After the intensity of the ‘Can’t find a man’ blogdrama, I just want to do a nice light post. Plus it’s Friday. Ooops, just looked on the time on my notebook and it not quite Friday, it’s 11:14pm. Anyway, in a few minutes it will be Friday and I always feel light and relaxed on that day.
Somehow the week seem to have passed really quickly. Hasn’t been a bad week. I found out that we are in store for quite a few looooong weekends, yippee. I have two long weekends to look forward to in October. There’s Yum Kippor (I hope I spelt it correctly) which falls on a Friday (2nd October) this year. For those not in the know, Yum Kippor is a jewish holiday - I haven’t googled it as yet so I can’t say more. Even though it’s not a public holiday in Jamaica, I’ll be getting the day off because the founders of the company that I work with are jewish. Absolutely great! Nothing like having a day off when the rest of the country is working. I’m so looking forward to that.
Then there’s Heroes Weekend (On the 16th I think). Also found out that, christmas this year will be a really long weekend and my December birthday falls on a Saturday. Quite nice. I’m already thinking of what plans to make. But it’s early days yet.
The weekend is shaping up to be quite ok too. I’ve decided to go sailing on Sunday afterall. The mother of one of our regular ‘crew’ died this week so we’re all going to do our best to cheer him up. I definitely can’t not go. I’m going to order some cocktail sandwiches tomorrow to take with me.
Saturday is supposed to be some coastline cleanup day or something to that effect and it is being organized by one of our environment protection agencies. I called and gave my name because I heard they were looking for volunteers to pick up rubbish from specific beaches, haven’t heard back from them as yet. I think it’s important to help out with things like that if you can. Also, supposed to go swimming on Saturday. I’m now swimming on weekends instead of during the week. Now that all the children are back from holidays, the swimming pool is just too packed on weekdays.
As usual, on Friday I’ll be rushing home to see who gets voted off Rising Stars. I sure hope it’s going to be Natel.
Ok, I think I’ll try and get some shut eye now. It’s still not midnight and since I didn’t go to UWI tonight, will have to wake up about 2am to do some work.
Update: 15/9/06 - 9:16
I got my wish and Natel was voted off Rising Stars. But gosh he looks so sad and youthful and now I’m in tears. I’m sooo silly!
16 responses so far ↓
Scratchie // September 15, 2006 at 8:40 am
Can we trade jobs and weekends for a while. all I have to look forward to for the next few months is group assignments and schoolwork
Melody // September 15, 2006 at 9:30 am
Props 2 U on helpin’ to clean up de coastline. Strange that they didn’t call U back immediately tho (since I’d imagine they need all de help they can get). Have a luvly weekend!!
Dr. D. // September 15, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Yum Kippur off? Wow.
Been a pretty hectic week for me. I was to be on call tonight but managed to get someone to cover for me tonight. I tiyad o tek call. Back on tomorrow and Sunday.
TGIF indeed.
Gela's Words // September 15, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Oh Scratchie, I don’t want to trade weekends with you. Apart from sailing 2 Sundays out of the month my weekends and nights are just as school-work-filled (just no assignments, thank God! those days are over). I want to trade weekends with Doc D or MadBull who always do fun things like parties, and lyme at co-workers house.
Melody, it’s now 9.25pm on Friday night, haven’t heard back from them so I guess I won’t be cleaning the coastline tomorrow. I wanted to call them back today but was too busy.
Doc D, isn’t it wonderful? I’m so sorry there isn’t more jewish holidays that they celebrate. I’ve since googled it and it’s supposed to be some ‘Day of Atonement’
Abeni // September 16, 2006 at 6:06 am
When Secrets got voted off it was amusing the way one was sulky.I can’t remember how Natel sounded but I think he was kinda cute.
Mad Bull // September 16, 2006 at 10:47 am
Wish I could see this Rising Stars thing! Anyway, have fun this weekend. By the way, I posted a li’l sup’m over at the Tower of Babel on the Miss World Pageant, but with special focus on the woman who would win the “Queen of the Caribbean” title.
Have a look and let me know your opinion nuh?
Gela's Words // September 16, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Don’t worry MB, soon you’ll be able to take in Rising Stars online. Big announcement this week by TVJ that rising stars along with some other programs (like ER) will be broadcast live on the http://www.
Abeni // September 17, 2006 at 8:49 am
Go to musicjesus.com and look for the sog u want and copy the code to your template.Easy like Sunday morning:).Just change the settings to about 180 or so
bakannal time // September 17, 2006 at 12:01 pm
looks like u had a fun weekend planned. hope it all came together nicely.
Ri // September 17, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Hope you had a great one. Our public holidays are almost finished. All we have left is one in November, and then Christmas and New Years.
Ri // September 17, 2006 at 8:18 pm
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Yamfoot // September 18, 2006 at 3:01 am
my father used to work for the Matalons and had that Yom Kippur holiday off too.
Kingston Girl // September 18, 2006 at 9:25 am
Didn’t make costal cleanup this year but have done it several times in the past - it was always good fun although it was a very hot and tiring day!
Shotta M // September 19, 2006 at 1:46 am
In high school I used to get Jewish holidays. I went to what I think was the only Jewish founded high school in Jamaica.
Guyana-Gyal // September 19, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Hm, I used to know some Jews in Jamaica. They were very kind to me
Leon // September 19, 2006 at 7:53 pm
You spelled “Kippur” wrong. Have a good weekend. Why don’t you show some love and visit my blog?
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