The Grand High School Reunion


For some time now we have been planning our High School Reunion. This year we made a decision that we were not getting any younger and seeing that some of the news we have been hearing about our old high school friends have been too good. We made the decision to have this grand get together over the annual High School Girls and Boys Championship week.


Currently we have friends booked to fly in from almost every continent. All landing at different dates and times, so the logistics needs to be worked out and this involves lots of time on the phone, texting, "Whatsapping" and "Facebooking". Who is going to pick up whom and where is every one going to stay and then there is the planning of various get together over the time period. The main date for everything is the final day of the Boys and Girls Championship to be followed by the after party, then on Sunday it will be beach day, fish, festival and beer then finally Sunday night will be Kingston Dub Club get together after which, over time everyone disperse back to their home countries and families.


I am really looking forward to this since it will be nice to see the boys and girls again, to catch up on life and talk about the good old days and remembering the friends we have lost along the way. It will also give some of us the opportunity to settle various petite rubbish differences we have had over the years, to bury the hatchet and move on with life, it makes no sense to continue what little life we have left, keeping up almshouse.




we have secured 25 Champs tickets!



-----------------------------------
---------------------
------------
------
---
|
v












Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The British Cornish Pasty vs. The Jamaican Beef Patty

Image
I love my Jamaican Beef Patty and I do love the English Cornish Pasty. I am not sure which one came first or if they are even related but the concepts are the same. Take a delicious baked crust and fill it with tasty meaty goodness. In the case of a Cornish Pasty that tasty goodness is chunks of Genuine beef cooked with potatoes and swedes (turnips) and for an Authentic Jamaican Beef Patty,  the finest Genuine Jamaican beef. Maybe the English Cornish Pasty is related more to the Jamaican Meat Loaf than the Jamaican Beef Patty. What does a Cornish Pasty and a Jamaican Beef Patty Have in common? The British Government decided to impose a 20% VAT (Value Added Tax) on hot Cornish pasties. This resulted in a nation wide protest lead by the people of Cornwall against the proposed tax. Even people living in Calumet, Michigan, USA gathered a petition of 500 signatures to show their support. In the end the government was forced to reverse its plans to impose VAT on Cornish p...
Read more

Holness Fortress!

Image
By Torsdag ©  ©  inmyownwords A friend recently sent me pictures of Andrew Holness’ house being built in Beverly Hills. Looking at the pictures brought several things to mind; some good, some indifferent, some bad. What it did remind me of, from an architectural standpoint, is an article I read that addresses the trickle-down theory of architecture written by Professor Witold Rybcyzynski. My thoughts prompted me to muse upon this said trickle-down theory of architecture as it pertains to the Jamaican house and what passes nowadays for Jamaican architecture. The fascination with the architecture of wealth and privilege still reigns supreme in our psyche. Though this is nothing new or specific to Jamaica, the way in which we classify and embody this notion, is. It is developed mainly through voyeurism: what we see on TV, the internet, social media, word of mouth and of course, what we – see. The big house on the hill was always, at least in my brief lifetime, someth...
Read more

Heroes and Nation Builders of Jamaica

Image
"He bared his chest and declared…If you are going to shoot, shoot me, but leave these defenceless, hungry people alone." ….Alexander Bustamante I once saw a play in the 80's at the little theater where the above was said by one of the actors and another actor shouted in response…..”A should a now!!” …to the laughter of the audience… His implication was that today's police would have obliged Alexander Bustamante and open fire killing him and everyone dead. I however think that if it was now there would be no one to play the role of Bustamante because that is not how our current so called leaders roll, we would simply be on our own. Market Woman early 1900 For me, the best part of Jamaican history is the period from 1900 to 1962. I call this period the Golden Age of the Nation Building. The fight against hard life and suffering experienced at the hands of British Colonialism. A time when the working class, Educated Class, middle and upper middle class came to...
Read more