Andrea Chung - mixed media artist from Jamaica

Ok, so before I even left for Jamaica I had planned to take a bunch of pictures during my trip to post here on Tumblr. HOWEVER, the night before I left my camera dropped and fell on the lens and broke it. And so, a lot of the pictures I took came out kind of crappy, but I got a few good pictures from a farm I visited in Saint Ann Parish. 

                                          SUGARCANE!!!

 

My family is planning to go back next year for Independence being that Jamaica will be celebrating 50 years of Independence. Also, my dad is from Clarendon so we’ll be going back there to visit friends and family and to go to The Denbigh Agricultural Show. 

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Last week, President Barack Obama delivered remarks on the way forward in Afghanistan. President Obama said:

“…In one of the most difficult decisions that I’ve made as President, I ordered an additional 30,000 American troops into Afghanistan. When I announced this surge at West Point, we set clear objectives: to refocus on al Qaeda, to reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country. I also made it clear that our commitment would not be open-ended, and that we would begin to draw down our forces this July.

“Tonight, I can tell you that we are fulfilling that commitment. Thanks to our extraordinary men and women in uniform, our civilian personnel, and our many coalition partners, we are… more »

Mom went to Jamaica today, wonder if she landed yet. Miss my mommy 

Andrea Chung - mixed media artist from Jamaica

Protoje - 7 Year Itch Sampler

He said he was flexin’ his muscles. Haha

I wish my memories didn’t haunt me. I wish I wasn’t constantly drowning in a sea of nostalgia. Wishing I was in the past, just to feel that unstoppable glimpse of happiness. You know where in that moment you feel like nothing could ever go wrong yet you know nothing could ever feel that great. There’s so much I want and deserve in life and it’s like I can’t grasp it. It feels so far away and just going back to the past would be easier. But yet we must keep moving forward as if the hands of time would stop for us in these moments we wish to keep forever. What I want changes all the time. Right now I want to be sitting on the beach, with a light thunderstorm brewing in the distance. Wearing a light sweatshirt even though the humidity keeps you rather warm. But I want you beside me. I want to just stare at the lightning and listen to your voice. Smell the scent of your skin and the aroma of the rain in the air. I want best friends I can count on like I used to have. I want someone to go on late night adventures with and tell anything to. Fuck, I want the people I love the most to be close to me. I want to be doing something I love and not feel like I keep wasting my time despite the fact I’m young. And honestly what I want most of all is to stop feeling tired. And not the kind of tired where you could sleep for days, the kind of tired where you want so much, you’re exhausted just thinking about it. Yeah, I want to stop feeling tired.

Let me down easy

Gols de Jamaica 2x0 Guatemala - Copa Ouro 10-06-2011

Definitely when I was in Jamaica at the Grand Palladium Hotel, I felt like I was on top of the world. I mean, it was just so awesome! I had never been to a hotel before, much less a 5-star hotel, so I was tremendously satisfied and pretty much always happy. With the all-you-can-eat buffets, bars in the pool, endless sun and beautiful landscaping, you had to be insane to not enjoy yourself. Plus, I had my family with me, so it was all the more fun.

Basically, I suggest that everyone on this earth go to Jamaica and go to a 5-star hotel (preferably there) because you will be deliriously joyful. Deliriously.

Call me Stella. I got my groove back.

I literally was stunned by the realization when I made this mental connection. My life resembled a movie. I mean, I go off to this exotic place, meet this dark skinned, sexy younger guy and just like that there is a spark. He changed me a bit too lol. 

He changed me, not in this huge, dramatic way; but in the sense of letting go and being free with my feelings. Last thing I wanted was for me to get emotionally involved with anyone at the moment. Not yet. Not with so much uncertainty. Instead I found myself completely open. I was loud. I was expressive. Honestly, I have no idea what will happen next and if nothing comes of it, I’ll just swallow it up and move on, looking back occasionally with a smile.

Hair’s getting longer

Protoje - 7 Year Itch Sampler

Sinkhole in Guatemala 2010

The Guatemala sinkhole opened up on Sunday in Guatemala City following a drenching by tropical storm Agatha. The sinkhole is 60 meter deep and approximately 30 meter radius according to reports. People in the area said that the sinkhole had been caused by the poor underground waste drainage system. According to scientists, this situation happens from time to time when major storms come. It is due to the unstable geology.



Guatemala sinkhole has killed more than 100 people and a man was killed when the building was dropped down because it opened so widely and so quickly. According to some reports 54 people are missing and many are in temporary shelters.

The picture was released by the government of Guatemala upon realizing the fact that a Guatemala sinkhole was actually existing after the hit.