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eerr JJ
oouurrnn
eeyy??
“Lea
rnin
g jo
urna
ls
prov
ide
a fr
amew
ork
to
supp
ort
the
proc
ess
of re
flect
ive
lear
ning
in in
divi
dual
cou
rses
and
in th
epo
rtfo
lio p
roce
ss a
s a
who
le. T
heir
use
not o
nly
docu
men
tsth
e de
velo
pmen
tal p
roce
ss o
f the
por
tfolio
s -
mak
ing
it m
ore
than
just
a p
rese
ntat
ion
of s
elec
ted
wor
k -
but
supp
orts
the
self-
asse
ssm
ent
of p
roce
sses
and
the
ir do
cum
enta
tion.
It
‘kee
ps r
ecor
ds’,
enco
urag
es m
etac
ogni
tion,
ow
ners
hip
and
cont
rol,
and
prov
ides
gui
danc
e” [
Uni
vers
ity o
f O
lden
burg
and
UM
UC
]
I re
cent
ly
beca
me
PT
LLS
qu
alifi
ed.
P
TLL
S
stan
ds
for
Pre
parin
g to
Tea
ch i
n th
e Li
felo
ng L
earn
ing
Sec
tor
whi
chqu
alifi
es m
e to
tea
ch a
dult
num
erac
y an
d lit
erac
y, a
nd i
spr
onou
nced
‘pet
als’
. H
owev
er,
I in
tend
to
amal
gam
ate
my
coun
selli
ng s
kills
to
men
tor
youn
g pe
ople
dia
gnos
ed w
ithem
otio
nal,
soci
al a
nd b
ehav
iour
al d
isor
ders
(E
SB
D).
Why
inco
rpor
ate
coun
selli
ng in
the
lear
ning
pro
cess
?
Bec
ause
coun
selli
ng s
kills
dev
elop
not
onl
y lis
teni
ng s
kills
, but
em
pa-
thet
ic,
cogn
itive
, be
havi
oura
l an
d so
cial
dev
elop
men
t sk
ills
as w
ell.
In p
ursu
ing
my
PT
LLS
Aw
ard
and
BT
EC
in
Cou
nsel
ling,
Ino
ticed
tha
t w
ritin
g le
arni
ng/r
efle
ctiv
e jo
urna
ls s
eem
s to
be
a m
anda
tory
pa
rt
of
the
port
folio
de
velo
pmen
t pr
oces
sra
ther
than
a r
ecom
men
ded
tool
of s
uppo
rt.
Bot
h T
each
ers
and
Lear
ners
are
req
uire
d to
pro
duce
lear
ning
or
refle
ctiv
ejo
urna
ls to
evi
denc
e th
eir
wor
k an
d do
cum
entin
g th
e im
pact
of th
e w
ay th
ey le
arn/
teac
h. I
t see
ms
to m
e, th
at th
e cu
rren
tsc
hool
of
thou
ght
is t
hat
docu
men
ting
thou
ght
proc
esse
sw
hile
lear
ning
(i.e
. th
inki
ng a
bout
the
way
the
y le
arn
and/
orte
ach,
and
writ
ing
it do
wn)
will
im
prov
e th
e le
arni
ng a
ndte
achi
ng e
xper
ienc
e.
Acc
ordi
ng
to
the
Uni
vers
ity
of
Wor
cest
er’s
S
tudy
S
kills
Adv
ice
She
et:
“a
lear
ning
jour
nal h
elps
you
to b
e re
flect
ive
abou
t yo
ur l
earn
ing,
thi
s m
eans
tha
t yo
ur l
earn
ing
jour
nal
shou
ld n
ot b
e a
pure
ly d
escr
iptiv
e ac
coun
t of
wha
t yo
u di
d,bu
t an
opp
ortu
nity
to
com
mun
icat
e yo
ur t
hink
ing
proc
ess:
how
and
why
you
did
wha
t you
did
, and
wha
t you
now
thin
kab
out w
hat y
ou d
id”.
I am
not
sur
e ab
out
othe
r le
arne
rs,
but
I fo
und
that
thi
nkin
gab
out
how
I w
as l
earn
ing,
and
try
ing
to t
rack
, re
call
and
reco
rd t
hat
proc
ess
by w
ritin
g it
dow
n, v
ery
inhi
bitin
g.
Ifo
und
that
thi
nkin
g ab
out
the
way
I w
as le
arni
ng p
reve
nted
me
from
abs
orbi
ng n
ew in
form
atio
n be
ing
give
n bo
th v
erba
l-ly
and
vis
ually
. T
his
is m
ainl
y be
caus
e an
othe
r fa
cet
of t
here
flect
ive
proc
ess
is
to o
bser
ve w
hat
is h
appe
ning
in
the
clas
sroo
m w
hile
I am
lear
ning
, how
I re
act t
o co
lleag
ues
and
Foun
der
&M
anag
ing
Edi
tor:
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na L
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t co
ver
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thei
r qu
estio
ns/in
terr
uptio
ns -
wha
t w
as c
ondu
cive
to
my
lear
ning
exp
erie
nce;
wha
t ele
men
ts d
id I
find
bene
ficia
l and
whi
ch o
bstr
uctiv
e, e
tc.,
incl
udin
g m
y th
ough
ts o
n th
e le
arn-
ing
styl
e of
the
tut
or.
Can
you
imag
ine
tryi
ng t
o th
ink
abou
tw
hat t
o w
rite
in y
our
jour
nal w
hile
tryi
ng to
abs
orb
new
info
r-m
atio
n?
Ma
ny
tea
che
rs
ha
ve
com
pla
ine
d
ab
ou
t th
e
jou
rna
ling
proc
ess
and
I can
’t sa
y I b
lam
e th
em!
The
y ar
e sa
ying
that
they
can
not c
once
ntra
te o
n th
eir
less
on p
lans
bec
ause
thei
rbr
ain
is t
hink
ing
abou
t ho
w t
hey
are
perf
orm
ing,
lea
rnin
gan
d te
achi
ng t
hus
hind
erin
g th
eir
teac
hing
ob
ject
ives
.
Acc
ordi
ng t
o La
uren
ce E
Mor
ehou
se,
Aut
hor
of ‘
Max
imum
Per
form
ance
’, he
sta
tes
that
“W
hen
you
star
t thi
nkin
g ab
out
wha
t yo
u ar
e do
ing,
you
try
to
reor
gani
se a
nd/o
r ad
d ex
tra
mot
ions
.
You
r m
otio
ns
beco
me
unco
ordi
nate
d,
and
beca
use
you
are
trac
king
alm
ost c
ount
ing
your
mov
emen
ts,
you
inev
itabl
y sl
ow t
hem
dow
n.”
He
furt
her
goes
on
to s
ayth
at: “
If w
e w
ere
to tr
y to
rea
d or
writ
e or
thin
k w
ord
by w
ord,
the
min
d si
mpl
y co
uldn
’t ca
rry
all
thos
e de
tails
. S
o th
ew
ords
hav
e to
be
sim
plifi
ed in
to a
sin
gle
thou
ght.
We
focu
son
a c
entr
al t
hem
e....
”
“....
The
obj
ect
in a
per
form
ance
isto
shu
t off
your
thin
king
whi
ch y
ou d
o by
shi
fting
you
r fo
cus
from
the
deta
ils o
f the
act
ion
to th
e go
al o
f the
act
ion.
..”
“...
Eve
n in
tha
t in
stan
t du
ring
a sh
arp
exch
ange
of
volle
ysat
the
net
you
hav
e pr
edet
erm
ined
whe
re y
ou a
re g
oing
to
hit
the
ball.
T
wo
thin
gs a
re a
ccom
plis
hed
in t
he p
roce
ss.
Firs
t, yo
u ha
ve e
stab
lishe
d a
stra
tegy
. S
econ
d, b
y co
mm
it-tin
g yo
ur th
ough
t to
your
obj
ectiv
e, y
ou h
ave
pre-
empt
ed th
etim
e; y
ou a
re o
nly
thin
king
abo
ut g
ettin
g th
ere,
not
how
you
are
to g
et th
ere.
The
firs
t is
impo
rtan
t, bu
t the
sec
ond
is c
ru-
cial
.”
Alth
ough
Mor
ehou
se i
s re
ferr
ing
perf
orm
ance
in
spor
ts,
itap
plie
s to
any
wor
k th
e br
ain
need
s to
do.
W
hat
thes
eex
trac
ts te
ll m
e is
that
jour
nalin
g is
inhi
bitin
g te
achi
ng e
ffec-
tiven
ess
and
perf
orm
ance
. I
t is
not
nat
ural
for
the
bra
in t
oan
alys
e ev
ery
proc
ess
it ta
kes
to l
earn
som
ethi
ng!
We
all
know
tha
t if
we
star
t co
ncen
trat
ing
on h
ow w
e ar
e do
ing
som
ethi
ng –
even
som
ethi
ng a
s si
mpl
e as
wal
king
, our
ste
psbe
com
e aw
kwar
d an
d un
natu
ral.
Jour
nalli
ng m
ay h
ave
bene
fits
in t
hera
peut
ic o
r em
otio
nal
situ
atio
ns w
here
the
clie
nt i
s st
ress
ed o
r ha
s be
en a
buse
dan
d ne
eds
to r
evis
it th
e ca
uses
, bu
t in
a l
earn
ing
envi
ron-
men
t, I
am n
ot c
onvi
nced
tha
t re
flect
ive
jour
nalli
ng i
s an
effe
ctiv
e or
effi
cien
t w
ay t
o im
prov
e th
e te
achi
ng a
nd le
arn-
ing
expe
rienc
e.
Myr
na L
oyoo
ookkk
ee yy
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2
ARE
YOU
IN L
OVE?
IF
SO, W
HAT
KIND
?SE
CURI
TYLO
VETh
is lov
e is t
he lo
ve th
at ev
eryb
ody n
eeds
to su
rvive
(acc
ord-
ing to
Maz
low).
It is
that f
eelin
g of
being
car
ed fo
r and
nur
-tur
ed. S
ome
peop
le wo
uld d
escri
be th
is as
the
type
of lov
epa
rents
hav
e for
their
child
ren.
This
is so
impo
rtant:
high
on
Maslo
w’s H
ierar
chy o
f Nee
ds; a
nd st
udies
have
even
prov
entha
t peo
ple h
ave
died
of a
“bro
ken
hear
t” (th
ere
have
bee
nno
exp
lanati
ons f
or th
eir d
eaths
othe
r tha
n tha
t).
FRIE
NDSH
IPLO
VETh
is is
a lov
e be
twee
n yo
urse
lf an
d so
meon
e tha
t is
totall
yho
nest,
open
and c
omfor
table.
You r
eally
only
have
this
kind
of bo
nd w
ith a
few
peop
le. Y
ou m
ight k
now
a lot
of p
eople
and
be “f
riend
ly” w
ith th
em in
a g
roup
situa
tion
but t
hey a
reno
t the
bes
t frie
nds I
am
talkin
g ab
out h
ere
I hav
e a
theor
y tha
t you
can
not t
ruely
be
best
friend
s with
ame
mber
of t
he o
ppos
ite s
ex. D
own
the li
ne ro
manc
e wi
llalw
ays c
ome
up fr
om e
ither
par
ty an
d fee
lings
will
be m
isin-
terpr
eted
and
mista
ken.
Whe
n thi
s ha
ppen
s, the
frien
dship
will c
hang
e an
d po
ssibl
y nev
er b
e the
same
aga
in.
ROMA
NTIC
LOV
E(T
he m
uch
antic
ipated
love
!) Mo
st pe
ople
expe
rienc
e thi
styp
e of
love
many
times
in th
eir lif
e. It
is wh
en yo
u se
e tha
tpe
rson
for th
e firs
t tim
e an
d he
/she
make
s yo
ur k
nees
go
weak
or g
ives
you
butte
rflies
in y
our s
tomac
h.i.e.
“Lov
e at
first s
ight”.
Mos
t peo
ple do
n’t ev
en lo
ve th
e per
son t
hey t
hink
they a
re in
love
with
…the
y fall
in lo
ve w
ith th
e ide
a if b
eing i
nlov
e. Th
is is
more
of a
lustf
ul kin
d of
love,
it wea
rs off
afte
r awh
ile a
nd h
opefu
lly le
ads t
o...
UNCO
NDIT
IONA
LLO
VETh
is is
the si
ncer
e lov
e, the
love
that
lasts
forev
er. T
his ki
ndof
love c
omes
whe
n you
have
foun
d the
perso
n you
are d
es-
tined
to be
with
. Noth
ing ca
n des
troy u
ncon
dition
al lov
e. It i
slik
e wh
en y
ou h
ave
an a
rgum
ent o
r disa
gree
abo
ut so
me-
thing
with
that
perso
n an
d yo
u re
alize
that
it do
esn’t
both
eryo
u bec
ause
the l
ove y
ou ha
ve fo
r him
/her o
verco
mes e
very-
thing
.
SPIR
ITUA
LLO
VE?
This
is the
love
that
has a
God
ly qu
ality
to it a
nd it
is so
me-
thing
you
feel
but c
anno
t exp
lain.
It is
omnip
rese
nt an
dne
eds
nothi
ng to
fuel
it oth
er th
an th
e mu
tual r
espe
ct an
dad
mira
tion o
f the o
ther p
erso
n.Th
is lov
e cro
sses
mile
s and
exist
s ev
en w
hen
you
have
not
seen
, tou
ched
or f
elt th
ene
arne
ss o
f tha
t per
son.
EROS
Eros
is
prob
ably
what
mos
t pe
ople
mean
whe
n th
eyan
noun
ce w
ith a
smile
, “I’m
in lo
ve.”
This
type o
f love
cove
rsev
eryth
ing fr
om q
ueas
y sto
mach
s an
d wa
rm fu
zzy
feelin
gsto
stron
g se
nsua
l pas
sion.
Ther
e ar
e a
coup
le of
very
inter
estin
g ch
arac
terist
ics a
bout
eros
. Firs
t, in
orde
r to
exist
ero
s is d
epen
dent
upon
the
situ-
ation
and
circ
umsta
nces
. As
long
as a
cou
ple is
enjo
ying
aro
manti
c sit
uatio
n, er
os c
an th
rive.
But,
as s
oon
as h
urtfu
lwo
rds o
r acti
ons a
ppea
r, er
os si
mply
evap
orate
s.
Seco
nd, e
ros
is als
o he
ld ca
ptive
to e
ach
perso
n’s p
erce
p-tio
n. Fo
r exa
mple,
if s
omeo
ne p
erce
ives
a pa
rticula
r quie
tev
ening
dinn
er w
ith ca
ndles
to b
e ro
manti
c, er
os w
ill thr
ive.
Howe
ver, p
assio
n bec
omes
squa
shed
for s
omeo
ne w
hene
v-er
he or
she i
nterp
rets
the cu
rrent
situa
tion t
o be u
ndes
irable
.Er
os th
us g
rows
stro
ng a
nd th
en w
astes
awa
y ba
sed
upon
our p
erce
ption
s.
Altho
ugh
eros
at t
imes
migh
t mak
e us
feel
like
we a
re o
nclo
ud n
ine, i
t can
not
prov
ide a
relia
ble b
asis
for b
uildin
g a
deep
and
mea
ningfu
l rela
tions
hip s
ince
it is
so fi
ckle
and
depe
nden
t upo
n pe
rcepti
on a
nd ci
rcums
tance
s. Be
caus
e of
such
thing
s as a
ccide
nts, d
iseas
es, a
nd th
e fac
t tha
t som
e-on
e ca
n ch
oose
to d
oubt
or d
espis
e yo
u re
gard
less o
f you
rac
tions
, it is
clea
r tha
t we
can
not d
eterm
ine h
ow o
thers
will
perce
ive u
s no
r are
we
maste
rs of
our o
wn c
ircum
stanc
es.
Altho
ugh
eros
is e
xhila
ratin
g, thi
s is
not t
he B
iblica
l wor
dus
ed fo
r lov
e.
PHIL
IA
We
reco
gnize
Phil
ia an
d its
mea
ning
from
the
name
Phila
delph
ia, th
at is,
the c
ity of
broth
erly
love.
This
is the
love
of frie
ndsh
ip, b
est f
riend
s, an
d the
fello
wship
of b
eing
with
those
peo
ple yo
u en
joy.
Altho
ugh
philia
is w
onde
rful,
it too
is n
ot re
liable
sinc
e it
isals
o he
ld ca
ptive
by t
he si
fting
sand
s of s
ituati
on a
s well
as
by
ours
an
d ot
her’s
pe
rcep
tions
an
d ex
pecta
tions
.Un
fortun
ately,
we
prob
ably
all k
now
of a
friend
ship
which
wane
d or
was
sev
ered
bec
ause
of t
ime,
distan
ce, h
arsh
word
s, ho
w so
meon
e int
erpr
eted
anoth
er’s
actio
ns,
etc.
Whe
n the
New
Testa
ment
comm
ends
love
, phil
ia is
the n
otthe
wor
d wh
ich is
use
d.
Barry
New
ton,
Cop
yrig
ht ©
2002
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FE
D U
P O
F L
EA
RN
ING
?
1.E
dito
rial
- T
he L
earn
er J
ourn
ey
2.W
hat
kind
of
love
are
you
in?
4.Ja
mai
can
Inde
pend
ence
6.Po
etry
9.D
o yo
u ha
ve s
omeo
ne
to lo
ok u
p to
?
10.
Win
ston
Hus
sey
2K9
Win
ner
11.
Let
ters
to
the
Edi
tor
12.
A D
ay in
Ang
ola
3
AD
VE
RTIS
E H
ER
EFO
R J
UST
£25
(CIR
CU
LAT
ION
IS
NO
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VE
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)
ISSN
No.
1751
- 1
909
E-m
agaz
ine
Whe
n I l
ooke
d up
love
, I c
ouldn
't be
lieve
all
the
defin
itions
, lev
els a
ndfo
rms o
f love
. I t
houg
ht lo
ve w
as a
sim
ple p
roce
ss, b
ut a
ccor
ding
to w
rit-
ers,
it has
stag
es.
Wha
t lov
e sta
ge ar
e you
at o
r in?
Find
out b
elow
and d
eter
mine
whe
ther
or no
t you
wan
t to ta
ke it
to th
e nex
t
level.
(Th
e Ed
itor)
Othe
r Typ
es o
f Lov
e
Agap
e- th
e ter
m wa
s use
d by
the
early
Chr
istian
s to
refer
to th
e sp
ecial
love
for G
od a
nd G
od’s
love
for h
uman
ity
Cour
tly lo
ve- a
late
medie
val c
onve
ntion
alize
d co
de p
resc
ribing
certa
inco
nduc
t and
emo
tions
for l
adies
and
their
love
rs
Fam
ilial lo
ve- a
ffecti
on b
roke
red
throu
gh ki
nship
conn
ectio
ns, in
ter-
twine
d wi
th co
ncep
ts of
attac
hmen
t and
bon
ding
Free
love
- se
xual
relat
ions a
ccor
ding
to ch
oice
and
unre
strict
ed b
y mar
-ria
ge
Plat
onic
love
- a cl
ose r
elatio
nship
in w
hich s
exua
l des
ire is
non-
exist
ent
or h
as b
een
supp
ress
ed o
r sub
limate
d.
Pupp
y lo
ve- r
oman
tic a
ffecti
on th
at is
not m
ature
or n
ot tru
e. T
he te
rmis
often
use
d wi
th ne
gativ
e co
nnota
tions
, ins
inuati
ng th
at lov
e be
twee
nyo
ungs
ters i
s les
s gen
uine
or va
luable
.
Relig
ious
love
- dev
otion
to o
ne’s
deity
or t
heolo
gy
Rom
antic
love
- affe
ction
cha
racte
rized
by
a mi
x of
emoti
onal
intim
acy
and
sexu
al de
sire
True
love
- love
with
out c
ondit
ion, m
otive
or at
tachm
ent.
Lovin
g som
eone
just
beca
use
they a
re th
emse
lves,
not t
heir
actio
ns o
r beli
efs in
par
ticu-
lar. A
lso r
eferre
d to
as u
ncon
dition
al lov
e.
Unre
quite
d lo
ve- a
ffecti
on a
nd d
esire
not
recip
roca
ted o
r retu
rned
Lust
-love
- affe
ction
cha
racte
rized
by
lust,
carin
g ab
out t
he d
esire
d on
efor
a sh
ort a
moun
t of t
ime,
in oth
er w
ords
, sem
i-true
love
Love
at f
irst s
ight
- Lo
ve th
at oc
curs
the in
stant
that o
ne p
erso
n co
mes
in co
ntact
with
anoth
er a
nd fe
els a
dee
p co
nnec
tion
or a
ttrac
tion
to the
other
and
refer
red
to co
mmon
ly in
many
fairy
tales
and
folk
lore
and
liter-
ature
.
Sacr
ificia
l lov
e- t
he a
ct of
sacri
ficing
one
’s life
, or s
ometh
ing o
f gre
atim
porta
nce,
solel
y on
the b
asis
of lov
e.
The c
once
pt of
love i
s sub
ject to
deba
te. S
ome d
eny t
he ex
isten
ce of
love
while
othe
rs ma
intain
that
love
reall
y exis
ts an
d is
not a
n ab
strac
tion,
but
is “in
defin
able;
bein
g a
quan
tity w
hich
is sp
iritua
l, m
etap
hysic
al, o
r phil
o-so
phica
l in n
atur
e”.
Some
psy
cholo
gists
maint
ain th
at lov
e is
the a
ction
of len
ding
one’s
self e
steem
to a
nothe
r and
othe
rs att
empt
to de
fine
love
by a
pplyi
ng th
e de
finitio
n to
ever
yday
life.
Extra
cted a
nd ad
apted
from
vario
us w
ebsit
es, b
ut wh
ichev
er w
ay ph
iloso
-ph
ers w
ish to
defin
e lov
e, it i
s help
ful to
unde
rstan
d the
diffe
rent
conc
epts
of lov
e. In
a n
utshe
ll, lov
e is
simple
.. wh
ether
love
lasts
for a
mom
ent o
ra
life-tim
e, it
is a
proc
ess
of giv
ing a
nd re
ceivi
ng u
ncon
dition
ally
and
wesh
ould
all sa
vour
eac
h mo
ment
for a
s lon
g as
it las
ts– E
ditor.
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Cel
ebra
ting
Jam
aica
n In
depe
nden
ceTh
e fir
st in
habi
tant
s w
ere
the
Ara
wak
s w
how
ere
indi
ans
from
Sou
th A
mer
ica.
Exp
lore
r Chr
isto
pher
Col
umbu
s vi
site
d th
eis
land
in 1
494
and
this
beg
an S
pain
rul
e.Th
ey e
nsla
ved
the
Ara
wak
s to
farm
sug
aran
d to
bacc
o. T
hey
soon
die
d be
caus
e of
the
hars
h liv
ing
cond
ition
s th
ey
wer
efo
rced
to li
ve u
nder
. The
Ara
wak
s di
ed o
utab
out
100
year
s af
ter
Span
ish
rule
s an
dth
en A
frica
n sl
aves
wer
e im
porte
d.
Brit
ish
capt
ured
the
isl
and
in 1
655
and
they
con
tinue
d to
impo
rt sl
aves
. Ja
mai
cadu
ring
this
tim
e be
cam
e th
e la
rges
t sug
arpr
oduc
er in
the
wor
ld.
In
1692
an
E
arth
quak
e de
stro
ys
Por
tR
oyal
. R
unaw
ay
slav
es
calle
d th
eM
aroo
ns fo
ught
with
the
Brit
ish
in th
e hi
llsof
Jam
aica
and
wer
e gr
ante
d in
depe
nd-
ence
to
liv
e in
th
e hi
lls
in
1739
.E
man
cipa
tion
of s
lave
s in
183
8
Kin
gsto
n be
cam
e th
e ca
pita
l 187
2. B
efor
eth
at S
pani
sh to
wn
was
the
capi
tal.
Jam
aica
was
the
larg
est p
rodu
cer o
f sug
aran
d in
dent
ured
wor
kers
fro
m C
hina
and
Indi
a w
ere
brou
ght t
o Ja
mai
ca to
con
tinue
the
prod
uctio
n of
su
gar.
Mig
ratio
ns
ofin
dent
ured
w
orke
rs
has
cont
ribut
ed
toJa
mai
ca c
ultu
re.
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Air
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asie
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icke
ting,
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ck-in
and
boa
rdin
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ss p
rintin
g ha
n-dl
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om th
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rt of
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me,
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Jam
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gai
ned
inde
pend
ence
fro
m t
heB
ritis
h A
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t 6, 1
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xand
er B
usta
man
te b
ecam
e Ja
mai
cafir
st e
lect
ed p
rime
min
iste
r.
PJ
Pat
ters
on w
as t
he f
irst
‘neg
ro’P
rime
Min
iste
r.
Por
tia
Sim
pson
-Mill
er
elec
ted
in
Mar
ch20
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as th
e fir
st n
egro
and
fem
ale
Prim
eM
inis
ter.
She
was
in o
ffice
for 6
mon
ths.
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curr
ent
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e M
inis
ter
is
(Ore
tte)
Bru
ce G
oldi
ng w
as s
wor
n in
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ince
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pend
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mai
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xtap
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f sh
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s an
d sh
ould
not
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pro
duct
of
rebe
llion
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lash
of
colo
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pro
duct
of
intr
igue
.
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ecte
d by
hal
f of
the
ir ow
nJu
st n
ot b
lack
eno
ugh,
yet
not
real
ly
whi
te e
noug
h ei
ther
whi
te,
Bla
ckB
lack
, w
hite
...
not
quite
good
eno
ugh
– to
ugh.
Do
you
know
how
yo
u w
ere
mad
e?S
houl
d he
hav
e st
ayed
? (D
id s
he g
et p
aid?
)P
erip
hera
l, pe
netr
atio
n of
par
tner
’s p
erdi
tion?
A d
ysfu
nctio
nal d
eliv
eran
ce
of d
iscr
epan
cy?
or t
he h
isto
rical
out
com
e of
abus
e?
Bes
t of
bot
h w
orld
s?
Fift
y-fif
ty c
hanc
eW
atch
my
stan
ceU
topi
aD
iasp
ora
Var
ious
sha
des
of L
ight
.
by M
iche
lle B
alac
h-A
li
The P
ieces
in B
etwe
enTh
e kn
owled
ge b
etwee
n the
que
stion
an
d the
ans
wer
The
rhyth
m be
twee
n the
mus
ic an
d the
dan
cer
The
distan
ce b
etwee
n tw
o fig
hters
befor
e the
yclo
se it
The
thoug
ht the
write
r con
jured
but
neve
r wro
te it
The
eye
conta
ct be
twee
n the
snipe
r an
d his
targ
etTh
e co
mmon
gro
und
betw
een
the fic
tion
and
the fa
ctTh
e so
und
befor
e the
stoc
k exc
hang
e op
ens t
he m
arke
tTh
e cla
rity b
efore
add
iction
take
you
back
.
The
mome
nt jus
t befo
re tw
o lov
ers s
ay
those
thre
e wo
rds
The
spac
es in
betw
een
perfo
rman
ce
and
appla
use
Whe
n the
cup
that I
thou
ght w
as h
alf-e
mpty
still q
uenc
hes m
y thir
stTh
e kn
owing
smile
s on
faces
I tho
ught
my w
ords
had
lost
The
lesso
ns I
learn
ed b
etwee
n ins
tinct
and
instru
ction
The
path
betw
een
the p
rofes
siona
l an
d the
beg
inner
The
virgin
s fina
l stop
befo
re co
rrupti
onTh
e ro
ad b
etwee
n the
goo
d ma
n an
d the
sinn
er.
Whe
n I a
ccep
t tha
t the
shoe
fits,
then
wear
it pr
oudly
Whe
n I’m
as g
race
ful in
my r
ise a
s in
my fa
llTh
e de
adly
sin th
at se
arch
ed b
ut ne
ver f
ound
me
The
dead
line
sin th
at ro
se e
ach
time
I cho
se to
call
The
gaps
that
fill th
e sp
aces
betw
een
emoti
ons
The
wave
that
frees
the
reali
ty of
the d
ream
The
magic
that
still w
orsk
with
out t
he p
otion
The
peac
e is
the p
ieces
in b
etwee
n.
Dike
Ome
je.20
thA
pril,
200
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nnggiinn
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activ
ely
invi
ting
part
ici-
patio
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om
peop
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who
ha
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cons
truc
tive
idea
s,en
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and
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tent
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ecau
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f life
exp
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ov-
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the
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limits
tha
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tent
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hrou
gh a
war
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ss r
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trat
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ovid
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a ne
w p
arad
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of
thin
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its
aw
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win
ning
app
eal
and
glob
alre
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ship
);an
d ac
ting
as a
cro
ss-g
ener
atio
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cros
s-cu
ltura
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ocat
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r lif
e-lo
ng le
arni
ng.
BLA
CK
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otiv
ates
by :
Focu
ssin
g on
the
em
otio
nal
need
s an
d as
pira
tions
of
its r
eade
rs;
iden
tifyi
ng w
ays
to r
ejuv
enat
e,re
build
and
resh
ape
our
cultu
re;e
ncou
ragi
ng p
ositi
ve a
ttitu
des
and
real
istic
exp
ecta
tions
to
enab
le a
sen
se o
f wel
lbei
ng.
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CK
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IGH
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leva
tes
by:
Impl
emen
ting
ethi
cal,
mor
al a
nd s
piri
tual
cha
ract
erbu
ildin
g st
rate
gies
with
in a
rtic
les
and
stor
ies
for
the
uplif
tmen
t of
its
read
ers.
Bla
ckbr
ight
New
s w
as n
omin
ated
for
the
Nat
ionw
ide
Aw
ard
for
Volu
ntar
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ndea
vour
in
2007
.B
lack
brig
htN
ews
was
no
min
ated
fo
r an
d re
ceiv
ed:
the
Bla
ckB
usin
ess
Init
iati
ve A
war
d 20
06 f
or u
sing
soc
ial
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e-pr
enur
ials
hip
to
enlig
hten
th
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ack
com
mun
ity;
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or’s
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izen
ship
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ard
2007
for
its
outs
tand
ing
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mpl
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n an
d no
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ated
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t Aw
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in 2
008.
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k-Br
ight
has
pro
vided
em
ploy
men
t op
port
uniti
es fo
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vol
unte
ers
and
the
Foun
der
is ob
tain
ing
the
requ
isite
qua
lifica
tions
to e
nabl
e he
rto
tea
ch in
the
Life
long
Lea
rnin
g Se
ctor
so
that
she
can
ass
ist a
dults
with
thei
r lite
racy
and
num
erac
y ne
eds.
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Foun
der i
s cu
rren
tly a
ssist
-in
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4 st
uden
ts w
ith th
eir
GCS
E En
glish
and
is a
lso a
ssist
ing
EEC
&As
ian
stud
ents
with
Eng
lish
Lite
racy
,pro
nunc
iatio
n an
d G
ram
mar
.Sh
eho
pes
that
by
help
ing
one
pers
on a
t a
time,
she
can
even
tual
lyen
able
the
Lut
on c
omm
unity
.
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8
DO Y
OU U
NDER
STAN
D ME
?
Do yo
u? D
o yo
u, re
ally u
nder
stand
ME?
Th
e so
und
I mak
e, the
thou
ght I
take
Or
from
the
heigh
ts, w
here
Mi
nds a
bove
look
dow
n On
the
thing
s bes
t love
d, W
hen
silen
ce sp
eaks
a w
ordle
ss so
ng.
Mind
s of m
en e
ngag
ed in
full a
ction
s. Th
e tho
ught
of ma
n wi
ll nev
er ce
ase
As m
ind o
f floo
ded
thoug
ht in
even
bea
st.
Do yo
u un
derst
and?
Mind
is p
ower,
wor
ld’s g
reate
st co
mpute
r, ‘A’
terrib
le wr
appe
r if c
arefu
lly n
urtur
ed.
‘A’sto
pper
to a
ny B
older
! ‘A’
puzz
le to
an a
nswe
r, ‘A’
swor
d, ’A’
shiel
d, ‘A’
prote
ctor
‘A’pr
ofess
or b
y natu
re,
The
thing
in m
e wi
ll, bu
ild m
e An
d br
eak m
e, ma
ybe
mind
ove
r matt
er!
Awe
ll-buil
t mind
is su
perio
r, Ca
n flic
ker w
ords
to fir
e! Ca
n bo
nd a
nati
on st
rong
by t
he th
ough
t of ju
st on
e, Fr
eedo
m is
lost f
rom
ever
yone
Do
you
unde
rstan
d?
Our w
orld
today
, cou
ld be
wha
t the
y say
, In
a wa
y. I
say p
ower
ful m
inds c
onfus
e Th
e wi
se a
nd va
le the
alre
ady b
linde
d ey
e W
ho?
Whe
n? a
nd W
hy?
Ask
that
guy,
not I
In
the m
iddle
of the
stor
m I c
ome
Befor
e it’s
don
e, I’ll
be
fastly
gon
e Mi
nd in
Won
ders,
Mira
cles t
o pe
rform
Do
you?
Do
you
reall
y und
ersta
nd?
Poem
Writ
ten
& Su
bmitt
ed b
y Mau
rice G
race
(Jama
ica)
“LOO
K W
HAT
I’M D
OING
!!!”
their
silen
t voi
ces c
ry o
ut;
but n
o-on
e hea
rs.. a
nd n
o-on
e see
s, un
til it
’s to
o lat
e.
IS B
ODY
LANG
UAGE
ENO
UGH?
The
grea
test f
ear t
hat c
hildr
en s
uffer
(and
man
y of
us a
s ad
ults)
is the
fear
of b
eing
misu
nder
stood
or
left a
lone.
From
a y
oung
age
, chil
dren
are
mou
lded
into
thesh
apes
, valu
es a
nd m
orals
of t
heir
pare
nts, c
arer
san
d oth
er in
fluen
cers
in the
ir life
. W
hen
they
lean
towar
ds in
depe
nden
ce (d
oin’t
heir
own
thing
) the
yar
e qu
ickly
curta
iled
to co
nform
.
Are
mora
ls an
d va
lues t
he sa
me in
all c
ultur
es?
Ofco
urse
not
– so
wha
t is
the c
ultur
al be
nchm
ark?
Whic
h cult
ure s
ets th
e stan
dard
? W
hen i
n Rom
e do
as th
e Rom
ans D
o? S
o whe
n the
re ar
e inc
onsis
ten-
cies
in be
havio
ur b
ecau
se o
f cult
ural
and
socia
lint
erna
l batt
les,
who
in ‘th
e sy
stem’
is go
ing to
reco
gnise
the
differ
ence
betw
een
warn
ing id
iosyn
-cra
sies o
r cult
ural
attrib
utes?
Prob
ing an
d/or o
bser
vatio
ns ca
n be i
ndica
tors –
but
can
an a
dult r
eally
und
ersta
nd w
hat a
child
is g
oing
throu
gh b
y loo
king
for o
ngoin
g sig
ns in
bod
y lan
-gu
age,
disint
eres
t, lac
k of
conc
entra
tion,
disru
ptive
beha
viour,
ner
vous
ness
? C
an a
gua
rdian
alw
ays
distin
guish
whe
ther a
‘trait
’is cu
ltura
l or e
motio
nally
char
ged?
Unde
rstan
ding
child
ren
is ab
out t
aking
the
time
tokn
ow t
hem.
Ho
w ma
ny a
dults
hav
e the
tim
e?W
ork,
other
dem
ands
on
their
time,
socia
l com
mit-
ments
– ‘
signs
’can
ina
dver
tently
go
unno
ticed
.W
hat a
bout
the ch
ild w
ho fe
ll off t
he b
ridge
rece
ntly
and d
rown
ed on
a sc
hool
outin
g? T
ake y
our e
ye of
fa
child
for a
mom
ent a
nd it
can
be a
tanta
moun
t to
man
slaug
hter
or
crim
inal
negli
genc
e an
d no
amou
ont
of ap
ologis
ing c
an c
ompe
nsate
for
the
emoti
onal
traum
a su
ffere
d by
the
victim
s pa
rents
.Ch
ildre
n ar
e cry
ing fo
r atte
ntion
bec
ause
man
y par
-en
ts ar
e ov
er-co
mmitte
d. “W
atch
me” “
Look
wha
t Iam
doin
g” th
eir s
ilent
voice
s cry
out…
but
no-o
nehe
ars..
and
no-
one
sees
.. un
til its
too
late.
(The
Edi
tor)
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“My f
amily
of o
rigin
was h
eavil
y infl
uenc
ed b
y the
stric
tness
of t
heCa
ribbe
an a
nd t
he u
nforg
iving
attit
udes
of
Victo
rianis
m. I
was
raise
d in
by a
priv
ate fo
ster h
ome
durin
g my
prim
ary y
ears.
Muc
hof
my e
arly
expe
rienc
es w
ith fo
rmal
educ
ation
, emp
loyme
nt an
dre
lation
ships
lack
ed th
e emo
tiona
l sup
port
and g
uidan
ce ne
cess
ary
for o
ptima
l gro
wth.
Adult
s ru
led in
my
pre-
scho
ol wo
rld: “
child
ren
mus
t be
seen
and
not
hea
rd”;
durin
g my
pub
esce
nt ye
ars:
“.kee
pyo
ur m
outh
shu
t, do
as
you
are
told,
and
obe
y yo
ur e
lders
”. A
s are
sult,
by th
e age
of 15
year
s old,
I had
clos
ed up
emoti
onall
y, int
er-
nalis
ed m
y fea
rs an
d be
came
app
rehe
nsive
towa
rds
those
who
claim
ed th
ey lo
ved
me.
I dev
elope
d my
cap
acity
for r
esilie
nce
byme
ntally
reco
rding
my
feelin
gs a
nd w
riting
them
dow
n in
eithe
rpo
etry o
r pro
se.
In my
20s,
I star
ted to
paint
. The
proc
ess o
f tran
s-fer
ring t
he fr
ustra
tion o
n can
vas w
as th
erap
eutic
. Refl
ectin
g on t
heste
ps I t
ook t
o ove
rcome
the c
halle
nges
I fac
ed an
d the
subs
eque
ntse
lf-exa
mina
tion
has b
een
pivota
l to m
y wor
k.
Myrn
a has
been
calle
d a ‘c
auldr
on of
crea
tivity
’. Bo
rn in
Lond
on of
Jama
ican
pare
nts,
she
is a
Visu
al Ar
tist,
Publi
shed
Aut
hor,
Perfo
rman
ce P
oet,
Radio
DJ
and
Publi
sher
of B
lack-B
right
News
.My
rna
spen
t 11
year
s in
the U
nited
Stat
es w
orkin
g for
the
Unite
dNa
tions
as
a HR
Adm
inistr
ator,
1 ye
ar in
Ang
ola o
n a
peac
ekee
p-ing
miss
ion tr
ying
to mo
tivate
vuln
erab
le sta
ff wh
o ac
comp
anied
her o
n the
haz
ardo
us a
ssign
ment.
Myrn
a re
turne
d to
the U
K in
2000
to b
e clo
se to
her
fami
ly.
Myrn
a’s in
spira
tiona
l men
toring
wor
k is
drive
n by
her
inter
est i
nhe
lping
you
ng p
eople
relea
se e
nerg
y for
pro
gres
s. A
cons
isten
tthr
ead
is he
r beli
ef in
the n
eed
for b
enefi
cial r
elatio
nship
s w
here
partie
s exp
erien
ce th
emse
lves a
s res
pecte
d, tre
ated j
ustly
in a
safe
envir
onme
nt, an
d are
helpe
d to r
ealis
e the
ir pur
pose
and p
otenti
al.My
rna f
eels
that n
urtur
ing on
e’s cu
lture
and i
denti
ty, is
the c
entre
ofgr
owth,
stab
ility
and
whole
ness
. She
beli
eves
that
the e
ssen
tial
basis
for s
elf-im
prov
emen
t is a
“tru
e” re
lation
ship
with
ones
elf.
At so
me tim
e or
ano
ther,
ever
yone
gets
stuc
k in
patte
rns o
f thin
k-ing
, feeli
ng or
func
tionin
g tha
t cau
se di
scon
tent a
nd st
ress
and w
ithyo
ung
peop
le wi
th Em
otion
al, S
ocial
and
Beh
aviou
ral D
isord
ers
(ESB
D), th
ese p
atter
ns ar
e exa
cerb
ated.
Youn
g peo
ple w
ith E
SBD
can
get o
verw
helm
ed b
y con
flictin
g pr
ioritie
s and
their
reac
tions
tothi
ngs
that h
appe
n tha
t the
y do
n’t e
xpec
t and
don
’t wa
nt in
their
lives
, cau
ses
them
to los
e foc
us, w
aste
effor
t, mi
ss o
ppor
tunitie
san
d imp
ose o
n othe
rs. Yo
ung p
eople
with
ESB
D/co
nduc
t diso
rder
s,co
uld b
ecom
e the
ir ow
n wo
rst e
nemi
es th
roug
h se
lf-criti
cism,
self-
doub
t, an
d un
resp
onsiv
enes
s to
their
own
need
s.
The r
isk, w
hen t
hese
thing
s hap
pen,
is tha
t they
“tun
e out”
to av
oiddo
ing w
hat th
ey ha
ve to
do or
they
toler
ate an
unsa
tisfac
tory s
itua-
tion
until
they f
eel e
motio
nally
bur
ned
out,
get a
ngry,
bec
ome
seri-
ously
stre
ssed
, pan
ic or
suffe
r dep
ress
ion.
Inspir
ation
al Me
ntorin
g ca
n he
lp yo
ung
peop
le re
gain
persp
ectiv
ean
d foc
us.
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uralg
arde
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ore
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matio
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yrn
a L
oy,
Insp
ira
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ng
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U K
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Win
ston
Hus
sey
won
the
2K9
Fest
ival
Son
g fo
r Ja
mai
ca?
It se
emed
that
Win
ston
Hus
sey
coul
dn’t
stop
dan
cing
at
the
Ran
ny W
illia
ms
Ente
rtai
nmen
t C
entr
e, H
ope
Roa
d,on
Sun
day
nigh
t. A
nd a
t poi
nts
it w
as n
ot d
anci
ng in
the
sens
e of
try
ing
to m
ake
crow
d-pl
easi
ng m
oves
, bu
tsi
mpl
y ex
uber
ant
body
exp
ress
ions
tha
t bo
rder
ed o
nth
e co
mic
.
Als
o, H
usse
y ap
pare
ntly
did
not
nee
d m
usic
in th
e ac
cept
-
ed s
ense
to to
ss h
is b
ody
back
and
forth
, to
chee
rs fr
om th
e
larg
e au
dien
ce,
sect
ions
of
whi
ch d
efin
itely
cam
e ou
t to
supp
ort a
par
ticul
ar fi
nalis
t in
the
Fest
ival
Son
g 2K
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mpe
-
titio
n (T
inga
Ste
war
t’s c
ontin
gent
see
med
the
lar
gest
and
posi
tione
d m
ost p
rom
inen
tly n
ear t
he s
tage
). Fo
r he
danc
ed
his
way
off-
stag
e to
the
beat
of h
is e
vent
ually
win
ning
Tak
eB
ack
Jam
aica
dur
ing
the
segm
ent w
here
the
final
ists
san
g
thei
r ent
ries
and
skan
ked
with
out m
usic
as
he c
olle
cted
his
win
ner’s
$1
mill
ion
cheq
ue fr
om D
igic
el’s
Mar
k M
artin
.
Pote
ntia
l con
trov
ersy
In a
dditi
on,
Hus
sey
was
pre
sent
ed w
ith t
he S
tage
s tro
phy
by D
r St
Aub
yn B
artle
tt an
d al
so r
ecei
ved
a gi
ft fro
m
Coo
yah.
The
anno
unce
men
t was
han
dled
in a
way
that
hel
ped
stem
any
pote
ntia
l co
ntro
vers
y, a
s M
C J
erry
D a
nnou
nced
the
win
ning
pro
duce
r fir
st. A
fter
Lloy
d G
rant
col
lect
ed h
is p
rize
for
the
win
ning
son
g an
d H
usse
y’s
pock
et o
f su
ppor
ters
star
ted
chee
ring
wild
ly, J
erry
D s
aid,
“So
you
get i
t by
now
,
huh?
”.
Allo
win
g th
e m
embe
rs o
f the
aud
ienc
e to
com
e to
the
real
i-
satio
n of
the
win
ner
inst
ead
of ‘d
ashi
ng it
on
them
with
out
war
ning
’may
hav
e as
sist
ed in
the
acce
ptan
ce o
f the
resu
lt
by a
sev
erel
y se
gmen
ted
audi
ence
, afte
r Je
rry
D h
ad c
au-
tione
d al
l pre
viou
sly
abou
t acc
eptin
g th
e ju
dges
’dec
isio
n.
So
whi
le a
jub
ilant
Hus
sey
perfo
rmed
the
200
9 Fe
stiv
al
Son
g, T
ake
Bac
k Ja
mai
ca,
twic
e as
king
triu
mph
antly
“A
wha
dem
a g
o do
now
?”,
the
othe
r fin
alis
ts b
ehin
d hi
m
onst
age
and
his
core
of
supp
orte
rs c
heer
ing
him
on
from
just
in f
ront
of
the
stag
e, m
any
mem
bers
of
the
audi
ence
sim
ply
filed
out
sile
ntly.
Mos
t of t
hose
oth
er fi
nalis
ts d
id n
ot g
o ho
me
empt
y-ha
nded
,
as th
e C
HA
SE
Fun
d ga
ve $
100,
000
each
to th
e w
riter
s of
the
top
10,
all
but
two
of t
he s
inge
rs a
lso
doin
g w
ritin
g
dutie
s. O
ba S
imba
, who
se s
taff
was
as
muc
h fo
r sup
port
as
it w
as fo
r ef
fect
and
lim
ped
notic
eabl
y at
poi
nts
durin
g hi
s
Feel
The
Pre
ssur
e,
won
$4
0,00
0 fo
r be
ing
the
Mos
t
Dis
cipl
ined
Per
form
er.
Stac
ia, w
ho w
as n
otic
eabl
y ru
nnin
g ou
t of b
reat
h as
she
put
ener
gy a
nd a
glo
win
g sm
ile i
nto
Love
Jam
aica
, ea
rned
$40,
000
from
Cap
ital
and
Cre
dit
as t
he M
ost
Impr
oved
Fina
list.
Cal
vin
McF
arla
ne’s
che
erin
g sq
uad
holle
red
like
thei
r cha
m-
pion
had
cop
ped
the
title
whe
n th
eN
uff
Nic
enes
ssi
nger
was
ann
ounc
ed B
est
Per
form
er,
win
ning
$30
0,00
0 an
d a
troph
y fro
m T
aste
e, p
lus
priz
es fr
om D
igic
el a
nd C
ooya
h.
Alth
ough
the
2009
top
10 fe
stiv
al s
ongs
wer
e th
e hi
ghlig
ht
of t
he n
ight
, th
ey w
ere
not
the
only
one
s de
liver
ed a
t th
e
Ran
ny W
illia
ms
Ent
erta
inm
ent
Cen
tre o
n S
unda
y. E
ach
final
ist w
arm
ed u
p w
ith a
son
g of
thei
r cho
ice,
Tin
ga S
tew
art
havi
ng h
is b
est
mom
ent
with
a m
edle
y th
at in
clud
ed p
ast
fest
ival
son
gs a
s w
ell a
s a
snat
ch o
f a d
ance
hall
hit.
And
gu
est
perfo
rmer
s R
oy
Ray
on,
Bus
y S
igna
l an
d
Chr
isto
pher
Mar
tin (
who
m a
gag
gle
of a
dorin
g gi
rls in
fron
t
of th
e st
age
clus
tere
d be
fore
as
he a
ddre
ssed
var
ious
par
ts
of th
e au
dien
ce) w
ere
hits
with
the
audi
ence
.
If th
ere
was
a p
rize
for c
ostu
min
g, L
este
r Lew
is w
ould
hav
e
been
as
clos
e to
a ‘s
hoe-
in’a
s co
ncei
vabl
e, w
hat w
ith h
is
extra
long
sho
e (J
erry
D a
sked
him
to d
ispl
ay it
for t
he a
udi-
ence
and
dec
lare
d it
a go
od w
eapo
n if
a th
ief i
nvad
ed th
e
hom
e) a
nd a
but
ter y
ello
w, s
potli
ght b
right
tailc
oat s
uit.
Sour
ce: T
he J
amai
can
Gle
aner
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11
LLEETT
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RR TT
OO TT
HHEE
EEDD
IITTOO
RR
Res
pond
ing
to t
he o
ver
50s
Mar
ch e
ditio
n
Dea
r M
yrna
, W
e ar
e T
ina
& R
ober
t T
aylo
r,
Ans
wer
ing
your
pos
t, be
late
dly,
six
mon
ths
afte
r yo
upo
sted
it o
n th
e A
ge C
once
rn fo
rum
, pro
babl
y de
mon
-st
rate
s th
e fo
rget
fuln
ess
of a
dvan
cing
yea
rs.
You
sai
d in
you
r po
st:
“But
whe
ther
peo
ple
are
in th
eir 5
0s o
r 80s
, if w
e ha
veno
con
trol
ove
r ou
r liv
es a
nd a
llow
the
und
er 3
5s t
odi
ctat
e ou
r fu
ture
, we
will
be
plac
ed o
n th
e ba
ck b
urn-
er fo
r go
odne
ss k
now
s ho
w lo
ng.”
Per
haps
thi
s is
how
you
fee
l, bu
t I
cert
ainl
y do
n’t
see
it lik
e th
at.
The
gen
erat
ion
that
I b
elon
g to
, kn
own
asth
e B
aby
Boo
mer
s, w
ere
the
sam
e pe
ople
tha
t dr
a-m
atic
ally
ch
ange
d ou
r liv
es
from
th
e m
id
1960
’son
war
ds.
Tho
se
peop
le
are
still
ch
angi
ng
thin
gs,
alth
ough
I a
gree
tha
t pe
rcep
tion
can
be a
n up
hill
stru
ggle
.M
y w
ife a
ndI
still
enj
oy t
he s
ort
of s
ocia
l lif
e th
atte
ens
and
twen
ties
have
the
ene
rgy
for.
We
love
tren
dy b
ars,
dan
cing
, soc
ialis
ing,
eve
n bu
rlesq
ue, b
utju
st i
n ca
se w
e st
and
out
like
a co
uple
of
wrin
kled
prun
es a
mon
g th
e br
ight
fres
h pl
ums,
we
alw
ays
send
any
new
ven
ue th
at w
e ve
ntur
e in
to, a
n em
ail e
xpla
in-
ing
our
‘con
cern
s ab
out
the
gene
ratio
n di
ffere
nces
.’A
ddin
g, j
ocul
arly
, th
at w
e m
ight
nee
d so
mew
here
to
park
our
mob
ility
bug
gies
.W
e ha
ve n
ever
fel
t os
trac
ised
. In
a b
ar i
n Lo
ndon
,kn
own
as T
he C
ella
r D
oor,
we
met
a y
oung
cou
ple
out
on t
heir
first
dat
e, s
uch
an e
ngag
ing
coup
le,
we
chat
ted
for
hour
s, w
ithou
t th
e sl
ight
est
sens
e of
gen
-er
atio
n di
ffere
nce.
And
aga
in, a
cou
ple
of w
eeks
ago
,w
e w
ere
up i
n G
lasg
ow f
or a
dan
ce/b
urle
sque
eve
ntkn
own
as V
egas
/Hig
h T
ease
. W
e w
ere
on t
he d
ance
floor
with
out
any
sort
of
self
doub
t, an
d al
thou
gh w
ew
eren
’t th
e ol
dest
the
re,
we
wer
e ol
der
than
90%
of
the
audi
ence
. B
ut s
o m
any
cam
e up
to
us,
com
pli-
men
ting
our
danc
ing,
invi
ting
us t
o fu
ture
sho
ws,
and
thes
e ar
e pe
ople
for
ty y
ears
you
nger
. O
ne y
oung
man
eve
n po
sted
on
the
burle
sque
web
site
: “D
id y
ouse
e th
e ol
der
coup
le s
ettin
g th
e da
nce
floor
on
fire?
etc.
etc
.”M
y ow
n ta
ke o
n ag
ing
is c
onfid
ence
, I
just
don
’t se
eth
e th
e lin
es in
my
feat
ures
, it d
oesn
’t oc
cur
to m
e th
atI c
ould
be
old,
how
cou
ld I
be?
I’m to
you
ng to
be
old!
And
bes
ides
, my
late
Gra
ndm
othe
r on
ce to
ld m
y w
ifeth
at s
he d
idn’
t kn
ow t
he o
ld w
oman
who
liv
ed i
n he
rm
irror
, it
cert
ainl
y w
asn’
t he
r, m
y G
rann
y w
as,
fore
v-er
, eig
htee
n. S
o w
ith h
er g
enes
in m
e, h
ow c
ould
I no
tbe
the
sam
e?
With
reg
ards
,
Rob
ert,
one
half
of T
ina
& R
ober
t.
Lette
r fo
r th
e ed
itor,
cont
inue
d...
Dea
r Myr
na,
Than
k yo
u fo
r res
pond
ing,
and
so
quic
kly.
I do
see
wha
t you
mea
n ab
out t
he jo
b m
arke
t. Fo
r al
mos
tth
irty
year
s, I
wor
ked
in th
e lo
gist
ics
indu
stry
, in
all I
wor
ked
for t
hree
of t
he la
rges
t con
glom
erat
es in
the
field
.
And
thre
e tim
es I
was
on
the
losi
ng s
ide
in a
buy
out b
y a
com
petit
or.
The
last
tim
e, a
t the
age
of f
ifty
two,
I kn
ew, t
here
was
n’t
muc
h po
int t
ryin
g fo
r ano
ther
man
ager
ial p
ost,
as y
ou s
ay,
too
old,
pas
t it,
et
al.
Nev
er m
ind
the
thirt
y ye
ars
expe
ri-en
ce, f
it in
min
d an
d bo
dy, s
o I s
tarte
d up
on
my
own,
Ten
year
s la
ter,
I am
stil
l the
re, t
he b
usin
ess
is s
trong
, eve
n in
this
diff
icul
t clim
ate,
hav
e ju
st ta
ken
on tw
o ne
w s
taff,
one
in h
is e
arly
thirt
ies
the
othe
r on
the
brin
k of
six
ty. I
f the
y ar
ego
od, h
ave
the
right
atti
tude
and
wan
t to
wor
k, th
at’s
all
Ias
k.
Sor
ry a
bout
the
prev
ious
con
fusi
on a
nd th
ank
you
for T
heB
lack
brig
ht n
ews.
With
rega
rds.
Rob
ert.
(Sav
anna
h)Ve
rwoo
d, D
orse
t
INSP
IRAT
ION
ALW
ORDS
OF
COLI
N PO
WEL
L
The
less y
ou a
ssoc
iate
with
some
peo
ple, t
he m
ore
your
life
will
impr
ove..
Any
time
you
toler
ate m
edioc
rity in
othe
rs, it
incre
ases
your
med
iocrity
. An i
mpor
tant a
ttribu
te in
succ
ess-
ful pe
ople
is the
ir imp
atien
ce w
ith ne
gativ
e thin
king
and n
eg-
ative
acti
ng p
eople
. A
s yo
u gr
ow,
your
ass
ociat
es w
illch
ange
.. So
me o
f you
r frie
nds
will
not w
ant y
ou to
go
on.
They
will
want
you
to sta
y whe
re th
ey a
re.
Frien
ds th
at do
n’t h
elp yo
u cli
mb w
ill wa
nt yo
u to
crawl
. You
rfrie
nds w
ill str
etch
your
visio
n o
r cho
ke yo
ur d
ream
.. T
hose
that
don’t
inc
reas
e yo
u w
ill ev
entua
lly d
ecre
ase
you..
Cons
ider
this::
Ne
ver
rece
ive c
ouns
el fro
m un
prod
uctiv
epe
ople.
. Nev
er d
iscus
s yo
ur p
roble
ms w
ith s
omeo
ne in
ca-
pable
of c
ontrib
uting
to th
e so
lution
, bec
ause
thos
e wh
one
ver s
ucce
ed th
emse
lves
are
alway
s firs
t to
tell y
ou h
ow..
Not e
veryo
ne ha
s a rig
ht to
spea
k into
your
life..
You
are c
er-
tain t
o get
the w
orst
of the
barg
ain w
hen y
ou ex
chan
ge id
eas
with
the w
rong
per
son..
Don
’t foll
ow an
yone
who
’s no
t goin
gan
ywhe
re. W
ith so
me pe
ople
you s
pend
an ev
ening
: with
oth-
ers
you
inves
t it.
Be
care
ful w
here
you
stop
to in
quire
for
direc
tions
alon
g the
road
of li
fe.. W
ise is
the
perso
n wh
o for
-tifi
es h
is life
with
the
right
friend
ships
. If y
ou ru
n wi
th wo
lves,
you
will l
earn
how
to h
owl. B
ut, if
you
asso
ciate
with
eagle
s,yo
u wi
ll lea
rn h
ow to
soar
to g
reat
heigh
ts. A
mirro
r refl
ects
ama
n’s fa
ce, b
ut wh
at he
is re
ally l
ike is
show
n by
the
kind
offrie
nds
he c
hoos
es..”
Ex
celle
nce
is no
t an
exce
ption
it is
apr
evail
ing a
ttitud
e.”
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A Da
y in a
n Ang
ola(T
rue E
vents
) by
Myr
na Lo
y
Date
: 5 Oc
tobe
r 199
6
The
week just before my birthd
ay wa
san unsettling week for
me.
Th
eMedical
Unit
suspected
a ca
rdia
carrest. Can you imagine? I was
hos
-pitalised, placed on very high
dos
age
of blood
pressure tablets
to re
duce
my blood
pressure from 160
over
12
0to its
present
state
of 130
over
90
.My heart
was
beating
at 130
a mi
nute
instead of the normal 90 and
I was
in
a terrible state. Some say it
is th
ecumulative
effects
of
the
Lari
um(malaria preventative pills)
wh
ile
others seem
to think
it is
st
ress
related. Whatever, I have dec
ided
to
call it a
day
in December
. I
amleaving 18 December to spend an ov
er-
due Christmas in London, with my
fam
-ily
(it’s
been over 3
years)
an
d to
spend
the
New
Year in New
York
.
The
experience here was
a go
od on
e,although I am not sure how it af
fect
-ed me psychologically.
Subc
onsc
ious
ly,
the
restri
ctio
ns of
not
bein
g ab
le
to
go
anyw
here
unes
cort
ed, an
d th
e in
abil
ity to
shu
tyo
urse
lf of
f fo
r“q
uiet
ti
me”
plus
othe
r fa
ctor
s ad
ded
to
th
e st
ress
factor,
not
to
ment
ion
the
pres
-su
re of ex
trac
ting
myse
lf fro
m a si
tuat
ion th
at was
mak
-in
g me
fe
el un
comf
orta
ble.
I
feel
much
be
tter
no
w. I
am of
f th
eta
blet
s th
at we
re me
ant
to as
sist
with
my
br
eath
ing
(I wa
s ga
spin
g fo
rbr
eath
, bu
t no
t wh
eezi
ng).
Lo
okin
gba
ck on
a
part
icul
ar in
cide
nt th
atwa
s no
t fu
nny
at th
e ti
me,
I ca
nsm
ile
at it
on
re
flec
tion
. I
was
inth
e Sa
grad
a Es
pera
nza Ho
spit
al (wh
ich
is a loc
al Lev
el III
hos
pita
l) una
ble
to spe
ak a wor
d of
Por
tugu
ese.
I ha
dbe
en es
cort
ed th
ere
by Po
rtug
uese
spea
king
pa
rame
dics
an
d a
Peru
vian
Doct
or wh
o ex
plai
ned
the
symp
tons
I
was
expe
rien
cing
, an
d th
ey su
bse-
quen
tly
left
me
th
ere
beca
use
it wa
sar
ound
8.
30 in
th
e ev
ening.
A do
ctor
in
th
e ho
spit
al,
afte
rch
ecki
ng my
bl
ood
pres
sure
, im
medi
-at
ely
gave
me
tw
o ca
psul
es to
pu
tun
der
my to
ngue
to
re
duce
th
e bl
ood
pres
sure
. I
was
then
give
n an
EK
G.Af
ter
the
EKG,
be
caus
e we
co
uld
not
unde
rsta
nd ea
ch ot
her,
we
we
re us
ing
sign
la
ngua
ge..
I
need
ed so
meth
ing
for
my he
adac
he,
and
she
was
putt
ing
her ha
nds ac
ross
her
heart
and
poi
nt-
ing
the
whee
lcha
ir.
I
imme
diat
ely
tran
slat
ed he
r si
gn la
ngua
ge to
me
an“o
pen
hear
t su
rger
y” an
d wh
ispe
red
asi
lent
pr
ayer
. Of
f th
ey ca
rted
me
,ou
tsid
e th
e ho
spit
al pus
hed by
a man
,up
an
d do
wn so
me sl
opes
(n
o mo
dern
tech
nolo
gy),
out
side
of th
e ho
spit
al.
Stre
et li
ghts
di
rect
ed us to
an
othe
rbu
ildi
ng. I as
ked to
use
the ba
thro
om, an
d it
was
then
I
saw
some
thin
gth
at I
coul
d tr
ansl
ate
as
being
Radiography
(bec
ause
th
e sp
elli
ngwa
s si
milar)
an
d fe
ltre
liev
ed.
I
assu
med
at12
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that point
that I
was
going
to ha
vewas
an x-ray, and
I was
right.
I had
the
x-ray, and
as I
left
, th
elittle English
she
knew as “I
wi
shyou luck — God bless you”. I sp
ent
the whole night in the emergen
cy roo
mwondering. My headache wa
s st
ill
pounding —
they wanted to gi
ve me
an
injection
in bottom to re
duce
th
ediscomfort (how does one
conn
ect
one
with the other?), but I had an
inj
ec-
tion earlie
r which
was
so pa
infu
lthat
I
decided
to
suffer
the
headache.
I suffered that he
adac
heall
night
until
I reached
a po
int
where
I wanted the
injectio
n, bu
tthey were being
spiteful,
or so
I
imagined.
I
pointed
to my mo
uth
and
then to my head meaning
that
I
want
-ed a
tablet for
my headache bu
t th
eydidn’t giv
e me one. When the
y to
ok my
blood
pres
sure
and
realiz
ed
that
despite the capsules, it had
not
sta
-bilised
they decided
to gi
ve me
a
tranquillizer
which
seemed to
re
duce
my headache.
Finally, after
a series of ch
ecks
, I
was
allowe
d to go ‘home’ af
ter
afinal check with the cardiolog
ist.
I
was
given
five days off
work.
The
social
activities are
on th
edecline, and
I intend spendi
ng mo
stof my time at work for
the
next
co
u-ple of months pending my repat
riat
ion
on the
18th
.
Less
of
this
stuff.
It
wa
smy
birthday
last
Sunday,
and
let
me
share
with
yo
uhow I sp
ent it
.
It started
off
on Friday ni
ght
when
I was
taken
to an exclusive
rest
au-
rant by a good friend of mine an
d he
rcompanion. It was
downtown,
and
the
restaurant was
amidst plants
an
d a
setting
of antique
furnitur
e co
n-trasted
with dashes of colour
on
th
ewalls
- highlighted
by fl
ores
cent
13
bulb
s.
The
man
poin
ted
to t
he s
alad
bar
, an
dit
lo
oked
de
lici
ous.
Not
want
ing
tosp
oil
our
appe
tite
, we
pu
t a
mode
stam
ount
on ou
r pl
ates
, we
nt bac
k to
the
tabl
e an
d de
cide
d to
orde
r th
e ma
inco
urse
, wh
ich
vari
ed b
etwe
en l
obst
er,
shri
mp a
nd s
teak
. W
e had
two
bott
les
of wi
ne,
the
bill
ca
me up
to
US
$200
incl
udin
g th
e ti
p (i
n 1996
!!!)
. We
had
fail
ed to
re
alis
e, an
d be
caus
eth
ere
was
no
Port
uguese
Sp
eaki
ngwa
iter
s, th
at th
e sa
lad
bar
cons
ti-
tute
d an
“Ea
t as
Muc
h as
you
lik
e fo
r$4
5!” ma
in cou
rse.
We
saw a man
wal
k-in
g ar
ound
wit
h be
ef o
n a
skew
er,
and
wond
ered
ho
w we
co
uld
enjo
y so
me of
that
an
d di
dn’t
re
aliz
e th
at it
wa
sal
so a
par
t of
the
eat
as
much
as
you
like
of
, or
fi
sh ac
comp
anyi
ng th
esa
lad
bar.
So
we
, as
they
sa
y “g
otdo
ne”
We
had
orde
red
two
main
cou
rs-
es,
that
was
why
it
was
so e
xpen
sive
.Re
alis
ing
our
erro
r, i
t co
uld
be c
on-
side
red
a re
ason
ably
pric
ed re
stau
-ra
nt!
My fr
iend
’s co
mpan
ion
didn
’t qu
iver
,bu
t ge
nero
usly
sai
d: “
I’ll
pay
it,
no
prob
lem,
thi
s is
not
hing
for
a b
irth
-da
y -
in Ru
ssia
we
sp
end
thou
sand
swh
en i
t is
som
eone
’s b
irth
day
(he
was
Russ
ian)
so
Ceci
le
look
ed
at
me,
beca
use
she
had
inte
nded
pa
ying
fo
rmy
bi
rthd
ay an
d I
look
ed at
he
r, an
dwe
bo
th sh
rugg
ed si
multan
eous
ly,
and
thou
ght
“how
ni
ce”
- it
wa
s a
very
nice
ge
stur
e.
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Photo
of li
ttle g
irl by
Garfi
eld H
allBa
ck Co
ver b
y Lak
shmi
Nara
yan G
upta
14
On t
he S
aturday
before m
y birt
hday
, I
went i
nto
work f
or a
couple
of h
ours
,and
then went home to clean
my co
n-ta
iner inside and
out. We have
th
ese
awful
bedsheets
and
grey
flan
nel
blankets on our
beds,
so when
a
girl
(who had
just returned from
Ke
nya)
was
gifted a
bedspread w
hich s
he d
id-
n’t
like i
t, I
immediately s
eize
d th
eop
portunity
to ask
if I
could
buy
itof
f her. She
said yes, so I
put
iton
my bed
and
it looked love
ly.
In t
he e
veni
ng w
e had
been i
nvit
ed t
otw
o parties. Someone
was
pick
ing
usup
at 8.30
p.m. to take us
to
th
efi
rst
part
y and
then we inte
nded
to
find o
ur o
wn w
ay t
o the
seco
nd p
arty
.Wh
en we we
nt to the
first
part
y, it
wasn’t really our type of part
y. Th
eywe
re playin
g music
by Jimi He
ndri
x,Le
nny
Kravitz, and
some ar
tist
s I
hadn’t heard
of.
We left th
ere
and
went to an
other
party, but
I ju
stwa
nted to see my birthday in wit
h sp
e-ci
al friends, and
I did. On
Su
nday
,a
minute past midnight,
we op
ened
a
bottle of Asti Spumante whic
h wa
s a
luxury in Angola.
Sunday (dur
ing
the
day) went
pr
etty
quickly. I
made breakfast
for
mygi
rlfriend Cecile —
it was
the
only
way I could get her out of bed
at 7.
00a.
m.,
and
then I
went
to w
ork
to m
ake
some c
alls t
o England, b
ut I
cou
ldn’
tge
t an outs
ide
line.
Cecile had
invited
me for
lunc
h, so
after
lunch
we went to th
e UN
AVEM
Social c
lub
for
a drink
and
a ga
me o
fdo
minoes,
went for
a walk,
and
got
home around
4.30 p.m.
In t
he e
veni
ng,
I had
been i
nvit
ed t
oa
Vietname
se
Restaurant,
by
col-
leagues
in the
Personnel
Sect
ion.
I
had
been
there
once
before
—
the
food
was
excellent.
This ti
me,
Idon’t
know
if
subcon-
scio
usly
I
was
comp
aring
it to
th
edi
nner
we
ha
d th
e pr
evio
us Fr
iday
,bu
t it
was
of ve
ry low
calib
re in co
m-pa
riso
n. Ho
weve
r, I
was
with
ve
rygo
od fr
iend
s wh
o wa
nted
to
gi
ve me
a
good
ti
me,
and
they
di
d.
I re
ally
ha
d a
wond
erful
birt
hday
.Th
e fr
iend
s I
have
ma
de he
re,
have
made
up
fo
r no
t ha
ving
a
fami
lyar
ound
. I
am ve
ry lu
cky.
I
am ba
ckto
a
clea
n bi
ll of
he
alth
.
I am
lo
okin
g fo
rwar
d to
le
avin
g.Mi
ssio
n li
fe is
no
t for
me,
ever
y-th
ing
is so
tr
ansi
tory
, on
e ca
nnot
get
one’
s te
eth
into
an
ythi
ng su
b-st
anti
al or
me
anin
gful
.
(Writ
ten
by M
yrna
Loy
whi
le in
Ang
ola)
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