Jamaica Life

Growing up poor in Jamaica

Growing up as a kid in Jamaica, life wasn’t easy, I remember going to bed after eating a bread and butter sandwich and drinking a cup of tea. Mamma could only drink a cup of tea, because there wasn’t anymore bread left over after her three children had theirs, but she was good knowing we ate.

Now that we are in foreign (or abroad) we might not be rich, yet! But mamma can eat well now.

Jamaica land we love

“Jamaica land we love”, National Anthem. Whoever wrote the national anthem I can’t tell you what they meant by that, but, I can tell you why I love Jamaica’s land...

Living abroad open my eyes to a lot of thing (enlightenment) there is nothing free abroad (USA, Canada, UK…) down to drinking water you got to buy at the store.

At least if you’re poor in Jamaica and living in the rural area, you can eat off the land, providing you do away with items that are not considered necessities.

If God can provide for the birds of the air, or we not more important than the birds? That’s why he allows the land to bear fruits for the people.
You can grow yourself or find growing in the wild; Ackee, breadfruit, banana, coconut tree just to name a few, plant yam, greens…
I know of people that still go to the river to catch fish for dinner.


I remember as a kid I would go out to the bushes to pick a certain leaf or bush to make tea. Saying all that life is not easy in Jamaica, but you can almost survive off the land as far as finding something to eat. In Jamaica there are real communities where everybody knows each other and you can go borrow a cup of sugar from your neighbor.

Jamaica land I love!!!

Jamaica Olympic Team

Watch out world, the Jamaicans are coming

Tyson gay ran a good race last weekend to make a statement to the Jamaicans, but that’s ok. For like the song say; “duppy know who to frighten, if you have a problem talk direct to me.”

I would suggest he bring it to the Olympics in Beijing, for one thing, Asafa Powell might get cold feet when it comes down to a major race, but that country boy from Trelawny ( my home Parish ) name Usain Bolt, isn’t backing down from no race, his attitude is like: “Who the f*@!% want to race”.

So I say, and I quote: “Watch out world, the Jamaicans are coming!!!”

Philly stress free friday video

Philly stress free friday party video clip. See what stress free friday is like.

Philly Caribbean Carnival 2008 Video

This is the video of Philly Caribbean Carnival 2008, June 14.

Robert's Birthday Celebration

This is a clip of rob's birthday celebration in the park:

AIDS in Jamaica

They say that Jamaica has the third highest cases of HIV/AIDS behind Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and that AIDS is taking the life of Jamaicans between the ages of 15 and 49.

I remember the first time I heard about AIDS, I was a young boy, (I won’t say what age)
But I was so dawn scared and I wasn’t even having sex. I didn’t even know what it felt like to be laid. I taught that HIV/AIDS was something you could catch like the flu without even having unprotected sex.

Some people do not believe in wearing condoms, because they feel as though it takes away the feeling, even though they know of the risk. It’s just like people know that cigarette smoking will eventually kill you, but they continue to smoke anyway.

Not until people start falling out right away, then people will start waking up and start breaking some of those bad habits.

Philly Stress Free

Stress free weekend is here again in Philadelphia. "Stress free is not a party, it's an event", Wkdu crew. Stress free is every other friday. For more info. on Philadelphia stress free and location, tune into Wkdu 91.7 fm tonight or call 215-895-5917