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to see out betta climes, has it paid off? how much r u worth? would u have done better back in Ja or has the decision to migrate paid off?...what have u gained, lost or evened out? curious to see if any willing to evaluate dem decision n share......
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Well I leave my house and sometimes I don't bother to lock the place up. I sleep in a room that has no bars on the windows, so just for that reason alone I believe I'm better off a farrin. -
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I lived in a place of beauty and wonder and did not have the wear with it all to appriciate it or the time to notice the fragrance of the mango flower or the smell of the piemento blossom....
When left I was a day labourer... a small farmer...I wasn't qualified to chap cane a Flarida!!!!.. a number of people wanted to hurt me over various agricultural crops.. in the last year I lost 5 mada goats, half a ton of pimento to pre-dial lawsney. a church captured part of mi lan.....I could not get any job...I could not afford to further my education..Fiya bun dung mi last square ah onions and roasted live my five mother cows and calves.... (U evr watch ur animL DIE in an inferno and hear people laugh bout it hurts....nothing can hurt after that.....)
I lived in a place with no electricity, cooked with wood...... sounds like the theme of a country and western song.. But as miss lou put it.. bad luckid woss dan obeah,,,So when a oppertuniuty came to go central america I took it.. .,and have grown bcause of the experience...
A look at my assets at the moment...and think I done well.. not brilliant..just better than I could in Jamaica. Another ten years I should be comfortable, but the fates may yet destroy me...... I was having a conversation with my mother on this subject as I had to take up more of her up keep because of one of those immigrant narratives of family trust and over inflated egos..., I can do it without it hurting my life style.. but may impinge on my long term comfort...
Financially yes I am....culturally yes I have lived and worked on five of the six continents, fought wars, been involved in a project that increased a countries GDP by 100 %, done research, have had four separate careers mercenary, scientists, Manager, Engineer, , I lived in a placed
spiritually well the gods are dead!
socially I dont think so....i could do ith more friends....but that is my nature I will be as Johhny Cash put it " a solitary man" even if I stayed ah yard...Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">to see out betta climes, has it paid off? how much r u worth? would u have done better back in Ja or has the decision to migrate paid off?...what have u gained, lost or evened out? curious to see if any willing to evaluate dem decision n share...... </div></div>
I would have done well or better in Jamaica, but it likely I would have been dead as well!Comment
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You write like a poet. I have done ok, though you would not know it by the way I live. I had a consulting job that took me all over the States and though I have a different job now and am settled in one location for a bit I still choose to live simply. I feel like too much stuff ties you down and that this does not quite feel like home so why bother. And yes socially I feel like I could/should do better but that was my nature back a yard. Professionally I am happier here, but socially I was happier in Jamaica. Oh to have your cake and eat it too. I would love to get to the point where I can financially live in any country/continent I want for a few months out of the year if I so choose.Comment
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Unfortunately the decision to leave Jamaica was not mine....
The power to earn here is not mine
The day I return to Jamaica is not mine either....!
I just know I extended my life by been here and will possibly shorten it when i go home.Comment
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I dare not ask how or why...but that has got to suck!Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TreyJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dare not ask how or why...but that has got to suck! </div></div>..a lot!Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TreyJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I still choose to live simply. I feel like too much stuff ties you down </div></div>
That's me! While I can admire nice things, I can certainly do without them. My sisters don't understand this. They look at what I don't have and say that I would've been better off if I'd stayed in Jamaica.
I've had a lot here (more than I sometimes care to think about) and I've lost it all. Losing it all brought home to me that I shouldn't get attached to things. Things don't define me. But this was a lesson I learnt only after I migrated. As a girl in Jamaica, I wanted it all. When I was set to come here, my family and friends said, ''Now you're going to <span style="font-style: italic">have</span> it all.''
I met my husband here - a man I love so much, sometimes it stops me in wonder. I had my son here, and <span style="font-style: italic">he</span> became my new definition. Would these things have happened to me if I'd stayed in Jamaica?
Conversely I've missed out on so many family happenings. I missed seeing my nieces and nephews grow up, my parents age, my siblings' accomplishments. Sometimes I am sick of hearing about it all second hand.
But I balance that loss against the gain of finding me. I found a strength I did not know I possessed, when I had to day in and day out deal with racism. I found out I am more than 'just' black and immigrant. I am more than just female.
The strength that came as a result of the daily lessons that only Canada can provide, is invaluable.
Some days I am sorry I ever came here. Other days I don't mind it so much. Did I better my self? I did. At great sacrifice.Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">how much r u worth?</div></div>
wisdom is better than silver and gold...
if you are speaking of monetary terms--- i would never measure human worth based on money;
jamaica would be a richer life, but the big boys have a stranglehold...their aim is to totally enslave the world so that one can only live by earning a money wage...
the destruction of lifeComment
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I have stuck gold in everything here. no, i don't miss anything back a yard.
i would never return to live a yard neither do i plan to live america much longer.
it was the best decision of my life.Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: foolya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I have stuck gold in everything here. </div></div>
I have stuck gold .....not in everything, but some things......But it was the same in Jamaica. Get it, then lose it...through no fault of mine.
I have gained immense knowledge...though that will remain for the rest of mine time on the firmament.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Timely topic</span> ...because I am soon to be on the hops again......First night as soon as I went out to test-ride the Skate someone tried to break in the gates.
I guess a word to wise is good as command!Comment
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