Jamaica Villas Blog. Jamaica Villas from Villas Sur Mer at West End, Negril in Jamaica. Villas Sur Mer is a boutique resort for Jamaica holidays, weddings, honeymoons and special events.
Villa Caprice is a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom luxury holiday villa in Barbados that will have you rushing to your keypad to see more. take a look at the magnificent Barbados Villa that is so close to the sea you could dip your feet in the water and have your lunch at the same time.
If beachfront propertiesin Barbados is what you want then they don't come any closer. This would make a brilliant venue for a wedding reception or family holiday.
You have a staff consisting of Cook, housekeeper and Chef as well as the following amenities: TV
VCR
DVD
Cable
Satellite
Safe
Swimming Pool
Non Smoking
Beach
Child friendly
Full Kitchen
Parking
Air Conditioning
ADSL Internet Connection
Alarm Systems
Luxury Home
For some great photographs and lots more details and information please visit villa Caprice on the main Villa Caprice.
I know now what your thinking. Your thinking that Mr Blogspot has lost the plot and has mistaken a villa in Barbados for a villa in Jamaica, he must be getting old or he's back on the meths. No, none of it, I really do want to point you to some fantastic villas in Barbados.
Where is Barbados? Just like Jamaica, it's smack bang in the Caribbean and just to prove it to any doubting Thomas that may dispute my claims, here is the obligatory Blogpoppers map. Barbados is number 4.
Map of the Caribbean
Your favourite villa rentals company, Jamaican Treasures, has a sister site called My Luxury Villas and this wonderful website has over 1200 villas for rent in all parts of the Caribbean as well as Bali, Thailand and Mexico.
In this posting I want to show you a beautiful place to stay in Barbados. This 3 bedroom luxury Barbados condominium is in West Coast beach in the heart of Holetown, St. James, Barbados. This fantastic condo is so close to all that is happening that you don't even need a car, you can walk to all the restaurants, bars, shops and tourist attractions and facilities.
You have the world class golf courses at both Sandy Lane and Royal Westmoreland are only five minutes drive away or a decent walk. You can play golf to your hearts content. The amenities in this great Barbados property are as follows:
TV
VCR
DVD Cable
Satellite
Ceiling Fans
Safe
Pool Lounge Chairs
Communal Pool
Beachfront
Child friendly
Security on-site
Parking
Air Conditioning
Bathrooms en-suite
ADSL Internet Connection
Penthouse Apartment
You also get a cook and housekeeper to take the strain out of your special holiday. There is so much to do on this holiday, you will never have a dull moment. Please visit this property on the My Luxury Villas website to see lots more photographs and details. Link 1783
I have never liked putting bad news onto Blogs but sometimes you need to, if for no other reason than to applaud someone who has passed away who had a great affect or had some significance in peoples lives. That person, I am sorry to say is the great Sir Jimmy Savile.
Jimmy Savile or, to give him his full (and well deserved) title Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KSCG, was a unique personality. Born the youngest into a litter of seven children of a bookmakers clerk, Jimmy had a rough time as a 'Bevin Boy' a coal miner who was conscripted during WWII to work down the Yorkshire mines at South Kirkby colliery. It was here that Jimmy had a bad accident, so bad that doctors feared he would not walk again, never mind work again. Jimmy was made of tougher stuff and amazed the medical profession by making a complete and full recovery.
It was in the late forties, after the war, that Jimmy started playing records in dance halls, not bad when you consider that this was the era of live music, Jimmy played the 78's on two old turntables, the first to be using them in this manner, this made him the very first "Disc Jockey" and was the start of a life long carreer in music and entertainment.
Jimmy was the first presenter of what was to become the most iconic music programme of the 20th century, Top of the Pops. many years later, Jimmy was invited back to host and end the very last TOTP and ended the show saying "It's number 1 and still, Top of the Pops!". It wasn't "The pops" that made Jimmy Savile a mega star though, it was a childrens programme called 'Jim'll Fix It!' in which Jimmy gave children of all ages (adults included) to do something they have only dreamt of. At it's height, Jim'll Fix It was getting 20 thousand letters per week! The show ran from 1975 until 1994 and made many dreams come true.
Not content with being a mega star, Jimmy ran countless marathons and raised more than 40 million pounds for charities as well as working "hands on" in hospitals, including Broadmoor high security hospital.
Jimmy Savile was awarded a knighthood by Her majesty the Queen as well as receiving a Papal knighthood.
Although a shrewd business man, he lived a frugal lifestyle, very rarely buying himself new clothing and living in the house he shared for years with his beloved mother whom he reffered to as "The Duchess".
Jimmy Savile passed away two days before his 85th birthday at his home in Roundhay, Leeds. Tributes pured in from the great and the good and in true Blogmeister tradition, here is a link to some of the best of the tributes paid to this very rare and strange and eccentric "Bloke"
I may be sailing close to the wind with this posting but I assure you readers that this place does exist and is indeed called F#####g. Why am I posting the name of an Austrian town with a silly name on my Jamaica Blog? Well, I was sent it by some Blogmeisters who were wondering if Jamaica or the Caribbean had any odd names for places?
I know of several in the UK and Thailand (Shitterton for one! Phuket is another) but none in the Caribbean and I think, just to lighten the atmosphere, we should have a competition for the daftest named place. If you know of a place with a very silly name, please, let us all in on the secret.
Stoplight Parrot Fish not to be mistaken with Akee & Saltfish
It's always good to have inside information, no matter that it is for horse racing, making a buck on Wall Street, or where the best place is to go snorkeling. Yes! where the best place to go snorkeling is. What's wrong with wanting to know that? Listen, if you are a keen snorkel diver that last thing you want is to off willy-nilly to this beach and that in the hope that you will get a great diving spot. For god's sake, you could end up diving to explore a sewage pipe and spend the day wondering what all the strange looking fish are called.
Jamaica is a fantastic place for snorkel diving because it does not get battered by great big waves and has over 200 miles of coastline that is populated with the most exotic fish you could wish to see. Even so, if you know the very best spots then your stay in one of Jamaican Treasures fantastic villas will be all the better becasue you will get more diving hours in.
So, where is the best place to go snorkel diving in Jamaica?
Port Antonio, Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, Discovery bay and St. Elizabeth all offer daily trips to the coral reef for you to go diving but opinion is not devided when it comes to naming the number 1 spot and that is Doctor's Cave beach, Montego Bay. You can get kitted up from the local snorkeling centre and explore to your hearts content.
Those of you who are a bit more experienced than others may wish to venture further affield and visit the reefs at Coyoba, Seaworld and Royal Reefs but I would advise you take a guide or someone who is familiar with these areas, the old briney sea can be a bit rougher out on these reefs but I am assured by those who have seen a reef or two that these reefs are crowded with some of the best fish. Like Stoplight Parrot Fish, Barjacks, blue and brown Chromis, yellow-headed Wrasses and Akee Saltfish (Wha? Akee Saltfish?) Joke..a Joke.
The other great places for snorkel diving are off Negril, Runaway Bay, San San Beach Port Antionio and Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. There is a great site to visit for more information on Snorkeling in Jamaica and it's called Island Buzz.
I have often questioned the sanity of my fellow man, one has only to look at the latest hair doo's or fashions to see where I'm coming from. There are those Blogmeisters who are just plain "Loopy" and others who are best described as "strange" I have a friend who falls in none of the catagories because he is an "entertainer" and so the line between reality and insanity can be blurred.
For example, who would consider going into a kharzi (loo, bogs, lavvy etc) and thinking the coat hanger looked like a drunk Octopus that was out for a bit of drama? He does. His facebook page is like something out of the novel "Down with Skool!" and not until I dug out the book did I realise that HE MUST HAVE DONE THE PHOTO SHOOT FOR THE FRONT COVER!
One of the photos is that Skool skiver Nigel Molesworth of St. Custards fame, the other is none other than Mike "The Rochdale Cowboy" Harding of dodgey tie fame. (Oh, you don't think so?) Check out the photos below from the Radio 2 "Lumpy Jumper & slack trousers" awards.
Molesworth & Harding
"And the winner of the daft tie award goes to...."
Mike Harding and Cher???
WWII Jap Zero pilot found alive in The Philippines
"I looked up my lineage on Genes reunited and found that I was related to Groucho Marx and Big Bird off Sesame Street.
Mr Blogspot can't decide when to go to the Caribbean?
I have never been one to blow my own trumpet but then again, I have never professed to being as thick as a whale steak, I am neither Albert Einstien or Stan Laurel, I'm more your avarage kind of bloke who knows more or less what he's on about. I had a question from one of the Blogpoppers, they asked me when the best time was to visit Jamaica? and what the seasons where (stupid bloody question one would have thought! Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter? No, not that type of season.) Once I caught their drift, I decided to take advantage of the many websites offering tips on staying in Jamaica and the Caribbean, sites like "When to go to the Caribbean for Dummies!" (Oh, you don't think so? See this link then.) and they all came up with more or less the same results and advice and they are as follows.
Seasons: Holiday season and high season (December to Mid-April) Shoulder season (Autmn to late Spring) Low season (June, July, August) Hurricane season (June 1st to November 30th) What does this mean to you, dear tourist or visitor? Well, it means there are more people about in the high season, more tourists, the some hotels have minimum stay requirements (Jamaican Treasures have no such nonesense!) and in some places you will pay a little more than in other seasons. tempreture wise theres not a lot in it. The shoulder season can be a wonderful time, less people about, cheaper prices, THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL! but hey, what goes around, comes around and they let the little devils out in April, spring break and easter!. Low season is like anywhere else, there are lower prices, better deals, less crowded beaches but you still get the good weather (give ot take the odd hurricane or tropical storm) Hurrican season is the best time for the big bargains, OK, it may pee down now and again but the rain in the tropics comes and goes in no time and just because it's called "Hurricane" season doesn't mean your going to sat on a roof waiting for an helicopter to drag you to safety! Check the Jamaican Treasures website for bargains in ALL seasons as we do have them. If you need any information we are always very happy to help you. If all else fails, you can always rely on your Andalucian Weather Brick (providing you have one.)
"I hope that Pinky will be a really good mouser!" That's what I said to Mrs Blogspot when we decided to keep 3 of the last batch of kittens. Pink, Squeeky and Alfie.
OK, Pinky isn't pink, she's stripey but she has one pink toe or whatever a cats version of a toe is, so, we call her 'Pinky'. As you can from this photo taken a few minutes ago, she has either caught the techo rage from my good self or she is just plain thick.
I appreciate that we live in a techno age but come on! When I say "catch dat mouse!" I mean the little dude that keeps crapping in the plant pots.
Oh well, I wonder if Jamaican cats are as stupid as the Spanish ones?
I've been mooching around my favourite website, the Jamaica Observer for interesting news items and I found a beauty. Some functionary by the name of Edmund Bartlett, the Tourism Minister, so he says, has come over all "Star Trek" by telling anyone who will listen that "Asia is our newest frontier!
To be fair to the bloke, he's doing a splendid job and is coming up with great ideas to improve tourism, not just to Jamaica but to the Caribbean as a whole. Eddie baby has suggested a plan to allow visitors from Asia to visit any of the Caribbean locations on a single visa, like they did for the cricket world cup 2007.
This, he hopes will improve travel between destinations for the tourist from the newly rich Asia economies, cutting down the red tape and making things a lot easier will, he hopes, encourage people to visit.
This is a bloody good idea and so far Bartlett said he has reached agreements in principle with the countries of Colombia and Mexico, and hopes to sign up Panama, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Go for it Eddie!
"Aaaaaagh!" Mr Blogspot's mobile had run out of charge.
Mr Bogspot at work (reconstruction)
I am in a really, truly, utterly foul and very unpleasant mood today, really, this is no joke. I enjoy something called "Techno Rage" that's going totally loco when the technology won't work.
Office workers are prone to this sort of angry reaction when the PC crashes, the system is slow and unresponsive, the mouse / keyboard / webcam / etc won't work, they hit the screen, keypad, tower or laptop, throw the mouse about, lash out at anything that comes to hand, swear out loud and curse god, the IT department, Bill Gates and even spit at the screen (my own favourite that one)
My Internet is via satellite and has been playing up, so I have been making adverts, writing articles and all the other things people like me do, then, when I come to upload, the server cuts out halfway through and I lose everything I have been doing. Grrrrrrr!
My laptop, Toshiba A80 decided to get on the bandwaggon, it has decided that it will run as slow as possible and then crash, even when I try to "Roll Back" that is, take the computer back to another date when it worked perfectly, Tosh won't have it. Why? I don't know?
My wireless connection, a Belkin router, F5D7234-4 v3 has also come to join the party, that has started to give messages and playing up, cutting out willy-nilly.
I have broken one mouse, it was a quick death via the office wall, the router has teeth marks on it now because I have bitten it several times, you can't see the screen on the Toshiba A80, it looks like it's been left out in the rain.
I have screamed obscenities, I have cursed god, Microsoft, Belkin, Toshiba, god again and the cats have had to be pretty swift to aviod ending up drop-kicked into the olive grove.
Just as I'm calming down and have stopped cursing, my mobile phone rings.
What is left of the mobile phone, a Nokia, is now being swept up and dumped in the bin, unfortunately, not being made of rubber, it didn't bounce when I threw it at the floor. Why did I throw it at the floor? I threw the bloody phone at the floor because as I answered the call, the battery died!
I am not alone in this, I'm not a member of a club of one, there are many people who go mad when things don't work and to be fair, it hasn't just been the technology.
I had a burst pipe in the wall, the plumber came out and repaired it, two weeks ago and told me the builder would come and repair the damage, I'm still waiting.
The dishwasher started leaking, I'm waiting for the repair man to call me, that was a fortnight ago. I am also waiting for a guy to call and repair a set of gates on a villa I look after, that's also been a few weeks. It all adds up.
Why am I telling you all this? Why am I not rattling on about Jamaica and villa rentals? I am letting you in on this because some of you will work in an office, all of you use a computer (Ow him kna all dis ting? I know you use a computer because your reading this Blog!) and you will have seen and heard your co-workers, boss, IT man, friends and such like start to scream and shout, slam their fists on the desk, throw paper and other items and even storm out of the room screaming "Where's my ####### gun! I'm going to see Bill Gates!"
They just have a little touch of 'techno rage' and my advice is to let them blow, they'll be OK once they realise that they haven't switched the PC on or that you have to plug the damn thing in. They'll be cool.
But, if like me, the the cause of the problem really is a malfunction with the equipment, I suggest you retire to a safe distance and watch the gear going out of the window.
Do you suffer a little bit from techno rage? Do you throw the technology out of the window, bite the computer, swear at passing Nuns or threaten to blow up your local Commet or PC World stores? I would love to hear from you if you do, we would be kindred spirits.
Some Blogpeepers might get the wrong impression about me and the game of Golf. I have nothing against golf, well, nothing much. OK, some people who play the game of golf look like they got dressed in the dark, some are pretentious and will not let you even talk to them unless you have an handicap of less that 6, others are just there for the after game drinks.
I don't watch golf on the telly, but then again, that's not a big deal, I don't watch snooker and other sports. I do however like to watch the great W. C Fields, without doubt, one of the funniest men that ever lived and ranks along side greats like Spike Milligan.
I thought you might like to see W.C Fields in action, this is him playing golf (Y'know, sky, sky, sky...grass!) no doubt there are a few people like W.C who will be playing at the Tryall Golf villas in Montego Bay, I'm sure they are everywhere. Enjoy.
"I think I'll take a drop ball!"
More of my comedy hero's are Stan laurel & Oliver Hardy. This great comedy duo made the transition from silent movies to talkies with great ease. Here they are playing S-s-s-G! (That's sky,sky,sky...grass! to you.) Note the well dodgey outfits.
Some things in life do suprise me, some things shock and others just bore the pants off me. One of the more suprising things is that Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and other teenage idols are very keen on "Sky..sky...sky..grass!" y'know, that game where you spend the day dressed in clothes you would not normally be seen dead in..Golf! (For those Bloggites who are not familiar with the phrase "Sky,sky,sky...Grass!" it is Jeremy Clarkson's take on televised golf because that is all the punters could see.)
David Cassidy is another pop idol, not an idol of mine you understand, but pop idol all the same, who likes to spend the day dressed in plus fours bashing his balls all over the green and pleasant lands. Thank god Ozzy Osbourne is as mad as rat in a tin privvy to even consider it. What's this got to do with moi? What's it to do with Jamaica and Jamaican Treasures?
Jamaican Treasures has a sister site for the Tryall Golf & Country Club, suprisingly, it is called http://www.tryallvillasjamaica.com/site/ and this lovely website is packed with lots of villas for the golfers and friends and family of golfers. Also, and here the big deal, there are special offers available on the Tryall Villas website, not just for golfers and golfing holidays, but for the sane and reasonable people as well. Oh, Yes! pay for 5 nights, stay for 7 nights, that's the deal on some of these great luxury villas at Montego Bay golf and Country club. OFFERS
You've heard the expression "You'd have to be mad to turn this down!" well, you would have to be mad to turn this great offer down, but then again, if you are a golfer, you are a bit mad I suppose?? No?
It's been a very strange week for my good self, musically that is. First was the horrible news that Pop übercheesemeisters Steps were to reform and then their Greatest Hits (Ha!) went in at number 1 in the Pop charts.
Next was the terrible news that Stone Roses are to reform. In case you don't know who they are, they were, and are now again, a Manchester band that made good in the late nineties, made two albums and then all had hissy-fits with each other and promptly jacked it in, much to the relief of the music loving world. Unfortunately, they have now kissed and made up and are ready to howl again.
But dear Blogpoppers, the good lord in his infinate mercey has seen fit to address these grotesque occurances with the delightful news that Irish "Boy" band (Boys? Nicky Byrne, 33, Kian Egan, 31, Mark Feehily, 31, and Shane Filan, 32 ) are to stop ripping off other artists songs and give us all a break, they are hanging up their mics, chucking their hair gel in the bin and getting on with the gardening. Hoorah!
Your going to ask yourself "Wha dem doo so bad a ting dat yu na like dem?" or if you are not Jamaican and don't speak Patois "What's the big deal?" I'll tell you what the big deal is matey, the big deal is that they were truly dull!
Come on now, they ripped off Bobby Goldsboro's (Seasons in the Sun) Phil Collins (Take a look at me now) Jimmy Ruffin (What becomes of the broken hearted) Billy Joel (Uptown girl...Hey? That's not a miserable song, they must have had an off day) Chicago (Hard to say I'm sorry) add to that The Four Tops, Temtations and anyone else they could get away with. Why it took 5 of them (to start with until Brian McFadden went mad, married Kerry Catona, came to his senses and done a bunk to Australia with some bird from Neighbours) to sing this rubbish, I don´t know.
Adios amigos! Westlife singing...er...
Anyway, they are calling it a day and that's that. Read it and weep kiddies WestLife to Split
"Yeah Mon! I and I gonna get dat wedda brick ting for I"
I am not Jamaican, I say this as a matter of fact, not for any particular reason, it's just that I am not a Jamaican so I don´t really know how Jamaicans feel about the weather.
I am English, I say this as a matter of fact and for a particular reason, I, like other English people (You may as well throw in the Jocks, Taffs and Paddy's because we are all cut from more or less the same cloth) are obsessed with the weather, I don't think I know anyone who isn't angst-ridden at the mere thought of the winter coming in. For this reason I have decided to give all the Brits in Blogtopia an answer to the question must be burning inside them!
"What's the weather like in Jamaica?"
Well, I don´t know because I don't live there but there is a wonderful website that will let you know what the weather is like in Jamaica, or come to think of it, anywhere in the world. The website is called Wunderground and here it, free of charge, the link to "What the weather is like in Jamaica" page.
Isn't that kind of me? Yes, I thought it was. Better still, I am going to do you all a favour and let you see the most accurate weather forecasting equipment known to man, it's ecologically friendly, easy to use and acurate.
It is none other than THE ANDALUCIA WEATHER BRICK brought to you by yours truly, Don Sñr Diego Blogspot of Los Ranos, Andalucia. I have produced two videos to demonstrate the method of use and accuracy of this great weather forecasting invention.
"Has Mr Blogspot gone mad?" That's what your probably thinking right now. To be fair, I thought the same thing myself when the good people of Jamaican Treasures told me that there were special offers on for trips to Jamaica. I thought a little bit of discount might be mentioned, you know "10% discount on all holidays in Jamaica!" that sort of "special offer"
When I was told that you can stay for seven nights in a luxury villa but only pay for five nights, I had to double check with the peeps at JT just to make sure it wasn't last nights Rum and I wasn't still "circling the airport" so as to speak.
It's true! Yep!
Jamaican Treasures has some very nice luxury villas that have special offers for a limited period and that special offer is "stay for seven, pay for 5" and two of the villas concerned are real beauties.
The first of these special offer villas is Elysian Plain. This is a waterfront villa that is sited at the fantastic Tryall Golf & Country Club, you get automatic membership of the country club and resort facilities, a full staff to look after your every need, Cook, Cleaner, Gardener, Butler and Laundress. For full details take a look at the websites page for this fantastic Jamaica Villa.
This is one for the golfers. 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom luxury villa that overlooks the Tryall Golf course. You get a staff to help you have the best holiday ever, Cook, Housekeeper, laundress and Gardener, resort membership a great pool to splash around in and of course, let us not forget the golf.
Ask about the special offer on this villa via the contact details below or take a look at the webpage and see what you will get on your special holiday deal. Villa Fair Winds webpage.
I thought I might have to point out one or two things to the more astute readers of this Blog. You may (or may not) have noticed that there is a permenant list of Jamaica Villa photographs to the right hand side of every blog. You may also have noticed that they all say "Jamaica Villa" and give the location.
Why? I'll tell you why.
The sister site to Jamaican Treasures (the best holiday villa rentals company in Jamaica) is called My Luxury Villas and there are oodles of brilliant villas, not just in Jamaica but in places like Bali, Mexico, Thailand etc and so to highlight the very best villas in Jamaica, the great and the good of JT decided that such wonderful villas should have their own websites.
So, each of the photographs is linked to the website for that particular Jamaica Villa, just click the photograph and you will be taked to Montego Bay, Discovery Bay, Tryall Golf and Country Club and anywhere else there is one of these top Jamaica villas.
"Bad moon arisin'" Brian, Mr Blogspot, Neil, Mo and Bernard at the back.
It was all sweetness and light this Saturday just gone, or in the case of our friend Cockney Brian "Sat'dai jass gawn" as he celebrated his 70th birthday at the Cortijuelo restaurant, Villanueva del Trabuco which is a fair village in the north east of Malága, Andalucia...Spain. Close to Casa Blogspot as it happens.
Brian, from London, has reached his 70th year and showed no signs of slowing down as he refused to dance the night away, opting for a seat and a few "pigs ears" beers. He did however, get up with the band, along with yours truly (I played the spoons, very "Cockney" that is) to sing the old Creedence Clearwater Revival hit "Bad moon a rising" and some cockney tunes, as one can see from the photo, I looked very "Cockney" sporting one of the great T shirts sent to me by Lisa of Jamaican Treasures.
The night was spent making up cockney rhyming slang words for different things (amazing what 3 bottles of wine will do to the brain) like "parse them aristotle's" (glasses "Aristotle Onasis") "theres none on the Cane 'n' able" (table) "I need another pigs ear" (beer)
The band played a selection of songs we used to like and the woman got up and danced about, as they do. One couple did a bit of a jive but the polite company just sat down, talked rubbish, after a few more drinks talked gibberish and passed a very pleasant night.
So, what's this post in aid of?
We managed to come up with some Jamaica related rhyming slang words that might catch on, or might not is a safer bet.
Freddie Laker = Jamaica (I´m off to Freddie for my hols)
Doris Day = Montego Bay (can be used for Discovery etc)
Lillian Gish = Ackee and Saltfish (I just fancy some Lillian for my dinner)
Eddie Grant = Ganje Plant (Sorry constable, I never knew it was an Eddie!)
Bob Marley = Parlez (Sorry mate, I don't Bob patois )
Montego Bay = Gay ( That Quentin Crisp? he was a bit Montego wasn´t he?)
Jamaican Rum = Bum (Just had to have a jab in my Jamaican Rum!)
Rasta Man = Frying Pan (Get the rasta on girl, I´m starving!)
Tom Thumb = Rum (Give us a bottle of Tom and a coke for the missus.)
You catch my drift and I´m quite sure that if you drink enough "Tom Thumb" you will come up with some of your own words.
It was one of those nights in Casa Blogspot, you know, "Nowt on t'telleh" except the usual pile of regurgitated D list celebrity mush, re-hashed cookery programmes, endless, mind-numbing soaps, Sky news repeating the same story about some MP or other getting caught with his trousers down. God I was bored out of my skull!
Then, as if by devine providence, Mrs Blogspot changed the channel to something like SKY Arts 23+1 and the listing read, no! the listing screamed "STEPS REUNION!"
I laughed, I must admit, I thought that there is no way this could be "Steps" you know, that very cheesy, annoying. irritating band of Pop plonkers who hung up their daft stage costumes many years past.
The laugh soon changed to a scream of horror when the synopsis (a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of the subject.) brought me back to reality with a massive bump "Steps reunion. Prior to the release of the forthcoming Greatest Hits Album...." suddenly I wasn´t reading the synopsis, I was back in the late nineties at a friends wedding, I was being dragged onto the dance floor by Mrs Blogspot's niece, a truly demonic child of some 9 years and as 'orrible as they come.
I was instructed by this little witch as to how one does the dance to "Tragedy". The fact that beating up nine year old girls is a criminal offence (rather like the music) prevented me from doing anything I would later regret. That night has stayed with me all these years and even copious ammount of Jack Daniels or hours transcedental meditation can erase the site of the lines of half pissed adults and semi-demented girls screaming "Traj-jiddee! Ha-haaa!" and waving their hands by their ears while a odd looking DJ with a very suspect hawaiian shirt ponces about trying to look cool. Sound stupid? Hard to imagine? watch the video and you will see what I mean. WARNING! This video contains music likely to cause offence and scenes of utter silliness!
"Traj -jeddee!"
Where was I? Oh, yes! Anyway dear Blogmeisters, after being tied to the chair and having a pair of old underpants forced into my mouth to muffle the screams, I and Mrs Blogspot settled down for what seemed hours of this gut-wrenching programme of why they split up in such an acrimonious manner and why they think they should get back together (call me Mr suspicious but I would say money?)
I must admit, in all honesty and fairness, that before the programme I really did hate this bands "music" it's silly outfits and it's naff, cheesy dance routines and everything else that was the pop outfit !Steps"
After the programme? I hated them!! Dear Lord above, it was all me! me!, how "I" felt, what it did to me! It would seem, no, it really was a case of five people of suspect "talent" with egos that made Mariah Carey seem like the sugar plum fairy.
They broke up because...well, who cares? They broke up, that's all that mattered to me and now, against all reason, they are back!
I know what your thinking, how can something as purile (love the Urban dictionary definition of Purile, very appropriate methinks!) as a cheesy pop band reforming bring such angst into the life of poor old Mr Blogspot?
BECAUSE THEIR "STEPS GREATEST HITS" ALBUM WENT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE ALBUM CHARTS THIS MONDAY MORNING!
I have only this piece of advice to give to you. Stay away from weddings and 9 year old witches.."traj - jeddee! Ha-haaaaa!" "Traj - jeddee!"
PS. If you think that there are no Steps fans left then this facebook page, added by two madmen, George and Adam, may change your mind. Steps Reunion on Facebook.
To many people, if pressed on the matter of naming a Jamaican culteral Icon, they would, 9 times out of ten most likely go for Bob Marley, the legendary Reggae musician, Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE, poet, social commentator, folklore, writer and much more or Mr Fraser..MR FRASER?? Who is Mr Fraser?
Well, let me fill you in on this one. Mr Fraser is one handsome cat and an all round good guy. The UK burst intoroars of laughter when a comedy show called The Real McCoy jumped onto the nations screens. The Real McCoy featured artists from the Caribbean area and the comedy, combined with a patois accent had the nation in stitches.
Mr Fraser was a Jamaican version of Rab C Nesbitt and well worth watching. I have added one of my favourite clips, "Mr Fraser Video dating"
The background to this clip is Mr Fraser, took the advice from the psychologist, who told him that his nymphomaniac wife needed glasses to stop her "bothering" him all the time, the diagnosis was based on the fact that Mr Fraser is less than handsome, has long tatty hair and bad teeth. Anyway, Mr F in not one to be put down so easily, he goes into a video dating booth..
If there is one thing that is guaranteed to raise the sap of the young male Blogpoppers in Blogtopia, it is the site of the delightful Miss BeyoncéKnowles. A quick glimpse is all that it takes to set the pulse racing. Unfortunately, this does nothing for the less than sweet temprement of dear Mrs Blogspot, a woman not associated with "sweetness and light".
What, you may ask, is the wonderful miss Beyoncé doing splattered across one of my postings? has Beyoncé started renting Jamaica Villas from Jamaican Treasures (She has more than likely done so umpteen times...) No! she has been ripping off other artisits...ALLEGEDLY!
According to my favourite online periodical, the wonderful Jamaica Observer, "American singer Beyoncé has been accused of “stealing” dance moves for her latest music video. Some Belgian choreographer,Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (try saying that after a few jugs of Rum!!)
A rather miffed De Keersmaeker said that she (De thingy-majig) was not mad about this but she had not been told about her moves being used by someone else. Apparently, when you look at the videos of Beyoncé and Teresa De Keersmaeker, it has to be said, even Ray Charles woud have spotted that they are "similar", anyway, it's all to arty-farty for me to explain, so why not go and read the article for yourself. Arty-Farty article link.
I´m left in no doubt that you, my little blogmonsters, think I am a bit of a one trick pony being as I post these Blogs on a pretty regular basis, but I am not, I can diversify when the need takes me.
Today, for example, yours truly uploaded 7 new videos to his Youtube Chanel, not just Jamaica Villas but Anguilla and the Cayman Islands as well. If I say so myself, the videos I made are very good and I look forward to hearing your comments on them.
As you can see from the Youtube Video above, this one features one of the Jamaican Treasures staff, the wonderful Stephanie.
Links. What are links? Well, you have Golf Links, you have cufflinks, missing links and so on but the links I´m interested in are website links. What are website links you may ask? I'll tell you.
If and when I find a website that has interesting items about Jamaica villas, Jamaica, the Caribbean, holidays and travel, I copy the websites Url (address) and I then add a little description to my Blog or webpage to tell people what the link is about. Like te following;
Jamaica Villas. Luxury holidays villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica
I added the url of Jamaican Treasures (http://www.jamaicantreasures.com)to/ the text "Jamaican Treasures" this turns it into a clickable link. I add the description to let you know that the link "Jamaica Villas" will direct you to a website which has holiday villas in Montego Bay. Simple. In this way we can share information over the Internet by linking to each others sites.
Why am I telling you this? Well, you may have a website that is of interest to myself or other like minded people and you would like to share your thoughts and information with us. In which case I will be more than happy to add your link to this Blog and to other websites I have relating to Jamaica villas and travel.
The other benefit of linking to other sites is that they will link back to you, this helps your Blog or website get better rankings on the Internet search engines. If you would like to swap links with my Blog or a list of websites that I have (see below) then just email me and I'll be happy to exchange links.
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