@seignet posted:Once, Gilbaka posted a picture of her many many many years ago. At the time, I said, "she is a tall girl." Several other ladies were in the picture as well, average heights.
..an she FAT FAT too bai.
@Django posted:@Wildflower that's very tall ,with high heels you are above most women and men in a gathering. We used to say to the short ones "we can eat on top your head"
Hey django…long time now see around here!
I was the second tallest girl in high school ( Jane, u remember the tallest was JJ from Leonora?)
I always had to look for low heels…no more than 2 inches so I could be shorter than hubby.
nowadays it’s all flats and also I prob shrank with ole age😆
@seignet posted:Not in that picture.
Lol…maybe that was an ole pic😉
Sigz I have no memory of my pic on GNI….maybe it was after my hubby died? I know the local papers had done some articles and there were pics posted
@cain posted:..an she FAT FAT too bai.
Good loving kept me slim and good living makes me FatFat!😝
Imagine readers not in the loop read this and say" is wuh do dah man, he makin e eyes pass dah po fat woman talkin bout how she fat fat" .hehehe i'm sure siggy knows I talkin crap.
@Wildflower posted:Hey django…long time now see around here!
I was the second tallest girl in high school ( Jane, u remember the tallest was JJ from Leonora?)I always had to look for low heels…no more than 2 inches so I could be shorter than hubby.
nowadays it’s all flats and also I prob shrank with ole age😆
Really?? i didn't know JJ was taller though .. she was my classmate in 5C .. skinny then !! Looking fab now .. we r still in touch., still very sweet!
@cain posted:..an she FAT FAT too bai.
Is wuh u saying bai? D gyal a faat fat??
hehehe
jokes aside ..chams nice n slim !!
I know. Actually she fat fat jus like Amral.
Hey Wildfleur, I'll probably be in Scar soon..probably in Aug so I got to stop by and get fatten up with some of your cooking.
Anybody rem the slate?
I used it in lil n big ABC.
once pulled out 1 side the frame n hit a bully with the edge of the slate..hahaha
teacha complained to my parents..but hear story nah!!
iS me daddy bin tell me to do that..( not really, he told me a story..hehehe)
this guy used to push n shove me in the line ...always bullying me sometimes he pushed me so hard whn we lining up, i would fall down..
rem how we had to line up whn sch bell ring? Well dis lilpickeny used to stand in line to get fuss in line so that i would get to earse the blackboard..whn u first in line teacher gave u favor!!
so dis guy used to run n play n then try to butt in d line..
so i complained to my daddy n he told me a story abt someone being bullied n how he hit with slate n the bullying stopped
he had no idea i would have done that..
whn teacher carried complain..my dad was shocked..but-he didnt scold me..all he said..u didn't have to hit him so hard!!
So d bottom line is me daddy mek me do dat!! Me innocent!
lol
Rass yuh bad
@cain posted:I know. Actually she fat fat jus like Amral.
Lol don’t insult bossman like=dat…y’all haven’t seen me in yrs!
Look yeh is joke ah jokin..outside doan matter is what inside that counts....except for bad gas.
@cain posted:Hey Wildfleur, I'll probably be in Scar soon..probably in Aug so I got to stop by and get fatten up with some of your cooking.
Hehe that really toooooo soon🤣
@cain posted:Look yeh is joke ah jokin..outside doan matter is what inside that counts....except for bad gas.
👍🏽Totally agree
see u soon in August😁
Fat is good in all the right places
There was another type of "slate" I remember using, it was a dark material and almost like hard cardboard.
Re: the regular slate. i broke my lil lil pencil one afternoon and instead of mentioning it, I borrowed a bobby pin and wrote with that. Well, that was the end of my slate, I couldn't erase.
@Amral posted:Fat is good in all the right places
I mean like piggy fat, bacon fat or fat pork?😂😃😄🤣
@cain posted:There was another type of "slate" I remember using, it was a dark material and almost like hard cardboard.
Re: the regular slate. i broke my lil lil pencil one afternoon and instead of mentioning it, I borrowed a bobby pin and wrote with that. Well, that was the end of my slate, I couldn't erase.
Cainstah the smartie dude😆 can’t say u are the only one who did that…I believe I know someone who use a nail😳
@Wildflower posted:Cainstah the smartie dude😆 can’t say u are the only one who did that…I believe I know someone who use a nail😳
Or small ;brick’ /rock
hahaha
i damaged a slate that way..smart alec!!
Back to lil abc n big abc
i used to do homework for couple neighbor n friends ( dem bun dunce ) n den used to brung stinking toe , plum n sand mangoes for me. 1 girl used to bring seaside grapes as I helped her with sch work.
talking bout that.. prep B had 2 teachers . 1 of them used to take the best fruits from us .. every Fri was play time in the afternoon session so we all took whatever fruits we had in our yards that lady didnt like to see a bag., she took it away n put on her table n then she searched for the best n took them!!
Oh Chams u used to play choor?
sime girls get ‘out out’ n used to deny! Well dis lil gal had a solution .. me used to slap them so hard they couldn't deny !! Soon everybody friken me whn i keeping the dar
@Lynn posted:talking bout that.. prep B had 2 teachers . 1 of them used to take the best fruits from us .. every Fri was play time in the afternoon session so we all took whatever fruits we had in our yards that lady didnt like to see a bag., she took it away n put on her table n then she searched for the best n took them!!
This is when I woulda put some a dat tambrin syrup laced with nuff nuff epsom salts, in no time you would see her rise lil bit off the seat as she "fluffed dandies" If she wasn't lucky dem dandies would touch cloth.
@Lynn posted:Oh Chams u used to play choor?
sime girls get ‘out out’ n used to deny! Well dis lil gal had a solution .. me used to slap them so hard they couldn't deny !! Soon everybody friken me whn i keeping the dar
Girlie I don’t recall actually joking in choor game…I do remember watching some kids play it though
i was playing bat n ball, marbles with my 4 boy cousins but mostly I played teacha with brick pillar post….🤣
@Wildflower posted:Girlie I don’t recall actually joking in choor game…I do remember watching some kids play it though
i was playing bat n ball, marbles with my 4 boy cousins but mostly I played teacha with brick pillar post….🤣
I was on the boys cricket team too..best fielder / catcher as i was lightening fast on the field..used to run n dive for the ball. I did same for rounders..used to jump high n catch the ball..it stuck to my long fingers ..as long as a ball touched my hand..it never fell out.
I never played marbles, but hop-scotch! N something named TAGA because i had good aim /'straight” hand as they called it
At home I played cricket with m bros n their friends in our backyard as they had made a pitch there..all 4 ofmy bros played cricket, ! Owned n camptain a team. i had a straight hand..ie pelt th ball straight to wicket so i helped to run out plenty guys..we played with cork ball at home..also i was a good runner so i matched the guys running in between the wickets so that they made runs rather than hinder them.
I remember playing bun-house. Some girls used to ‘lash u hand so hard’ but for-me it was a give away..i knew who used to do that..lol
Going back to CHOOR..or SALT..the grass was weeded to make permanent DARRS (lines) in the school yard. I always ‘kept’ the line near to salt as i was swift so no matter wht..i caught them running our of ‘salt’ !Ar home we played choor on moonlight nights with neighbours..we had sand yard so we used to wet it to form the DARRS
Janey, you lucky girl…lots of fun time with all your siblings and neighbours. When I was young I lived in a village (GP) where most of the people were my relatives ( since my great grand nana owned the village before the govt bought it, he had lots for all his sons) I had lots fun there. Then when I was nine we moved far away…yep the next Village over and I really didn’t have friends there easily
@Wildflower posted:Janey, you lucky girl…lots of fun time with all your siblings and neighbours. When I was young I lived in a village (GP) where most of the people were my relatives ( since my great grand nana owned the village before the govt bought it, he had lots for all his sons) I had lots fun there. Then when I was nine we moved far away…yep the next Village over and I really didn’t have friends there easily
Im the baby.. 7 siblings!
4 bros n 3 sisters
@Lynn posted:Im the baby.. 7 siblings!
4 bros n 3 sisters
I am the eldest and was only child for 9 yrs…got a brother who lived to 25…been only child again for over 28 yrs😞💔😔🙁
Love letters?
anybody ever sent love letters to girls/ boys in school?
maybe u didnt write but recvd ??
lol
im trying to keep this thread going .. lol
Oh yeah I wrote my fair share of letters and cards. But I will not say more here. 
@Amral posted:Oh yeah I wrote my fair share of letters and cards. But I will not say more here.
Well, of course u cant spill d beans…but u can share a bit..like hw old..how u went abt doing it..n ifu rem wht u wrote..also how d girls reacted?
i mentioned before that i was scared to gyaff with boys in case news’ went back to my bro..
also , I was a lil ‘ugly duckling’ beside 2 of my gorgeous classmates..so dem bais never ‘trouble’ me ..it was like i was invisible ( well apart from my athletic ability.
But i did get love letters from 1 guy..long long letters..hahah
will share later ..ie without revealing identity or too much details. I will say how it happened..how i handled it etc..
True true story .. how life throws unexpected curves at times !
Glad U reconnected though !
Whn I was at UG a junior guy used to gyaff with me n ask abt the courses I had completed, borrowed notes etc . I had no idea he was interested ( naive 18 yr old) as he just talked abt studies n folks that i knew from his high sch n became good friends. My sis was very ill in hospital n i used to b so sad after visiting her n he used to listen to me as I needed to talk to someone.
but after being good friends for a yr , i found out that he had told everyone that he was in love with me n people assumed we were a pair as they saw us chatting ! i was mad like hell (young gal) that he gave people that impression n i stopped talking to him . After a while he started to chat up a sch kid n they eventually got married.
Few yrs later We became friends (platonic) again n to this day we r good friends! Very decent guy, family man !
He came with his wife n 2 kids to visit us here as he knew my hubby before i got married .
i liked him as a friend.. nothing more !
Oh.. the love letter I got!!
No boys ever paid attention to me.. haha. My 2 classmates (gf) were gorgeous n they had all the admirers. But then this guy in my 5th form asked me to borrow my Bio notes (I had 2 textbooks so i combined wht was taught in class n my texts so I had a lot more info) . Remember we used to paper our exercise books with brown paper? So this guy returned my notes ( it was 2 exercise books in 1 ..) n hid a letter inside the cover but i didnt realize until I was using my notes later n felt the ‘bump’ in the cover!
So I was staying at a friend’s sister’s during the last 6 months of high sch n my gf used to come by after dinner to study with me. I showed her the letter as i was scared to open it! She read it n approached the guy(they were friends) n scolded , saying that i was quiet n had no interest in boyfriends etc n that i was focused only on studies!!
Well, she told me the guy was serious n madly in love n he assured her that he respected me n wont fool around etc. So she felt sorry for him as he said he was having problem studying So my gf replied to the letter n said that im only interested in books n signed my name n put it in the bio notebook n gave it to this guy. He replied that he was willing to wait but if we can just b friends . Then he wrote a letter everyday n gave to my gf ..nothing romantic, just everyday stuff like wht he did after sch n if he dreamt of me .. but he signed ‘Love you’ . My gf kept replying in similar manner n after a while, i took over. I used to go in the toilet (latrine) to read though because The letters were so long (we never gyaffed in school but he used to helpme with Mechanics(Physics) n my gf sat in the middle of the bench
Well 1 day during mock exams , i went back to sch early after lunch break n saw him cozy with 2 girls who were not speaking to me ( 1 was his ex ) . I sat alone , waiting for him to join me before exam began n he didnt. I stopped talking to him n focused on exams . During the summer holidays we all had to get a vaccine at the cottage hosp in yr (amral) area n he tried to talk with me but i walked away.
2 yrs later I ‘ran into him ‘ at UG n i just said Hi. 1 yr after i grad n was wrking at PHG he was getting a medical for a scholarship in UK He saw me in the compound n proposed to me but he needed an answer in 1 day’s time as he was leaving country a few days later. He said he was going to wait outside the hosp at 4 pm the following day n guess wht? I left the compound before 4 pm..
He never forgave me !
Years later On an Old yrs night at Pegasus .. he was there with a girl kept staring at me n my hubby! Hubby noticed n told me that there is a guy who was looking at me all night !
PS.. those letters were long .. he used the LONG writing paper n wrote on both sides 6-8 pages .. his handwriting was so neat !
once he said he called out my name in his dream n his mom heard n asked “who is J.. ?
well, life is short! We were kids! I would love to say thanks for helping me with Physics esp since I got a B(O’Levels) even though I didn't own the textbook. He was doing Add Maths so he had a good understanding of “Mechanics” in Physics
ps i got another love letter from another classmate but it was after I left HS.. oh boy! I rrad 1 st paragraph n it was corny like a Mills n Boon book n i tore it n threw in garbage. I hated this guy.. because he harassed n disrespected me !!
Mills n boon
I read a few of those. My mother was an avid reader of them. I was hungry for books to read and read everything I find at home during summer break
@Amral posted:Mills n boon
I read a few of those. My mother was an avid reader of them. I was hungry for books to read and read everything I find at home during summer break
Never liked Mills n Boon lol But i read a few Harlequin Romance novels.
In high sch I started with Enid Blyton (Famous Five), Secret 7, Agatha Christi, Nancy Drew, Hardly boys , Perry Mason , Alistair McLean
At UG i read a lot of Danielle Steele , Robert Ludlum etc
My gf/batchmate/co-worker loved Lobsang Rampa so I read those .
@Lynn posted:
In high sch I started with Enid Blyton (Famous Five), Secret 7, Agatha Christi, Nancy Drew, Hardly boys , Alistair McLean
Yep I had a collection of those also Nelson Readers Digest Louis L'Amour and a collection of those Hindu Religious comic books.
Well look at lawlessness wha a go on hay! OMG! I cyant believe eyes
me neva neva nevahhhhh had no bie write no letter to me….evaaaaaaah😆😄
well, actually ummmmm u seee there was this bie at my HS, wait, there was this other bie (QC bie) ummmmmm wait, there was …..nah neva mind
me too tired to tell this story now, plus my memory is prob diff from reality
maybe tomorrow I tell you all about the guy who used to write love notes to me when I was delivering love notes to him from a ‘fren’ and maybe I won’t tell y’all that over 45yrs later that ‘fren’ say she hasn’t forgiven me for stealing her first love….oh well I won’t tell you all…that was my first love, or maybe not!
Tomorrow I will share the juicy parts
I am an early to bed and early to rise woman…
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