>> Mi deh yah ah tink and realize seh Jamaican people dem different
>>yuh nuh? Mi love dem ... still dere are some tings yuh woulda neva
>>see wi a do, hear seh wi ah seh or even attempt fi try.
>>
>>Tek fi instance ...
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaicans a climb mountain wid flag and claim victory
>>when dem reach de top?
>>
>>Yuh eva see we ah hang out inna di miggle ah di Amazon jungle?
>>Fi wah reason???
>>
>>you ever see we a jump outta plane wid one parachute or a boast seh
>>we going bungee jumping next Sunday?
>>
>>Yuh eva see we inna sea, bout we looking fi di Great White Shark
>>No sah - wi watch it pon TV
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a J'can in ah Search & Rescue pan mountain.
>>A mi sen dem up mountain? Dem find dem b....... way up, dem fe
>>find dem way back again. Idiat dem! A nature way fe feed de weak
>>and hungry
>>animal up deh!
>>
>>Yuh eva see a Jamaican acting pon big screen going into a haunted
>>house and asking ... Trevah you in deh?" If him foolish enuf fi go
>>ina di haunted house him an di duppy dem can tan in deh.
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a Jamaican man seh ... "no honey ... no need to cook
>>rice and peas wid oxtail and a little chicken pon a Sunday ... mek
>>wi eat a light salad instead." Try yuh best ... not pon yu life.
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican come a work an tell everybody dem bizniz ...
>>how dem neva bade dis mawnin, jus brush teet and wash face.
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican wey luv talk over people food ... put dem
>>face inna it an sey dat looks and smell good? No sah! Dat wi cause
>>fight.
>>
>>Yuh eva see a Jamaican go inna di company fridge and go tek weh
>>next person sangwige and nyam it off?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear Jamaican pickney tell dem madda fi shut up and di
>>Madda go tek seat inna
>>kitchen, tek out cigarette start smoke and seh she nuh know wah fi
>>do wid di pickney?
>>No. One bax crass him face fi sure. An if dem live inna farign dem
>>sen dem to Jamaica fi di summer and den di odder relatives fix dem
>>bizniz and dem go back wid mannaz.
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican tek meat outta fridge and stick it inna oven
>>widout lickle seasoning?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear Jamaican inna di werk place ah talk bout how much time
>>him wife mek him sleep pon di couch? Crazy tings dat, cause even if
>>she shut di door she expect him fi kick it open.
>>
>>Mi neva hear a Jamaican seh dem woulda rather put dem parents inna
>>retirement home dan mek dem live wid dem. Only those who migrated
>>to foreign lands will do dem tings.
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican people a cook and dem stir di pot, taste di
>>food and put di same spoon right back inna di pot an nuh wash it
>>off???
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican
>>have dem dog a lick dem face? Yuh mad?
>>Yuh eva see yawd ppl have dem dog sleep inna di same bed wid dem?
>>Or dawg inna di couch and when dawg get up dem go lay down innna di
>>same couch inna di same spat? Yuh eva see yawd people kiss dem dawg
>>pon di mout? Yuh eva hear seh yawd people tek 5 days off from work
>>because dem puss dead?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a Jamaican madda innna a store a tell dem pickney "no
>>sweetheart, you can't have that, please put it back on the shelf"
>>Instead, yuh will hear someting like dis ... "lissen yah pickney,
>>mi nah walk a street an pick up money, put dung di blassted sweetie
>>dem an no badda mi soul tiday, yuh hear mi"?
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican do any wuk afta dem get pay pon Friday. All di
>>manager dem a play domino round a back, not to mention ludo and
>>draft.
>>
>>We a Jamaican ... ah suh wi d'weet. Wi nuh normal .. wi well
>>different from all odda peoples! A so di ting set. A so di ting
>>stay.

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Word.

Although, I did Jomo to bungee jump. He loved it.

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He's brave, Rupert wont even try a roller coaster let alone that - YAH MAD!!!!

Bbbrrrrraaaaapppppp!!!! Bbbbrrrrrrrraaaaaaappppp!!!!!!

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Tell Rupert I said he is a big chicken! I took Jomo to 6 flags twice now. The first 5 rollercoasters he went on, he shut his eyes. He nearly cried when I made him ride in the front car. Then, he opened his eyes on the last one. Our second trip to 6 flags, he was a crazed man. He loves the rollercoasters, with his eyes open now.

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Oh i know, he has said this year he MAY try a waterslide, but thats a big MAYBE! Summer is almost over and nothing. I took him to Paramount Canada's Wonderland 2 years ago, what a waste - " Dem people mad"!!! He is such a die hard yardie, that even trying different foods is a big thing. He discovered Thai,(which he likes) but anything pizza, pasta, sandwiches etc - its always a no go! People say he's picky but I say he's just simple in culinary taste!!!

Mi nevva noh a yaadie weh nah like food........
Rollercoaster yes.......food no.

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I forgot about the water slides. 6 Flags St. Louis has 3 of varying heights. Jomo loved them. I couldn't get him to stop running up in line.

Now, foods he is more open minded to.....we have thin pizza that he likes, White Castles, says our Chinese is so much better then JA's, Steak N' Shake fries, and Red Lobster. Found out he loves Gyros (with Lamb). We still eat his JA cooking most days; but at least we have some variety to choose from otherwise.

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Yes Rupert sometimes is overly picky - but no burgers, likes red lobster, and some other restaurants as long as there is chicken or steak on the menu with no sauces we are always fine! We eat JA cooking almost everyday except Tuesday which is Thai food day! Monday it was Pumpkin beef soup that I made - it was so good!

I had curried goat with rice and peas last night. So Yummy!!!

Hey, D....did you bring Rupert to Canada with you? Was it difficult?

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I have a J'can friend that always says "if you ever see Jamaicans on a ski hill it's probably because there was a plane crash."

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Some of Jomo's friends are all into acting big and bad-gangsta!; but do you think any of them would jump the cliff at Rick's? Oh, hell no. Big Fat Chickens is how I see them all now.

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Yes he came to Canada with me, but we went the long route. I lived in JA with him for almost 2 years then we went to UK( I have dual citizenship with Finland) so it lets me work and live in UK and Rupert automatically was allowed to come (we went before the visas came into effect), then in UK i sent in a letter and our passports to Uk home office and they gave him a 5 year stay. After about a year we applyed for visitor visa to Canada in UK and came here. I applyed for him while in Canada. It took almost $2000CDN and 1 year from start to finish, although we waited almost 1 year before we started the process, but we are now finally thru that process and things are complete.
It was a tough haul, It was a total of 3 years that Rupert did not go "home" and that put some strain on our marriage for sure. But we got thru that and things are on the up and up! After his permenant residency came thru in June this year we applyed for a US visa and they gave him a 10 year multiple entry no questions asked! Easiest visa to get thats for sure, makes me laugh though cause if applying in Jamaica its hard to get the visas

Yikes!! My head hurts just trying to follow all that.

Reason I ask is Jomo & I have a friend who is marrying a Canadian girl this Sat. Wondering how hard it is going to be for them to get him his visa.

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ARe they getting married in JA or Canada? The visa process is alot of paper work, making sure you have lots of pictures, then if applying while in Canada there is a 6-8 month wait for interview time, then attending interview, they ask everything from furniture in house, what you had for dinner night before, what side of bed you lseep on, who pays the bills, who cooks, when you last had sex, everything. If you do not know your partner that well, it is a hard interview. It was easy for us we had already been together 5 years. Then you wait about 4 weeks for your decision, which then lets your partner get a SIN# to work and get health coverage. We were lucky the girl that interviewed us was Jamaican and she let Rupert speak patois that put him at ease, she basically told us when we left that she was leaning to "approval". Then you wait another 4-8 weeks to get another interview but its just a formality to sign your residency papers, then 4-6 more weeks until your residency card comes that lets you leave Canada.