Posted by Jamaica MAX on May 30th, 2008发布牙买加最高就2008年5月30日
So it had to happen.所以它不得不发生。 After so many great months I suppose it was inevitable I had to have a bad one or two right?经过了这么大个月,我想这是不可避免的,我有一个坏的一个或两个的权利? I’m hopefully at the end of what I am calling the “我希望在年底什么我呼吁“ Jamaica牙买加 Blues” syndrome that happens to many expats here in蓝方“综合征这种情况发生,许多外籍人士在这里 Jamaica牙买加 . 。 Living in住在 Jamaica牙买加 can be tough and when you’re spoiled on things in the States like customer service and more than one choice you sometimes forget that in可以是强硬的和当您惯坏了的事情,在国家一样,客户服务和一个以上的选择,你有时忘记,在 Jamaica牙买加 its a one way or no way attitude if you can evan get it done at all.它的一个方法,或没有出路的态度,如果你能得到埃文这样做,在所有。 I’ve had a string of bad luck that started with troubles with my websites server, then the internet connection in my home took forever and then it moved on to troubles with my van and now I’m home alone with the kids and no help.我已经进行了一连串的坏运气开始的麻烦与我的网站服务器,然后网际网路连线在我家了永远,然后转移到麻烦与我的车和现在,我独自留在家与孩子没有任何帮助。 Elise is back in the States for an extended stay and I have been here with the children acting as Mommy and Daddy for a couple of months now.爱丽丝是,早在国一延长逗留,我已在这里与儿童作为妈妈和爸爸一个数个月。 It looks to stay that way for some time so I have had to make some changes.看来,留在这样一段时间,所以我不得不作出一些改变。
It has actually required a major rework of my life and of course my work schedule in order to deal with the kids and their schedules.它实际需要的一个主要返工我的生命,而且当然我的工作时间表,以应付孩子和他们的时间表。 I’m basically not working which is my excuse for not updating the site in so long.我基本上是没有工作,这是我的借口,没有更新的网站,在这么久。 There have been so many other things that have brought me down including the cost of living here and some of the other hassles in dealing with such a backwards and corrupted system.有这么多其他的事情有,给我带来了下来,包括生活费用,在这里和其他一些麻烦,在处理这样的倒退和损坏的系统。 Things really are messed up here and its not getting any better for事情真的是搞砸在这里和其没有收到任何更好地为 Jamaica牙买加 or most Jamaicans.或大部分牙买加人。
As an example it took me over 4 months to get a phone installed in my apartment and then another two weeks to get internet access.作为一个例子,我花了超过4个月内得到一个电话安装在我的公寓,然后另两个星期,获得互联网接入。 I wanted the 3MB internet service but they said only 1MB is available in Negril.我希望3 MB的互联网服务,但他们说,只有1 MB的可用在negril 。 Of course we happen to be a little to far from the dsl service so I’m only allowed to get the 512kb package which is simply not enough considering it only gets me about 350kbs on the best days.当然,我们碰巧是一个小远从DSL服务,因此,我只允许获得内嵌了512 KB的方案,根本没有足够考虑到它只是得到我约350kbs就最佳天。 I cannot upload large video files as I have been planning for quite some time.我不能上传大的视频文件,正如我已经规划了一段时间。 My Vonage phone won’t work with someone on the net at the same time and I’m pretty sure我的Vonage的电话将不会工作,与某人就净在同一时间,和我相当肯定 Jamaica牙买加 Cable and Wireless is throttling p2p traffic.大东电报局是节流P2P流量。 When I try to dl some files it just shuts down.当我尝试dl一些文件,只是关机。 I’m not happy with my internet service and I have not been for over 3 years now.我不是很乐意与我的互联网服务和我并没有超过三年,现在。 I’m kinda over it.我kinda超过它。
I got into a fist fight with a mosquito late one night and in the process of kicking its ass I ripped the cord from my laptop in a pretty funny kung fu kick move that sent the laptop crashing.我成为一个拳头打蚊子晚一晚,并在这一过程中脚踢其驴i受骗脐带血从我的笔记本电脑在一个美丽的搞笑功夫踢动议发出笔记型电脑当机。 The ripped cord has been a real issue.该受骗线一直是真正的问题。 I bought a universal laptop cord at Yellows Computer here in Negril but it has burned out on me twice now.我买了普遍的笔记型电脑线在黄色的电脑在这里negril ,但已烧毁对我现在的两倍。 They have my laptop and I’m using my home pc which is also the TV and Xbox game center.他们有我的笔记本电脑和我用我的家用PC ,这亦是电视和Xbox游戏机中心。 I have to fight for time online as both kids are now playing games and then the neighborhood kids found out we have Xbox Live so now we get a few kids each day over to play Madden or Halo online.我要争取时间,在线作为双方的孩子现在玩游戏,然后附近的孩子们发现我们有Xbox Live的,所以现在我们得到的几个孩子们每一天超过发挥麦登或光环线上。
I let someone drive my van and they crashed it up good.我让有人驾驶我的车和他们坠毁,它好。 The door and window are busted and its looking like hell.门和窗是捣毁了其看起来像地狱。 Then it developed a mystery short in it that kept killing the battery on me.那么,发达国家是一个谜,在短期内可以认为,不断杀害电池对我。 I got stranded at least four times with the kids and those sucked horribly.我得到滞留至少4次与孩子和那些吸一塌糊涂。 Each time I got stuck in the worst place and in the the worst way.每一次我得到停留在最恶劣的地方,以及在最恶劣的方式。 I sat next to the Scotia Bank in Negril for two hours in the pouring rain one afternoon with the kids in the van.我坐在旁边的向斯银行在negril了两个小时,在遭遇强风,暴雨的一个下午,与孩子们在货车内。 I asked dozens of drivers for jumper cables and no one had any.我问数十名司机跳线电缆和任何人有任何。 I finally gave up and started walking home until I grabbed a ride in a cab.我终于放弃了,并开始步行回家,直到我抓住乘坐在一辆出租车。 I went back the next day and picked it up with a new cab driver and some homemade wire cables.我回到了第二天拿起了一个新的计程车司机和一些自制的电缆线。 I tried to buy jumper cables but there are none in Negril or Sav so I made my own from some wire I found.我试图购买跳线电缆,但有没有在negril或sav ,所以我说了我自己的一些电线我发现。 I had to buy a new battery for $7000我不得不购买一台新的电池为$ 7000 Jamaica牙买加 or about $100US for the cheapo economy battery you get at WalMart in Florida for $30.或约100us为cheapo经济电池你在沃尔玛在佛罗里达州为30元。 The battery says it was made in电池说,它是在 Jamaica牙买加 so I wonder how the heck it costs so much?因此,我不知道如何赫克IT成本这么多?
The kids have been a drain on my time but so much fun I don’t care.孩子们已消耗了我的时间,但这么多的乐趣,我不照顾。 It’s been pretty cool actually.它的被很酷,其实。 I get to spend my day playing games, swimming in pools and reading silly books.我花我的天玩游戏,游泳,在泳池和读傻的书籍。 Having so many other kids around has been a lot to handle but the most fun of all.有这么多其他的孩子周围一直有很多处理,但最有趣的一切。 Watching my children play with others and grow has been a great experience that makes up for all the headaches of the past two months.看我的孩子发挥与他人和成长一直是伟大的经验,弥补了所有的头痛,过去两个月。
We had a situation with a woman who moved in here.我们有一个情况,与一名女子谁动在这里。 Shes a bad mother and her child infected mine with some badness. shes一个坏的母亲和她的儿童受感染的排雷与一些不良。 He’sa good kid I think but she’s dragging him around the world with no idea what happening.他是很好的孩子,我想,但她的拖延,他在世界各地不知道有什么情况发生。 He speaks Italian, she speaks 3 languages but has not taught him English.他讲意大利语,她说, 3种语言,但没有教他英语。 Poor kid spent almost 10 days with me, as she kept dumping him here each morning, with no way to communicate or express himself.穷人的孩子花了差不多10天,与我,因为她一直倾倒在这里,他每天早上,没有办法沟通,或表达自己。 He began to act out and throw things.他开始采取行动,并投掷的东西。 He spit on the cleaning staff and urinated in the pool.他对随地吐痰清洁的工作人员和urinated在泳池。 He ran around and ignored her repeated requests while chanting nya, nya, nya and my youngest son Robby has picked it up.他然周围,忽略了她的一再要求而呼喊nya , nya , nya和我最小的儿子( Robby回升了。 I want to smack him for being such a smart ass but I’ve been talking to him more.我想smack他被这样一个智能驴,但我一直在谈他更多。 Robby has been difficult for me as he requires nearly constant supervision. ( Robby一直我很难,因为他需要近常数的监督。 Thats been hard and he’s been pushing to see my limits at the same time so its doubly hard.这就是一直努力,他一直在推动看到我的限制,在同一时间,因此它的加倍努力。
There has been a slew of other small crap like crackheads and their whorefriends, mongrel mutts and messy garbage and the infestation of rude goats here on Somerset Road that has been dragging on me.有一个一系列的其他小crap想crackheads和他们的whorefriends , mongrel mutts和乱七八糟的垃圾和虫害的粗鲁的山羊在这里萨默塞特道已拖了我。 I see a lot of crap here in我看到了很多crap在这里 Jamaica牙买加 that no one seems to care about and I’ve been telling people they should do something about it.这似乎没有人关心和我已经告诉人们,他们应该做一些工作。 I think I offended a Jamaican or two when I told them to stop disrespecting themselves and the environment.我认为我冒犯了牙买加或2时,我告诉他们停止disrespecting自己和环境的影响。 Some folks get pissy when you tell them to pick up their garbage or wash their ass but I figure if you don’t tell them maybe they will never know.一些乡亲得到pissy当你告诉他们拿起他们的垃圾或洗手驴,但我的数字,如果你不告诉他们,也许他们永远都不会知道。
Anyway, I just wanted to say I’m still here.无论如何,我只想说我仍在这里。 Its summer and like Bob said; “The sun is shining and the weather is clear”.夏季一样,鲍勃说, “太阳的光辉和天气是明确的” 。 I’m picking fresh我采摘的新鲜 mangoes芒果 from the tree every few days and the birds in the yard have been amazing.从树每隔几天和鸟类在该码已惊人。 Oh thats right.哦这就是正确的。 I had a uniquely Jamaican moment a few days back.我有一个非常时刻,牙买加几天回。 I was walking back from the mango tree with arm full of我是步行回到从芒果树与ARM充满 mangoes芒果 . 。 It was about to rain and the sun was shining beyond some dark rain clouds.这是关于雨和太阳的光辉超越了一些黑暗的雨云。 As I was walking I heard a hummingbird and as I looked up a正如我走我听到蜂鸟,正如我期待了一个 Jamaican Mango Hummingbird牙买加芒果蜂鸟 was fluttering in my face with the most perfect rainbow blazing across the blue Negril sky as a backdrop.是飘扬在我的脸上与最完美的彩虹创新跨越蓝negril的天空作为背景。 It really was a zen moment and I appreciated the fact I had a真的是一个禅宗的时刻,我感谢,其实我有一个 jamaican mango牙买加芒果 to eat and a吃和 Jamaican Mango牙买加芒果 to watch sip nectar from the Hibiscus blooms.观赏SIP的花蜜从芙蓉花开。 The hummingbirds seem naturally interested in humans and many of them will fly right up to your face if you whistle at them.该蜂鸟似乎有兴趣,自然在人类和他们中的许多将飞赴直至你的脸如果您在他们的哨子。 The那个 Jamaican Mango牙买加芒果 is huge in comparison to the Doctor Bird and it’s actually kinda loud.是在巨大的比较,医生鸟和它的实际kinda响亮。 I’ve trained myself to hear them from pretty far and I follow them around the yard.我已经受过训练自己听到他们相当一段距离,我跟随他们周围码。 I don’t feed them but I have been thinking about it.我不给他们,但我一直在思考。 I do feed the two Jamaican Canaries that come to rest on the ground below my front each morning.我饲料两个牙买加坎来,其余的在地面上下面我前面,每天早上。 If not the bird feed I bought they have a steady supply of rice and other wild seeds that they really seem to enjoy.如果不是鸟饲料我买他们有一个稳定的供应水稻及其他野生种子,他们似乎真的享受。 It’s only two likkle birds but they do sit rather near to my door step just about every morning singing sweet songs.它的只有两个likkle鸟类,但他们这样做,而不是坐在靠近我的大门一步只是每天早上唱甜歌。 I whistle back at them and they will turn their heads and look up at me with one eye. i哨子回他们,他们将他们的元首和看在我与一只眼睛。 My neighbor Rick started feeding this one lone white pigeon who then told the entire pigeon community to come over.我的邻居里克开始喂养这一个孤独的白色鸽子谁,然后告诉整个社会的鸽子来。 We had about 20 birds in the yard today and not enough bread to go around.我们有大约20鸟类,在码今天没有足够的面包去左右。
I have a zillion photos on the laptop that I am hoping to post once I get the new cord.我有一个zillion的照片,笔记型电脑,我希望后,我一旦得到新的脊髓。 I have not had the camera out for much other than shots of我还没有相机为多少以外的其他拍摄 Alfred Jesse曹绍伟杰西 and和 Robert Nesta罗伯特内斯塔 for their sites which desperately need updating as well.为他们的网站,其中迫切需要更新,以及。 I finally have internet at home and no time now to work with it.我终于有互联网在家庭和没有时间,现在的工作。 Sounds like听起来像 Jamaica牙买加 mon!星期一! Everyting irie… everyting入江…
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