From New York City to Haiti

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Sun, 05 May 2013 14:59:17 -0400

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Are you that somebody that I used to know | Aaliyah vs Gotye

this is fucking amazing.

That Timbland beat just sent Goyte’s track to the stratosphere. This is hot.

Sick.

when the Goyte track came in shit got real

Whoa. This is fire!

This was good.

Dat beat drop son. This track is hot fiyaaaaaaah.

This is how it’s done.

Names

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:44:00 -0400

I have a memory for a lot of things, random facts, stories, emotions, gossip, but names have never been my thing. I can spend a lifetime with you and call you several other names before I reach yours, hell, sometimes I think I forget my own name. If it weren’t for Facebook, I promise you I would have already forgotten half of my friends names. Today I got a ride from my real estate guy who got me my apartment just 6 months ago. I spent the whole ride trying to remember his name, in the mean time I avoided mentioning his name. This can be quite embarrassing. I have met old classmates whose faces seem vaguely familiar and I always blank on their names, the worst part is that most Haitian people will point out the fact that you don’t remember their names. Red-faced, I have to admit “ooo the face looks familiar, I’m just bad with names”. I end up looking like a snob, which I am not! I swear. Is there a pill or natural remedy for this illness?

The worst thing happened

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:19:16 -0400

The worst thing happened! I busted the screen of my most prized possession, my ipad. So I forgot how to write, which excuses my absence (please another excuse, says you) I know! my blackberry touchscreen just does me no justice. But I felt like writing anyway.

"To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:19:37 -0400

“To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.”

- Henry Miller (via nevver)

9gag: Cute family photo

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:40:07 -0400

9gag:

Cute family photo

experiencehaiti: Haitian National Carnival in 1973. VIA Defend...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:48:06 -0400

experiencehaiti:

Haitian National Carnival in 1973. VIA Defend Haiti (Facebook)

Wow!

experiencehaiti: Haiti Free Flight Haiti (Facebook)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:42:08 -0500

experiencehaiti:

Haiti

Free Flight Haiti (Facebook)

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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:30:40 -0500

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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:26:54 -0500

This is on my way from my little castle out to the (not so)...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:52:00 -0500

This is on my way from my little castle out to the (not so) rough streets. I love where I live, it’s cool temperature-wise, it’s quite and the people are nice, also home to some of the best griyo (fried pork) around. I never wanna leave!

(Might want to tilt your head half way through the video, sorry)

I had so many photos to post here but I'm not sure where they are

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:04:40 -0500

:-/

One of my favorite things about my apartment besides from the...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:58:56 -0500

One of my favorite things about my apartment besides from the built-in wine rack is the view. Watching the sun set from my balcony is the most relaxing thing.

Dreaming of the first world during third world inconveniences

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:46:57 -0500

As much as I can’t see myself living anywhere else right now, Haiti can be a frustrating place to live. Like I always say, it’s the details that make Haiti difficult, the things that I took for granted in NY that make day-to-day life in Haiti hard. Let’s start with electricity, I can say where I live, normally we are lucky to have constant power but at times like last weekend, we have absolutely no electricity. Last Friday until this past Tuesday we had no electricity whatsoever. Have you ever been without power for 4 days with no charge on any of your electronics, no charge on your phone, no contact with the outside world whatsoever? It’s the most frustrating, maddening thing, especially since it was carnival season and most people were on vacation, or making plans to go on vacation. Now, I know this might seem like a “white whine” compared to the poverty many Haitians face every day but this is my experience as well as most Haitian people living around me. Transportation is a huge headache. Common courtesy in Port-Au-Prince is basically non-existent, people will speak to you however they want, say whatever without thinking of the effects. Many people don’t know how to keep their words. While this is the case in many urban areas in the world but in Haiti it seems more pronounced. And this is among other more obvious problems that I witness every day, injustice, poverty, power struggles, politics etc. Basically, lately I’ve been having a hard time with the Port-Au-Prince lifestyle.
So what do I do to tune out? I dream of the things I used to do when I lived in New York. I daydream about trying new cuisines, I dream about cheap shopping, thrift stores and little hidden boutiques. I dream of walking around and just going into a bar and discovering new bands. I dream and dream and dream more. I’m not sure if it’s helping but it sure distracts me from the mess around me. I’ve also been reading, I am currently reading this detective story written in the future, I dunno I just found it in my apartment. Perhaps all this dreaming is doing some good because I also imagine how life can be here and it has helped me shift my ideas of my future in Haiti can look like.

timoza: Lwa — #LevoyExil 2002 #Haiti’an #Art

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:46:11 -0500

timoza:

Lwa — #LevoyExil 2002 #Haiti’an #Art

Discipline and scheduling

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:49:44 -0500

I’ve never been someone with strict discipline. The problem is I do whatever I want whenever I want. I tend to look at the big picture and minimize the details but sometimes the details get you to the big picture. So since I quit my job, I have a lot of free time in my hand. I have articles to write but I get lost in the Internet and end up waiting for last minute to get them done. Now I have a new plan and I’m hoping I can keep it up. I’ve decided to schedule my days, not just in my head but written down with time and everything, it seems to be working so far. I even scheduled to write this post. A little discipline in my life can’t hurt!

nevver: My ambition is handicapped by laziness

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:58:02 -0500

nevver:

My ambition is handicapped by laziness

Fork in the road

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:00:44 -0500

I’ve been working on myself and trying to figure out my place in this world for the past five years. I’ve always known who I was, always, maybe at certain times of my life I wanted to hide this person but my personality has always been too strong for me not to clearly recognize it. But finding my place in this world has been an on-going search, it is what drives me to move, drives me to change jobs and drives me constantly analyze every single decision I’ve made. Now at almost 28 years old, I sort of have an idea what my role is on this big big planet of ours. Basically, I have more of an idea of what career path I’d like to take. But this resolution comes with a twist like everything else in life, the way I want to live and what I wanna do career-wise don’t match! I’d either have to choose one or the other, there is a small possibility that I can have both but it’s a very small possibility and I am too much of a realist to think I can make it happen. This is the dilemma, the career I’d like virtually pays nothing but I want it so bad and I wanna get better at it, but to do so would mean sacrificing certain comforts I WANT to have and I CAN have. I want to be independent in all ways especially financially! I want to know that I won’t be scambling for rent money each month, I want to know that I can afford a night out once in a while, I want to know that I can put gas in my car. I want some level of comfort in this world full of negativity and disappointment. So here I am, in 2013, tired of instability. Now I have to choose, do I follow my dreams and accept potential relative poverty or do I follow the path that I will ensure that I can live the type of lifestyle that I want, while putting my dreams on a back burner. Mind you, I don’t mind being in this sort of dilemma because at least I have choices and for that I am thankful.

9gag: Common sense is not a gift, it’s a punishment.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:20:42 -0500

9gag:

Common sense is not a gift, it’s a punishment.

9gag: I really need this book

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:43:35 -0500

9gag:

I really need this book

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:19:14 -0500