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14 September, 2010

My Top 5 Most Tasty Cuisines in the World








1)Caribbean cuisine:the best,Love it for its clutter, consist of African, Amerindian, British, Spanish, French, Dutch, Indian, and Chinese cuisine. Popular Jamaican dishes include curry goat, fried dumplings, ackee and salt fish (cod) The national dish of Jamaica. Fried plantain, "jerk", steamed cabbage and "rice and peas" (pigeon peas or kidney beans.

2)Italian Cuisine: A big lover of pastas, because of Its savory sauces, which makes it rich in taste. Pastas, Lasagnas, Eggplant Parmesan, which comes in a  variety of shapes and sizes, which can be savored in different ways, from pesto to hearty meat or Alfredo.

3)Mexican Cuisine:Known for its variety of flavors and spices, from corn and beans, with peppers and squash. Which is delicious with tamales, tortillas, gorditas.

4)Indian Cuisine; Big person on spicy food, Indian food tend to be spicy, but it depends on what your looking for, because some foods are vegetarian, but others include lamb, goat, chicken meat and even fish, curry plays a huge factor on the spiciness of the food. Indian cuisine is usually very spicy so in order to enjoy the food, you need to have a firery  tongue

5)Chinese cuisine: Known for its flour and rice, which you can use to make breads and dumplings. Roast duck is a my favorite poultry to eat.

12 September, 2010

Jamaican Joke of the day... Rastaman at the market


A rastaman goes to the supermarket to buy some herb and natural remedies.

The rastaman ask the clerk, unno sell any greens bout yah

So the clerk replies, let me see what we have in the back,

After a few minutes, the clerk sees coke sitting on the shelf

The clerk makes her way back to the front, and hands the coke to the rastaman

The rastaman in a hytal response, Jah know star, mi wha di natural ting, dat was given to me by the king of kings,dat made him di wises of men, dat rest on his grave. The clerk replies, we don't sell those kinds of remedies here, the rastama replies,
I and I only follow di true teaching of Hallie Sallasi, I nah tek no coke.

My Top 5 Painters Of All-Time





1)Vincent Willem van Gogh, His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known, most popular and most expensive pieces. Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

2)Pablo Picasso, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso

3)Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardship. Yet his drawings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high and for twenty years he taught nearly every important Dutch painter. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. The self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt
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4)Leonardo Da vinci, was an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Born as the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, spending his final years in France at the home given to him by King François I. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_vinci

5)Marc Chagal:Phenomenal colors. Dreamlike imagery. An escape from reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall

08 September, 2010

Yoga........ Living a stress free life


Yesterday, I had the chance to try something new and different, and enter the world of spirituality, balance and focus. Along with a good friend of mine, Julia, 32 years old from Austria, She showed me various breathing and stretching exercises, which allowed me to channel into my inner self. she's been a student of yoga for the past two years. Going back as 5,000 years yoga is used for the means of detoxifying negative elements in the body that leads to stress and complications. Originating in India, Yoga is used as remedy that is used to cure the physical and mental aspect of the body, so you can control your breathing and emotions more effectively. Its teaches the awareness of the body. Being my first time, it was difficult for me to understand, because like most of people, we are not fully aware of the mechanism of how the body works. After 30 minutes of stretching and breathing exercises, I diffidently felt a difference in my mood change. Now I can see why, Yoga is something to explore.

29 August, 2010

Coffee... More than 1 reason to wake up


They say coffee is the energizer that keeps you going throughout the day, but did you know coffee can serve as another purpose. It can also have the ability to attract you to your potential partner. Traveling for a year now, I have came across individuals with interesting stories, about how they met their significant other in coffee shops. How can this be? For 1 reason, coffee is a great upscale beverage that is associated with leisure,and social escape. Coffee is a beverage that makes you feel comfortable and relaxed, within a perfect setting. I´ve recently met a couple who has lived the experience. Elise and Ian from Savannah,Georgia, said they have known each other for a year, their first encounter took place at coffee shop called gallery espresso. Elise has been working 6 months, before noticing her future love. During a art reception at the coffee shop, they engaged in small talk, before exploring their curiosity. Elise and Ian have said that owe everything to the coffee shop, because it;s a great place where people go to meet and talk about anything.They are now traveling through Central America.

23 August, 2010

Puerto Viejo (Caribbean Coast Of Costa Rica)


This weekend, I had the opportunity to explore the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Puerto Viejo located on the eastern coast of Costa Rica, as they kicked off the Afro- cultural festival, celebrating African art and culture. Friday Afternoon, I took a 5 hour bus, drive to explore the sandy beaches and tropics of the coast. Along with my friends, we left San Jose from 4pm and arrived at 9 pm. Upon arrival, scenery and vibes were different, everything was slower, and the people were more sociable. The scenery was eye popping, as the beaches were vast, full of coconut trees, banana tress, bamboo trees and etc. Upon arrival, we took a taxi to a popular hostel, called Rocking J's. The hostel was huge, filled with party goers, from all walks of life. They had two levels, upstairs they had tenths and hammocks for relaxation, but downstairs was a different,as they had bar/restaurant where people ate and drank. The downstairs was huge, bigger than any hostel I have ever stayed in. Everyone drank and got acquainted drinking beer. Facing the direction of the beach, there couldn't have been a better setting. Later that night, My friends and I had the opportunity go out on the town and check the night-life. Everywhere we went we heard places playing roots or dance hall. People were out in the street dancing and hanging out on the corner vibing, and talking in Patois, which closely resembles the Jamaican dialect. They greeted us, as they gave us ideas about how to kick off the first night in Puerto Viejo. Everyone in the group felt like it was going to be a good night, especially considering we've been drinking the entire day, so everyone was in place. After walking twenty minutes, we found a place that played really good reggae music. The room was filled across the board, with locals and foreigners. We stayed a few hours before headed back to the hostel, because we had big plans the next day. The next morning, my friends and I rented bikes and took a ride towards the southern region exploring the country side, awww man, the many things we saw up the coast. Monkeys, iguanas, lizards, birds and etc. The bike ride was 15 km, which took us an hour. Along the way, we at remote areas were we saw great areas for swimming and picnicking. We stopped at the end of the trial and stopped and talked to some locals. They gave us in the inside scoop about the festivities that was going to transpire that weekend, They told us stories about the the history of Puerto Viejo and why foreigners liked to come their. There was one particular person who wanted to be known as anonymous, when he referred to himself as nobody. He has the ability to go off in tangents, about stories nobody could understand, especially a man as himself having a low pitch and stuttering voice. My friends and I got a big kick out it, we thought that was diffidently the highlight of the afternoon. We went back to the hostel, and prepared for the crazy night we had in store. We went back to rocking J´s and changed into our night wear. We were were hungry and exhausted from our long day, and we wanted to continue explore the lifestyle of Caribbean , so we decided to get some Caribbean food. Along the way we asked some locals where would be a good for that, and they weren´t shy letting us know where the popular places were. By chance, we stumbled upon some locals that were preparing a tasty dish consist of rice and beans with coconut milk, boiled green bananas, coleslaw with shredded cabbage, with a nice passion fruit drink to wash it down with. It was their first day of business, and my friend and I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, even though it wasn´t one of the places the locals recommended. They were extremely nice and inviting into their new establishment. We sat and talked with them and made jokes. All in all it was pretty good, considering it was their first day opening their business. Later on,we decided to take a walk around town and check out the events that was going on later on that night. We heard reggae music blasting along the streets, as we were checking out the local spots. We went back to the hostel and decided to pre-game and see where the night took us from that point on. We relaxed in the hammocks upstairs for a little, and made ourselves feel extremely relaxed. We had heard earl during that day, there was going to be a place a long one of the beaches that was keeping a party playing dance hall and reggae music. My friend Flo and I were excited, because we loved to dance to bashment, which is really hard cure music coming from Jamaica. We went, it was slow at first, but as the night went on, the excitement build up. By midnight, most of the people that were on the beach, made their way into the hunt. Everyone was having a good night, living in the moment, and having a all out dancing moment. Everyone was pairing up with each other and grinding on the dance hall floor. By the end of the night, My friends and I were exhausted and hungry, lucky we saw venders along streets selling more Caribbean food. I had the opportunity to try some beef patty, before heading back to the hostel. The night was awesome, and we made the best of it. As I went back to the hostel we were so tired, everyone fell asleep. The next very next day, we went to the beach and relaxed and soaked up some rays and mediated on the experience of being there, because we had to head back to the city later on that day. We had a chance to find a coral reef along the beaches as we swam and talked to some local kids who were having fun with us. The rest of the day went by fairly quickly, as we had to take the 4 o'clock bus to return to San Jose. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the town seeing the different souvenirs stores and merchandise they were selling. One moment that stuck in my mind is when I was hurrying to go to the bus station to catch the bus, and a local dreadlocks man from his hut store asked me, were was I going in such a hurry, and I told him back to the jungle, and he replied, yah mon, no place like paradise. We both smirked and laughed as I told him cool, and see you later. Puerto Viejo is diffidently a place that people should explore, if you want to see the tranquility of Costa Rica, especially if you can get up early enough to see the sunrise on the beach.

01 August, 2010

Police Burtality Serious Problem


From Rodney King, to Sean Bell, more and more  people are falling to this senseless acts of violence, It seems to become a worldwide epidemic, because it seems as if the bad guys are not the only ones we need to worry about, but the people that swear to serve and protect us.The Images that I´m about to show you is real, and its troublesome, because whomever is taping this, is just looking on it as if it was a normal  and everyday thing, and the people in the background, are obviously blind,condoning the police officers barbaric behavior. I feel as if this topic is getting more and more serious, because it happens more and more frequent, and nothing is being done to resolve the problem. Is this what society has come to? Excepting the things we can change, but we are so afraid to speak out, because for 1 it doesn´t affect us personally or the other scenario could be we expect the things we can´t change, so therefore we make the system dedicate how we live. I think we need to really take a look at ourselves personally, and think about the rights and liberty we have in this world, and if we are not treated the right way, how can we can have those rights to truly survive. Something to think about, because in the end, we accept the things that will impact our future.