Category: Jamaica

Bye Bye Hurricane Dean

Well, I have survived with minimum water damage to my home and the only effect on me was a severe case of traumatizing boredom

Hurricane Dean – There is no doubt about the hit now

For the last 3 or so days i have followed the development of dean from way out off the coast of West Africa and now it’s

Guess what I learnt about 2face Idibia today?

I cannot believe that 2face Idibia is not Jamaican. All these weeks of enjoying what I thought was a “new release”

Jamaica celebrates 45 years of Independence

Today Jamaica celebrates 45 years of self rule. This is a great achievement and Jamaicans should be proud of our beautiful isl

Sean Kingston debut album

Sean Kingston is one of the biggest if not the biggest new artists of 2007. His self titled debut album was released recently

JET-ting off to Japan – participants from Jamaica

After seven years the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme is not slowing down. The latest group of participants got a

Hurricane Information and Names for 2007

The hurricane season will start in less than a week and a very active season is expected. I still have awful memories of Ivan

Toko Komura – Japanese Salvation Army School Teacher in Kingston

Toko Komura is from Kanagwa (Chigasaki) near Tokyo in Japan. Trained in tutoring the blind, she now teaches swimming and physi

Cricket World Cup 2007 – Opening Ceremony Pictures

yup hear as promised pictures of the event that had me jumping up and down while watching it on TV.

Cricket Worldcup 2007 Opening Ceremony

I just had the opportunity to view one of the most positive, heartwarming, emotion inducing events that I have seen on televis

Happy 62nd Birthday to the great Bob Marley

Several activities are scheduled across Jamaica, and the globe, to mark the birth of late reggae king Bob Marley, who would ha

Two words that describe me – Japanophile and Otaku

Anime, video games and technology are some of my main interests and that naturally led me to become interested in Japan becaus

Good friend —-> Car Crash —> Hospital —> Missed first class of 2007

A long time friend of mine met in a really bad car accident yesterday morning but thankfully he is alive and suffered only a b

Church Heathen – Shaggy

I can’t believe I didn’t post this video a few days ago when I first saw it. I am a avid listener of local Jamaica

Ate too much but Christmas 2006 was great!

This year’s Christmas has been one of the better ones for me in awhile and as I lay in bed feeling sick while the last f

I saw Tomoko Sensei Today!…received a bag of goodies and failing grades

Which do I talk about in the post first…I wonder…lets start with the goodies! While idling at work today I remembe

Lee “Scratch” Perry talks God, ganja and Japanese gadgets

Musical resumes don’t get much more impressive than Lee “Scratch” Perry’s, the Jamaican maverick credi

This Year’s JET Seminar has come and gone

As I have been saying for a while last Monday evening there was a little meeting to discuss the JET program at the private sch

JET program representatives arriving at school next Monday

Time flies when you have a busy life like me. It seems like half a year ago when Tomoko sensei told us that 3-5 Japan Exchange

Step 2 Exam Results

Yesterday I received the results of my Step 2 exam from Tomoko sensei. I am not surprised that I have not done as well as I di

Damian “Junior Gong” Marley Wins Grammy

Damian Marley took home the grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 48th annual grammy awards held on Februay 8th. My vote was bro

48th Annual Grammy Awards – Reggae Category

Last Year Toots and the Maytals took home the grammy for best reggae album and this year has another 4 contenders vying for th

Jamaipanese.com online

After years of thinking about it I have finally decided to start a weblog about my love of all things Japan, it’s people