| This morning we woke up early, met up with a friend and headed over to Charles' family friend's house for breakfast as we did last Saturday except we were actually on time today and didn't show up an hour late on hour last visit. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast as always which also included ackee and saltfish! The food was so good and we were so hungry that I forgot to take a picture of it before eating it all!!!! After breakfast we even got a fruit basket because Chris was a new guest!! This time I did take a photo and there were mangoes, guavas, and Otaheiti apples. They were so juicy!!! Of course I had a field day again with the hummingbird and this time we saw a baby humming. Also, Charles made another presentation about CPBF and we networked with some people there. |       |
While we were having breakfast and networking, we were hoping to find someone who could give us a ride down to Mandeville. As you will remember from yesterday, we had a leaking tire while we were in Mandeville and was told by the mechanics that it would not be advisable to drive back to Mandeville in the car's current condition. We called a few friends to see if we could convince them to come down to Mandeville with us or to borrow their car, but unfortunately since it was such short notice, everyone already had plans. As a group, we decided it was best for us to cancel our afternoon session in Mandeville. Charles then made the difficult phone call of information Ranger of the change in plans. To all of the participants of this afternoon, we are truly sorry that we could not make it down as we heard that many of you were looking forward to it. We hope you had a great training session without us and we will for sure try to make it up to you guys the next time we are down.
In the evening we had a dinner that was hosted by the JBA to thank Charles for his contribution to the sport. It was really nice to see some of the national players that Charles used to train and play with at international tournaments such as the Commonwealth Games and Pan Am Games and Championship. These people were Alya Lewis (who coaches some of the junior players), Kristal Karjohn, Christine Leyow-Maine, and Bradley Graham (it was also his birthday today). This dinner certainly gave Chris and I a glimpse of the badminton world in Jamaica. Then after the dinner, some of us headed over to Wyndham for some cheesecake at the recommendation of Kerrie-ann, who was with us for dinner. We were so glad she recommended Wyndham to us because the cheesecake was so good!!! We ordered Rum & Raisin Cheesecake and the Red Velvet Cake. It was heavenly and we also had a small taste of the Red Velvet Cheesecake which was drenched in rum..... *drool*
Now it's time for bed as tomorrow is the Clash of Champions and there's still lots to do!
In the evening we had a dinner that was hosted by the JBA to thank Charles for his contribution to the sport. It was really nice to see some of the national players that Charles used to train and play with at international tournaments such as the Commonwealth Games and Pan Am Games and Championship. These people were Alya Lewis (who coaches some of the junior players), Kristal Karjohn, Christine Leyow-Maine, and Bradley Graham (it was also his birthday today). This dinner certainly gave Chris and I a glimpse of the badminton world in Jamaica. Then after the dinner, some of us headed over to Wyndham for some cheesecake at the recommendation of Kerrie-ann, who was with us for dinner. We were so glad she recommended Wyndham to us because the cheesecake was so good!!! We ordered Rum & Raisin Cheesecake and the Red Velvet Cake. It was heavenly and we also had a small taste of the Red Velvet Cheesecake which was drenched in rum..... *drool*
Now it's time for bed as tomorrow is the Clash of Champions and there's still lots to do!
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