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Ocho Rios, Jamaica
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In celebration of Jamaica ’s 47th Independence Day!!
(View video below) — Enjoy!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi4A8AJ9QBM
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Sing along:
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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World Fastest Man —-Jamaican Usain Bolt
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Jamaican Track and Field Star
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Born Jamaican - By Tony Robinson
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There is nobody like a Jamaican, Nobody! Sometimes it’s difficult to determine where someone comes from. Drop us into the vast mosaic of the peoples of the world and try to figure out who is who.
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“Him is from China, no, is Japanese, but him could be Korean still.” The same goes for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. We just can’t tell them apart. Not so with Jamaicans though, who stand out and stick out like beacons in the night. Foreigners know us in a flash, and we can identify each other from way across the street. We are so distinct that other people try to walk, talk and act like us.
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I’m so amused when I encounter Americans, Europeans, Japanese, [Madam Cleo, or Ron] trying to act Jamaican. “Hey mon, wha hoppening mon, eberyting irie?” I usually reply in my most proper English. If they are Japanese, I say, “Sukiyaki, Sayonara, Sony, Toyota Mitsubishi.” Just to keep them guessing.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE!
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“So you speak Japanese?”
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“Ah so, Nissan, Sanyo, Toyota Tercel..”
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But what makes us so different from other people? First it’s the walk, nobody walks like us. People in foreign walk briskly, head straight, arms swinging almost in military fashion, with a stride and purpose like they’re going somewhere. Not us though, who saunter with a rhythm that is almost slow motion. No hurry, no scurry, no flurry, no rushy rushy, just cool, with a bop and rhythm that could be put to music. Years ago we used to call it bop. For some it’s natural while others practiced it.
Bob Marley Commemorative Coin
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If you’re a girl in the middle of Paris, Madrid or Tokyo and hear, “psst, psst,” from across the street,
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Jul 31 2009
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Teacher starts group for Jamaican children
Published: Friday | June 19, 2009
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Like most teachers, Shikira Chang keeps busy by grading papers and helping her students study for exams, according to a report by Micaela Hood on the Miami Herald website.
Summer is here now but Chang said she does not plan on kicking back and taking it easy.
Instead, the 29-year-old will dedicate her time to helping out children living in a country close to her heart.
A teacher at Miramar High School, Chang is the founder of Kira Cares, an organisation
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Jun 20 2009
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Published: Friday | June 19, 2009
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For most of her life, Gladys McDowell has been offering her services to people. For 43 years, she served in the education arena and, since retiring 11 years ago, she has diverted all her attention to her position as senior justice of the peace in Claremont, St Ann.
It was a wet and rainy day in the parish when The Gleaner visited McDowell at her
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Jun 19 2009
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Queen knights Jamaica’s governor general at Buckingham Palace yesterday
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Published: Saturday | June 13, 2009
Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Linton Allen, who was knighted yesterday by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is urging Jamaicans living abroad to support his ‘I believe’ campaign.
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Jun 13 2009
