The Jamaican Bobsled Team
No one has ever doubted Jamaica’s ability to field world-class athletes, but the names of Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White and Nelson Stokes have gone down in the annals of sports history as icons of determination and inspiration. The four men came to international prominence as the founders of the first Jamaican Bobsled Team, […]
Breadfruits roasting on an open fire (Sung to Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
Breadfruits roasting on an open fire is written and performed by Jamaican reggae artist Yellowman. It is a Jamaican Reggae classic. It is sung to “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”. Breadfruits roasting on an open fireMongrels nipping at your toesDancehall songs, being sung by a choir‘An we dress up in we bashment clothes Everybody […]
Christmas Time Come: What Is For You – Part 12
Sunday morning, as I lay in bed, I thought back on the night before. Pretty good night overall, I thought with a grin. I had spent a lot of time with Gary, who fortunately hadn’t asked me any questions about Kevin, and had a good time with him, but eventually Kim and Arlene had dragged […]
Jamaican 2012 Christmas Gift Guide
Are you ready for the holiday gift giving season? Impress your family and friends with hand picked gifts that scream Jamaica. See our 2012 Christmas gift guide below. Please send suggestions for 2013 to us. Randy’s 50th Anniversary (W/Dvd) – Randy’s Record Mart was founded in 1958 by Vincent & Patricia Chin. Their retail enterprise […]
Guinep: What Is For You – Part 11
The next couple of weeks passed by fairly uneventfully for me. Omar and I went to the library together once to study, but that was the only time that we spent together in those two weeks. He’d called me asking to go out on various dates, for lunch, for dinner, to the movies, but I […]
Jamaican Joke: Round of Drinks at the Bar
A Jamaican guy walks into a bar and shouts, “When Mi drink, Everybadi drink!”. Everybody is cheering him and applauding like crazy. Feeling great, he finishes his beer, asks for another one and shouts, “Wen mi drink again, evrybadi get someting fi drink again!”. Once again, everybody is cheering him, he is the hero of […]
Jamaican Joke: Hair Cut
One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a community service. The florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to […]
Jamaican Jokes: A Slow Boat
One day, an ant, a butterfly and a snail were hungry and decided to run a boat. So ant said to butterfly,”go fly out some food dung a di shap nuh” Butterfly said,” mi too tired” So they were all cussing and going on bad, until snail said “alright gi mi di money mek me […]
Jamaican Joke: The Bank Loan
An Jamaican man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to Jamaica on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the […]
Confessions…A Rough Road – Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 85
Seth had just come back from Jamaica and called to discuss the wedding. I could not bring myself to tell him I was not going to be his best man. I lied ”Give me the details as we get closer”, I told him. ”Just be in Negril 2 days before the wedding”, he replied, “You […]