And Still I Rise

Gas price will now be upwards of 14 ECD or little over 5 USD. Lawd have mercy! Looks as if it will be cheaper to take the bus or get those walking boots. If only I weren't so lazy but maybe necessity will make me the busiest person in Vincyland. Seriously though, I find times are changing a little too fast for me. It seems as if I am getting nostalgic for so many things and am not even that old. Oh well,what's a girl to do?

I don't have any nude Keisha Knight Pulliam(aka Rudy of the Cosby Show) pictures on my site. You can stop looking now

What's up Jamaica,18 murders on the weekend? Stop it,JA

Two persons shot today in Vincy..Am relieved no deaths..but put down the guns nah

Different is not deficient.Different is just Different..Jeremiah Wright gets it

How sick does one have to be to make their flesh and blood a sex slave? I say make the same cellar Mr Fritzl's jail

Where in the world is Miss Melody?

R Kelly's "I wish" always makes me teary

All Flavor Flav junkies need to read Cali-J's recap

Exams suck..Thankfully,they will soon be over

As if one is not idle enough Facebook has introduced chat

Watch this space for an announcement

Our Prime Minister has said there is no food crisis on our shores and that may be so. However, there is no denying that cost of living has increased sharply which means that shopping is becoming quite an art. Everytime you go to a supermarket there is amazement at the bill in relation to the few items on the counter.

Suddenly, my friends who used to be so amazed that I don't go to the hairdresser to have my hair washed are realising they can do it themselves. Yes, rising prices and shrinking disposable incomes are slowly forcing us to re-evaluate the way we do things. LIAT has already ensured that the weekend trips to Barbados, St Lucia etc have been drastically reduced.

We have also agreed in principle to cut down the canned foods we buy. Right now,local juices made from whatever we have planted are the new JU-C( a soda for my non Vincy friends).Generally, we have no choice but to conserve resources especially when you see the electricity bill escalating. Don't ask me to turn off the PC though:). Anyway, I am finally realising what it meant when the elders said a time will come when one will have money and not be able to buy.

When one speaks of crime there are always some theories thrown around regarding its cause. People speak of poverty, breakdown in family values,the instant gratification sought by the young/materialism and lately the isssue of deportees and the linkage with rising hunger.

Last year we had 36 homicides and so far I think we have 8. When we hear of gun related crimes we tend to feel safe as we tell ourselves that we are not part of the gun or drug scene. Then last Wednesday,we heard of a body found buried in a shallow grave in the Belair cemetery and realised that no one is really safe. Here was a woman, retired public servant who according to the rumors gave someone a ride and never made it home.

It's particulary upsetting because just last Sunday, my girlfriends and I had to stop on the road and ask a guy to tighten the car wheel for us. We were so reluctant to do it but then there was the greater danger to consider. Since the latest homicide we just keep thinking that we easily could have come to some harm as well. Yes, we didn't but we trusted someone and that could have turned out to be a fatal error.

I don't even know what's next. Maybe,we have to become gun toting citizens and invest in personal security measures. It's a scary situation which seems like it will get worse before it gets better.