Ghosts, Guinness, and God

As a child growing up in Jamaica, I was frightened by the graves in my front yard. Although the graves were my daylight playground, at night the ghosts of Aunt Hortense’s relatives returned to reclaim their territory. Aunt Hortense tried to relieve my fears by explaining that the ghosts were friendly, more interested in tasting […]

"What I have learnt"

Well, there’s been several things that I’ve learnt during my year here at school. The first thing being that there are several different pronunciations of the word Buju. That Jamaica is located in several different places in the world but mainly in Africa and that we are all expected to know how to braid hair. […]

"Family and Friends "

Hi guys, Lately I’ve wanted to write an article about family and friends and how much they mean to me and how much you can miss them when you’re so far away from home. It started when my sisters told me about a fish fry that they went on my uncle’s farm and all the […]

"Canadian Customs"

Well, the plane trip going home and coming back were bad enough but wait till i finally got to Customs. Now, being away from home for the first time I tend to miss the food at home so I was bringing up some jerk chicken and some scotch bonnet peppers for a friend among other […]

" Never go on a plane full of tourists"

Alright everybody, I have a piece of advice for all of you. Never, and I mean never go on a plane full of tourists. Now, I didn’t say white, or chinese or indian no race is brought into this, just tourists. Let me tell you why. I decided to go home for Spring Break and […]

"A can’t take it no more"

Alright I’ve had enough. Remember Higher Learning well if anyone hears about me climbing some tower and shooting someone you’ll know why. It’s not race, oh no, because once snow and breeze a blow we are all white. Let me tell all a unno a little story. Christine was a young girl who dreamed of […]

Never travelling American Airlines

I am never travelling American Airlines ever again. They are not something special in the air. Let me tell you what happened and then maybe you can tell me if these things happen to you too or if it’s just me. Due to the strike I had to fly back this summer through American Airlines. […]

Schoolwork

My mother always told me not to complain about the amount of schoolwork I had because it would always get worse. I never really paid a lot of attention to that because I always felt that I had a lot of work and nothing could top it. Until last week when I realised what a […]

Jamaican accent on tv or in the movies

I don’t know about anyone but any time I hear a “Jamaican accent” on tv or in the movies I start to cringe and slink down in my seat. I mean it’s because of these portrayals that people ask me where I learnt to speak english so well when I open my mouth and we […]

Is Jamaica still Friendly

I have often stated to friends in the past that I think Jamaica has a lot of problems that need to be fixed. However, I was always sure that one thing Jamaica did do was make people feel at home. In the past few weeks I have been shown that this is not the case […]