Jamaican Till I Die!

There is nothing I dislike more, than when Jamaicans, mainly overseas Jamaicans, declare that Jamaica needs to stay in its lane. We also get it a lot from bigger more arrogant and ignorant people from developed first world countries but I hate it more when it comes from Jamaicans. The fact is, the lane they are telling us to stay in, was not created by us but was created for us. Being told to stay in your lane is the most demeaning thing you can tell a Jamaican because we are not accustomed to staying in any predefined lanes, except when breaking world records at various athletics meets. That is not who we are but it seems it is who we are destined to become, people who stay in their lane and live at the mercy of others. Chop up him claat yes! Staying in your lane is like being a hamster on a wheel, void of imagination, vision, ambition, and innovation. Being told what to think, what to say and how to live for the reward of crumbs from their table. Staying in your lane means never revo...

How come we do not see videos of blood, guts and gore like we see in Jamaica from US and UK sources. There were at least 10 mass shootings across the US this weekend with 17 people dead and 33 more wounded and we have yet to see dead bodies being turbo blast all over social media. So far this year there have Been 194 Mass Shootings in the USA and I cannot describe one scene of these gruesome carnage. There was a shooting in Time Square New York with 3 Shot, Including a 4-Year-Old. There were 4 deaths in London following bloody weekend of shootings and stabbings and no turbo blast of these deaths to show blood and gore on social media. On Monday, May 10, 2021, In Chicago 27 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend violence and in a previous weekend in Chicago 46 shot, 7 killed. In Jamaica the various Whatsapp groups I belong to is bombarded with the most gruesome Jamaican content. Why do Jamaicans video tape gruesome death and destruction and spread it around the globe with such pride, are we tu...

  Just a few of my favorite local VLOGS that I follow and watch weekly. I do love the local hunting and fishing vlogs because most of them use traditional low-tech methods. Growing up in Kingston and St. Andrew I always envy the people in the country. I used to listen to stories from country people telling me how they go a bush or river or sea and how much food they had at their fingertips and how much fun they had getting it. They made it sound so easy, they go a bush and come back with crocus bags full of food or just camp out in the bush or seaside and enjoy life. Meanwhile all I could do is go to the corner shop or supermarket to buy food or eat what was planted in my yard. Growing up I had a friend, Ricky from the country who use to come and stay with his aunty next door. I would listen to tales of the hunt, the many adventures. It was like reading the adventures of Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. To me Country life was much better than city life. In my backyard we tried to...