Why aren't most Jamaicans and WI peeps for that matter

[britisha]

naah goh back whey dem cum fram?

mimembah when our dear boardie who haawdly posts, hanless a handah wan nedda moniker...when shi visit yaawd and seh so much nice things about home.

Mi a wandah hiff annie a oonoh wuddah go back home.

Mi coworkers and frens from Dom. Rep.. Ayitee, TnT, Russia etc seh dem naah goh back whey dem cum fram..


Well, mi fraid a guns and gunman, but if mi fi goh back mi wuddah haffie bi well fortified...interpret dat annie way yuh want...

mi deyah a liss'n to 106Fm an nostalgia tek mi agen..

Mi miss mi friens and famblie whey leff deh...there is someting bout di rock that farrin life cannot ever fulfil. Even hiff a piece a red herrring an wan fingah a banana mi have fi brekfuss, right now it wuddah alrite wid mi....mi was nevah a foody foody smaddie, an it noh tek much fi feed mi.

Mi miss di closeness of mi peeeps, how easy it is tuh mek frens even hiff dem a look sinting, yuh know dem will bi stopping by..

Mi waan goh home.

If mi goh back, mi noh haffie pay rent, and enuff food deh pan di proparty fi feed mi...so wha mi a duh a backra land?

[Emperah]

Re: Why aren't most Jamaicans and WI peeps for that matter

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[uswe]

Re: Why aren't most Jamaicans and WI peeps for that matter

Britisha, you are jamaicans.com's very own Miss Lou

[neutral]

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Britisha I think this question has been asked on here a few times,personally my views on it has changed over the years as jamaica has continue to change,civil liberties has changed,the political landscape has changed,the whole society has changed,even in rural parts where you could once rely on a safe haven it`s no longer the case.

We who have left donkey`s years ago can look back with nostalgia but the jamaica we left and the reality of what it has become are two entirely different entities.
I wouldnt mind going back for a few months to chill out,eat some food,listen to some music,relax by the sea,and generally get back to my roots,but I cant see myself investing any money on a long term basis to build a house or settle there permanently,....unless some dynamic new leader took over and changed things radically.

[Nunya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

We who have left donkey`s years ago can look back with nostalgia but the jamaica we left and the reality of what it has become are two entirely different entities.</div></div>

When hawd life used to tek mi up yah, di fus ting outta mi madda mout when mi call an tell har, was 'Come home'... and den she ooda list alla de benefits a yawd whe farrin cyaa provide.

Whe day mi call har an a tell har how hawd life a knock mi up yah, de fus ting outta har mout is, 'Doan even badda tink bout coming back yah! Is not de same...'

Bwoy, mi cannot even begin to express how dat de statement affeck mi...

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Britisha I think this question has been asked on here a few times,personally my views on it has changed over the years as jamaica has continue to change,civil liberties has changed,the political landscape has changed,the whole society has changed,even in rural parts where you could once rely on a safe haven it`s no longer the case.

We who have left donkey`s years ago can look back with nostalgia but the jamaica we left and the reality of what it has become are two entirely different entities.
I wouldnt mind going back for a few months to chill out,eat some food,listen to some music,relax by the sea,and generally get back to my roots,but I cant see myself investing any money on a long term basis to build a house or settle there permanently,....unless some dynamic new leader took over and changed things radically.
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Yes Neutral, a chroo yuh a talk..

Someboddie a ask disyah kwestian ovah and ovah and ovah agen; but it nevah get too tyad or owl; for mi a tel yuh...when mi hear di radio pan di net, mi did juss leff fi bawl,,,mi een yah a look out dah windah..tv aawn, radio awwn, but no sun innah di sky...glooomy..an di kwestian lick mi agen.

It is as if mi a look approval, it is as if mi a wait fi hear someboddie seh, everything criss and okiedokie a yaawd, no mine wha yuh a hear an read bout, it okay fi come home. come back to yuh sweetie-cum-brush mi, noh lissn't tuh dem.....

...Nat even to di fambly dem whey tel mi arreddi seh di kuntrie changed as yuh seh fi real, but Laawd knows, mi feel fi trade di watah boots, coats and Metro and paawking lots fi some straw sandal, shaawts, tie head, han'caawt an minibus...mi waan fi go home..

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nunya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
When hawd life used to tek mi up yah, di fus ting outta mi madda mout when mi call an tell har, was 'Come home'... and den she ooda list alla de benefits a yawd whe farrin cyaa provide.

Whe day mi call har an a tell har how hawd life a knock mi up yah, de fus ting outta har mout is, 'Doan even badda tink bout coming back yah! Is not de same...'

Bwoy, mi cannot even begin to express how dat de statement affeck mi...
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Funny but at the same time a good example of what Neutral is saying...

It really scary when friends and family tell you not to badda think of coming back home..

Laawd

Diss juss mek mi more homesick..

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: uswe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Britisha, you are jamaicans.com's very own Miss Lou </div></div>

What a compliment..Oh my King!!::

Ja.com needs to revert to those days when patois was boss aaawn yah.. ..and ppl used to laff more.


When yuh a talk bout yaawd, nutt'n noh sweetah dan labrishing innah di dialeck..somehow mi feel it put the readers in touch wid fimi feelings....if dem fi jerk a tear, as some had me do, dem will, and hiff dem fi buss alaff, dere it is..

(((Uswe))

[Panajar]

Re: Why aren't most Jamaicans and WI peeps for that matter

gu back a yu yard if yu want to. no mek nobady change u mind
whole heap a fariner a go de go enjoy yu homeland . if it su bad
what mek so much farina dung de a run bisness .ondly ting yu need is a way fe mek a livin . dem a buy up all a the beach land.
dem even get legal gun fe protect them self.

[britisha]

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Dahjah, a whole heap a Africans seh dem nahhh goh back a Africa neidah...wha mek??

btw. When do you plan on going back to Africa? soon?

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Panajar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">gu back a yu yard if yu want to. no mek nobady change u mind
whole heap a fariner a go de go enjoy yu homeland . if it su bad
what mek so much farina dung de a run bisness .ondly ting yu need is a way fe mek a livin . dem a buy up all a the beach land.
dem even get legal gun fe protect them self. </div></div>


(((Panajar)))

Dat crass mi mind tuh.

A whole heap a Jamaicans die a farrin, right innah di hood where I am now hiding...some a wi a run fram dying, and cum a farrin cum meet ie still...what an Irony!!

[Blackstar*]

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Maybe the returnees could turn the country around.

[neutral]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Maybe the returnees could turn the country around. </div></div>


Ideally this would be the outcome,however,some returnees has suggester that they have regrets about moving back,my mother being one of them.
Apart from the crime situation,the intermittent electricity cuts,the rip offs,and the expectation that because you are a returnee you are wealthy,not to mention the many inconveniences,... there is also a big boredom factor for people who have lived abroad,...not being able to book a restaurant and have a nice meal out,go to the theatre to watch a play,or opera,...go to the cinema,an efficient public transportation system,.....if you`ve lived abroad for a very long time after a time the little inconveniences can add up and make life miserable.

[julie*mango]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Mi miss di closeness of mi peeeps, how easy it is tuh mek frens even hiff dem a look sinting, yuh know dem will bi stopping by..


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so true

[tsophra]

Re: Why aren't most Jamaicans and WI peeps for that matter

i think a lot of people don't go home because they don't believe they have enough money to live independently..