TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS YOU MAY HAVE TO INTERPRET, AND BRING INTO REALITY, THE DREAMS OF OTHERS.

You have graduated from University, earning that higher degree that you have always longed for. You did very well, graduating at the top of your class. Everyone you meet you tell them,  “I am going to do great things in my field of study, I will be climbing the ladder of success heading straight to the top because the industry needs me!”

A reality check kicks in when after sending out hundreds of resumes

Achieving your dreams.

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Everyone has a dream. If you do not have a dream then you are dead and already buried. Every single person has a dream inside of them. A dream that sometimes lies dormant due to our own insecurities and lack of opportunities. All it takes for a dream to be manifested is an opportunity. An opportunity to showcase your gifts and talents, hoping that someone somewhere will see your potential. Just like a basketball player in High School who dribbles the ball and scores against all odds hoping that a Basketball Scout is in the stands watching so that he or she may obtain that valuable scholarship, you have to be ready for that opportunity. You have to want your dream to come through, you cannot just sit and expect an opportunity to just drop in your lap. You have to work at it. It has been said that "opportunity knocks once", so this means that we are to be in a state of expectation at all times for this opportunity. We cannot be sleeping when opportunity comes knocking so some of us have learned to forego the natural desire of sleep in order to achieve our dreams. Some of us have also had to make serious financial sacrifices as well as sacrificing quality family time in our quest towards success. The rewards, if we endure our struggles, are always great. The sense of satisfaction that we get from our achievements will hopefully outweigh all our sacrifices. This sense of satisfaction, however, is only achievable if we include our loved ones and friends on our journey.

I declare that I will achieve my dreams. I will seek out opportunities to achieve my dreams and, best of all, I have become a light sleeper so that no matter what time of the day, or night, that opportunity stops by, he or she will not catch me napping!

The Role of the Artist Manager in Negotiating the Recording Contract

 I find the negotiations of contracts in the music industry to be a very fascinating subject. I have always wondered about who really took charge of these negotiations, was it the Artist, the Artist Manager or the hired Entertainment Lawyer? I wondered

Wanted: A Development Program for Future Jamaican Athletes

The World Championships are over, preparations have started in earnest for the 2016 Olympics. It is such a pity that in 2015 some Jamaican athletes are still being treated 'despicably' by the powers that be. One would think that when Asafa Powell

JAMAICAN YARD SAGA: NUH WHEY NUH BETTA DAN YARD!

Before sports became the darling of the Jamaican culture, music was the centre stage of all enjoyment...reggae music took Jamaica to the world stage via Jimmy Cliff, Millie Small, Desmond Dekker and Bob Marley. From my little place in Kingston 13, Channel One ruled on Maxfield Avenue. You could stay at the bottom of Waltham Park Road and hear the music thumping not to mention the other HiFis in the area, plus my home stereo....lol....All genre of music was played on the street where I grew up and neighbors would try to outdo each other....it was fun.

 When Big Dances in the area became the norm, my friends and I would try to find some excuse to go up the road (Maxfield Avenue).....King Stur Gav HiFi (Stereograph), Kilamanjaro, Jah Love, Stereophonic, Stone Love, King Tubby, Black Scorpio, Afrique, Silver Hawk and Metro Media, to name a few, were the sound systems that played good music. Loved when Silver Hawk 'string up' and they would play "The Hawk, the Hawk is coming through".....Afrique had a signature tune too, once they started playing it everyone knew that Afrique was in the area!

By the time I moved to Portmore in St. Catherine, it was a new musical experience. This was my introduction to 'House Parties', every weekend there was a party in Edgewater, Bridgeport, Independence City and Passage Fort! We would walk from party to party...yes walk...the good old days. Sounds like Xanadu and Love Child were assured of their following. I remember one time at a party in Edgewater we were alerted to the time only because we heard roosters crowing.....DWL....in those times there was no Noise Abatement Act....you just turn down the music a little and tell your neighbors that you'll soon 'lock off de set'....lol.....
Then there was Rae Town on a Sunday Night...oldies ruled. Persons from Uptown and Downtown and Cross de Waters mixed up just by the power of music....good times...I remember my relatives coming from overseas wanting to go there just to enjoy real good Jamaican music. Passa Passa on Spanish Town Road where Dancehall Music reigned. Fun and laughter and persons having a good time were the order of the night and morning too.  Once again Uptown and Downtown and Cross de Waters mixed up just by the power of music. With the addition of overseas guests, the Japanese and Europeans, it became a blast and a great money earner. This mid week occasion held every Wednesday, however, was a traffic deterrent to persons traversing the route to go about their business on a Thursday morning. It was not fun or laughter for these persons.

The Uptowners now have their own thing depending on the day of the week. Weddy Weddy Wednesdays etc.

Fast forward to today, Jamaican sports icons, like every Jamaican you meet, love their reggae music. We cheer when we see them at the Athletic Meets, the World Games and the Olympics, dancing the latest reggae moves and 'singing' the latest reggae songs. The crowds roar when they see this. Jamaican music is a brand that is expected of Jamaicans everywhere they go. This euphoria however is not expected to carry over to where one lives according to the latest Jinx report.

I stay bolted to see what transpires from this latest saga.....Still....nuh whey nuh betta dan yard..

HAPPY 4/20

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We are JAMAICANS.....We entertain visitors and make them feel special.

The President's upcoming visit reminds me of when I was a child and heard that an uncle or auntie was coming from America and were going to stay with us. It was spring cleaning time no matter what the season (yeah we have none).

Cobweb teck dung, windows clean, best linen teck out fram de chest, not to mention the good crockery whey always pon show in a de cabinet. The board floor clean wid spirit and bismack, it shine so till yu cudda see yu face in a it. The garden must tidy up...all de old junk whey nah trouble nobaddy dash whey out a street. Granny guh market and buy de prettiest fruit and vegetables...yes man....nuff meat and fish fe two weeks, no more bush tea and crackers and gold seal margarine. Strictly cocoa tea and bread wid anchor butta! Ice cream, jello set and we better deh pon we best behavior even doh we kno say no beating till dem gone back a foreign. Mama used to gi wi de look whey say "jes wait till dem leave...mi and oonu baxcide!".....Yes we did poor...but Mama meck sure she ask fe har partner draw from de banker so she can buy new curtains and meck sure the house have food. My mama always say we must treat we guest properly because is not wha dem bring come fe yu....is wha dem leave wid. Yes....nobaddy caan say dat when dem come stay wid we dat we house did dutty and we neva gi dem food fe nyam. Nobaddy can eva say we neva teck de time fe up an dung wid dem. Nobaddy caan say we neva gi up we bed fe meck dem comfatable. Even doh sometimes we feel vex becaz we did ask Mama fe suppen and we nuh get it because she say she nuh have nuh money an we see how all of a sudden she find money fe pretty up de place and buy big food. But guess wha? wen de foreigner reach a yard an de smell of foreign permeates de air, nutten sweet so! Mi did love wen dem open dem suitcase in front a yu an say, "This is for you! Me bought it especially fe you!".....An wen dem start to talk wid de American accent mix up wid de patois! Lawks! nuff time we haffe hide we face so dat Mama nuh see de laugh pon it....WOOIIEE!...Yes pawper....nutten nuh nicer dan wen foreigner come fe visit. Mama neva yet talk bout de money whey she spend, she just glad fe see har family an show off bout how har pickney dem doing well in school.

As an adult, I carry on this family tradition. My house smiles whenever someone is coming to visit because it knows it will be thoroughly cleaned....lol....Nothing is too good for me to prepare for my family and friends. Yes money could be better spent on something else but guess what? What is a few dollars in comparison to harmony and unity amongst family and friends.
I am thankful that my Jamaica is being spruced up, regardless of it being because of the President. Some of us are secretly happy. At least we won't be ashamed to take anyone home anymore.

-SadaBlue-

BIKE BACK VIBES....

Remembering by days as a pillion rider.

BEING JAMAICAN

Stirring the pot.

Quotes & photo are taken from the Internet (www.google.com/blackamericanimages, Brainyquotes.com). I take the credit for adding the text (using apps) to this photo.

SMS Quotes - SadaBlue