I along with my fiancé and my parents went to visit the Rockhouse Hotel in Negril, Jamaica this past March. One of the most memorable moments from our trip was when my father decided to jump off the 30 foot bridge outside his villa into the Caribbean Ocean. Unfortunately for my father, not only did the camera not work properly to document his jump, but he made the mistake of going head first into the water. This lead to him landing flat on his stomach and his belly flop could be heard throughout the property. The Jamaicans in the glass bottom boat below also witnessed the whole event and said, "Ouch mon, you have to go feet first." Then my father had to swim all the way around to the ladder in his painful state. We had to throw him a floaty because he was afraid he wouldn't make it.
My fiancé was the next up to go and learning from my father's mistake, he went feet first.
But the adventure wasn't over for the both of them. During dinner a couple hours later, my fiancé mentioned that his toes were hurting. Then my dad goes, "now that you mention it, my toes hurt too!" After close inspection, they both realized they had little black specs on their toes. Somehow, the both of them also managed to get sea urchin spines stuck in their feet! When we asked the front desk what we should do, they said, "Put some vinegar on it, mon, and it'll come right out." Though skeptical at how vinegar would magically dislodge the sea urchin spins, they proceeded to rub vinegar on their toes for a good half an hour while my mother and I couldn't stop laughing. Frustrated my dad broke out his travel sewing kit and used the needle to take out the spines. Those suckers were hard to get out and were lodged in very deeply. The removal of each spine was in itself a huge victory. They look like little dots, but in actually, each dot was almost a half a centimeter long.
But it wasn't over yet. Almost six months after, while my fiancé and I were walking home, he suddenly stopped in his tracked and let out a scream. He had a shooting nerve pain in his foot! After wobbling home, his mom (who happens to be a doctor) took out a razor blade and dislodged a sea urchin spine. After so many months, it had lost it color, but very much still intact. To this day we still aren't sure if we removed all the sea urchin spines, but I wouldn't be surprised if they make a comeback someday. At least they'll always have a piece of Jamaica with (in) them always and we all have this hilarious memory.
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I along with my fiancé and my parents went to visit the Rockhouse Hotel in Negril, Jamaica this past March. One of the most memorable moments from our trip was when my father decided to jump off the 30 foot bridge outside his villa into the Caribbean Ocean. Unfortunately for my father, not only did the camera not work properly to document his jump, but he made the mistake of going head first into the water. This lead to him landing flat on his stomach and his belly flop could be heard throughout the property. The Jamaicans in the glass bottom boat below also witnessed the whole event and said, "Ouch mon, you have to go feet first." Then my father had to swim all the way around to the ladder in his painful state. We had to throw him a floaty because he was afraid he wouldn't make it.
My fiancé was the next up to go and learning from my father's mistake, he went feet first.
But the adventure wasn't over for the both of them. During dinner a couple hours later, my fiancé mentioned that his toes were hurting. Then my dad goes, "now that you mention it, my toes hurt too!" After close inspection, they both realized they had little black specs on their toes. Somehow, the both of them also managed to get sea urchin spines stuck in their feet! When we asked the front desk what we should do, they said, "Put some vinegar on it, mon, and it'll come right out." Though skeptical at how vinegar would magically dislodge the sea urchin spins, they proceeded to rub vinegar on their toes for a good half an hour while my mother and I couldn't stop laughing. Frustrated my dad broke out his travel sewing kit and used the needle to take out the spines. Those suckers were hard to get out and were lodged in very deeply. The removal of each spine was in itself a huge victory. They look like little dots, but in actually, each dot was almost a half a centimeter long.
But it wasn't over yet. Almost six months after, while my fiancé and I were walking home, he suddenly stopped in his tracked and let out a scream. He had a shooting nerve pain in his foot! After wobbling home, his mom (who happens to be a doctor) took out a razor blade and dislodged a sea urchin spine. After so many months, it had lost it color, but very much still intact. To this day we still aren't sure if we removed all the sea urchin spines, but I wouldn't be surprised if they make a comeback someday. At least they'll always have a piece of Jamaica with (in) them always and we all have this hilarious memory.
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May Chau, Contest, 01/18/2008