Posted by: bartandlife on: September 7, 2009
I’ve been home for a fresh minute.
Yes, I’ve been doing all the poetic minutiae like observing the changes that have occurred over a year and appreciating all that makes home ‘home.’
*yawn* right?
Exactly!
What my spirit takes greater pride in reporting is my taking responsibility for my life in tough economic times and digging myself out a financial hole!
Since coming home, I secured a month long contract to lead the redevelopment of one of the more significant online properties of a regional organisation. Apart from that mouthful (took me a good two minutes to word it so ‘ug it up!) I also manged to secure my first bit of legal work… Gully-lawyer style!
It’s not a lot of cheddar and I’ll certainly still be in the red when I’m paid for both projects but its a start. More importantly, it was me working for my own bread. Effing manly if you ask me. LOL
I get back to Bim on the 11th. That’s almost a full week after school starts. I’ll be losing time in the classroom but I feel like the weight has been balanced. When I slink down in the middle of LT1 for Contract II on Monday next, I wont be the starry eyed mid-20’s former yuppy who was only half-sure about how to convert his goals into reality a year ago. Not that i’m quite ‘there’ yet but I’ll certainly have a few more tools at my disposal. I’ll be armed with a first-hand appreciation of the concept of ACTIVE responsibility for all aspects of ones life; belief in one’s self and; the meaning of hard-work.
Unless things change… I’ll also be returning with what looks like the flu. Laaawd.

East Point Light House because wi a Buil'
Posted by: bartandlife on: July 26, 2009
They were in a supermarket off the main highway last night.
Not to sound like a yuptertron but I did feel something like euphoria when I turned the corner at the end of the aisle and saw rows and rows of them just sitting on that chest height shelf.
Bought six of the babies and brought them home to share with my housemates – a Tortolan (BVI) and a Grenadian.
I think being away from Jamaica as long as I have (last night marked 11 months!) makes all finding sources of connection to home that much more meaningful. Hearing Jamaican music on the ZR, hanging with people from yard and now finding my beloved Ting and Ginger Beer. *sigh*
Life can be good sometimes.
Funny Aside: My housemate from the BVI is of Jamaican parentage and has been to the homeland before so he’s somewhat familar with the little niceties that make Jamiaca special. After showing them my lastes find, the Grendadian asked ‘whats Ting?’ He replies unwittingly: “it’s a Jamaican ting!”
Muahahahahah. Pepsi Jamaica could not pay for punchline that hilarious!
Links:
Drinks Jamaica: Website with information and online ordering for both Ting and Ginger Beer.
Posted by: bartandlife on: July 26, 2009
I suspect at least 75% of us who’ve chosen law can as well.
Posted by: bartandlife on: July 9, 2009
I haven’t ‘gotten’ a job this summer.
Unfortunately I’ve been so caught up in being locked into a limited mindset of ‘I need a job or i’m doomed’ that I’ve forgotten to stop and effectively assess the situation I’m in.
Having woken up to the reality that theres more that I could have done in my limited circumstances, I now feel almost foolish for having waited so long to attempt to rectify my situation.
Why didn’t it hit me before now that in order to generate some form of meaningful income I could have been playing to my strengths and attempted some form of entrepreneurship?
What makes it even worse is that over the past few months I’ve steadily been accepting the mindset that entrepeneurship is the way forward yet when faced with an ‘opportunity’ to translate belief into action…
Nothing.
Perhaps this is a matter of no good thing before its time.
Regardless of its route to me, I give thanks for the enlightenment I’ve been blessed with.
I wonder how many more persons around me trap themselves so easily with their minds?
By Monday, I should have a sign up advertising my graphic and web-design skills on the corner.
Thank you boundless universe
Posted by: bartandlife on: July 8, 2009
the topic for someone’s Ph.D. thesis reads “Advanced Shared Leadership… in Cricket in the West Indies”
Posted by: bartandlife on: June 29, 2009
My exams are towards the end of the schedule on the 24th and 28th.
Thankfully, it means more time to consolidate and practise materials for both courses.
Posted by: bartandlife on: February 26, 2009

This pic is emarassingly groupie-esque. from l - r. Me grinning like i'm starring in "Revenge of the Gladdis", Sir Sobers with a "I cannot be bothered look." LOL
Posted by: bartandlife on: February 22, 2009
just back from the beach.
It was beautiful.
Got pangs of nostalgia.
Seeing the early morning sun blanket everything and the people walking along the beach brought me back to my childhood.
I was brought back to a vague memory that was accompanied by a feeling of genuine happiness and contentment with myself and the world around me.
It also inspired me to work through the entire Constitutional Law worksheet number 2.
Yaay for Sunshine on beaches
My original intention was to run a circular route. Even planned it out and everything (see here). On that plan, the beach was supposed to be a short stop. Having gotten there though, I completely forgot about everything running.
I guess beauty does that to you… cause you to lose focus and refocus. Zone in completely on the beautiful thing that has transfixed you.
I am glad to be alive

Posted by: bartandlife on: February 7, 2009
Got reading glasses.
The general consensus is that they make me look uber nerdy.
^_^
Not the reaction I think I was going for but I can work with it.
I think nerdy=cool.
I got them because I had a few moments last semester when my eyes would start to water just a itty bitty bit.
In retrospect, that may have had more to do with me simply using the computer too long and my eyes being generally very tired than me really needing glasses per se.
Instead of running to the nearest eye-doc decided to get some basic reading glasses.

nerdy boy 1

no better way to emphasise how absolutely nerdy they look than to snap a close-up "photo-id" styled pic

I dunno either
p.s. the shirt I’m rocking is from last years running of the Uni-T Biathlon. Quite incidentally, the third annual running kicks off this Sunday.