Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise".
Tags: advancement, angel, blessings, caring, children, country, dedication, educator, foundation, funds, happiness, heart, home, hospital, Jamaican, joy, life, love, loyalty, money, organisation, orphans, patriotism, project, resources, service, sharing, smiles, students, summer, teacher, volunteers
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
Posted: under "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise".
Tags: anniversary, attraction, celebration, community, country, culture, effort, entertainment, event, experience, family, festival, foods, Jamaican, jerk, journey, loyalty, model, participant, patrons, preparation, sea breeze, tourism, world
Published: Monday | March 2, 2009
.. The 10th anniversary of the Portland Jerk Festival will be held from July 3-5 under the theme ‘Origins of Jerk’. The organisers say site preparations have begun in order to ensure that the grounds are ready. The completion of the St Mary/Portland leg of the North Coast Highway has also made the parish more accessible.
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“Efforts are under way to make this year, the 10th anniversary of the event, into a much improved experience, making for an unforgettable weekend for the festival’s thousands of loyal patrons and all other participants,” read a release.
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Mar 02 2009
Posted: under Games.
Tags: adventure, ambition, change, choice, dessert, direction, doctor, emotion, food, foods, friends, fun, funtime, game, Games, humor, laughter, life, love, loyalty, mind, motivation, nurse, office, passion, physician, psychiatrist, role model, romance, specialist, surgeon, teacher, treats
Now don’t cheat on this one, go with the first dessert you choose!
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If all of the eight desserts listed below were sitting in front of you, which would you choose (sorry, you can only pick one)! Trust me…this is very accurate. Pick your dessert, and then look to see what psychiatrists think about you.
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Here are your choices:
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Oct 17 2008
Posted: under "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise".
Tags: attractions, beaches, beauty, blessings, Caribbean, country, culture, custom, earth, faith, freedom, God, gold, heart, heartland, home, homeland, humility, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, land, leader, leadership, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, loyalty, mountain, music, nation, palm, paradise, pledge, pride, promise, promises, resort, rivers, sceneries, scenery, sea, service, strength, sunshine, tourism, unique, universe, water, waterfalls, West Indian, world
“Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise”
I Pledge My Heart
Words by Victor S. Reid/Music by Gustav Holst
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I pledge my heart forever
To serve with humble pride,
This shining homeland ever,
So long as earth abide. Read More
Sep 29 2008
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett".
Tags: culture, dialect, England, heritage, history, Jamaica, Jamaican, labrish, language, life, loyalty, Miss Lou, patois, travel, vernacular
“Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett”
“Colonizing in Reverse”
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Jamaica people colonizin
Englan in reverse.
By de hundred, by de t’ousan
From country and from town,
By de ship-load, by de plane-load
Jamaica is Englan boun.
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Dem a-pour out o’ Jamaica,
Everybody future plan
Is fe get big-time job
An settle in de mother lan.
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Sep 29 2008
Posted: under Inspirationals.
Tags: ability, advice, aid, anxiety, belief, compassion, confidence, courage, day, depression, determination, duty, effort, encouragement, eyes, faith, friends, friendship, future, heart, hope, improvement, inspiration, job, life, loyalty, man, money, need, others, progress, smiles, strength, stress, task, time, tips, today, woman, work
Standing for what you believe in regardless of the odds against you, and the pressure that tears at your resistance
…is Courage.
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Keeping a smile on your face when inside you feel like dying, for the sake of supporting others
…is Strength. Read More
Sep 29 2008