"Glückliches neues Jahr"

This is the beginning of another year. For those of you who had the most challenging year ever, be thankful that despite those challenges, you have made it through to another year.

For those of you who achieved at least 1 dream, now is a time of reflection on those achievements and a time to set new goals.

For those of you who found love, happiness, joy, peace, peace of mind and contentment - smile!!

As we venture in to this new realm of life, I have attached a quote of inspiration - "PASSION".

I would also like to leave you with these words:

"May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
Enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human
Enough hope to make you happy"

Glückliches neues Jahr everyone!

I'm So Sorry ...

Guys, I'm so sorry I ended up not making it. It would have been so nice to be the "rose among the thorns" seeing that no females showed up. It would have been even nicer seeing I'm an Alpha old girl as well! You guys really seemed like you had a good time and I'm truly sorry I missed out on meeting you.

We'll definitely have to do this again, but is there any way I can make it up to you?? ... Any special requests???

Have A Holly Jolly X-Mas :-)

To all my friends in Blogsville .......

Here's Wishing you and yours a Holly Jolly Christmas -

Here's to fruit cake, sorrell, lots of liquor, sex, love, family and all the other great stuff that come with this time of the year.

Merry X-Mas Y'All!!!

In My Sister's Shoes

A very dear friend of mine lent me this book, In My Sister's Shoes by Jetola Anderson-Blair. It is a very inspiring book of short stories written by a Jamaican woman who has had several enlightening experiences in her life in many aspects - professional, personal, spiritual, educational ... you name it, she wrote about it. I found it to be quite uplifting and she spoke in no uncertain terms about how stupid women can be some times in allowing men to treat us like dirt and whatever else was bad.

One of the Chapters entitled "You Have To Know When To Leave The Party", speaks about how to know when you need to move on from something, whether it be a job that was making you sick, a relationship that had you sad all the time or someone who was just toxic in your life. Sometimes the fear of letting go overcomes us in life. However, we should understand that our strength is demonstrated when we decide to do one of the hardest things and actually survive the ordeal to tell the story.

I recommend it to everyone, both male and female as it puts a lot of today issues into perspective.

Grrrreeaaattt!!

Friday turned out to be one of the best days of my life for so many reasons of which I'll share 1. I got a call from my boss today. I freaked out in a major way when I saw an overseas # calling me on my personal cell phone (gave the work phone to my co-worker ... no work on this vacation!). I didn't answer cause I thought they were calling me about work and then called my co-worker to find out if there was a crisis. She proceeded to tell me that the boss needed to talk to me. I "enthusiastically" asked ... fi wha?? Still not sure what he wanted so I went about my stuff for the day, and called when I thought there was nothing that could make the day go badly.

So, I called my boss and he proceeded to give me some wonderful news. In a previous post, I mentioned about my performance rating and how disappointed I was at the grade I got because of all the work I'd done this past year. Well ... after my discussion with him, he communicated with his manager who decided that she wanted to speak with me, and arranged to do so on her visit to Jamaica last week. The meeting took place, in which I again registered my disappointment in the rating I was given and justified my statement with factual evidence. She promised that she would look back at it and speak back to my boss about it and let me know. As I've witnessed the bull shit that happens in the corporate world, I followed suit of our conversation with an email summarizing our discussion and again stating my position. Believe me, there's a lot more to the story which I had actually started a post on but I'll leave out the sordid details.

Well, he called me on Friday to say that my performance rating had been changed to my well-deserved higher grade. Hence, an improved position for my oh so well deserved bonus payment!!!!

This news came at a time when I needed to hear it most and was so ecstatic that I could barely contain myself when he told me but I managed to just let out a sigh of relief and thank him for such wonderful news. Needless to say, after he hung up, I let out a scream in my car so loud, I'm sure people in the cars beside me could have heard!

So, I was a happy camper on Friday and this has continued into today and I positive that it will continue for the rest of this week. Merry Christmas to me!!!

Inspiration

This has been one of the most wonderful weeks for me. I have truly seen and felt the presence of God in my life and give him thanks for all he has done for me. In keeping with my joyous spirit, I got 2 emails this morning of true inspiration. Below is the link from one of the emails. Just click "View Presentation" after clicking on the link below.

Interview With God

The other email came in the form of picture attachments and for the rest of the week will share one picture each day.

God is Wonderful!

Lazin'

I'm on vacation people! 4 long weeks of lazin', chillin', relaxin', doin' nothin' ... lovin' it!

La Risposta

I felt a little adventurous this evening and so posted the title of my blog in Italian. Cool ain't it?? By the end of the post, you should know what it means.

Anyway, to the meat of the matter, as promised, I will be providing you with the link to

The answer to Einstein's Riddle.

Banking

I came across this email while searching for another and thought I should share. For those who work in the banking field, it will be a treat!!

Below is an actual letter sent to a bank in the United States. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have itpublished in the New York Times.

Dear Sir:

I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has only been in place for eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $50 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways. I have noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded faceless entity which your bank has become. From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan repayments will, therefore and hereafter, no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. You will be aware that it is an offence under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope.

Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me,there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof.

In due course, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which s/he must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modelled it on the number of button presses required to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further. Press buttons as follows:
1. To make an appointment to see me.
2. To query a missing payment.
3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.
5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.
6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.
7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required. Password will becommunicated at a later date to the Authorised Contact.
8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.
9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call.

Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement.

May I wish you a happy, if ever-so-slightly less prosperous New Year?

Your Humble Client,
Banking Customer

At the request of Miss Margo

Miss Kick-Ass Margo tagged me with a list which I already did Here. So, here's the rest of it.

3 screen names I have:
1: FlavaBabe
2: CoolDestiny
3: HoneyLove

3 physical things I like about myself:
1: My smile
2: My Ass...it is to die for
3: My personality ... I'm so precious!

3 physical things I don't like about myself:
1: My extra sensitive skin
2: My belly
3: My excema

3 parts of my heritage:
1: Jamaican
2: Polish
3: ???

3 things that scare me:
1: Cockroaches
2: Evil people
3: Being lonely

3 of my everyday essentials:
1: Music
2: Cell Phone
3: Computer

3 of my favorite musicians:
1: Madonna
2: Usher
3: Mariah Carey

3 of my favorite songs:
1: Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Bryan Adams)
2: U Make Me Wanna (Usher)
3: Sky Fits Heaven (Madonna)

3 things I want in a relationship:
1: Trust
2: Passion
3: Humor
3a. Respect

3 lies:
1: I'm a lesbian
2: I love squid
3: I hate sex

3 of my hobbies right now:
1: Blogging
2: Interior Designing
3: Writing

3 things I want to do really badly now (with a special someone):
1: Make hot steamy sweaty passionate love
2: Play a game of Scrabble
3: Talk about everything

3 careers I've considered doing:
1: Go Go Dancer
2: Executive Secretary
3: Singer

3 places I would like to go on vacation to:
1: Paris
2: Australia
3: Switzerland (The land of chocolate)

3 kid's names I like:
1: Malik
2: Christanya
3: Anthoneil

3 ways that I'm a stereotypical guy:
1: I have the sex drive of a man
2: I love racing cars and rally races
3: I love Football (Soccer for the white folks)

3 ways that I'm a stereotypical girl:
1: I'm not a typical girl
2: I emotional
3: I'm a love addict

3 people I would like to see take this quiz:
1: Lady Serendipity
2: CrazySexyCool Bajan
3: BabyBlueLee

A Riddle

One of my oldest, dearest, bestest friend sent me this riddle. It took him 29 minutes to solve it. Now, he's of a higher intelligence level than I am in my opinion (he thinks differently) so I'm lucky if I get it in under that time. I started working on it today at 5:25 p.m. It is now 5:33 p.m. and I am totally lost! So, as you in my blog circle are such smarties ... give it a crack. The link my friend sent me has the answer linked at the bottom and I have fought very hard not to make that fateful click ... so I'll just place the riddle here and you all take a crack at it. To give everyone a chance, I'll leave the riddle open for suggested answers up to Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. (Jamaica Time). Post your answers in the comments and on Wednesday ... no no no ... Thursday, December 8, I will click on the answer and post it. So ... have fun everyone!!

Einstein's Riddle

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE

ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?
SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE
SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.

Copy-catting

So, I'm up again at 12:52 a.m. It sucks being at home sometimes. If I was with the bf, I'd be fast asleep in his arms or doing other wonderful stuff in his arms :-) but I digress.

I have just copy-catted something from CrazySexyCool Bajan's blog ... streaming video on my blog page. I'm so tired of stealing stuff from blogs. I need to come up with something all on my own. Is that possible? I'm not a programmer and pretty much like my stuff simple but some of the things I see are just so darn cool. I find some blogs over do it with the graphics, some are elegantly simple, some are ostentatiously cool, some of them downright suck. Nonetheless, it's always good to hear music while you read so enjoy my current selection of Sean Paul's We Be Burnin' ... this song is tight!

Good morning and I'm going back to sleep now.