A Day in the life of a Jamaican Dog – Country Gal A Foreign
Me wake up dis mawning, bout 5 oclock. Me nevah ready fi wake up yet but di blasted rooster dem call Chester wouldn stop crow. All di tell me a tell him fi shut him beak an doan speak, him not even a pay me dog-mind. All night him a holler out ‘tief come an […]
I Found My Wife In The Land Of The Sun
I am a Jamaican, presently living in New York. Prior to that I spent almost two years in London. The most simple but truthful statement I can make, having experienced a bit of overseas (‘farin’), is that…. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME……”A wen mi check it out Lawd, nuh weh nuh betta dan yaad, […]
Driving from Montego Bay to Negril One Town at a Time Part 1 – Driving in Jamaica
Before we begin our drive to Negril, there are a few things I want to point out. The highway we are going to be traveling is, officially, “A1.” This highway actually runs between Kingston and Negril, the long way around. A few other names for this road is North Coast Highway which runs along the […]
Labor Day in Jamaica – An American Retiree in Jamaica
Labor Day in Jamaica is May 23rd. This year it was celebrated on Monday, the 24th. Labor Day in the states is the first Monday of September. This is the day that signals the end of summer. Boats are taken out of the water, pools are closed and the last barbecue of the year is […]
Chiff-Club – Country Gal A Foreign
Yuh see when me use to go a school a Guinep Hill, me use to love join Chiff-Club, yuh know. A when me big-big me find out say is Thrift Club it name, dat is, it teaching you to be thrifty as in save up yuh money an no go spend it every minute a […]
Play di game nuh, man – Country Gal A Foreign
When me use to go a Primary school a country, yuh know, we use to have dis girl name Gwendolyn. Dat girl coulda romp so till. Massi, ma, as recess bell ring so she an Joyce dis fly outa class fore teacher coulda say “chilvren”. An when lunch bell ring fi wi say “for health […]
Rain a fall – Country Gal A Foreign
Yuh see when me use to live a country, me use to love when rain fall yuh know, man. Me use to love look outa di window an watch how it just wet up di place so and sing ‘rain a fall breeze a blow’. (Me coulda nevah make mama hear me sing dat deh […]
Power Cut – Country Gal A Foreign
Yuh did deh eena di power cut di odda day, missis? What a sinting eena Foreign, sah? You coulda believe dat we coulda have blackout eena Foreign? Massi, ma. Me did tink seh a ongly fi me lickle corner a di world dem dere sinting coulda happen. No sah, me a cook mi pot when […]
Forty-leg, gallawasp an ting – Country Gal A Foreign
Yuh memba when you did lickle a country how sometime you see forty-leg and scorpion an gallawasp and yuh run like when dem put turpentine back a horse? Me tell you man, me did fraid a dem sinting deh. One time scorpion did bite my bredda Frankie, yuh know. Di bway fret, him fret so […]
Vegetable matter – Country Gal A Foreign
You see when me did lickle a country, mama always use to have at least one pepper tree plant a di pipe-side, you know. When you see it bear, it loaded so till, di limb dem out fi pop off. Mama just a give way pepper so, even Missa Chin did get di freeness to […]