Santa baby, you were soo naughty this year!
Looked under the Christmas tree, and what I got was not "a deed for a Yacht"
Thanks a lot!
No "duplex, and cheques"
I'm oh so vexed
Decorated my christmas tree, but not with ornaments from Tifany's
They were the same ones from the "Dollar Trees"
Got a ring ............... but it was the telephone!
Not the blings I was hoping for
Next year I will be oh sooooooo ............... Huh!
Santa baby, you were oh so naughty this year....
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Black In America 5 + This & That
Today, was an easy going day. I had a chance to check in to the Essence Hangout on Google+. Was interesting listing to the speakers and reading the comments. This is a topic that certainly has a lot of depth and now the theme of the docs has reached a junction which has not much been discussed publicly. Wont elaborate much tonight as it's past my bedtime but will definitely revisit.
Today though I got a change to think how lucky/blessed I am to be in the business that I do! It's holiday time and I when to get a couple of pointsettas for my elderly client I would visit, I just love that. We we had a great visit, talked a little bit about her Irish heritage, she's really just a wonderful person with a great life story and for me to have the privilige of interacting with so many people from such diverse backgrounds is just fabulous.
Want to hear something interesting about this special lady? She now 85yrs old, got cancer few years ago and recovered. The interesting part - her hair grew back, but instead of grey hair like she had before, it grew back brown! And even today, which is about 4-5yrs since her recovery, her hair is as thick and brown as a young woman, and she look so amazing, like a lady in early 6o's! Life is full of unexpected and unexplainable occurances.
Cheers,
MissSam
Today though I got a change to think how lucky/blessed I am to be in the business that I do! It's holiday time and I when to get a couple of pointsettas for my elderly client I would visit, I just love that. We we had a great visit, talked a little bit about her Irish heritage, she's really just a wonderful person with a great life story and for me to have the privilige of interacting with so many people from such diverse backgrounds is just fabulous.
Want to hear something interesting about this special lady? She now 85yrs old, got cancer few years ago and recovered. The interesting part - her hair grew back, but instead of grey hair like she had before, it grew back brown! And even today, which is about 4-5yrs since her recovery, her hair is as thick and brown as a young woman, and she look so amazing, like a lady in early 6o's! Life is full of unexpected and unexplainable occurances.
Cheers,
MissSam
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Why Am I So Taken Up With American Politics?
Why am I so keenly interested in American plitics? Obvious answer, because it affects me, it affects my Country Canada, it affects how much my family in Jamaica pay for gas at the pump, how much my aging mother in the countryside of Jamaica without a pension plan or "social security" pay for electricity. In other words, the decisions made by politicians in Washington impact people all over the world. Lets face it, unless you are living under a rock somewhere, or in a self contained commune in a remote place away from civilization, you are affected by what goes on in the United States of America.
American politics affects my business, my finances, not only my income but how much interest I pay on my mortgage, and how much I earn on my savings and investments. This is what is meant by the saying "if America sneeze, Canada catches a cold"! It affects how I am able to use my time in my business, for instance, when American greed and recklessness caused the near colapse of the global economy a significant amount of my time was spent not prospecting for new clients, or talking to existing clients about planning for their retirement, but was instead spend comforting, encouraging and reassuring folks that the world as we know it would continue to exist! I had to have and be able to convey full faith in the continuation of civilization - that the world was not going to end! Think this is dramatic? Sounds that way, but it is true. People become afraid, they worry and they need someone they can trust to express these fears without being scorned or laughed at - they cant express these fears to their neighbourhood banker, but they can unload on their trusted advisor! My being able to understand, decipher and interpret news, current affairs issues and relate in a simple understandable manner is a job requirement. I love it, but it can be stressful.
I also find American politics amusing and entertaining. I hardly watch Canadian Politics on TV, even though there are a few fairly decent political commentators/pundits up here, because it news I can read in the paper does not does have the "shock and awe" effect of American politics. A blessing - but after two fascinating presidential campaigns and post election punditry, fiscal cliff hanging one cant help but crave the tiltilation and wonder south of the border. The thing that I find hardest to process is how some of these politicians actually get elected - people really vote for them? Beats me, I scratch my head. Then there is the news business - whooooa! The sh**t that people believe! For example, it's Saturday afternoon and I'm working on my computer with the TV on, and of course I'm tuned in to CNN and Ali Velchi is on with the CNN money segment and its all fiscal cliff talk. I must say that even though Ali is a bit excitable, he is one of the more "reasoned" Anchors but I have to say here I do think he's a Canadian transplant! Ali doesnt buy most of the bull some of these politicians and pundits put out, and he will challenge and press them - I love that. So I listen to these people (mostly Rebulicans or "rightwing" bent guests and commentators and all I hear is ideaology and theory. You cant run a country on ideaology or theory, no more you can use a text book to raise children. There is a thing called wisdom and commonsense seasoned with descretion. The ideaology and theory has to be tested using health doses of commonsense and descretion. So when I hear the Republicans calling for no tax rate hike ever, when tax rates were cut deeply from their historic high points - they never stop to think, ok, so there's an optimum point at which the tax cuts do not have any more positive effects but actually hurt the economy so it's time to "tweek" the formula by raising the rates back up a little. You know, sort of like your medication - it's the right medicine, but your doctor has to work with you, when you explain how you feel, and your health progress and adjust your meds to get the optimum results - kinda like that. But with the extreme ideaological partystances, there's no pause for objective assessment of the current situation. I find all this pretty interesting. What's worse, most of the aforementioned folks are quite educated, holding degrees from some of the most prestigeous U.S. places of higher learning. I've had experience with friends/acquaintances who are successful at disconnecting their education and professional life from their personal situation so I'm thinking that maybe it's a similar situation here. The party ideaology take over their lives and they take positions on issues that sound so contrary to what one might expect from individuals with the level of social, economic and academic exposure such as theirs.
See why I'm so fascinated by human behavour?
And that' all today!
MissSam
American politics affects my business, my finances, not only my income but how much interest I pay on my mortgage, and how much I earn on my savings and investments. This is what is meant by the saying "if America sneeze, Canada catches a cold"! It affects how I am able to use my time in my business, for instance, when American greed and recklessness caused the near colapse of the global economy a significant amount of my time was spent not prospecting for new clients, or talking to existing clients about planning for their retirement, but was instead spend comforting, encouraging and reassuring folks that the world as we know it would continue to exist! I had to have and be able to convey full faith in the continuation of civilization - that the world was not going to end! Think this is dramatic? Sounds that way, but it is true. People become afraid, they worry and they need someone they can trust to express these fears without being scorned or laughed at - they cant express these fears to their neighbourhood banker, but they can unload on their trusted advisor! My being able to understand, decipher and interpret news, current affairs issues and relate in a simple understandable manner is a job requirement. I love it, but it can be stressful.
I also find American politics amusing and entertaining. I hardly watch Canadian Politics on TV, even though there are a few fairly decent political commentators/pundits up here, because it news I can read in the paper does not does have the "shock and awe" effect of American politics. A blessing - but after two fascinating presidential campaigns and post election punditry, fiscal cliff hanging one cant help but crave the tiltilation and wonder south of the border. The thing that I find hardest to process is how some of these politicians actually get elected - people really vote for them? Beats me, I scratch my head. Then there is the news business - whooooa! The sh**t that people believe! For example, it's Saturday afternoon and I'm working on my computer with the TV on, and of course I'm tuned in to CNN and Ali Velchi is on with the CNN money segment and its all fiscal cliff talk. I must say that even though Ali is a bit excitable, he is one of the more "reasoned" Anchors but I have to say here I do think he's a Canadian transplant! Ali doesnt buy most of the bull some of these politicians and pundits put out, and he will challenge and press them - I love that. So I listen to these people (mostly Rebulicans or "rightwing" bent guests and commentators and all I hear is ideaology and theory. You cant run a country on ideaology or theory, no more you can use a text book to raise children. There is a thing called wisdom and commonsense seasoned with descretion. The ideaology and theory has to be tested using health doses of commonsense and descretion. So when I hear the Republicans calling for no tax rate hike ever, when tax rates were cut deeply from their historic high points - they never stop to think, ok, so there's an optimum point at which the tax cuts do not have any more positive effects but actually hurt the economy so it's time to "tweek" the formula by raising the rates back up a little. You know, sort of like your medication - it's the right medicine, but your doctor has to work with you, when you explain how you feel, and your health progress and adjust your meds to get the optimum results - kinda like that. But with the extreme ideaological partystances, there's no pause for objective assessment of the current situation. I find all this pretty interesting. What's worse, most of the aforementioned folks are quite educated, holding degrees from some of the most prestigeous U.S. places of higher learning. I've had experience with friends/acquaintances who are successful at disconnecting their education and professional life from their personal situation so I'm thinking that maybe it's a similar situation here. The party ideaology take over their lives and they take positions on issues that sound so contrary to what one might expect from individuals with the level of social, economic and academic exposure such as theirs.
See why I'm so fascinated by human behavour?
And that' all today!
MissSam
Friday, December 7, 2012
Yeah I'm Blogging!
Yes! Finally, I'm blogging, yah man! Read an interesting article from a link on twitter - yah man, I'm on Twitter too - about getting sh**t done and you know what I've got to kick myself in the shin and get these things off my to do list. So at least I'm up and running now, just need to spruce up the profiles which I plan to do when I'm not working over the holidays and then I'm in business.
This has been a life long dream of mine, to write. Now I can get these musings - beautiful pontifications I create in my head while in the car, and never get in on paper, or er, on the computer. So I've decided to call my blogg the "The Daily Musings of MissSam" as Miss Sam is my childhood nickname, which I am very fond of now. When I go home to Jamaica, yes, Jamaica is always home, even though I've lived in Canada more years than I have there, only the old village folks call me Miss Sam and it feels so special. I have an active mind and I am interested in politics, religion and social issues. I am very keenly interested in the science of human behavour and the integration of science and spirituality and religion. Now these topics make for very spirited discussions, especially if there's the other kind of spirit involved. But to me this is what make life interesting, after all life would be rather dull if everybody was the same and believe the same things the same way. Can you imagine a world like that? I cant - we would be just like the cows or sheep, wouldnt we?
So for a Friday I lingered at the office. Decided to play another round of the Lumosity games and of course one of my very favourite is the Penguin Pursuit which is a speed game and I just love to get to that fish before the Game Penguin! Couldnt believe my reaction when I first observed myself being all smug and shouting yes, yes, when I got the fish first. So then, there - I'm still competitive, it was dormant for a while, and is being revived quite easily it seems. This brain stuff just tickle me, totally fascinating. Anyway, it's almost 8:30pm and everyone left, I'm pulling out of the parking lot and wondered, why in the world I lingered at the office playing Lumosity games on a Friday evening, then I remembered my Friday night boyfriend - Bill Mahar - is off till January and I'm a bit out of sync till I find some other activity to fill the gap. Last Friday I invited a friend from the office to go to the movies with me. I wanted to see Lincoln but I wasnt showing at the Cinema we chose so we watched Flight, with my former hearthrob Denzil. I liked Flight, it was riviting, but revisiting of the themes from the 7's like Hotel, Airplane etc. Thought of going seeing Lincoln after I left the office but visions of myself comfortably bundled up on the couch got me rushing home.
So on my way home this song was playing which totally reminded me of how awesome Bob Marley was. Most of his songs were so deep, I would even venture to say some of them were downright prophetic. Just love pumping up the music and singing along when doing house chores.
So that's all
MissSam
This has been a life long dream of mine, to write. Now I can get these musings - beautiful pontifications I create in my head while in the car, and never get in on paper, or er, on the computer. So I've decided to call my blogg the "The Daily Musings of MissSam" as Miss Sam is my childhood nickname, which I am very fond of now. When I go home to Jamaica, yes, Jamaica is always home, even though I've lived in Canada more years than I have there, only the old village folks call me Miss Sam and it feels so special. I have an active mind and I am interested in politics, religion and social issues. I am very keenly interested in the science of human behavour and the integration of science and spirituality and religion. Now these topics make for very spirited discussions, especially if there's the other kind of spirit involved. But to me this is what make life interesting, after all life would be rather dull if everybody was the same and believe the same things the same way. Can you imagine a world like that? I cant - we would be just like the cows or sheep, wouldnt we?
So for a Friday I lingered at the office. Decided to play another round of the Lumosity games and of course one of my very favourite is the Penguin Pursuit which is a speed game and I just love to get to that fish before the Game Penguin! Couldnt believe my reaction when I first observed myself being all smug and shouting yes, yes, when I got the fish first. So then, there - I'm still competitive, it was dormant for a while, and is being revived quite easily it seems. This brain stuff just tickle me, totally fascinating. Anyway, it's almost 8:30pm and everyone left, I'm pulling out of the parking lot and wondered, why in the world I lingered at the office playing Lumosity games on a Friday evening, then I remembered my Friday night boyfriend - Bill Mahar - is off till January and I'm a bit out of sync till I find some other activity to fill the gap. Last Friday I invited a friend from the office to go to the movies with me. I wanted to see Lincoln but I wasnt showing at the Cinema we chose so we watched Flight, with my former hearthrob Denzil. I liked Flight, it was riviting, but revisiting of the themes from the 7's like Hotel, Airplane etc. Thought of going seeing Lincoln after I left the office but visions of myself comfortably bundled up on the couch got me rushing home.
So on my way home this song was playing which totally reminded me of how awesome Bob Marley was. Most of his songs were so deep, I would even venture to say some of them were downright prophetic. Just love pumping up the music and singing along when doing house chores.
So that's all
MissSam
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