Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 6)

[wakeywakeup 1]

Ladies, here is my comment when others, parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, metro bus drivers, etc, feels it is their givien right to tell me who I should love, or whom I should let into my life. I ask them, is it right to throw away a whole bushel of apples, because there are some rotten ones in the bottom, or should I simply enjoy the ripe and beautiful ones. If you act right, I might be inclind to share some of the good ones that are still in the basket with you. What you need to know is that this is my apple tree and I will enjoy the fruits from it as I see fit.

Roxcie

I love that and again if they don't like the apples don't shake our tree. Kick Rocks HATERS!

[dancehallquana 5]

For the life of me I cannot and will not drink Guiness...it makes me want to throw up if I even smell it. I think that and ALOEVERA juice is the WORST tasting thing in the planet.

mi cyann manage dat stuff eidda Tre..

RG swears by it and not dis Guinness here in the States, dat dere, jus arite, but the JA Guinness him a sey di best Trus mi LOL

I think he says Trus me 20 times a day LOL

Quana, LOL D says " believe me" like 20x's a day too...LOL

if Ray tells me he's going to take FRESH one more time I'm going to scream. lol whenever I say honey what are you doing, his reply is mi jus easy back Yuh seet.

Sunny? what dat him a sey "going to take FRESH"

Yes, and I'm like ok call me when you get out the damn shower.

oh ok heehee imma use that one and see what RG says.. He always says "going to CATCH a shower"

i'm like where is it going?? ba dum bump

[dancehallquana 5]

MY TIME TO VENT;

So, they gave me a party before I got married and one when I got back wich was yesterday, very nice. Why some people have to hate on others. I just got into it with my coworkers I got tired of her comments. I was trying not to say anything, but sometimes you have to kick people in their face. She send an email to several of my co-workers that I'm close to (she doesn't know that)...since she's only beenhere 3 months and I've been working her 11 years and of course the forward it to me. She was like why the hell would someone want to marry a woman with a child and that at my age I should never think about getting married blah...blah...blah and why I my son's father didn't marry me. That should have been a big red flag to my new husband...blah..blah..blah. Then here is the kicker..."I can't believe they gave her all that money she must be dead broke and can't pay her bills"...now, was I wrong for cussing her out.

OH NO she didn't Lawny!! Tell her to lay off the dyam HATERADE!!!

[*SunRay* 1]

I'm like Gill. Hi hater, bye Hater... Sing that in her face. And, with 6 kids and probably 6 baby daddy's she don't have no reason to talk about NOBODY!

Edited July 30, 2008 by sunnyja21

[Forever Young 1]

You are so right... That's one of the reasons why I am proud to say I am Jamaican. We do preserve our culture and that is such a wonderful feeling to have.

My last visit to Ghana was during Ghana's 50th year anniversary of their independence. They had a program celebrating this where this Jamaican man read a poem that his father wrote talking about Ghana and the connections he knew about through his ancestors. It was absolutely remarkable! He even used the very words we have spoken about.

People may not always like the way things are in JA, but you have to respect it because we are a strong people and many notable people have come out of JA who have made impacts in this world...Garvey, Collin Powell, Marley, and so many more. Bob is so powerful that his music still have a big impact today.

Just to think a small island like Jamaica producing such great people. You hafi respeck!

I'm sure your parents (and maybe you!) have heard the saying 'If yuh cyaa ketch Kwaku, yuh ketch him shirt'...A direct reference to Kwaku Anancy....I heard that 'unu', 'yaso' and 'deso' were all African words.

I think that's why Jamaicans are so resistant to change for the majority, you do things the way you were raised and never deviate.....I think it was done to preserve the culture we could remember...

Some one in my has a whole manuscript tracing back our family to the Ashanti's of Ghana. Maroons are a direct decedent of the Ashanti's. I know you heard that the Maroons were warriors... well, the Ashanti's back in the days were fierce in Ghana. They too were warriors who were hard to defeat.

A friend of mine who is also a Maroon, remembers her granny saying words that she knew did not derive from any English words she knew. When she asked my cousins what some of those words meant he was able to translate for her. And she said that the translation made sense in the context that her grandmother used it.

In Ghana they talk about Anansie the spider too....They refer to him as Kwaku Anansie....same stories, same message. There are so many similarities that its crazy...I mow understand even more why roots reggae speaks highly on Africa. It's pretty cool.

So I guess we are truly Sistrens then

This is so true. I am extremely proud to be Jamaican. I am one of those obnoxious J'can's that have a flag everywhere. In my car...in my office and I raise my flag on up the flag pole in my front yard for J'can Independence Day (which is Monday BTW!) Considering everything we have gone through...that J'can's are still are a proud people gives me strength. I mean if you think about music today. Jamaica has had a HUGE infulence in hip hop & latino musical genres. Forget about the influence over British culture...it's endless.

Which is funny because the British tried to break us from our heritage, roots and culture and we broke them!

"Jamaica...Land We Love!!!"

Bless-ed,

Gill

Edited July 30, 2008 by Forever Young

[Forever Young 1]

Alright Wakey...

Good luck tonight! Have a great time! Take a camera...if you can and make that first kiss last!!! Please enjoy this next part of your journey...from here on out at least you will be going through it ...TOGETHER!!!

Talk to you later Ladies!!

Bless-ed,

Gill

[Asante Maroon 0]

You are so right... That's one of the reasons why I am proud to say I am Jamaican. We do preserve our culture and that is such a wonderful feeling to have.

My last visit to Ghana was during Ghana's 50th year anniversary of their independence. They had a program celebrating this where this Jamaican man read a poem that his father wrote talking about Ghana and the connections he knew about through his ancestors. It was absolutely remarkable! He even used the very words we have spoken about.

People may not always like the way things are in JA, but you have to respect it because we are a strong people and many notable people have come out of JA who have made impacts in this world...Garvey, Collin Powell, Marley, and so many more. Bob is so powerful that his music still have a big impact today.

Just to think a small island like Jamaica producing such great people. You hafi respeck!

I'm sure your parents (and maybe you!) have heard the saying 'If yuh cyaa ketch Kwaku, yuh ketch him shirt'...A direct reference to Kwaku Anancy....I heard that 'unu', 'yaso' and 'deso' were all African words.

I think that's why Jamaicans are so resistant to change for the majority, you do things the way you were raised and never deviate.....I think it was done to preserve the culture we could remember...

Some one in my has a whole manuscript tracing back our family to the Ashanti's of Ghana. Maroons are a direct decedent of the Ashanti's. I know you heard that the Maroons were warriors... well, the Ashanti's back in the days were fierce in Ghana. They too were warriors who were hard to defeat.

A friend of mine who is also a Maroon, remembers her granny saying words that she knew did not derive from any English words she knew. When she asked my cousins what some of those words meant he was able to translate for her. And she said that the translation made sense in the context that her grandmother used it.

In Ghana they talk about Anansie the spider too....They refer to him as Kwaku Anansie....same stories, same message. There are so many similarities that its crazy...I mow understand even more why roots reggae speaks highly on Africa. It's pretty cool.

So I guess we are truly Sistrens then

This is so true. I am extremely proud to be Jamaican. I am one of those obnoxious J'can's that have a flag everywhere. In my car...in my office and I raise my flag on up the flag pole in my front yard for J'can Independence Day (which is Monday BTW!) Considering everything we have gone through...that J'can's are still are a proud people gives me strength. I mean if you think about music today. Jamaica has had a HUGE infulence in hip hop & latino musical genres. Forget about the influence over British culture...it's endless.

Which is funny because the British tried to break us from our heritage, roots and culture and we broke them!

"Jamaica...Land We Love!!!"

Bless-ed,

Gill

So very true

[wakeywakeup 1]

Alright Wakey...

Good luck tonight! Have a great time! Take a camera...if you can and make that first kiss last!!! Please enjoy this next part of your journey...from here on out at least you will be going through it ...TOGETHER!!!

Talk to you later Ladies!!

Bless-ed,

Gill

good night everyone. Thanks for the tip I would have never thought of bringing my camera. Let me go home and cook my baby some food. See ya'll soon. I will let you know how his POE experience goes.

Wakey

[*SunRay* 1]

Alright Wakey...

Good luck tonight! Have a great time! Take a camera...if you can and make that first kiss last!!! Please enjoy this next part of your journey...from here on out at least you will be going through it ...TOGETHER!!!

Talk to you later Ladies!!

Bless-ed,

Gill

good night everyone. Thanks for the tip I would have never thought of bringing my camera. Let me go home and cook my baby some food. See ya'll soon. I will let you know how his POE experience goes.

Wakey

Bye Wakey, Enjoy every FrEaKiN mInUtE of it!

[dillon 6]

Alright Wakey...

Good luck tonight! Have a great time! Take a camera...if you can and make that first kiss last!!! Please enjoy this next part of your journey...from here on out at least you will be going through it ...TOGETHER!!!

Talk to you later Ladies!!

Bless-ed,

Gill

good night everyone. Thanks for the tip I would have never thought of bringing my camera. Let me go home and cook my baby some food. See ya'll soon. I will let you know how his POE experience goes.

Wakey

Bye Wakey, Enjoy every FrEaKiN mInUtE of it!

Goodnight Wakey! Enjoy the evening and don't let anyone get in the way of that! If your brother calls you tonight don't answer the phone...tonight is for you to enjoy!

[dancehallquana 5]

Get your kleenex and lip gloss wakey my gyal!!

Can't wait to hear from ya DWAYNE!!!

BE BLESSED!!!!!!

[JaHoney 3]

Wakey....you need to be somewhere drinking you some Guinness and oats and peanuts, and whatever that other stuff is, instead of talking to us....

GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATS

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

WELCOME COME TO AMERICA DWAYNE

Just to warn you...Wak ey been exercising

[jawi876 2]

For the life of me I cannot and will not drink Guiness...it makes me want to throw up if I even smell it. I think that and ALOEVERA juice is the WORST tasting thing in the planet.

mi cyann manage dat stuff eidda Tre..

RG swears by it and not dis Guinness here in the States, dat dere, jus arite, but the JA Guinness him a sey di best Trus mi LOL

I think he says Trus me 20 times a day LOL

I HATE that stuff! I couldn't stand to even taste it on A's lips. Well, I tried to be the good little girlfriend while he was in Calgary. I looked all over the web for a place that would deliver Guinness to his house. I bought enough for him to share with his roommates so they could all have a small piece of yaad. It was gift wrapped and had a note saying "Share a small piece of yaad with yuh bredrin. Love you babes...soon come...LeeLee"...

His roommates were all excited and couldn't wait for him to get home from work. They all popped a bottle and spit it out immediately. NOT THE SAME AS YAAD! He loved the thought so much though he kept the empty bottle and re-wrapped it with the gift bow so he could remember. We shared a good laugh about it...but I was hurt that my idea didn't work so well.

[tnw 0]

WELCOME COME TO AMERICA DWAYNE

Just to warn you...Wak ey been exercising

That's right.....WELCOME HOME DWAYNE!!! Have fun Wakey and let us know how it goes.

SJB1221......In case I forget, You and the hubby have a WONDERFUL time in JA this weekend!

Nish