Island Girl
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Location | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | It is often said that there are more Jamaicans outside of the country than inside the country. I am one such outside Jamaican…a Jamaican in the Diaspora. I am proud to be Jamaican. I love my country, the people, culture and beautiful environment. I hope this blog captures that love and concern for my country as I muse from a distance on the goings on there. I also hope to share my thoughts on life, random interests and future travels (somewhere in Japan first). My blog is called “Talk Jamaican” because in my time living overseas I’ve always found it interesting and amusing how many people have asked the island girl to talk Jamaican for them. Of course, they meant for me to bruk out in a likkle patwa and cuss a few claats for their amusement. True, that can be fun but I prefer to talk Jamaican as a person in the Diaspora sharing my point of view on life from that perspective. I hope you want to share my Journey with me. |
| Interests | Politics, government, development issues, movies, music, going to the beach and family. |
| Favorite movies | Breakfast at Tiffanys, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Hotel Rwanda, Dirty Pretty Things, City of God, Matrix, X-men, Spiderman, Lord of the Rings, Tsotsi, Memoirs of a Geisha |
| Favorite music | Favorite Music Genres: Rock, Alternative, Dancehall, Gospel, Religious, Pop All Time Favorite Artists / Bands: Buju Banton, The Temptations, The O'jays, Maroon 5, No Doubt, Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty, Bob Marley, Nat King Cole, Bryan Adams, Spragga Benz, Baby Cham, Beres Hammond |
| Favorite books | The Bible, Lady Chatterly's Lover, anything by John Grisham and Stephen King, Lilith's Brood - Octavia Butler, Chronicles of Narnia, The Language of God - A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Ishmael Beah - A Long Way Gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier |