Phelps Phive and Phriends Phorever

It could almost be described has a glorious summer for me, that year of two-thousand and eight, during the summer Olympics. Words cannot express the enjoyment and jubilation that one Olympics provided. A lot of unforgettable things occurred which included PP&P group. I'll reflect on my membership to THE best Phelps fan group on Facebook (The Phelps Phive and Phriends).
Eight is really a lucky number, as many Chinese believe. A lot of 'luck' occurred at and as a result of the 8.8.08 Beijing Olympics. Michael Phelps accomplished his historic goal of winning his world famous eight gold medals and was 'lucky' to not fall short at gold number seven and of course his quest to accomplish this was watched by many lucky viewers who witnessed a once in a lifetime triumph over a eight day period; and of course Michael Phelps' accomplishments brought together a lucky group of Phelps fans to the PP&P 1 year old group with currently 419 members (and counting). I say the fans of the group are lucky because we all have a lot in common: funny, fun, smart and *cough* Michael Phelps *cough*. I sometimes think of PP&P has a 'secret' society which allows phans to openly express their appreciation for MP without other people giving you the side eye as if something is wrong with loving you some MP.
Bulgies appreciate this aqua-man so much that other people around us think we're obsessed in a eat, sleep and think about MP everyday and twice on Sundays, kinda way. I'm clearly only referring to myself right now but ummm I wouldn't be surprised if other members of PP&P are the same way. ;-)
At the beginning when the group was created, I remember 'spying' on the group before I finally decided to join! I noticed that the group was created by some ladies who I saw conversing on MP's fan page wall and to my surprise they conversed with MP too! The ladies were really funny and nice, I had to be apart of their group. From that day I've been hooked almost all day everyday, including on 'What What' Wednesdays.
I've had mannnnnnnnnnnnyyyyy favorite moments and happenings in the group. For instance, how could I not appreciate when members of the group went to a swim meet and saw THE MAN Phelps, our center of attention, awesome! Basically the entire group was there but just not in person, thanks to all the ladies who updated us. I literally was checking for updates every other minute, simply because they were so exclusive and sometimes surreal. It was exclusive seeing all the pictures from the PP&P ladies with the swimmers and also day to day videos of whats happening. It was also surreal to see members Amber, Whitney and Nikki with MP's mom and sis! The ladies were already lucky for being able to go to the meet but "Nooooo waaaay" I would have thought they would get THAT lucky. Awesomeness. All PP&P's were lucky by the way, because the ladies never left us out of the experience, they shared and represented!
There were many other enjoyable moments being apart of PP&P but to experience it is much more fun and appreciative than writing/reading about it. If you like being around good people and love you some Michael Phelps and swimming, then the group Phelps Phive and Phriends is for you...
Happy anniversary to PP&P, every time it comes!

Mi free paper bun!

"Ha ha, yuh free paper bun!" Is what my mum has been saying to me today in her Jamaican slang. Translation = your holiday is over, you lazy bum!

Today, August 6, 2009, was a happy Independence Day for all Jamaicans, especially the working ones, we got a holiday to stay off work and celebrate, or in my case, sleep. I didn't do much of a celebration today but I was very much enjoying the festival songs on the radio, cultural things that were televised and of course my mum's cooking (a traditional dumpling, banana etc with ackee and salt fish, yummy).

I’ve been relatively productive these last two days. Yesterday and the day before were the usual hustling and bustling days at work for me. The great thing about that is the fact that I am becoming accustomed to my new (first) job. I've been employed for one week now. The job provides very little perks but a lot of experience (....quite a reasonable 3 week summer job, for someone with my qualifications working for the first time).
At first I use to stand around looking like a fish out of water, not knowing what to do, but now I understand the procedures and can do whatever I'm assigned just like the veterans who work there; but from time to time, new task are given to me that I eventually learn too.

Today I got up at almost 11 AM (my alarm was set for 9 AM)... on a typical work day my alarm is set for 6:50 AM but I get up at 7 AM...so hey! I ain't lazy, I'm just someone whose getting all the rest I can get over the holiday.
Tried to exercise today. It was a challenge as usual, but I really enjoyed it. The music was pumping, I got to do some kickboxing-type moves, and there was a bit of sexy dancing mixed in too. Perfecto!
The rest of the day I spent looking at Michael Phelps pictures (LMAO, I'm a dork phan), browsing the internet, especially twitter (they got hacked today. WTF? Everybody got haters, even twitter).
The other part of my entire day took part in my mind (during my dreams)...
To put everything in a nutshell, I pretty much woke up, got out of bed and then after a few hours, I went back in to sleep.

Back to work tomorrow. I don’t mind (yeah right). It’s a new(ish) job (yes I said "newish". 'Shan's dictionary is in stores, lol), and a new start to hopefully better things to come.