Comments for First Magazine® http://www.first-magazine.net A Jamaican magazine Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:11:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on The Girl next door is Dead by Dre DeCarlo http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/the-girl-next-door-is-dead/#comment-367 Dre DeCarlo Fri, 15 May 2009 20:13:29 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/the-girl-next-door-is-dead/#comment-367 Lol Very well said Cindy. I absolutely agree, just when you're about to have fun.. the Ms. goody-two-shoes comes to spoil EVERYTHING. However, it doesn't mean that you still can't be that girl next door. Think about it. -- Best regards. Yours fashionably, Dre DeCarlo. (fashion blogger/writer/journalist, photoshoot director, model scout and runway trainer) http://dredecarlo.wordpress.com http://iamfashionbarbados.blogspot.com Lol
Very well said Cindy. I absolutely agree, just when you’re about to have fun.. the Ms. goody-two-shoes comes to spoil EVERYTHING.

However, it doesn’t mean that you still can’t be that girl next door.

Think about it.

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Best regards.

Yours fashionably,
Dre DeCarlo.
(fashion blogger/writer/journalist, photoshoot director, model scout and runway trainer)

http://dredecarlo.wordpress.com
http://iamfashionbarbados.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Cuba building 14,000 plastic homes by Adenekan Ogungbola http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/05/22/cuba-building-14000-plastic-homes/#comment-366 Adenekan Ogungbola Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:27:35 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/05/22/cuba-building-14000-plastic-homes/#comment-366 I am trying to find a solution to the high cost of housing in Nigeria. Please give me contact information of the manufacturer of the plastic homes I am trying to find a solution to the high cost of housing in Nigeria.
Please give me contact information of the manufacturer of the plastic homes

]]> Comment on Jamaica’s murder rate: How bad does it have to get? by Stanford's Pearl http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/05/28/jamaicas-murder-rate-how-bad-does-it-have-to-get/#comment-365 Stanford's Pearl Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:58:36 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/05/28/jamaicas-murder-rate-how-bad-does-it-have-to-get/#comment-365 Unfortunetely, I don't have any good news to report. I visited Jamaica for the first time in January 2009 and really fell in love with the island, the people, the vibe and especially, with one man, Stanford Jones. After my return to the US, we talked on the phones daily and numerous texts were sent back and forth. We both had fallen in love and developed a strong heart connection. I decided do come back in March for a 5 day stay. Stanford took off from work, he owned a mechanic shop in Negril, and together we traveled the whole island. The first two days were pure bliss and everything was just beautiful, we stayed in Ocho Rios and Port Antonio, went to the most beautiful beach, ate delicious food and went dancing at the Roof Club. I never imagined what was to come. When we stopped at the Blue Lagoon, I wanted to go on the bamboo raft, but Stanford didn't feel safe. He explained that they might rob and kill us, there were no other tourists around, only local men. I thought it was strange to think that, I was very naive, I know that now. We continued our trip tru Kingston and Spanishtown, were we visited family and friends. We continued and got to Mandeville were we stopped at a local bar and within a few minutes two men came in, one older, one young. I immedaitely felt a bad energy from the young guy, but then it just happened very fast and I saw the gun come out from his waist. We were being robbed at gunpoint; strangely, all he wanted was everybody's phones. My stuff was in the car, so I guess, I was lucky, I didn't lose anything. He pointed the gun at Stanford's head, who gave him his I-phone. My life flashed in front of me, I thought of my children back home and how they would deal with the fact that their mother got killed in Jamaica. Amazingly, noone was gunned down. We got away,shaken up, but alive. We traveled all the way back to Negril and I spent two more days there. Things were different, my innocence was gone and it just didn't feel safe anymore. I left Jamaica on 4/2/2009. The night from 4/3/ to 4/4 Stanford called me several times. We spoke at 11 PM and then again at 2 AM. His last words were how much he loved me. After that I couldn't sleep. I was very restless and anxious, didn't know why. I sent him a text message at 3 AM, but didn't get a response. The next day, 4/4 around 8 PM I got a call from one of his sons that Stanford was killed the night before. He was brutally murdered in his home, supposedly by a man that he knew and called his friend. My life will never be the same, this was certainly a moment in time that has changed everything for me. I truely love Stanford and will forever miss him. As for Jamaica, I will never go back there, I believe it to be a vortex of darkness and don't see any end to the killings any time soon. The island's beauty is deceiving, things can turn deadly at any given moment. Within one week, I almost got killed and my beautiful and loving boyfriend got killed over stupidity, pure ignorance. Within a few days they caught two men who confessed to the murder. So what have they gained? Nothing! So many lives destroyed, nobody wins! Unfortunetely, I don’t have any good news to report. I visited Jamaica for the first time in January 2009 and really fell in love with the island, the people, the vibe and especially, with one man, Stanford Jones. After my return to the US, we talked on the phones daily and numerous texts were sent back and forth. We both had fallen in love and developed a strong heart connection. I decided do come back in March for a 5 day stay. Stanford took off from work, he owned a mechanic shop in Negril, and together we traveled the whole island. The first two days were pure bliss and everything was just beautiful, we stayed in Ocho Rios and Port Antonio, went to the most beautiful beach, ate delicious food and went dancing at the Roof Club. I never imagined what was to come. When we stopped at the Blue Lagoon, I wanted to go on the bamboo raft, but Stanford didn’t feel safe. He explained that they might rob and kill us, there were no other tourists around, only local men. I thought it was strange to think that, I was very naive, I know that now. We continued our trip tru Kingston and Spanishtown, were we visited family and friends. We continued and got to Mandeville were we stopped at a local bar and within a few minutes two men came in, one older, one young. I immedaitely felt a bad energy from the young guy, but then it just happened very fast and I saw the gun come out from his waist. We were being robbed at gunpoint; strangely, all he wanted was everybody’s phones. My stuff was in the car, so I guess, I was lucky, I didn’t lose anything. He pointed the gun at Stanford’s head, who gave him his I-phone. My life flashed in front of me, I thought of my children back home and how they would deal with the fact that their mother got killed in Jamaica. Amazingly, noone was gunned down. We got away,shaken up, but alive. We traveled all the way back to Negril and I spent two more days there. Things were different, my innocence was gone and it just didn’t feel safe anymore. I left Jamaica on 4/2/2009. The night from 4/3/ to 4/4 Stanford called me several times. We spoke at 11 PM and then again at 2 AM. His last words were how much he loved me. After that I couldn’t sleep. I was very restless and anxious, didn’t know why. I sent him a text message at 3 AM, but didn’t get a response. The next day, 4/4 around 8 PM I got a call from one of his sons that Stanford was killed the night before. He was brutally murdered in his home, supposedly by a man that he knew and called his friend. My life will never be the same, this was certainly a moment in time that has changed everything for me. I truely love Stanford and will forever miss him. As for Jamaica, I will never go back there, I believe it to be a vortex of darkness and don’t see any end to the killings any time soon. The island’s beauty is deceiving, things can turn deadly at any given moment. Within one week, I almost got killed and my beautiful and loving boyfriend got killed over stupidity, pure ignorance. Within a few days they caught two men who confessed to the murder. So what have they gained? Nothing! So many lives destroyed, nobody wins!

]]> Comment on Galveston Giant: The Story of Jack Johnson by Mr Jay http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/03/30/jack-johnson/#comment-364 Mr Jay Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:26:32 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/03/30/jack-johnson/#comment-364 I had never heard of Johnson until reading this article. I guess many of the struggles that Johnson faced are still experienced by many successful black people today. However, what made Johnson's achievements and tenacity to carry on boxing so remarkable, is, unlike today, where the racism faced by many black people, in the main tends to be much more subtle and primarialy operates at an institutional level. The racism that Johnson experienced right across the board from the police to the abhorrent individuals who controlled boxing, was about subtle as a pin and designed to let Johnson known his place - a nigger who should know better than upset the establishment. Therefore in my opinion, in light of this, any individual with the strength of character to continue their quest to be the leader in there field, in spite of this obvious prejudice gets my props!!!!!!!! I had never heard of Johnson until reading this article. I guess many of the struggles that Johnson faced are still experienced by many successful black people today. However, what made Johnson’s achievements and tenacity to carry on boxing so remarkable, is, unlike today, where the racism faced by many black people, in the main tends to be much more subtle and primarialy operates at an institutional level. The racism that Johnson experienced right across the board from the police to the abhorrent individuals who controlled boxing, was about subtle as a pin and designed to let Johnson known his place - a nigger who should know better than upset the establishment. Therefore in my opinion, in light of this, any individual with the strength of character to continue their quest to be the leader in there field, in spite of this obvious prejudice gets my props!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on A Picture called Death by annie http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/03/31/a-picture-called-death/#comment-363 annie Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:28:07 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/03/31/a-picture-called-death/#comment-363 [b] omg....... [b] omg…….

]]> Comment on Puerto Rico asks UN to back independence choice from US by brandon http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/06/10/puerto-rico-asks-un-to-back-independence-choice-from-us/#comment-361 brandon Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:48:12 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/06/10/puerto-rico-asks-un-to-back-independence-choice-from-us/#comment-361 i want our independence more den anything i want our independence more den anything

]]> Comment on First recommends: See Jamaica away from the crowds by D selector http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/first-recommends-see-jamaica-away-from-the-crowds/#comment-360 D selector Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:04:16 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/first-recommends-see-jamaica-away-from-the-crowds/#comment-360 loving the Afflicted / First take on JA tourism will be down in april and looking forward to checking some of the recommendations loving the Afflicted / First take on JA tourism
will be down in april and looking forward to checking some of the recommendations

]]> Comment on First recommends: See Jamaica away from the crowds by OxleyWilson http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/first-recommends-see-jamaica-away-from-the-crowds/#comment-359 OxleyWilson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:54:34 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/first-recommends-see-jamaica-away-from-the-crowds/#comment-359 Love this site. Been passing 'round the url to co-workers and friends. Well done! Love this site. Been passing ’round the url to co-workers and friends. Well done!

]]> Comment on The Girl next door is Dead by Anonymous http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/the-girl-next-door-is-dead/#comment-358 Anonymous Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:46:49 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/08/the-girl-next-door-is-dead/#comment-358 I'm new to First, so I'm gonna check it out. I’m new to First, so I’m gonna check it out.

]]> Comment on First Returns by Colin Thompson http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/04/01/s/#comment-355 Colin Thompson Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:52:44 +0000 http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/04/01/s/#comment-355 Jamaican Avante Garde! To di world..... Jamaican Avante Garde! To di world…..

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