He could have been here THIS WEEK!!! But we were waiting on the BLINKING drivers license!

So when he gets here we have to start from scratch! When em rass haffi cyatch bus han train inna deh mikkle of summer/winter...I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD!!!!!!

Just ridiculous!

Thanks for letting me vent,

Gill

So sorry to hear that Gill! Bet he learned his lesson though - ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE WOMAN!!!!!

BTW - Anthony is getting the NY DMV driver's manual along with his birthday card next month.

Forever Young

Mar 27 2008, 11:19 AM

QUOTE(Islandwoman @ Mar 27 2008, 12:16 PM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 12:13 PM)

***UPDATE***

Suh Ken jus call mi...he went BACK inna town (MoBay) this morning fi deal wid the license ting...AGAIN!! So he went on Tuesday, Wednesday & today!

So, I faxed his flight confirmation and he showed it to the ooman dat we paid to tek care of this ting! What does she say!!?

Oh, we not gonna ave enough time fi git it!!! She is gonna give him his $$ back (she better dyam well do so!) You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

So, I told Ken in the future when I tell you to do something PLEASE DO IT!! Guys, I asked Ken in Feb of 2007 fi tek care of this, then in May, August (we got into a BIG fight...nothing after that) til February!

I have to let it go now...and I will but... it just so dyam frustrating! He could have been here THIS WEEK!!! But we were waiting on the BLINKING drivers license!

So when he gets here we have to start from scratch! When em rass haffi cyatch bus han train inna deh mikkle of summer/winter...I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD!!!!!!

Just ridiculous!

Thanks for letting me vent,

Gill

So sorry to hear that Gill! Bet he learned his lesson though - ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE WOMAN!!!!!

BTW - Anthony is getting the NY DMV driver's manual along with his birthday card next month.

That's right Isles!!!!

QUOTE(Trelawny20853 @ Mar 27 2008, 12:16 PM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 12:13 PM)

***UPDATE***

Suh Ken jus call mi...he went BACK inna town (MoBay) this morning fi deal wid the license ting...AGAIN!! So he went on Tuesday, Wednesday & today!

So, I faxed his flight confirmation and he showed it to the ooman dat we paid to tek care of this ting! What does she say!!?

Oh, we not gonna ave enough time fi git it!!! She is gonna give him his $$ back (she better dyam well do so!) You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

So, I told Ken in the future when I tell you to do something PLEASE DO IT!! Guys, I asked Ken in Feb of 2007 fi tek care of this, then in May, August (we got into a BIG fight...nothing after that) til February!

I have to let it go now...and I will but... it just so dyam frustrating! He could have been here THIS WEEK!!! But we were waiting on the BLINKING drivers license!

So when he gets here we have to start from scratch! When em rass haffi cyatch bus han train inna deh mikkle of summer/winter...I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD!!!!!!

Just ridiculous!

Thanks for letting me vent,

Gill

Gill, lawd...try fi calm down. Let me call my dad, I think my dad's brother was able to pick up his (Jamaican) license and I brought it back with me to the states. Mi a wait fi daddy call mi back.

Thanks Lawny...at this point I just think this ooman was giving him the dyam run around...but trust me anyhow she nuh ave em $$ pon Tuesday mi a guh blow deh lid offa har fraud rass!

Bless,
Gill

TRELAWNY PARISH

Mar 27 2008, 11:19 AM

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 12:03 PM)

Lawney....ok there are a whole bunch of them around 4th street one is called D & H West Indian...so good the festival is to die for....just thinking of it is making me hungry....
the one outside the city is called D & H Jamaican Cuisine it is in Newark...you have to turn onto Route 4 and go past all these industry buildings and past Christiana Hospital and it will be on the right side past a sub shop...
the groccery store there in one on route 2 call Gigante and they sell a lot of west indies things and fresh fish...
the other store...i never went into it but went past it is on Concord Ave called A and J Caribbean Market here is the website http://www.geocities.com/ajcaribbeanmarket/
the festival happens in august and is called Bob Marley People's Fest in Wilmington, DE

Thanks Nanny. Her husband is no use...poor thing. I'll cut and past this info for her. I told her if she can't find anything she want, she can always hop on 95N and go to New York or Jersey.

Yaads

Mar 27 2008, 11:20 AM

QUOTE(nannygirl82 @ Mar 27 2008, 09:07 AM)

QUOTE(Deyoungting @ Mar 27 2008, 11:03 AM)