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December 11 Back to the daily grind...I've been working as a news editor for about a month now and it's been just about as fascinating as it has frustrating. It's a start-up company, not to mention a start-up company in a country where the television industry is still very much developing, so resources, training, necessary skills and morale are sometimes low. That said, my co-workers are a really wonderful group of people and the stories I'm being exposed to are helping me understand Jamaica on many different levels. I'm also learning patois! With the patient help of my co-editors/patois tutors Roger and Tamika, I can now use such phrases as: "Wha gwan, my yout? Wha ya deal wid?", "Jahnostar...!" and "Bumbaclot! (also: pussyclot and/or bloodclot)". Patois really is difficult to pick up but I've been given the equivalent of a crash course. This is helpful because, among other things, I can now understand what the men on the street are saying when they call out to me day in and day out... and I can react appropriately. (As an interesting side note, two weeks ago, I was hit on by a man with a really large shotgun. I guess there is a first for everything.) I'm really happy to have a job to go to; staying at home, even though I had writing and such to do, was starting to get to me. It's nice to have a life and friends of my own. I'm starting to feel more settled but all the same, more homesick. It's going to be an exciting few months for me as I gain experience, learn more about Jamaica and build up my film/video reel for when I eventually move back to Canada, whenever that may be. Definitely not before the snow melts, though :-) TrackbacksWeblogs that reference this entry
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