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Just want to get some feedback on the data and discussions on the site. Please feel free to leave your comments about what is being said. I am not a biased person (lol), so I welcome all praises and criticisms.
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i love the clean lines and the simplicity of the site. nothing is jumbled and my eyes go exactly where it should. your content is really great and if i could start writing like that, maybe my traffic would improve. 2 thumbs up!
Jamaican Girl send me your email. When I receive your comments I do not have a reply address.
Great blog
Well this is way better than what you had on blogspot particularly because you actually write to this one. Great stuff
Thanks….please pass on to all well thinking Jamaicans. We need to air our views so that the Goverment and the Opposition can read for themselves that we are not idiots!
It is gratifying to see blogs like this being used to empower and educate.
I encourage you to continue and extend my thanks for your eye opening viewpoints.
Can you add me to your blogroll http://enterjamaica.wordpress.com
It would be good to add a contact page to your blog if i havnt overlooked it
Good stuff, keep it coming, I’ll be reading. Really concerned about Jamaica and my family at home. Working on a few plans myself but need to focus on my family at home first before the entire Jamaica.
So in the middle of doing some research as to what is the best moves and plans. Like you I went to UWI and education is my ticket out of poverty.
Being away allows me to have a birds eye view of the country without having the stress of figuring out how to survive day to day.
Love Jamaica and miss it, even with all our issues.
Thanks for checking out my site, i have been on your blog a few times, and yeah sure u can make a link to the post.
A very refreshing,exciting,and instructive site.I will definitely access it more often for both information, general comments,and discussions on sundry aspects of Jamaican lifestyle and happenings.Keep up the good work! RESPECT!
thanks alot by the way…i never said it before but great blog.
I love the fact that you are doing something so positive!
A really nice blog that you have started and I will link to it and visit it often. Keep us posted!
Hi JG
I really like the updated version.
However, if you are willing to accept constructive feedback, some links appear “yellow” on a “white” background.
That combination makes it difficult to read. e.g. in your letter to the PM, this sentence
“Be steadfast in your doings, and hold true to your words as it was spoken today ……” At the end of that sentence the link shows up in “yellow”
Please do not take this in a negative manner, just constructive feedback.
Peace
Walk Good
Dear Jamaican Girl,
The legendary Carifolk Singers are coming from Jamaica to perform in the NY Tri-State area in October (October 18-21, 2007), could you help spread the word. I tried sending the e-flyer to you but it didn’t paste so well in this area.
If you tell me how to send it to you, I will.
You can see more about them at http://www.lignumvitaeinc.com
Sincerely,
Ian
stmaryian@yahoo.com
Very nice site, I have listed you on my blogroll! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for linking me to your page as I have done so for yours. =)
Hey jamaican girl good food for thought.
Checkout my site: http://www.thecaribvibe.com
Hi Jamaican girl I just found your blog, I like the content, and I want to subscribe but I can’t find the RSS feed (is there one?).
Like the authentic commentary…I have added you here (http://www.jamaica.fm/index.php/blog_view/jamaica_lifestyle/).
Hi Jamaican Girl,
You’ve got a great site. Definitely now on my list of blogs designated for regular visits.
From the late eighties to the early 2000s my wife, Helen, and I used to spend 4 to 6 weeks in Jamaica each year. Unfortunately, we haven’t managed to get to your beautiful country for the last 6-1/2 years but hope to make it to Kingston to visit old friends sometime in late 2008 or early 2009.
I remember in the late 80s we thought nothing of walking from the Liguanea Club to Devon House for a late evening meal and then walking back again. No one would hassle us and we felt quite safe. However, as time progressed those evening walks became less of an option simply because of the change in attitude of the people on the streets at night. By the late 90s, even during the day, we were frequently approached by people looking for handouts. Now I must admit that I got to know some of the street people that used to hang out on Knutsford Blvd down around the Liguanea Club quite well and we could stop and visit with them on the street without being asked for cash. I guess they knew that if they appeared really down and out I’d ask them if they were a little short and offer them some assistance. Sometimes they would accept and other times they would refuse. But we always showed respect for one another.
Two people I fondly remember are Adophus Mattie and another chap that I knew simply as John.
Adolphus sold souvenirs from a hand cart on Knutsford just across from the Wyndham. I met him on my first trip in 1988 when I was in Kingston on a contract to give basic computer courses to members of JIE. I was billeted at the Linguanea and was delivering the courses at the Wyndham. During that stay I got to know Adolphus quite we’ll and when Helen and I started travelling to Kingston on a regular basis we always made a point of seeking him out and buying something from him. As a result, Adolphus became our self-appointed protector. He would always warn off any street people in the area and every day as we went out for our frequent walking tours would warn us to be careful and stay away from areas he considered dangerous.
I also met John on my first trip to Kingston. One Sunday I was at Devon House and John approached with the offer to obtain some Blue Mountain coffee for me. I declined so then he mentioned that he had to get back home and didn’t have enough money for bus fair. So in order to speed the conclusion of our conversation I gave him $20 JA. Back them I think the conversion was about 5:1 against the Canadian dollar. The next year I brought Helen to Jamaica to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. One afternoon I was approached by a chap offering to obtain coffee for me (declined) and then needing bus fare (provided). After he left I said to Helen that I thought I knew that chap and later it dawned on me that it was John. The following year we were out walking and I saw John so I approached him and asked him how he was. Of course, he had no idea in hell who I was. I explained how I knew him from my earlier visits. Following that encounter, whenever John saw us -even if we were a block away - he’d shout until we noticed him and we’d get together for a visit on the street. He never again asked for money but we’d found out when his birthday was and always made sure that we gave him an annual “birthday gift” of some cash in a birthday card.
However, Jamaican Girl, I hope you’ll forgive my ramblings here on you blog but reading it brought back some fond memories of Jamaica.
All the best from the Great White North,
Don