tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56906120420915314942024-03-19T10:30:45.792-07:00Jamaican RockerThe Soundtracks of my life
******My thoughts on love, life, reggae music, all things Jamaican and whatever else floats my boat*******JamaicanRockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743470454579247253noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690612042091531494.post-23177343910370719792011-06-21T22:12:00.000-07:002011-06-21T22:21:45.119-07:00Uplifting Reggae.....Start Anew - Tarrus Riley<p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>Hey All.........</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1> </p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>These days it seem like it is becoming easier for us to accept domestic violence as a normal part of life.....</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1> </p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div></p$1><p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>We gotta keep on being outraged with acts of domestic violence. Lets be supportive, understanding and empathic to our friends and neighbours that deal with this issue on a daily basis.</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>Personally, I dont know a lot of females that cheat but I seems that the ones who do are super slick. This guy I know just found out that his girl has been cheating on him for the last four years. That has gotta hurt.....<br />
</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div></p$1></p$1><p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>My friend says " I could understand if she cheat on me once or twice, thats something I would have done and could get pass...but to lie and live a double life for four years is some evil s**t that only females do". </p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div align="center"></div></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><div style="text-align: center;"></div></p$1><p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>What you all think about this one?</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div align="center"></div></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><div style="text-align: center;"></div></p$1><p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>This song goes out to you my friend. Here's to picking up on the signs that all is not well in your future relationships..</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div align="center"></div></p$1><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1><div align="right" style="text-align: center;"><p$1></p$1></div>JamaicanRockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743470454579247253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690612042091531494.post-75240482757651431832010-12-04T16:32:00.000-08:002010-12-04T16:35:45.096-08:00Family Time: Ziggy Marley<p$1><p$1><p$1><div><p$1><p$1><p$1><div align="center"><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"></span></p$1></p$1></p$1> </div><div align="center"><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">I recently spoke with someone who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. He knew his days were numbered and seemed very determined to spend his last days getting his business in order and trying to set everything up so that his family will be taken care of after he passed away. I was very impressed and inspired by his strength and appreciation for life. He was very focused on enjoying his family and preparing them for life without him. </span></p$1></p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></div><div align="center"></div></p$1><div align="center"><p$1><p$1> </p$1></p$1></div><div align="center"><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">I could not help thinking what would I do? What would I be thinking or doing? A hedonistic part of me wants to say that it would be like the movie The Holiday or The Bucket List where I travel and try to see and do all the things in life I've always wanted to do. Then I think about this fellow and all the memories he plans to make with his family before his time comes and I think about my two greatest loves in life. I couldn't see a better end to my days than having a big party with all my family and lots of great reggae music.</span></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"><br />
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</div>If you are reading this fresh out of high school/college and have just started your first job.......I say "It’s not too early to start saving". If you have been working all your life and don’t have a savings account…...I say “It’s not too late to start saving”. Most people I know are broke, in debt or spending the money they have like there is no tomorrow. It seems like these days every one has excuses as to why they can’t save some money or they have some new thing that just came out that they just have to spend their money on.<br />
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Whether you are young or old, making minimum wage or a decent salary you need to start saving for now, later and for when you retire.<br />
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Start saving for now<br />
Most people don’t get why they need to have some money saved up to handle unplanned expenses that come up in life. Think about it….If your car breaks down, you need to move on a short notice, you get sick and need prescriptions with no health insurance, your microwave breaks or any other unexpected expense comes up how will you pay for it? Credit cards, loaning money from family members, hold off on paying your other bills? These will only If you save $50 every month, that’s 600 per year. Six hundred dollars that could be sitting in a savings account ready to take care of your unexpected expenses.<br />
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Start saving for later<br />
Most of us these days are so used to using credit cards that we don’t realize how much we pay extra in interest when we purchase things on credit. Let’s say you buy a computer on a credit card for $500. If the interest rate on the card is 18% and you pay $50 per month, it will take a year to pay off and you will pay $51.52 in interest. If you want a new computer, car, phone, a vacation start an account and start saving for the purchase instead of pulling out the credit cards. www.smartypig.com is a great internet savings bank for these types of savings accounts.<br />
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Start saving for retirement<br />
If you make $30,000 per year and you save 3% in your employers 401k plan that’s $900 per year. If your employer has a 401k matching plan that could be easily doubled to $1800 per year. I know that a lot of young people my age think that it’s too early to start saving for retirement because it’s so far away. Well you are just missing out of years of your money sitting there gaining compound interest and missing out of the free money that you can get from your employer's match. Another thing to keep in mind here is that your living expenses are more likely to get larger in the future. You probably will be making more money later on, However that does not guarantee that you will have more money to save. You probably will be spending more for your housing, car and have a larger family to provide for.JamaicanRockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743470454579247253noreply@blogger.com1