MoBay - My Wedding in Jamaica

[stargirl911]

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((PLJ)) Congratulations on your marriage [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Great report and the pictures are so nice [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] thanks for sharing your special day [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[sheanlee]

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HI ALL
Thanks so much for the well wishes and lovely words. I appreciate you guys taking the time to read my report. If my report comes of help to anyone or just brightens someones day...it is all worth it.
SHall I commence?

[sheanlee]

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OcheeHeart,
Let me tell you ...that dress almost didn't fit after 48 hours in Jamaica. I had so much alcohol and jerk chicken and other stuff that I forgot I still needed to get down the aisle in that dress!
It fit perfectly but slightly snug in the belly if you can't already tell! BOAL

[sheanlee]

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SO....walking down the aisle

I look to the end of the lawn where the gazebo, man of my dreams and my family are standing. Behind the gazebo is the ocean and a beautiful sky, still overcast but fighting to stay clear...God is watching us and I feel like he is holding the rain. My veil is flying all over the place because of the winds. My Mom on my left and Dad on my right and we walk and meet my groom.

After they give me away the ceremony begins and we say our vows....Just as we do this, the sun beams and spreads light all over everyone.
We turn to face each other to give the rings. My hubby is holding back tears and grinning at me from ear to ear. He has such a beautiful white smile. I pray our kids get his teeth. We give the rings to one another and pledge our faith and love to each other...."By the power vested in me by the island of Jamaica...I NOW pronounce you husband and wife....oh ...kiss your bride!!"


He held me tight like never before and kissed me with so much love...everybody cheered. I'm so glad the photographer got this picture!!
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Look at that scene! I MISS JAMAICA!!!!! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Next is the broom ceremony.
Now many have heard different versions of why African Americans jump the broom. It started as an African tradition...using the broom to sweep away the past and then lying it down to jump into the future together as a couple. But in America in times of slavery, Blacks were not allowed to marry let alone claim they were devoted to each other. Slaves were bought and sold so much that family were broken apart frequently.
So in this tradition, the broom was a way of saying to the other slaves in that plantation and to one another that "this is my wife, this if my husband" and that tradition moreso continued until it was legal to be considered man and wife. Board members you can add on to this if you'd like.




Now...I'm ready to PARTY!!!
We took more pictures in the sand and at the water. One of my girlfriend says, " when you two look at each other it's like magic...you can see the love"...I tear and just smile.

[Lis]

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I want to stay there.
The dress was very nice and you where just so pretty in it. Both of you look good.
What kind of camera was used for those pictures?
They are so clear.

[sheanlee]

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We dance and party the night away. The DJ was awesome and I decided that the hip hop CD I burned for the reception, I'd give to him for his other gigs.
He was really cute and had shoulder length dreads...almost looked like my brother but older. I wanted to hook him up with one of my girls but they resisted.
SO we danced to our song (Don't Change- Musiq SoulChild), I danced with my Dad (Unforgettable- Natalie and Nat King Cole) and my hubby and his Mom danced (Song for Mama- Boys II Men).
It was so hot in that dress. I didn't realize it until I sat down at the head table and settled down for two seconds. We had to be situated outside in the garden area because the usual reception area was under construction. So you see alot happened but it all went well in the end.


The DJ started the partying off with Rappers Delight, 'I said a hip hop to hippit to hippot with the hip hip hoppit you don't stop the rocking to the bang bang boogie up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat'... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] the whole place his the roof and the dance floor which was a three leveled patio in the center of the garden area.
I wish we could show video on here because I can't even describe the glee, the drinking and the boogie-ing we did that night. (you can tell I'm an 80's child, early Generation X! haha)

[sheanlee]

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LittleLes,
Thanks! The photographer from the resort took those pictures! I'm so impressed with his work and videographer. I don't know what type of camera he used..it was a pretty large one! But we he did was put them on a CD for me so I could print more copies out from home. SO I just uploaded them from the disc to imagestation and that's what you see!
Happy you guys like them! I'm not a photogenic person at ALL so when I saw them I was so happy with the quality and the type of shots he got.

[sheanlee]

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SO wedding night...
Every girl pictures being in a lacy, romantic and seductive piece of lingerie on their wedding night...coming out of the bathroom with a grin. NOT!! We were so exhausted from the day that we SLEPT! Yes....when one of my good friends told me that her and her new hubby slept through their wedding night..I couldn't believe it. But we did!
Your day starts out early...you run through a gammot of emotions, highs and lows, bittersweet moments...so by the end of the evening...you are BUSHED.
I climbed into bed in my birthday suit and we hugged and kissed and before I knew it my eyes openned and double heaveness....a NEW day in Jamaica!
Today we go to Dunns River Falls with my in-laws, best friend and her sister. Apparently while I was getting primped for the wedding, my hubby was making arrangements at the tour desk for Dunns River. My best friend overheard him say to the girl at the desk, 'Yes, two for Dunns River...Mr and Mrs.___!" Grinning proudly.
Now as you know from my tone in this report...that I love him most dearly. But I DID NOT want to go to Dunns River the very next day after our wedding. I know he meant well. But I was content to lounging around drinking stripes and dirty bananas and finally letting myself go.
In addition, I'd already been to Dunns River Falls and didn't want to go back. I liked the experience but the long ride from MoBay and dealing with loads of tourists trying to climb the falls ....UGH!
So I get on my suit and pack a beach bag with a large bottle of spring water...oh and I chew an orange flavored Dramamine cause I get bad motion/bus sickness.
But on our way and to my delight...the new road to Ochi is gorgeous. We flew there and only met small areas where the workers were still laying asphalt. I can't believe how great the ride was! I remember years ago almost hitting my head on the bus roof from all the humps, bumps and jumps on the ride to Ochi.
We get to the falls and MAN...there are so many people there today it's ridiculous. I walk down the steps to the beach and the smell of urine gets stronger and stronger. Wait a minute I don't remember the falls being this dirty and smelly! I start getting upset, more like saddened by what I'm seeing. I try to remain positive and we are at the mouth of the falls. We grasps hands and start trekking up. The water is like ice but feels good after being on a bus for so long.

At one of the pools halfway up to the top, the usual 'camera' spot, we stop to take pictures. My girlfriend J loves fresh water and is in her glory wading and dunking in the water. My mother in law is struggling but having a good time. It's her turn to take a pic with her husband (my father in law). The guide is taking his time. Mind you everytime I look at him I laugh because his teeth are all over the place. And he has one that is centered in the middle of his mouth! You know....one large tooth with no match to it and the others fighting for gum space! He was very nice though but to look at him...pheeeeweeee.
He looks at me and each time calls me "rock climber" cause I need no help getting up the falls. In-laws still waiting for the picture to be snapped. All of a sudden mother in law yells, "take the picture!!" because she is crouched down in cold water with even more water rushing down her back! From that point on..he nicknamed her 'take the picture'. HAHAHa
"Hey ..."take the picture"..look this way...hey ..."take the picture"...climb that way.." [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[sheanlee]

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On the way up the falls...me and honey lose each other. Reason for this, he is helping his Mom get up the falls and I'm helping two of my ex-coworkers (whom also came to Jamaica to see me get married) get up the falls.
Every now and then I'll see his head pop up over another clearing in the falls and know that he is okay. It's funny how you start so nicely with the guide and end up *** out on your own struggling up the falls. Anyhoo....I'm climbing..."Rock Climber...let me get you on video"...they do video tapes of you climbing with your *** in the air, sweating and grasping for dear life. But as I turn around I notice he is looking at me in a way I've seen Jamaican men look before. DANG...just got married, didn't I tell him that?
He and his other guide buddy are whispering to themselves the whole trip up. I hope he pushed stop on that recorder cause my in-laws, in the end, decide to purchase the video!

FINALLY! We all make to the top...no...not yet!
I just notice some of my coworkers huddled around this one rock at an area prior to reaching an overpass or bridge over the falls. I'm wondering why they are all standing there instead of continuing. When I get to the top I know why. Someone has carved very masterfully a penis (can I say that?) ok,...male sexual organ..out of rock. My coworker says..."well..this makes it worth the climb!" We laugh so hard I fall into the water. That experience is a thought you have a few days later and end up laughing out loud to yourself it's so funny. Then you have everyone around you looking at you as if you're hearing voices. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]
NOW! Almost there...I see my honey limping...he makes it to me and says..."I fell ...down a hole..my leg just kept going down and I had nothing to hold on to." He is bleeding slightly and his big toe is stubbed with blood clotting under the nail. I kiss him and ask him if he's okay to finish, he say "yes I have to help Mom too." I can see he is hurt but he is smiling as if he is having a good time. Alot of the rocks are very slippery and I am barely keeping myself from falling a few times..but I'm the rock climber. The guides are far, I can see them but they are of no help to us at that distance. I get ****** and start trekking faster. I want to catch up to them and tell them they need to help the group. I finally give up and just try to get all my people off the falls.
THE END! Thank you lawd...get me outta here.
We head back to the bus after getting stuck in the craft market labyrinth. No one really bothered me cause after telling them how many times I've visited Jamaica...a rasta says to me.."oh so you are Jamerican!"..I just look at him and say, "well..something like that yeah." Now to me a Jamerican was someone who was born in Jamaica and now migrated to the U.S. Or is the child of Jamaican parents but born in the U.S. I guess there could be many definitions if it was a word in Webster's dictionary.

[cinnni]

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Yeah!!! <clapping hands loudly> Keep it coming. This is great and both of you look beautiful!!!

[Seveen]

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BLESSINGS FOREVER. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[Jamerican71]

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Originally posted by PastLifeJamaican:
[qb] ...Now to me a Jamerican was someone who was born in Jamaica and now migrated to the U.S. Or is the child of Jamaican parents but born in the U.S. I guess there could be many definitions if it was a word in Webster's dictionary. [/qb]

Yes, I would agree with your definition. I was born in the US to a Jamaican father and an American mother. At 6 months of age we moved to Kingston. The jamaican culture is a large part of my heritage and culture so I consider myself JAMERICAN!

By the way - your wedding is awesome. You look super beautiful and I'm loving your trip report!

[sheanlee]

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Seveen and Cinnni...thank you so much!
Jamerican..I thought I was pretty close to the "jamerican" definition! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

ON the way home from Dunns River...
we stop at a place call Mackie's Jerk Center. Needless to say it was DELICIOUS!! I ordered a pound of jerk pork and a pepsi(for some reason tastes different in jamaica...and I love it!)and we sit and eat ....feels like heaven. It was pouring down raining but the area in Mackie's is covered. Everyone on the tour bus enjoyed themselves.
Back to the bus....now the unpaved roads are mud and we almost got stuck but we really had a good driver.... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]ray:
I spotted too many homes that I dreamed of living in..."oh babe..that's our house...oh no..I like that one better...ooh look at that one...the majority of them were, I believe, in a section called Ironshore. The houses are gorgeous and overlook the ocean. Some are located right off the shore. Beautiful...I'm dreaming of being able to visit Jamaica and allow my family and friends to use the house whenever they like. But...that's a dream not yet tangible.
AnyHoo..
We get back to the resort...scratched up...beat up..exhausted..damp sticking clothes..yuck. We run up to the room and shower and freshen up in warm, dry clothes. That evening we ate and lounged around the resort and decided for once to view the entertainment/show. It was karaoke night and my best friend decided to serenade me and my new hubby with the song Endless Love. Awwwwwww!
Everyone clapped and my hubby and I stood up in front of a whole heap of a lot of people at the resort.
My new mother and father-in-law won a prize for dinner for two at Marguerites on the hip strip. They won because the were the only couple in the audience married the longest...32 years. They brought them on stage to ask how they stayed married so long..my mother-in-law says in front of at least 150 people.."I don't know...he keeps me chained up in the basement!" UGH!! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
Of course the audience thought they were so cute. But because they were flying home the next day they gave the gift certificate to me and hubby.
So we dined at Marguerites...very romantic but not alot of food. I was still hungry after my entre'. It was lovely looking out at the ocean and seeing the fish. But they make a kick *** banana guava cheesecake!
After dinner we decided to go the Coral Cliffs casino since it's right across the street. Now I remember this place from 5 years ago...NOT the same. It was a white building with one small room with two rows of slot machines. Boy this place has changed. ONe big jungle motif going on here! I'm talking statues of elephants and wildlife and stuff.
We are greeted by three teeny weeny girls at the door with one large guy that looked like CIA! For the matter...ALL the girls that work in Coral Cliffs are teeny weeny...I'm towering over most of them and they don't look anywhere close to 21 years of age. This place is crowded. There are men sitting at slot machines that don't look like they've gotten up to drain the lizard for hours. Sitting next to these men (white male, mostly 40-50's in age it seemed)are young girls who don't look old enough to be in a casino much less with these older men. The men are giving them money and they are gambling it away in the slot machines while they breath over them rubbing their thighs and backs. One little girl didnt look like she could even be 17 yet! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] I was appauled and mortified. I wanted to grab her by the arm and say, "what are you doing in here with this grown man...does your Mama know you are here!?" It turned my stomach and put a bad taste in my mouth. I looked at my man and said, "I need to get outta here." He said, "but I have all these tokens!" I basically said...then we need to come back another day to use them up. One thing I can say that I like about Coral Cliffs was the band. Excellent live band that plays there. You can actually hear them from the street.
On our way back to our taxi guy, I walk across the street and look square in the face to Savion Glover!! Oh my gosh! Just as I was about to say something to him I had a quick flash of memory. Gregory Hines had just passed away the prior week. Savion was probably trying to find some refuge and peace in Jamaica. I decided to say nothing to him, but he right away knew that I recognized him. It's amazing that no one else recongnized him. He walked pleasantly down the street with girlfriend/wife ( don't know ) and I stood there on the curb with my mouth open..."I can't believe I just saw Savion Glover!" [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Marilyn]

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In Ironshore

[Boopie]

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Pastlife,
Congratulations on your marriage! You all look so happy! I have been married for 4 years and this will be the second trip with my hubby to Jamaica in december! We have so much to laugh at together(And sometimes we fuss!), but all in all I love being in Ja with my husband!
Your report is very refreshing! I know it"s hard to write but keep up the good work! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]