EL PRODIGIO

I have been told I am very diverse- I grew up in a ghetto neighborhood but don't speak, dress, or act like it. I guess I don't have that swagger. I haven't lived up to any of the stereo types of the people who I have grown up with:

• I have never sold or tried any drugs
• I have my BA
• I don't have ANY kids, and I am 25 (most of my friends children are already 5)

I grew up in a very DOMINICAN neighborhood and one thing that has not been able to escape me is as most of those who know me- I love music, and my favorite is Merengue Tipico. I LOVE ME SOME PERICO RIPIAO. So what- I am a Dominican Hill Billy at heart, whatever man- my roots are my roots and I love that shit.

I have this obsession with the accordion- like I can't listen to a merengue with an accordion in it and not move some part of my body- bop my head, clap my hands, tap my feet, or shake the shoulder...

Last night I went to go see EL PRODIGIOOOOOOOO. <3> WHAT A PERFORMANCE.

There has been talk about him being one of the best accordionist in the world, that his competitors are Geovanny Polanco and Kerube from what was Kerubanda. I am sorry to my cousin who loves Kerubanda... EL PRODIGIO WINS.

WOW that man blew me out the water.

It was so good I had to blog about it and I am trying to go see him again this weekend. YES he was that good.

I know most of you are wondering what is happening in the personal life of Savinu but the boyfriend knows about this blog there for I am considering starting a new one- if so I will notify you personally.

TOOTLES

I am a Democrat - I don't like Bushes

Hello all- from Ireland.

So I had a conversation with my sister PANG yesterday about her love life happenings during my absence. She mentioned one guy she has been seeing has not really been responsive and she is- in effort to not sleep with any one- going to let her BUSH grow.

Excuse me while I gather myself from laughing so hard...

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LMFAO

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WHEW!

Alright... I had a bad experience with a waxing once so from now on I shave... on a regular... I can't stand body hair, especially anything too serious down there. Even when I am not sleeping with someone, for my own personal comfort- I shave... because I don't like Bushes- of human or vaginal, fuck it- even on men it is a turn off- TRIM THAT SHIT.

So I guess I can understand her methodology with this one- if I had a bush I wouldn't fornicate either.

The things women do- I love it.

LADIES- what else have you done in an effort to not have sex???

Quiet 25th

First off
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THAT GIRL who also turned 25 two days ago- I can't wait to read up on how she celebrated!

My birthday this year is a quiet one. I went to lunch with the little sis today- she gave me three birthday vouchers- one was for free lunch at this place called Delish. I took my camera and left the memory card in the computer... good work Savinu.

Tonight we are having a few friends over for some food- and maybe hit up the school bar. The real party is on Friday- at a club in Limerick City. Stay tuned. I met a cutie who I took a video of him making out with some chick of when I met him who is suppose to be showing up- along with a bouncer I met sometime last week. Yes, Savinu is pimping in Ireland. No worries, no hook-ups though...

Which leads me to the following. Today I wrote the boyfriend an e-mail expressing how I feel about the situation between him and I. I have gotten the opportunity to get a look outside the box while I am here and although I do love him, he and I have not been doing so well recently. We are so young in the relationship- it shouldn't be this hard. He usually realizes he has fucked up once he has REALLY fucked up, with the recent happenings I have lost a little of myself and when I realized that- that's when I realize he has lost me, or some of me.

Another thing that has been happening that takes a minor role in this is how I am enjoying speaking to other people rather then speaking to the boyfriend. I am looking forward to getting back to the states (note: I am not home sick nor am I wanting to leave Ireland, on the contrary- I was trying to get a working Visa) so that I can hang out with Fitness, my best friend the break dancer is coming to town in March, and most importantly... MY GIRLS- I am dying to party with my girls. No where in there does it mention the boyfriend. :-\

Thinking of leaving Ireland is making me sad lol...

Moving on- Americans are not very liked over here...
Someone on the bus mentioned something bad about our BLACK president.
A guy spit on one of my little sisters friends neck because he said he was American.
WTF.
Ignorance is not tolerated... I wanted to fuck that guy up. Not very lady like, I know.

UPDATE: I just spoke to the boyfriend- I do miss him and I hope things do get better but I can't play blind. This trip has opened my eyes.

Update- in IRELAND

HELLO ALL!

Today it SNOWED in Ireland lol- that's odd here apparently.

I am making this brief-ish... just wanted to update you all on what has been happening.

Ireland is beautiful in every sense of the word. The country side is breathtaking- the Cliffs of Moher has been thus far the best experience of my life. I thought before I needed beach and sun to find something beautiful- Ireland has changed that theory for me.

It rains here and the rain does not even bother me. Compared to the experience over all the rain is minute. And I treat it as such.

I considered getting a working visa and staying out here for the remainder of the little sis stay and apparently, they don't offer those to Americans. Americans are frowned upon in Europe lol. WOMP WOMP. So I now say I am Spaniard.

The city of Limerick is small but cute. There are signs on the pavement that tell you were to look before you cross. I had to pay .20 Euros to use the bathroom in the city, you have to pay for bags here but I guess it serves its purpose... people carry canvas bags and reuse them. I bought one myself lol- I want to be down with the locals.

The people here have bad oral hygiene. I guess they aren't forced to see the dentist every 6 months like we are in America.

The girls here dress like hoochies to the clubs... Eye Candy for you fellas...

I am leaving out a lot because most the people who read this blog already know how my vacation has been- and read my note on Facebook lol.

I will post this story up anyway:
"SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! We go to Flannery's
FREE FINGER FOODS @ HALF TIME
Great because I was hungry- its half time at superbowl in Ireland, I'll bend the rule and have some fried food if I have to.
I look on the plate to see what is vegetarian... I spot some rolls and ask what is in it... some one responds it is a spring roll (they think). I bite the top off to inspect the contents, and there is something suspicious. A substance that could be meat- I immediately spit out what is in my mouth in a empty beer glass. And give the rest of my "spring roll" to one of the guys with us. He laughs at what I just did and asks me why- I tell him I am a vegetarian and that spring roll might have meat. He agrees and tells me that the fellow next to him is a also a vegetarian and is eating this brown thing. the lil sis is eating one too and tells me she thinks it has no meat and that it taste like the stuff Kipe (the dominican fried food) is made of. I grab one and eat it. It taste like a straight up Kipe and I start to question the substance. Lil sis and the vegetarian assure me that it has no meat. I eat two. My curiosity kills me- and I need to know what is in it. It taste like meat, maybe they fried it in the same frier as some meat before? Well I ask one fellow and he asks why. I tell him I don't eat meat and his jaw drops, and informs me that is PURE meat. I gag. I tell the other veg and he says we need to find out what is in this and we go ask another local and he tells us it is different parts of ground pig. I ATE FRIED GROUND PIG MEAT. I wanted to die.
I almost threw up and sat down. I felt so sick to my stomach at the fact that I ate meat that I went to the bathroom and made myself throw up because I kept gagging... I didnt throw it all up. TMI- I know.
So to those of you who ask if I will ever eat meat again, if I get this feeling from eating meat then I have to say the answer is probably NO.
I am sad :o("

On with my personal life:
the boyfriend admitted to reading my blog again and stepped his game up with a very sweet e-mail. Promising change when I return and saying he now understands where my anxiety was coming from before. We have been through a lot in the past few months and I am so drained that I am just going to let nature takes its course. If it works, it works... if it doesn't then obviously it was not meant to be.
(Side note: I am dreading having to look at the wedding dress stored in my moms house- I actually love that dress so much now that I plan on wearing it to who ever I marry)

Fitness and I have been emailing back and forth- he is still pretty funny lol. I have called him a few times since I have been out here and he sounds like a little kid when I am on the phone with him and he finally admitted it is that he gets a little nervous sometimes. LOL how cute. I plan on hanging out with him when I get back, we have plans to go get some soup.

I miss my Morkie. A lot.

And the maltese at my moms.

I haven't spoken to the president but I guess I will meet up with him if I ever make it out to D.C.

IRELAND Weekend 1

I've been here for two days and all I have to say is Ireland is the shit.
I went into the city of Limerick yesterday- had lunch with the sis, shopped around, and paid .20 Euros to use the bathroom.
I went to a pub near the University of Limerick and saw this traditional Irish band perform. These people were rocking out like I do to Geovanny Polanco- it was definitely one cool ass experience.
Worth every broke penny...

Update before Ireland

Hello all...

I have been slacking on my blogging- that is because emotionally I guess I just haven't been ready to write. Having to live it is hard enough.

The boyfriend and I are no longer getting married. He has been going through many personal battles with in himself. I just found out he has not been on salary for a while and has been earning less then half of what he was making, and is struggling to keep up with the bills. During an arguement yesterday he threw it in my face that I know I have bills to pay and instead I am off buying myself shoes (which was my birthday gift to myself). I will probably be moving back in with my mom soon. Stay tuned to see what happens with this!

I have hung out with Fitness a few times since the last blog. I have really been enjoying his company- he is a funny dude :o). It is good to have someone make you smile- I haven't been smiling a lot lately.

I also hung out with the president. He made me dinner! It was kind of cute that he went out of his way to make a vegeterian dish.

I am off to Ireland today. A very much needed vacation. LITTLE SIS HERE I COME!!

Obama said I can

Great day, glorious day for America.

Obama is in office...

GO BARACK

And I am feeling good.

The situation at home is okay- still not great... but yesterday I finally felt at ease, no anxiety.

I am okay now with whatever happens, if things with the boyfriend don't work out I am okay with that. I guess I am hitting the selfish phase where it is all about me right now. I realized I DESERVE BETTER then what I have been going through. I took the time yesterday to finally stop worrying -and just do me.

I started by answering back to anyone who has hit me up. "You want to chill?" YES!
My friend the president (he was president of his school for two terms and is very much into politics- the man is good at what he does) has been asking me to hang out on a weekly basis, I have been telling him no. I made plans to hang out with him in a group before I depart.

Inspector (a guy I used to work with) who lives in D.C. has been asking me to go out to D.C. I am rallying up my girls and we will be road tripping it to Washington D.C. The president will actually be there for a few months as well so we will get to hang with him while we are there.

I have a friend who we will call Shrek (when I met him 6 years ago he told me his name was Shrek- suiting, the guy is big *muscular*... every since then I have called him Shrek). Last night I got on AOL for the first time in months and Shrek hit me up. He asked me how the wedding plans were coming along and I broke the news to him that the boyfriend had called the wedding off and that things at home were a little rough. He gave me a very inspirational talk, it was definitely uplifting. He knows me and knows that a good laugh can cure me, or at least distract me... yesterday and today he has been talking to me about everything BUT trouble in paradise. I mentioned it and his response "we'll discuss that another time. I just want you to enjoy your day, get your mind off of that". YES! I love my friends.

I also have a friend who we will call Fitness (he is a personal trainer and looks like he was a cast member of the movie 300), who has been asking me to go get a cup of coffee with him to just catch up and shoot the shit. I have been not paying attention every time he asks- I would say "I will let you know"... well tomorrow Fitness and I are getting coffee! or whatever it is, we are meeting up on West 4.

So hooray for me. I am very happy for myself right now. I am not in the perfect place- I know but I feel a lot better, and a lot more at ease. Whether this goes left, right, up, or down I am okay. I have no regrets- I feel a little liberated.