From My Heart to Yours
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One Year Later
I had every intention to write a blog on my one year anniversary even if I had absolutely nothing to say. But the day has passed and I am just getting around to writing. If you want to know what I have been doing…Well, it is really not much of anything. I don’t think I
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Rough Seas
Ever since the day we went fishing my stomach has not been the same. Last Friday during our vacation, the units, brother unlucky, Trinidad, the boyfriend and I went out on a fishing boat. It wasn’t the boat we always go on but what is a trip to the Keys without a trip on the seas. We
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Did You Miss Me?
I am going to blame my most recent and longest hiatus on two things; World Cup and summer school. The latter, and perhaps most annoying, will no longer work as an excuse though. As of Friday, June 25, summer classes finished. Truth be told I was only taking two classes, but they were online, and
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In Other News
Today begins the highly anticipated “Memorial Weekend.” Since my last post many rumours have been circulating concerning America’s presence in the Caribbean country of Jamaica, as people wonder why one man–Christopher Coke–is worthy of so much trouble and media attention. Being as open as I am, I can say that some of these theories are
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Exhaustion of The Subject
Evidently there’s still much controversy about whether or not the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) should be fighting this war in Kingston. However, buses that were sent into Tivoli Gardens yesterday for “innocent” people came out empty. Instead, the people adamantly displayed their phones–which were allegedly taken from them by gunmen as ransom–and expressed the fact
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Seriously Though?
I am appalled at what is going on in my home country and the international attention is detrimental to our tourism sector, which is all that the previous political party has left us with. Ever since the extradition papers were signed by the Prime Minister (PM) for Christopher “Dudus” Coke, Kingston and Saint Andrew residents
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That Never Happened
I wish there was a way to just get rid of a memory or an event that you’d rather not remember. I’ve been trying to think up ways to get over a regret or a mistake by learning from it and then immediately clearing it from memory. I feel like I’ve made many mistakes and
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Cry For Help
It seems as if every day I hear something new about the country I call home and it is almost never anything good. The beautiful island of Jamaica declared its independence from Britain in 1962 and, after the first decade, has been struggling to do something productive. Though still a commonwealth of the Queen, the
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The Summer is Back
Yesterday was my last day of school for Spring semester 2010. I ended the year off with a full score on my Spanish essay and a 92 on the last quiz. I also took the final in the morning and walked out with confidence. The only thing that somewhat shattered my confidence was the fact
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The Bathing Suit
I celebrated the last week of classes for my sophomore year with two consecutive days by the pool. Despite being three shades darker and having a peeling nose and sunburnt shoulders, I have concluded that life is better in a bathing suit. Some think that bathing suits are not for everyone, but I think that