I GUESS I may be getting just a teeny-weeny bit old, because I can remember when it was considered
rude to whistle in front of adults, the biggest bad words pickney used to cuss were ‘blouse and skirt’,'rahtid’ and ‘blow-wow’; and slackness was talking big bwoy stories.
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I am probably not so young anymore, I guess, because I can remember when people used to charter JOS bus to go to outing at Gunboat beach. And the beach dem was clean! And bad boys were the ones riding skate, and playing marbles and racing board horse in the gutter water after rain... I remember when children were afraid of Johnkunnu - now even police fraid a pickney, ’cause pickney a shotta!
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Call me archaic, but I remember when school children never had such a wide range of colourfully creative
chemical concoctions and toxic adventures to choose from such as sweets and snacks. For example, I saw one
recently marked cheese tricks and when you read the fine print carefully, you realized that the ingredients did not include any cheese - so-so tricks!
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But I suppose it must be old age, because I also remember that children used to eat jackfruit, juneplum, naseberry, guinep, hogplum and tinkin toe; we used to relish treats like bustamante-backbone, drops, gizzada, toto, cut-cake and grater-cake. MEN USED TO DANCE WITH WOMEN after asking if they could have this dance!!
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I must be clearly approaching dinosaur status, because I can vividly recall a period when independence time meant street dance on every corner, and we never had to import carnival to have revelling in the streets, and float parades were magnificent. I must have come from them dark ages, but I remember when man used to go party to dance with woman, not to “par wid man”, and women never had to walk naked to get attention.
“Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2008″
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But I am not quite ready for the rocking chair and adult diapers just yet. No papa! Still, I remember when Rasta was a lifestyle. Now dreadlocks is a hairstyle. I remember
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 Apr 02 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: airport, attention, celebration, comfort, conference, core, country, decision, direction, efforts, experience, focus, friends, harbor, history, hotel, humility, inspiration, laughter, lesson, life, memorial, mission, moment, motivation, progress, reality, relaxation, success, thought, value, values, vision
Why are core values critical to our success in business and in life? Because our values are critical guides for making important decisions. And when in doubt they cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.
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John Blumberg has written the best book we’ve ever read on how we build value…with values. And if there was ever a time in the history of this great country that we need to re-visit our core values…the time is NOW.
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Enjoy an excerpt from John’s book, Good to the Core…Building Value with Values.
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An Excerpt from
Good to the Core
by John Blumberg
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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I was in Honolulu to speak at a large national conference. I scheduled an extra day onto the trip since I had never been to Honolulu and because a few great friends were also at the conference. The day after the conference, we awoke at the crack of dawn to visit Pearl Harbor. As we stood above and looked down upon the sunken USS Arizona, the depth of our experience came to life. It was moving and humbling.
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Upon our return to the hotel, I had some time to spare before departing to the airport. A couple of my friends and I decided to rent a raft large enough to hold three adults. We targeted the white-capped waves, out in the distance, as our destination. With the incoming waves, we had a hard time getting away from the shore. At first, there seemed to be enormous momentum keeping us “grounded.” Slowly, but surely, we began to make progress. It seemed to get easier. We eventually got within a few feet of the whitecaps and decided to board our raft and relax as a celebration of our efforts. It was in our moment of pause that we felt the reality
Posted: under Daily Quotes, Inspirationals.
Tags: accomplishment, attitude, beauty, change, character, commitment, confidence, courtesy, depression, dream, encouragement, excellence, friends, happiness, heart, inspiration, intelligence, interest, investment, joy, knowledge, leaders, learning, liberty, life, link, love, movie, neighbor, principles, privileges, quality, quotes, recession, strength, success, thought, values, video, wisdom, world
There are great quotes, many of which I love. Then there is what I’ll call timeless wisdom…great thoughts from great leaders who, throughout the ages, have inspired us, encouraged us, and of course, led us to do the right thing.
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That’s what this wonderful 3 minute movie is all about…timeless wisdom. So just sit back, turn up your speakers and enjoy!
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Feb 26 2010
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: affection, age, aid, aim, arms, assistance, baby, blessings, bliss, caring, child, contribution, deed, deeds, difference, duty, earth, elderly, example, feelings, global, globe, goal, hand, hands, happiness, heart, helping, humor, influence, inspiration, job, joy, kindness, labor, laughter, life, love, man, morals, need, needs, neighbor, neighborhood, others, role model, seniors, smiles, soul, task, time, today, touch, universe, values, woman, work, world, youth
EVERYONE NEEDS A SMILE!!!
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“Infect the whole world with your SMILE one person at a time !”
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AS I LIVE EACH DAY,
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MAY I DO MY PART!
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TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND
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TOUCH ONE HEART.
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EACH DAY IT IS MY GOAL,
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TO BRING SMILES & LAUGHTER
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INTO A SOUL!
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Aug 01 2009
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