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"HOW TO RESETTLE IN JAMAICA"
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D
uring World War Two a pilot was shot down over enemy territory and he starved to death, Months later another pilot was shot down over the same jungle and he survived. He hid out by day and travel by night and he ate well. What was the secret to this man survival? He had done survival training. He learned how to make a fire without matches. He learned how to collect water from leafs and rocks. People suffer in many ways because they were unprepared for what was to come, and for what they are getting into. If you are planning to migrate, you cannot do it blindly, even though you know the place previously.
Many Jamaicans living overseas, longing to return to their homeland.
The primary reasons is the racism that they face on a daily
basic. Jamaicans never really get use to the racism, since there is no
racism in Jamaica.
A political problem is what we got, every four years when voting time comes around. A few killing here and there. The regular crimes are mostly petty crimes, and hold up men.
JAMAICANS LOVE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
Jamaican has a way of helping each other’s. We work hard, and many of us still find time to go to school. Jamaicans are not like this only because they live in foreign countries, even in Jamaica, that is the way it is. Whenever, the opportunity present itself.
We fought each other sometime, but if you have any
need, you can turn to almost any Jamaicans, even if we were one time
enemies and ask for help, and get it if it is available.
YOU CAN LIVE SWEET IN JAMAICA.
However, you must learn the rope, before you return. Do not think that Satan is dead, and acting like there are no snakes in paradise. The Jamaica you left behind some twenty years ago is not the same one. A new generations has risen up, even the regular words are change up in some way. Many of the younger ones do not want to work, but they want to drive big cars and live in big houses.
SETTING UP A BUSINESS IN JAMAICA
If a person is wise they can live good in Jamaica. But if the person is foolish and show off, he she is dead duck.
It is never safe to set your business up in the same town where your house are. You do not want the people in your immediate neighborhood, to know that you are the one own such and such a business. You do not want criminals to have you target. Business people became prime target.
People must only think you work there as service men or an employee of such. We will talk more on this.
TOURIST SELDOM GET INTO TROUBLE:
It is important to know that this article is not talking about
tourists, it is talking about Jamaicans returning to reside.
So do not get scared and taking things out of context.
TOURISTS are not going into uncharted neighborhood, like
returning residents. If you are not a TOURIST it is
best to wire your money to your bank, a head of you, if you are
going to make long over the road night trip, coming from the airport.
Most of the hold ups take place on the airport road. The government needs to set up another airport in Mandeville, so people coming that side need not travel to Kingston.
IT IS NOT ALL FINE AND DANDY:
There is a new breed of Jamaican, different from the one we left home
when we were migrating from the island years ago.
These wanting to get rich quick. These do not want to work at all. At the same time they want to live like Americans. These do not wear use clothing. When sending clothing to family in Jamaica, I have to give them the new clothing and use the Used ones for my self. These are very ungrateful, and are bearing a grudge. You did not do more for them when you were over seas.
But how did they get like this? Criminals that have been deported from the
United States went home and teaches them these new
stuff.
BEWARE OF DISGRUNTLE FAMILY.
Nieces, nephews, brother and sisters are the main one killing their return family member. If you have some kind of family who were always wanting stuff and never had enough nor showing any progress for all that help they got from you,
You better be careful how you return. Returns only if conditions are right, if family members are friendly. On returning you do not want to get caught in the crossfire of political dog fights and you do not want to be looking down the barrel of gun, in the hand of a disgruntle family member.
One of my brothers was missing for some fifteen years, I had to support his children, and he was in prison and did not want the family to know. By the time he return, his children now had children. Within three weeks of getting back from prison, he been arguing with my mother for money to buy boat. My bass is a fisherman and I get his wife to be checking into the prices for boat. Then a message came to me warning me not to return to the island, because the brother has been planning stuff.
If you are planning to go into a lion den at least do some planning. Do not make disgruntle family members know when you are coming to the island, just show up. Do not let them know when you are leave, just be missing. You need to have good people pick you up at the airport.
If you are planning to do business when you return. Have your business set up in a way that even the money is not your responsibility to take to the bank. Have others take that risk. People must not even know what business you are into if possible.
WHEN IN DOUBT FOR YOUR SAFITY, SEEK OTHER COUNTRY FOR RETIREMENTS.
Brazil, Ghana, and many independent democratic African countries. With a small amount of British pounds and American Dollars in you retirement, back up with your social security, you could be living like a king in any of these countries. You will need to begin to research the exchange rate, years in advance, and then visited these country.
When people get old and reach retirement, it is not time go settled in country where you have enemies that trashed your life, only because they think you were privilege to travel abroad and did not share your hard earn wealth equally among them.
PREYING ON RETURNING RESIDENTS:
Regardless of what you hear, these prey on returning residents.
No matter how much you give, it is like you give nothing. It is not only greed you have to deal with now but greed with a grudge.
IF INVESTORS ARE NOT COMING THEN
THE FUTURE LOOK
VERY BAD FOR US.
Returning residents must be able to return with their knowledge, to invest and train the young. If people keep murdering, robbing and raping them, they will retire in other country. Jamaicans are now retiring in place like Kenya, Australia, and other country, because they scared to return to their homeland.
TAKING STRANGE TAXI
It is not wise to take strange taxi especial going to and coming from
the airport. Taking any strange taxi is dangerous.
Have reputable people to pick you up at the airport.
If you are planning to return to reside, buy your own car as soon as possible.
THEY KNOW YOU TRAVELED
ABROAD:
Jamaicans can look at a person and know if you were living in England
America, Canada or where. Then they starting to call you foreigner.
But as the months roles by you begin to sound like them, and look
like them, then only few can tell that you were a one-time migrant.
BUYING LAND AND MAKING A HOME:
Jamaicans do not like a show off, and when you return many will
expect you to show off, and some will see you as a show off,
especially if you do not have the time to hang out with them like
years ago before you leave the island.
When I went home to do a crusade or preach for a day or two, most of
the people only listening to hear if I am going to twang, or trying
to speak like American! They miss the whole message by listening for that twang.
NEVER BUY LAND IN YOUR ORIGINAL TOWN:
It is not a smart thing to buy land in your original parish right
Away, even if you buy it, it is not wise to physically live there
Right them. Wait until you get back in the swing of things.
The reason why it is not too good to built home in your original immediate
Neighborhood, is due to the fact that, that the envious, cousin or
Friend that you know years ago is even worst now. That nephew that
think you did not do enough to help them, is even more bitter now.
It is the family and friends that has done most of the killings of the
returning residents.
WHERE TO BUY HOME:
If you have the money a gated community is the best. But you will need to buy in
Places where you can modify the house to your likings. The house you planned to retire in you should buy that house in a gated community. These are now springing up all over Jamaica. No body can turnup at your home without being buzzed in.
SECURITY OF THE HOME:
Your bedroom needs to be upstairs. If criminal broken in,
in the night they will have to come up to you, and this give
you the advantage. If a Jamaican criminal cannot surprise you, they
do not bother with you. Some broken in the home, while the occupants
were away and wait. This is why dogs are important. If you went out
you must leave one or two of your dogs inside the house. If you do
not hear your indoor dog on returning, do not go into the house.
call you next neighbor and call the police.
THE BEST SECURITY IS
HAVING EYES AMONG THE
CRIMINALS:
The only way you can have eyes among the criminal, is to make friend, with another criminal.
If you have an habit of
Helping, and I do not mean handing out money. But caring, people
try to protect you the best they can. It is not as bad as how it sound in my writing, but my writing stress you being vigilant, that you do not try to tell yourself that things are completely ok. Just like here in the United States. I came across lone women; dress up in tight shorts running in lonely places, telling themselves that no more rapists is living in the world. Pretty and stupid, And asking for it, begging to be rape, sometime I think they want to get rape so they can write a book and get TV exposure.
Like I said before, you can live sweet in Jamaica. If you have your own house, your own car and some ways of making money. Never isolate yourself from the bad people as well as the good. You will need good church people as friend, and you will need vagabond friends as well. In fact any where you go in the world. Thefts and prostitutes. There are several group of theft in each community and each group knows the other. There are several groups of prostitutes in each community and each group knows the others. They know what group did the killing or the raping. Is not every group having a killer, and not every group have a rapist. If you are in contact with somebody from any of these groups, you can easily know what going on in the other entire group, because each group of criminal tries to know what the others are doing. Even if you have a security guard, you need a theft to watch the other theft for you.
BE AN ASSET TO THE NEEDY:
Some food for people in need or clothing, can be real helpful to you both.
Stop and talking to people, do not act like you are better than any
one, trying to teach people little things etc. You could do well.
The community I came from, I was the only one that seem to have a
Medicine chest home, all the children with cuts always find their way
to my home.
HAVE A PLAN HOW TO HELP CHILDREN.
Do not just return and live for yourself alone. A man alone is a dead man in Jamaica.
You must have a plan how to help women and children, at least in your immediate community. Do not act like you are scared of the people are scared of any one in particular, even though you might be shaking on the inside, you do not need to show it.
Always invites people home for dinner, not only the rich but also those who are rejected.
If you are planning to invites people home, do not make your house a treasure house, which mean “valuables” is everywhere. Things that make covetous people want to return when you are not at home.
Be aware of what is going on, be aware of your surrounding, be aware that “pickpockets” are watching you. “ Pickpockets” A bread of thief that steal from your pocket, when you are distracted. Do not walk about with loads of money on you, or a wallet so heavy that people can see it hanging out of your pockets. Know when you are being fallowed. If everywhere you go you keep seeing the same set of boys, chances that they could be following you are going the same place that you are going.
Things are not as bad as how this writing may sound, and it could be worst, I am just trying to make you aware and to help somewhat.
CHANGE YOUR MONEY WITH THE BANKS:
Do not try to get rich off the exchange markets. Always change your money
with the banks. There are people in the community who are giving much
more than what the banks are giving, but the trick is this. Now they
know how much money you have on you.
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Do not take strange taxi, built your house with the bedroom quarters
Upstairs, be a friend of the people. Get active with some Church.
stay out of politic. This does not mean that you must not vote, just
do not jump on the political van wagons.
DO NOT LET EVERY BODY IN YOUR HOUSE,
NOR SET IT UP LIKE JEWELRY STORE:
When you look through your windows and see neighbor coming to see
you with children tagging along with them, if you do not know the
people are careful. Sometime even if you know them it could be a
Problem. Some bad broken children keep running all over the house, and
the parents keep running after them, but this is just a trick to see
the place. One child we cannot find him, finally we found him under
our bed.
Keep your upstairs bedroom lock. If you have the money to
spare, it is best to make a outside toilet, next to your garage.
You do not want to denied work men if they came to work with you, but
you do not want every body running into your home.
DO NOT BE A TALK ABOUT PERSON:
If you found out that you are going to be a talk about person
especially in the negative, among women, it is best to keep a low
Profile.
Proverbs 3:6-AV In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
direct thy paths.
Proverbs 24:4-AV And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled
with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 11:9-AV An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his
neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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