Category: Lifestyle
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Be Inspired: Fearful Women by Carolyn Kizer
I consider myself to be a feminist, a mild feminist, if that even exists. I hate seeing women being mistreated, undervalued, or even underestimated. I want us to rise above our issues and show ‘them’ just who we are… We are resilient creatures, who take hits every day, from almost every angle/ every aspect of…
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Inconvenient Love
Valentine’s Day recently passed, its arrival and sudden departure, got me thinking about love, what it means to love, to be loved and what it really means to give yourself completely to another person. It also got me thinking about what Carrie said when she was breaking up with Aleksandr, – “I am someone who…
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Reflection: 2013 – The Year That Was
We are on the eve of a new year, as we get prepared to say goodbye to 2013 and say hello to 2014. Let’s pause and look back at the year that was the very difficult 2013. As they say, the number thirteen is not a lucky number, and the year was not a lucky…
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Song of the Week: All I Want For Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
So many of Mariah’s songs are classic. She has a classic voice and a classy, diva-like demeanor. She can make almost anything sound good. She has been in the music business since forever and has captured our hearts with almost all the songs she releases, “All I Want for Christmas” is no different. This song…
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Jamaican Christmas Fruit Cake
There are many Jamaican Christmas traditions that I love, but one that I just can’t live without is the Jamaican Fruit Cake. This fruit cake is a dense cake filled with mixed fruits, currants and a lot of alcohol. I bake this fruit cake every year. When you smell this rich cake, you know it…
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Song of the Week: Here Comes Trouble by Chronixx
I Love me some Reggae! … I guess that should be expected, seeing that I am a Jamaican! 🙂 Reggae is a universal genre that speaks to humanity, human suffering, social issues and many others. We have many Reggae greats, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Luciano, Sizzla among many others, and a recent addition,…
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‘Tis Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!
It is officially December, so that means no work for some days, fruit cake, Christmas decorations, merry making, wine drinking and family loving! I love this season. It is by far the best season of the year. I am not a serial merry maker; you know, like those people who start playing carols from October…
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Song of the Week: How Many Drinks? (Remix) by Miguel ft. Kendrick Lamar
If you all didn’t know by now, I LOVE Miguel! He has this soft soulful voice that makes you want to listen repeatedly to his music. I love his entire look. He is very easy on the eyes and has a particular appeal that is just to die for…. He is not only a handsome…
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What’s Wrong with Looking Young?
I am petite; I am 5ft 3 inches; I am small; I look much younger than I actually am. That is something good in my opinion, especially in the young obsessed culture that we live in… but over the past week, I have been bombarded with, are you 17? You look so young!… looking young/younger…
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Song of the Week: Prime Time by Janelle Monáe ft. Miguel
This song is hot right now. It is sexy, and has a cool, chill romantic feel… I am not one for current songs, but this one has caught my eye and ear. It has a vibe that is irresistible. It features one of the sexiest, coolest artist around, Miguel!… He has a sexiness to him,…
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Looking Good Has Nothing to do With What you Wear
It is often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty and looking good is subjective and mean different things to different people. Just look at some of the runway shows. They have the weirdest ‘couture’ outfits that to me are hideous! … I know designers make ‘ready to wear’ and ‘couture’…
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My Jamaica: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Jamaicans/Jamaica
I am a proud Jamaican. I Love my country and want nothing but its success. Many people looking from the outside have preconceived ideas about Jamaicans. They think we all live in trees, that the island is tiny, that everyone knows Usain Bolt or Bob Marley, and that all Jamaicans smoke Marijuana and are Rastafarians……
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Song of the Week: Love and War by Tamar Braxton
I LOVEEE this song. It is one of those classic love songs. It will be ‘in’ no matter what year it is; the message is timeless and applies to everyone in a relationship, marriage or other. It deals with relationships and the fact that it is a combination of love and war. Sometimes people throw…
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From Me to You: Folkways by Edward ‘Kamau’ Brathwaite
I first fell in love with Edward Kamau Brathwaite when I was in College. I didn’t like poetry; I didn’t like Caribbean poetry. I thought it was tedious and very heavy. I thought it was just too much Afro-centricity!…It was a drag, people talking about our struggles, slavery etc, it was hard to digest…so I…
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Are You Living in the Moment?
Lately, I find myself desiring passion and an emotionally fulfilling life, not that I didn’t have it before, I just had the sudden urge to have more!… I don’t know if you can relate, but have you ever been in a place in your life when you want to maximize every second of your day?…
Simply Marvia 