There is nothing like sitting on the beach with the view of the Caribbean Sea, mountains, and blue skies to relieve some of the stress. As I sit here typing this, I am currently experiencing that exact scenario. Even the movies do not give the beauty of Jamaica enough justice.
Luckily enough, my boyfriend, Paul, won a trip to Jamaica since he was a top 10 performer over this past year. What is interesting is that he and I were here no more than three months ago for a personal vacation. At the end of each summer, Paul and I try to plan a special vacation to visit somewhere in the Caribbean that we have not had the pleasure of visiting before. Soon after we booked our summer vacation, we learned that he won the trip to Jamaica for his job. Either way, we were not complaining. It is amazing to have a nice little mini-vacation in the middle of the semester to help relieve some of the stress. Not to mention, to get away from hurricane devastated New York. After going without power for 12 days, snow, and freezing temperatures, I was more than ready for Jamaica.
I have the pleasure of sitting on a beach chair under a cabana with the view of the rolling hills of Jamaica and the gorgeous crystal blue water. Nothing is more relaxing than sitting here observing my surroundings and taking in the beautiful weather. As the end of the semester looms, I knew that I could not get away without doing any work. Thankfully, I do not really find this blog as work, but as a way to express my thoughts and share my experiences.
We will be here from Thursday until Monday with several different couples that we are friends with from my boyfriends work. We have already taken an excursion on a catamaran where we snorkeled, sunbathed, and visited a bird sanctuary. The only bad part was it was an hour boat ride out and it was choppy causing a good friend of mine to become violently seasick. We plan to spend much of our time taking pictures and laying out on the beach. Most excitingly, we are planning to hike up the famous Dune’s River Falls and go snorkeling as well, which is one of my favorite pastimes. Last time we visited Jamaica, we stayed at an all-inclusive resort called Couples Swept Away in Negril, but this time, we are staying at Secrets Wild Orchid in Montego Bay which is also all-inclusive. So far, I find Secrets to be much more modern with a spectacular view where the beach is no further than 50 feet from the room itself. We can literally step off our balcony and in 25 feet be on the beach. Since I love photography, I have been taking pictures nonstop since we stepped out of the room. I cannot wait to spend the next couple of days here relaxing (and getting some work done as the same time) before returning to 3 jobs and night school. Below I posted several different pictures of beautiful Jamaica thus far! Enjoy J
Vocabulary
- Scenario – A certain situation
- Complaining – to whine; to be unhappy about
- Devastated – destroyed; damaged
- Cabana – a covering from the sun usually located on a beach
- Looms – to hang around
- Choppy – wavy waters
- Snorkeling – an activity where you go into the ocean and wear a mask and tube so that you can breathe underwater and observe the fish and other things that live in the ocean.
- Pastimes – hobby; something you like to do in your spare time
- Spectacular – to be fantastic; stunning
- Literally – to be accurate; exact
Vocabulary Practice
Word Scramble
Directions: Please unscramble the vocabulary words below (use the list above in case you get stuck)
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Grammar Point
A period, also known as a full stop, is used to signal the end of a declarative sentence. Each sentence contains one main thought or idea that is a statement.
An example would be; I lvoe to play softball every Sunday morning.
Directions: Read through this paragraph and insert periods where necessary (also, don't forget to capitalize the first letter of the first word of a sentence and proper nouns. If you need help, you can refer back to the blog on capitalization).
yesterday mark and skyler went to the ice cream store after school while they were they john saw his best friend jason jason offered to buy skyler and mark ice cream because they have no seen each other in a long time as soon as skyler got her ice cream, she dropped it on the floor jason and mark both laughed and offered to buy her another one skyler was embarrassed but quickly got over it when she ate her ice cream
Grammar Practice
Write a short paragraph with a minimum of 5 declarative sentences describing what different activities you would do if you were able to visit any place in the world.
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