In general, the bus drivers here are extremely courteous... everyone says good morning/afternoon/evening when you get on the bus (we have to check our watches around noon to ensure we get it right) and the bus driver says the same to you. And then everyone says thank you when they get off the bus and the driver says you're welcome to every single person. We even got a "have a blessed day" the other week.
Today my bus driver even went so far as to call me gorgeous twice in the space of a 5 minute journey - this makes a remarkable contrast to the comments directed at me by my husband on a regular basis... last night he told me that my hair was looking like a fuzz ball. Charming. Anyway, the absolute best thing about today's bus journey was the sign with the bus driver's name (which is at the front of every bus).... which said "Your professional driver is [insert name]" and underneath it said "Ladies stay fabulous". AMAZING.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Chingas.... I have a lot of new wurds to learn...
We have been rather enjoying the Bermudian accent so far, but we are also finding that there are quite a lot of new words for us to learn as well as learning to be uber-polite to everyone. For some examples, see the link below:
How to speak Bermudian
We are trying to say "Chingas!" as much as possible and we always walk "down de heel" rather than down the hill now.
One that isn't on the list (I think) is lobster, which basically means a tourist. We initially thought that this is because all the tourists get pretty sunburnt, but we are (reliably) informed that it's actually because "all de meat is in de tail"...
How to speak Bermudian
We are trying to say "Chingas!" as much as possible and we always walk "down de heel" rather than down the hill now.
One that isn't on the list (I think) is lobster, which basically means a tourist. We initially thought that this is because all the tourists get pretty sunburnt, but we are (reliably) informed that it's actually because "all de meat is in de tail"...
Monday, 21 April 2014
Proud to be Bermudian...
This music video is amazing and the very nice lady that sits next to Bruce in the office was one of the executive producers of it (she also has about nine cats, but that's another story). Bruce quite likes to sing along with it (it's very catchy)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frydTHUf1Ws
My favourite bit starts at about 3:11 (From the white rooftops, pink and blue bus stops, in my Bermy shorts with my knee high socks and I'm in the Bermy flow, people smile and say hello...)
We showed this to my parents while they were staying with us and my mum's response was "We should have something like this for Britain... Proud to be English". Oh dear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frydTHUf1Ws
My favourite bit starts at about 3:11 (From the white rooftops, pink and blue bus stops, in my Bermy shorts with my knee high socks and I'm in the Bermy flow, people smile and say hello...)
We showed this to my parents while they were staying with us and my mum's response was "We should have something like this for Britain... Proud to be English". Oh dear.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Office attire, supermarket shout outs and a modern pirate
Good news - it looks to be (almost) certain that I am going to have job. So I will no longer have to write "housewife" next to occupation on application forms, and I'll only have two days a week to spend writing my novel (watching things on Netflix) once my work permit is sorted out (i.e. in 2 months time).
Office attire
Today I went to the office to meet a few people and find out some more about what they do/what I'll be doing. Everyone is really nice and friendly, but there were two clear highlights to my visit:
1. The HR lady I was meant to meet was off sick so couldn't make our 10am meeting. However, she had just slept off her headache and was in the office by 11:15am, when she called me to catch up. Like that would ever happen in the UK.
2. I met a manager in the tax team who is from the US and was wearing shorts with long socks. And if that wasn't amazing enough, the shorts were quite a bright shade of yellow! He is basically Bruce's fashion hero.
Actually there was also a third remarkable thing - my Bermuda boss has a Nespresso machine... but you can't buy the pods for it here, so they have to stock up whenever they go to New York. Ridiculous.
Only in Bermuda...
Last week I was highly amused to hear a birthday shout out... in the supermarket... for a customer. Going to have to make sure that they know when it's my birthday!
At the weekend, we also saw someone in the mall queuing up to speak to CableVision. And he had a bird perched on his shoulder... I don't think it was exotic enough to be a parrot, but it looked a bit like the bird that Brett gave Libby on Neighbours (Dahl?) about a million years ago.
Office attire
Today I went to the office to meet a few people and find out some more about what they do/what I'll be doing. Everyone is really nice and friendly, but there were two clear highlights to my visit:
1. The HR lady I was meant to meet was off sick so couldn't make our 10am meeting. However, she had just slept off her headache and was in the office by 11:15am, when she called me to catch up. Like that would ever happen in the UK.
2. I met a manager in the tax team who is from the US and was wearing shorts with long socks. And if that wasn't amazing enough, the shorts were quite a bright shade of yellow! He is basically Bruce's fashion hero.
Actually there was also a third remarkable thing - my Bermuda boss has a Nespresso machine... but you can't buy the pods for it here, so they have to stock up whenever they go to New York. Ridiculous.
Only in Bermuda...
Last week I was highly amused to hear a birthday shout out... in the supermarket... for a customer. Going to have to make sure that they know when it's my birthday!
At the weekend, we also saw someone in the mall queuing up to speak to CableVision. And he had a bird perched on his shoulder... I don't think it was exotic enough to be a parrot, but it looked a bit like the bird that Brett gave Libby on Neighbours (Dahl?) about a million years ago.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Excuse me, that's a coat, not a bag!
Most awkward Bermuda experience to date:
Yesterday the packer at the supermarket decided that my coat (at the bottom of my rucksack) was a bag. So she packed up my rucksack and put the rest of the things in the middle of my coat, and then bundled it up so I could carry it. I was left with a rucksack half full of stuff and tuna and sweetcorn etc in the middle of my coat...
She was surprised when I explained that it was a coat, not a bag.
Yesterday the packer at the supermarket decided that my coat (at the bottom of my rucksack) was a bag. So she packed up my rucksack and put the rest of the things in the middle of my coat, and then bundled it up so I could carry it. I was left with a rucksack half full of stuff and tuna and sweetcorn etc in the middle of my coat...
She was surprised when I explained that it was a coat, not a bag.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)