It seems that corporate Barbados and the Barbadian government are still on the "Ryan Brathwaite" high even after the golden boy has returned to his normal everyday routine at his overseas university.
Don't get me wrong I am not taking away anything from Ryan's success, I am just as proud as any other Bajan who knows what this young man has done for Barbados but there is no use in being stuck on the facts after so much acknowledgements have been given.
But somehow that has not occurred to the government and corporate Barbados in their recent statements regarding Ms. Barbados World 2009.
Before I start I want to say that Leah Marville deserved to win that title as she has worked tirelessly to promote and make her "Love Campaign" a success and it shows true to her dedication to the cause. However, I don't appreciate the way in which the government and corporate world have suddenly surfaced from nowhere to pledge their undying support for a Ms. Barbados World.
Where was the Barbados government in 2006-2008 when Latoya McDowald and Natalie Olivia Griffith had to pay from their pockets to represent their country in Poland and South Africa respectively. These two young ladies had to carry the majority of their expenses on the love and support of their parents, friends and family.
And this is not a case where they went and didn't achieve anything, these two Barbadian beauties were excellent in representing for Barbados and putting our name out there. Latoya placed 6th in the swim suit and in the top 10 for the gown and talent segments. In 2008, Natalie won the talent segment from a group of over a hundred contestants. I fail to see how these achievements could not warrant the attention of the powers that be.
It must be said that these young ladies, similarly to Ms. Marville seeked support from these same persons in Government and corporate Barbados and did not receive so much as response or call back to the numerous attempts made by them to involve these parties.
I sincerely hope that this message is being interpreted in the correct way....which is there is no pride in being bandwagonist and that its never too late to acknowledge those who have gone before and done Barbados proud.
To end my post...I leave you with a Maya Angelou quote which says "All great achievements require time"
Risse
Y.F.B... the P.R of the Future
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Kayne West...you need help!!!
Ok so I've seen all the facebook statuses talking about the VMA's and the whole ordeal with Taylor Swift and Kayne West...so I just had to go peep it on youtube......SMDH (shake my damn head for my older crew)
I'm going to be devil's advocate here and blame it on the alcohol cause I would hate to believe that he was sober and did something sooooooooooooooo stupid. I don't respect how Kayne acts like a spoiled child at these award shows...before he usta kick up a fuss cause he didn't win and now he wanna drag Beyonce onto his make shift band wagon...boy go in a corner and learn some sense!
I'm no big fan of country music and I know like two Taylor Swift songs..so I am no judge on if she deserves the award or not. But that is besides the point! I honestly believe that something needs to be done about these outbursts he has/had/is having/will continue to have. She didn't deserve that sort of treatment..furthermore NO one deserves that type of treatment when receiving an award in front thousands of people at a LIVE show.
But as my mother always says...people know who to do dem tings to! I am sureeee as the sun is going to rise tomorrow that he wouldn't have tried that shit with a black artiste...cause the steel in his mouth wouldn't have saved the slap or cuff he would have gotten. NUFF SAID
Risse
Y.F.B... the P.R of the Future
I'm going to be devil's advocate here and blame it on the alcohol cause I would hate to believe that he was sober and did something sooooooooooooooo stupid. I don't respect how Kayne acts like a spoiled child at these award shows...before he usta kick up a fuss cause he didn't win and now he wanna drag Beyonce onto his make shift band wagon...boy go in a corner and learn some sense!
I'm no big fan of country music and I know like two Taylor Swift songs..so I am no judge on if she deserves the award or not. But that is besides the point! I honestly believe that something needs to be done about these outbursts he has/had/is having/will continue to have. She didn't deserve that sort of treatment..furthermore NO one deserves that type of treatment when receiving an award in front thousands of people at a LIVE show.
But as my mother always says...people know who to do dem tings to! I am sureeee as the sun is going to rise tomorrow that he wouldn't have tried that shit with a black artiste...cause the steel in his mouth wouldn't have saved the slap or cuff he would have gotten. NUFF SAID
Risse
Y.F.B... the P.R of the Future
Nicole King
This post isn't going to be like the rest...this is the real deal here and its very solemn and straight up.
A week and two days ago, my friend and former schoolmate Nicole King was involved in a tragic car accident that has left her fighting for her life at the QEH. Amidst the genuinely concerned friends and fellow Barbadians who were worried about her well being and condition...they were a few bad apples who as in anything that deviates from the norm, tried to look for gossip and propaganda to fuel a fire that should have NEVER been started.
I would like each and everyone of you to place yourself in her shoes...in her mother's shoes...all you would want is a fair and fighting chance to be well and out of the hospital and as a mother for your daughter to be back to her old self again.
My advice therefore is to count the number of fingers pointing back at you when you waste time speculating on what would, could, should and didn't happen before that night...instead GO to the Blood Bank at the Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic and donate a pint of your blood, GET down on your knees and thank the Lord for being so good to you and ask him to keep Nicole in his arms on her journey back to health and be supportive to this young woman who has done nothing to deserve the situation which she is faced with!!!
The number at the Blood Bank is 429-4307...if need be call before you go to find out if you are eligible to donate. The following are some points which you should note:
A week and two days ago, my friend and former schoolmate Nicole King was involved in a tragic car accident that has left her fighting for her life at the QEH. Amidst the genuinely concerned friends and fellow Barbadians who were worried about her well being and condition...they were a few bad apples who as in anything that deviates from the norm, tried to look for gossip and propaganda to fuel a fire that should have NEVER been started.
I would like each and everyone of you to place yourself in her shoes...in her mother's shoes...all you would want is a fair and fighting chance to be well and out of the hospital and as a mother for your daughter to be back to her old self again.
My advice therefore is to count the number of fingers pointing back at you when you waste time speculating on what would, could, should and didn't happen before that night...instead GO to the Blood Bank at the Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic and donate a pint of your blood, GET down on your knees and thank the Lord for being so good to you and ask him to keep Nicole in his arms on her journey back to health and be supportive to this young woman who has done nothing to deserve the situation which she is faced with!!!
The number at the Blood Bank is 429-4307...if need be call before you go to find out if you are eligible to donate. The following are some points which you should note:
You CANNOT give blood if:
· You had a TATTOO done within the last 12 months.
· You GAVE BIRTH within the last 6 months.
· You had a PIERCING done within the last 6 months.
· You have the COLD or FLU
· You are taking ANTI-BIOTICS
· You have an EXSISTING INFECTION
On that note...I would like to reiterate my initial point...don't believe everything you hear and stop speculating. Those things are minuscule at this time. The task at hand is to get Nicole through these hard times with the help, support and pray from everyone who knows about the situation.
Risse
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
/me Crop Over!!!
Alas...the hype and intensity of the #1 season in Barbados has come to an end. This year, the season has been lauded to be the best in a long time by officials and laymen alike but I think that is a grave understatement.
Crop Over 2009 has raised the bar tremendously especially in the face of the economic crisis. The quality and quantity of music was much improved as many new artistes come onto the scene, even though many of them had no interest in competition- their music was well received. The relocation of the Party Monarch did not harm the turn out of patrons and it was inaugural for one of Barbados' longest performing female artistes.
TC has been in competition for over a decade, and in 2009 she took two of the four major titles coveted in the festival. Many had mixed feelings about her win, while others have been more than elated about what they may consider as long overdue. But what is done is done and I personally feel that congratulations are in order.
The General, Edwin Yearwood came back in full force this year with his song " In de middle a de road" taking both Road March and People's Monarch. This song was not only causing damage on the airwaves but anyone can safely say that during the season, 9 out of 10 people had this as their ringtone. Edwin continues to come fresh and new each year, I do believe some of the older artistes can take a leaf out of his book.
Culminating on the first Monday in August, the bands paraded from the National Stadium onto the ever popular Spring Garden Highway. My experience with Cable and Wireless Contact was not bad but the initial stages were quite bumpy. However once on the road it was PURE JAMISHNESS till we reach!!!! I will never miss another Grand Kadooment as it has to be the best day of the year in Barbados by far!
So thanks once again to the National Cultural Foundation and all those persons who made this Crop Over so successful...all I ask is that the second day be considered for 2010 :)
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Crop Over 2009 has raised the bar tremendously especially in the face of the economic crisis. The quality and quantity of music was much improved as many new artistes come onto the scene, even though many of them had no interest in competition- their music was well received. The relocation of the Party Monarch did not harm the turn out of patrons and it was inaugural for one of Barbados' longest performing female artistes.
TC has been in competition for over a decade, and in 2009 she took two of the four major titles coveted in the festival. Many had mixed feelings about her win, while others have been more than elated about what they may consider as long overdue. But what is done is done and I personally feel that congratulations are in order.
The General, Edwin Yearwood came back in full force this year with his song " In de middle a de road" taking both Road March and People's Monarch. This song was not only causing damage on the airwaves but anyone can safely say that during the season, 9 out of 10 people had this as their ringtone. Edwin continues to come fresh and new each year, I do believe some of the older artistes can take a leaf out of his book.
Culminating on the first Monday in August, the bands paraded from the National Stadium onto the ever popular Spring Garden Highway. My experience with Cable and Wireless Contact was not bad but the initial stages were quite bumpy. However once on the road it was PURE JAMISHNESS till we reach!!!! I will never miss another Grand Kadooment as it has to be the best day of the year in Barbados by far!
So thanks once again to the National Cultural Foundation and all those persons who made this Crop Over so successful...all I ask is that the second day be considered for 2010 :)
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Thursday, June 25, 2009
★♫★M.J★♫★ 29/08/1959 - 25/06/2009
So maybe you were on your way home from work...or liming at the office waiting on your friend to hurry up and finish what they were doing or on your way to the gym....but it doesn't matter cuz when your phone rang or you got that text or that message on your blackberry saying..."I hear Michael Jackson dead" you tell yourself what really going on here...
Only this week was I constantly humming his song "Rock with You" and it was stuck in my mind on repeat. But none of that changes the fact that the music industry has lost one of its greatest icons ever...and I still feel glad that he has been honoured on numerous occasions for his contribution cuz I realize people only give jack his jacket when the person is six feet under.
MJ had the power to do what much other facets in life couldn't achieve...bypassing all the obstacles of colour, class, religion, gender, age etc etc to bring people together and let unity reign even if it was for a 3 hour performance...he had that touch.
Bringing me to my point...that the only thing fair in life is death...and we all have to die. People always want to go to heaven but no one wants to die...and for a man like MJ to pass away it saddens me and he will be missed but his death is no greater than the death of a mother in Africa or a father in Iraq or any person for that matter. Everyone has equal importance in this life and we all have a purpose to fulfill.
He lived a full life ...many of us might not even live to see 50 and despite his trials and tribulations he will never be forgotten and his name will be forever etched in history.
The moral of this blog is...celebrities are human too and their is no reason to over react cuz the media is bombarding you constantly with every opinion of Tom, Dick and Harry about who what when where how and why...just remember the person when they were at their prime and as for MJ he was the best entertainer of all time a proud product of the Black race and he will always be remembered for his smooth moves and beautiful voice.
R.I.P MJ you will be surely missed
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Only this week was I constantly humming his song "Rock with You" and it was stuck in my mind on repeat. But none of that changes the fact that the music industry has lost one of its greatest icons ever...and I still feel glad that he has been honoured on numerous occasions for his contribution cuz I realize people only give jack his jacket when the person is six feet under.
MJ had the power to do what much other facets in life couldn't achieve...bypassing all the obstacles of colour, class, religion, gender, age etc etc to bring people together and let unity reign even if it was for a 3 hour performance...he had that touch.
Bringing me to my point...that the only thing fair in life is death...and we all have to die. People always want to go to heaven but no one wants to die...and for a man like MJ to pass away it saddens me and he will be missed but his death is no greater than the death of a mother in Africa or a father in Iraq or any person for that matter. Everyone has equal importance in this life and we all have a purpose to fulfill.
He lived a full life ...many of us might not even live to see 50 and despite his trials and tribulations he will never be forgotten and his name will be forever etched in history.
The moral of this blog is...celebrities are human too and their is no reason to over react cuz the media is bombarding you constantly with every opinion of Tom, Dick and Harry about who what when where how and why...just remember the person when they were at their prime and as for MJ he was the best entertainer of all time a proud product of the Black race and he will always be remembered for his smooth moves and beautiful voice.
R.I.P MJ you will be surely missed
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Summertime 101...H1N1?
I can never seem to incorporate consistency into my blog etiquette, but hey no one ever died from using the salad fork with dessert!
So its Summmmmmmerrrrrrtime! And nothing is like summer in Barbados...cuz it means one thing...CROP OVER!!! Limes, fetes, parties, drinks, friends, fun, more drinks lol. But on a more serious note Summer in Barbados or any other Caribbean island is about socializing and interacting with people- locals and tourists alike. But how will we cope with H1N1 and our annual festivals...some may suggest cancelling the entire festival until we have eradicated the virus...some may say just be careful and take all the necessary precautions.
However, I think that we need to take stock of our own behaviour before we start to panic about this disease. Before swine flu..there was date rape, drunken driving, fighting in crowds etc etc...and these things are still very much alive and kicking and are just as dangerous as H1N1.
So as summer progresses and we go to all the band fetes, limes and parties please remember that saying " I shouda, I coulda but I didn't" won't turn back the clock and erase any damage you may have caused directly or indirectly to another person...think before you act...during the act and after the fact and I'm sure Summer 09 will be as prosperous as all the previous ones.
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
So its Summmmmmmerrrrrrtime! And nothing is like summer in Barbados...cuz it means one thing...CROP OVER!!! Limes, fetes, parties, drinks, friends, fun, more drinks lol. But on a more serious note Summer in Barbados or any other Caribbean island is about socializing and interacting with people- locals and tourists alike. But how will we cope with H1N1 and our annual festivals...some may suggest cancelling the entire festival until we have eradicated the virus...some may say just be careful and take all the necessary precautions.
However, I think that we need to take stock of our own behaviour before we start to panic about this disease. Before swine flu..there was date rape, drunken driving, fighting in crowds etc etc...and these things are still very much alive and kicking and are just as dangerous as H1N1.
So as summer progresses and we go to all the band fetes, limes and parties please remember that saying " I shouda, I coulda but I didn't" won't turn back the clock and erase any damage you may have caused directly or indirectly to another person...think before you act...during the act and after the fact and I'm sure Summer 09 will be as prosperous as all the previous ones.
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Ya Know Wha I Hate....these GoArmy.com ADS!!!
So it's Saturday night and I'm home watching reality TV my life is so exciting!!! (the sarcasm is choking me) But hey, its only been 4 days since my last exam so I have summer to frolick :)
Anyways, I thought it was necessary to blog about this pressing issue while it was still hot on my mind...and we all know how hot that can get. While watching College Hill South Beach edition, these GoArmy.com or whaeva it name ads came on and these three guys in camo were talking and while I was there wishing the ad would hurry up an finish to get back to the drama that is College Hill...I hear one of the guys in the ad say - if you like playing video games and you like blowing up stuff the army is for you.
Now I don't know who produces these ads and I don't think the people in them are really soldiers but that has to be one of the DUMBEST things I've ever heard come from a man's mouth. Do they not see what these ads are trying to achieve and the potential damage it can do?...Maybe I'm being overanalytical or it's just my paranoia but I honestly think that ad was tailored to target YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE - American and otherwise.
The entire production screamed "If you black and foolish this one for you" and it is disgusting to see how these people are so outward and blunt about their intentions. I find it disrespectful to say things like that when it comes to people's lives being put on the line to protect others and God forbid a person who lost someone in war to have seen that ad.
This ad in my opinion is a typical case of stereotyping as it is well known army scouts predominately reach out to the BLACK PUBLIC schools. I often question their logic and ask myself why they don't go into the high end clubs or private schools and hand out their cards....Black people wake up and don't be caught by the subliminal messages of these people who abuse the media for their own gain. See these things for what they are and not how they appear to be.
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
Anyways, I thought it was necessary to blog about this pressing issue while it was still hot on my mind...and we all know how hot that can get. While watching College Hill South Beach edition, these GoArmy.com or whaeva it name ads came on and these three guys in camo were talking and while I was there wishing the ad would hurry up an finish to get back to the drama that is College Hill...I hear one of the guys in the ad say - if you like playing video games and you like blowing up stuff the army is for you.
Now I don't know who produces these ads and I don't think the people in them are really soldiers but that has to be one of the DUMBEST things I've ever heard come from a man's mouth. Do they not see what these ads are trying to achieve and the potential damage it can do?...Maybe I'm being overanalytical or it's just my paranoia but I honestly think that ad was tailored to target YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE - American and otherwise.
The entire production screamed "If you black and foolish this one for you" and it is disgusting to see how these people are so outward and blunt about their intentions. I find it disrespectful to say things like that when it comes to people's lives being put on the line to protect others and God forbid a person who lost someone in war to have seen that ad.
This ad in my opinion is a typical case of stereotyping as it is well known army scouts predominately reach out to the BLACK PUBLIC schools. I often question their logic and ask myself why they don't go into the high end clubs or private schools and hand out their cards....Black people wake up and don't be caught by the subliminal messages of these people who abuse the media for their own gain. See these things for what they are and not how they appear to be.
Risse
Y.F.B....the PR of the future
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