WHAT I HATE ABOUT CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year. I can't dispute that there's a greater sense of joy around this time, hearing parang music on the radio...wait thats all that excites me? wow -_-

Christmas is NOT an excuse to go bankrupt. Why on earth do I need new curtains? What is wrong with the ones from last 3, 4, 5 years?!?! And why must they be so damn fancy!?! -_- 

People go crazyyy buying things! Quite frankly, I'd paint my house in August if I can, Christmas time pretty much would just equal- free time to do it. 

Prices DO NOT "go down" -_-. I checked a catalogue from Courts or Standards or whatever months ago, and compared the items on "sale" with those then...SAME PRICE!! In fact, this jus tmight be when prices hike up, because the demand for every single thing increases. I do NOT need to spend over 1000 dollars on groceries alone dammit! >.< 

Christmas is NOT an excuse to drink alcohol excessively!! It is NOT an excuse to go out and lime and "have a good time" dousing down everything that comes your way. Sure fruit cake is great but geez, must you overdo the alcohol?

Who on earth is santa claus? Whyyyyyyyyyyyy do parents lie to their children. It's bribery, it's a lie and its damn foolish! it's also very idolatrous, seeing that children worship Santa's feet, hoping to get something for Christmas. And quite frankly, it's pretty eurocentric too, seeing that ya know, we don't have chimneys in the Caribbean -_- Santa u racist or summ? U discriminatory? *coas*

Quite likely, Jesus was NOT even born on December 25th and nowhere in the Bible do people really celebrate birthdays anyway, except for 3 occasions where bad things all happened (Google it, or read yo Bible yo) All in all, though I don't feel inclined to get in this "spirit" ie...EXCESS! I celebrate the fact that ONE man, Jesus Christ, loves me, and us all, sooooooooo much, that He'd die for me, to reconcile my relationship with God, paving the way for my eternity! :)

And what have we become, glutton, lazy and easily swayed? What is xmas? I thought the  Word was Christmas? I thought the reason for the season was CHRIST! WHO IS X??!?!? Did X come to save my life?

Sooooo, why not choose a time to celebrate this fact then- ie christmas season? uhm WHY NOT DO IT ALLLLLLLLLL THE TIME? Does the Lord say, wellllllllllll Imma help you today, Imma hear your prayer today, I'll comfort you and be there for you today, but tomorrow I rell cyah handle u nah, or next week neither, matter of fact, I'm booked through February, so whenever ah get de chance to help yuh ah go do it? uhh NO! So why, for this ONE time, do we get so focused on "THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" 

What Spirit? hanging reindeer and excess lights outside my house does NOT make me feel the "spirit"

Having a tree up, does NOT make me feel the "spirit"

Drinking alcohol, liming, paranging does NOT make me feel the "spirit" 

Cleaning and painting does NOT make me feel the spirit.

And quite frankly Im sick and TIRED or hearing ppl say "I doh feel the Christmas spirit" if yuh buying ting, eating ting, drinking ting, paranging and ting, then yuh in the spirit alright! But which one. 

I rather feel the Holy Spirit. I'd rather have a peaceful Christmas, than a loud, festive Christmas.

I rather have peace within myself for a lifetime, than spend one day in glutton excessive, pointless celebration to feel temporary happiness. Cuz guess what people..drink away your problems today, they are still there in the morning! 

I rather lend a helping hand to those in need, than sit back and wait for a bunch of gifts to be given to me. Naively before, Id wish for gifts. But the thing is, if the Lord doesn't do anything else for me, He's already done enough. And that's the greatest gift of all.

So have a blessed, holy Christmas. And perhaps, before going outside to galavant and play, take some more time to pray. Always remember the reason, not just for a season, for always. 

*deep breath* 

Random Thoughts of a Random Girl 2

We gonna hunt you down, *does two finger gun salute dance* o.O
Eff what you said, it dont mean sh*t now! Eff your presence mite as well be a cow
Take a drink ah this, take a drink ah dat, oh yes trini Christmas is the bestttttt *rows hands like a boat* Ah-Yee!!! xD
You my friend, is ah bake, ah dry up old bake!
I WANNA GO TO CUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :(
If I was a rich girl, nah nah nah nh nah nuh nah nuh nah nah nahhhh *mumbles incoherently*
Vinegar. OMG what a racist word! :O lol 
Shake that bootayyy, turn it aroundddddd. 
Some likkle children ANNOYING! geeezz ann, why yuh touch meh dictionary eh? steups like yuh buy that, gosh was I that annoying?
Cant be, I was quiet :D and shyyyyyyyyyy :D 
Tryna figure out what happened..I rel cyah do them primary school math questions if yuh ask me now nuh, LOL ok prob some :P
mehhhhhhhhh, neighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *kicks hooves* LOL 
When you are feeling a little low, oh oh oh, itching and ah scratching
Rastaman vibrations yeaaa, POSITIVE xD Big tune
Yuh doh haffi dread to be rastaaa, no haffi dread *sways* 
I can isolate mah body 8-) Drama ftw!
What the hell is all this encryption on the page! Go away!
I DONT WANNA GROW OLDERRRRRRRRR YET! MAKE IT STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP :( 
I rel want dumbells tho and ah yoga mat! >.>
Santa can you hear me?!?!?! I have been so good this year, LOL Santa wey yuh gonna come thru, meh window? what kinda stalker gully creeping behavious is that? steups. lol We doh meddle in tha milk nd cookies ting neither! 8-)
I like to scrape the vanilla out of the oreo and eat the biscuit alone, does that mean Im racist? o.O
WHATS GREEN AND SEE THRU?!?! ..... THIS LETTUCE RIGHT HERE, HAHAHAHA *dies* haha
I REAL WANT AH PACK SOUP THO! steupssssssssssssss. 
You think I weird? wait who exactly am I talking to, swear I does talk to myself nuh, and real answer back too wth! Steups girl you crazy, yea kinda, hehehe Not really tho, meh yes really, gosh boi juhhhhh. 
I want ah spanish mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, to marry me, oh gosh yes parang sweet *dances*
Enrique Iglesias :D  ay yuh know daddy yankee songs kinda cool. lol
I pity you insecure people, I mean we all have em, but channel em positively, accept yourself. You're only hurting others and yourself further by lashing out on people!
TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK! lol de chairs fall off de back ah de truck yes, LOL
Tales of mere existence. Im on a goat o.O If hI really were, that goat would prob hate me :/ 
gah
Lappy why did you crash? :( Work! :( 
Remordimientos reunan como viejos amigos, aqu para remorar sus momentos mas oscuros :( 
I wah see breaking dawn tho! I shud finish read them book, mehhh get fed up in the third book. mehhh. 
Swag out the world SOLAR, Im so cold POLAR! burrr, lol *insert washing machine here* xDDDDD 
School does be level heights sometimes inno, lol 
But wait nah, ah pack soup still eh come yet, nah somebody gonna get bitten >.> 
Rel cyah believe my moms eat out de pootigal before I could come get it >.>
RAS HOBO! LOL excuse me sir do you know that the last 4 digits of your number spells hobo? aahahhahahaha 
ah find these mosquites rel boldface tho. 
Mellow vybez now
I would like to visit the moon, on a rocket ship high in the air...

CARAMEL POPCORN =WINNNNNNNN! ^_^

I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF! I should get a bigger container then, hehehehe ok that was stale :/ lol
Ok, so all weekend I've been feeling peckish and wanted caramel popcorn, not like the one I made last time though, lol I wanted it even better! And well, I was supposed to make for someone's birthday(they really liked the last batch, lol) so I decided heck why not make it today! ^_^


So I spent like 45 minutes shelling peanuts and breaking them in half, ouch. I cyah be ah nuts 'oman on the highway inno, painnnnn! lol I got my apparatus ready beforehand, well most of it and I popped my corn :) IT POPPED BEAUTIFULLLYYYYYY! Like OMG! There was not a single corn to be popped still! (or maybe I just didnt see it) and it didn't burn! For awhile I was like, screw caramel popcorn I just wanna eat it like this ^_^ My dad took some, and then I popped another large pot :D Guess how that popped? STUPENDOUSLY! :D eeeeeeeeeep! Im too excited, haha
So during this, the pot was on the stove, but nothing in it, and I could'nt find the measuring cup so I just started estimating how much of everything and puttin it in the pot. I put sugar like three times, lol Some essence(the light one this time :D) and kept stirring. I put all my nuts(cashew and peanuts) in the two pans with the popcorn and got ready to put my baking soda and watch it rise! :D
Turned off the stove, put in the baking soda and it barely moved, so I was like burrrrr? So I put back on the fire, and put in more baking soda and stirred, it rose just a little bit, but not overfluff like lastime so I was concerned. But in my mind I was like wait nuh, baking soda have TOO MANY USES! To clean, disinfect, get rid of odours, bake and teng, wth! Maybe too much would give ppl chirren the runnings, so I didnt put any more, lolI poured half in one bowl and mixed, and MY WORD WAS IT GORGEOUS! It distributed wonderfully, and was light and looking even better than processed caramel corn x_x. I thought I had too little for the other bowl, but BAM! That spread niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee too. I didnt even use my baking dishes this time, I jsut plopped the two pans in the oven for a few minutes, it sealed the caramel over it, and WOW! It tastes great :) Screw plain popcorn,lol

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED! We we we so excitedddd *dances* ^_^
I just had to blog about this, my happiness was too much to contain, I had to tell the world! :) Thank God it came out so well :) Cant wait to dive down in some more later :D

My 30 Day Challenge (30) Fasting

Wow, I can't believe the challenge is over ;( It's been wonderful I must say :)
My last day! I fasted. It wasn't meant to be for the challenge however :/
I successfully finished a 4 Day Bible Reading Plan on the topic of Humility from http://www.youversion.com/ and I thought to myself, I'd fast to end it off. And maybe fast at the end of each one completed. I was sort of reluctant at first but went ahead. All I had were fluids, water, bush tea and a small box of juice (because keeping the sugar up a little bit is essential)
By 8:30 my belly was grumbling! But I sipped tea and it went for a couple minutes. Thankfully, nothing for breaktime or lunch came in Boxlunch(the school feeding program) so wanting to eat it wasn't a big issue for me! Twas an issue however, when everyone had such lovely meals I can eat from! All hot and delicious smelling! And then another class was giving out FREE DOUGHNUTS! FREE! x_x temptation was all around, but I resisted and went on to read over the verses I studied :) And after school i bought chow and carried it home to have later :) For the rest of the evening i was fine, just gassy, lol And was somewhat eager for 6pm to reach :) When it did and I returned home from music class, I prayed and ate!
I feel good actually. Just awhile ago my mom asked my to do something whilst I was trying to make toast to eat, and I said oh gwammmmm, but stopped because the thought "Submit yourselves to your elders" from 1Peter 5:5 came to mind. "God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble! " :) 
A good way to end off a challenge I believe, with the Lord! :) 
"My grace is sufficient for you, and my strength is made perfect in weakness" :)
So why worry heh? :) 
So that's it folks! Thanks for all who followed. Shall update on my next challenge tomorrow please God :) Till then! have a wonderful night and be blessed! Check out the website!(It's pretty cool) :)


Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Let this mind be in you which was also In Christ Jesus. 
~Phillipians 2:3-5~
And don't forget to 

:) Adios!

My 30 Day Challenge (28-29) BAZAAR & FANCY JEWELLERY! ^_^

I'm blogging late againnnnnnnnn :/ I fell asleep before 8pm lastnight! I never sleep that early! lol I think I was too lazy to get up off my bed for anything else and so I just lay down and bep out! Oh well. Yesterday was my Bazaar!
Bazaar: 

A market in a Middle-Eastern country. A fund-raising sale of goods, typically for charity

Lol twas the second definition though. I've been in this school for 7 Years, and it was going to be my last official bazaar there, so I geared myself up and went to have a good time! ^_^ Usually I just jibb, went to the disco twice I think, or miss it because I had a scrabble tournament the same day x_x but this time, I went and I had a darn good time yo! So that was my new thing :) I played games, and more games, and more games, and hula hooped, and played with my friends' little brother, and played more games, and ate and ate and drank and drank, and played more games and helped a tiny bit with the haunted house ^_^ All in all I had a wicked time! ^_^ 
First game I played was called "Light a Candle" and basically all you did was light 8 candles with one match, before the match burns to smithereens or other's blow out. And I won! ^_^ Picked a number to get my prize and got some herbal essences shampoo! So I'm like heyyyyy Just gimme the conditioner if I win again, but they refused :( So I played again, won again, then picked again, and guess what? I PICKED THE CONDITIONER! ^_^ I spent between 60-80 dollars perhaps yesterday and came back home with
Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioner
A can opener
A glass plate
Two big bowls (to make meh cake in xD)
A kitchen mitt 
A bunch of nails files in a set!
Small bottle of Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
Colgate Toothpaste
A bottle of Oil 
And Earrings! ^_^
Had two bags of pholourie, ice cream, 2 LLB's, more ice cream...wait that was all? :O lol Ah well ^_^
I HAD FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ^_^


And so on to today's challenge! I dream some weird things, can't quite remember what but it involved cookie dough! :/ lol Anyways, earlier on, whilst searching for Lord alone knows what, I found where my broken jewellery pieces were :D And so I repaired em! Got myself a chain and a matching bracelet to boot! ^_^

:DDDDDDDD Me likes! 
Took me some time but it's worth it ^_^
Well Bob's your uncle, lol :D
Till Tomorrow Please God when I finish this challenge! :)
Tara! :)

My 30 Day Challenge (27) Supercalifragalisticexpialidocious!

I DRANK FROM MY MARY POPPINS CUP TODAY! ^_^

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! ^_^ So glad I finally used it! Figured it was time ^_^ and I had El Pecos too! Haven't eaten that in months! So I figured twas a good combo! I got Bbq chicken, jerk chicken, bbq lamb, fried plantain, macaroni salad and green salad, topped with plenty garlic sauce! (The actual garlic chopped up, not that white thing they blend up!) Bbq sauce, mustard, garlic sauce(the white one, lol) and Shadow beni sauce! yummmmmmmmmmmmmeeeehhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ^_^

Anddddddddddd Bob's your uncle! 

P.S I'm really liking this British slang! lol ^_^

[Exeunt Lifa]

My 30 Day Challenge (26) Reggaeton,Meditation

I can't believe there are only 3 more days left! :O 

I'm updating a day late, because well yesterday was just hectic! But totally worth it! :) I went in my bed roughly past 3am o.O Because I prefer doing work when the place is quiet and it's dark? lol And I decided for my challenge yesterday, I'd listen to Reggaeton all day! (I'm sure Salma would love this ;) And well I listened to it from midnight to bedtime, searching different artists on youtube and stuff. They're pretty marchoso! ^_^ (gettin ah lil spanish mix there ^_^) I found this site and was looking them(most of em) up! 

http://www.reggaetonline.net/reggaeton-artists.php <--- So like check it out! :)

However, this challenge got cut short, when I woke up past 10 the following morning, and realised I still had to wash my hair, and comb it for my graduation later x_x So quickly I went! But it was so much trouble! A bunch of my plaits loose out when it's wet :( 

Then to top it off, I had to go in school to drop something for my friend because (not calling any names here) but Salma, lol lost my key! >.< lol grrrr!

And I still had to pack my bags, get all my stuff together, wash the clothes I'd be dancing in, do my  mom's hair etc. But things worked out, and my brother dropped me so I was happy :) 

Nehuzz, The Tallman Foundations' Graduation was AWESOME! I had to perform the "Tallman Song" and a dance! I don't have much pictures, (sprung these off the group page actually lol)

The photographers taking a bow! ^_^

The dancers doing there thing! ^_^ Must admit, this was pretty fun! ^_^

Most of my fellow TallPeople, lol ^_^ With the lovely director, Michele Ayoung Chee! ^_^

Me and my mom after ^_^

Me and a past Tallman Mentor ^_^ 

Twas loads of fun :) I got certificates in Drama, Dance, Photography and Development thingy, lol ^_^

But when I came home, there was no electricity! And I didn't mind. Coming home was so peaceful, dark but so purdy! I liked it! And I got a chance to light a candle I got for Christmas last year or year before. Twas cool. And so I decided to stop and think and reflect about life and the future and read some Bible scripture by candlelight :) This really stood out to me

   ¹³ Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” ¹⁴ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵ Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶ As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

~James 4:13-17

So many times we make plans of our owns, without considering what is God's plan for us? And so if they fail we're disappointed. Had we just trusted in the Lord to guide our footsteps and shape our lives, we wouldn't be faced with such disappointment, but instead we boast about plans, about ourselves, our accomplishments, putting God aside and then picking Him back up when your plans don't go as you hoped?  

 Read a couple more different ones, like the parables Jesus told. One being about having talents and producing more, whilst the other man hid it and did nothing with it. And another parable about the Word being on good ground, where people listen to it and internailize it letting it guide them, whereas others just hear it and for the moment are delighted then forget it and go about their lives. Then I started Ecclesiastes and after awhile, relaxed, then fell asleep. I got up shortly after however, and current came back, but I liked the quiet and not being all up under electronic devices, and so I went back to bed :) And I took pictures too! 

So that's my blog for yesterday! Didn't wanna make this one extra long so here's the link for today's blog! ^_^ See ya on that post ;) lol ^_^

http://andthisishowthestorygoes.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-30-day-challenge-27.html