Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
1. You know your Haitian when everyone asks you about Voodoo or if you do it.
2. You know your Haitian when you stare, or when somebody speaks Creole you glance or look at the people speaking it.
3. You know your Haitian when everyone says the famous line "Sak pase" and the famous curse word "Guete maman an"
4. You know your Mexican when your mom, dad, and children are the same height.
5. You know your Mexican when family from Mexico brings you floral knit dresses.
These are all examples of experiences in my and my families lives.
2. You know your Haitian when you stare, or when somebody speaks Creole you glance or look at the people speaking it.
3. You know your Haitian when everyone says the famous line "Sak pase" and the famous curse word "Guete maman an"
4. You know your Mexican when your mom, dad, and children are the same height.
5. You know your Mexican when family from Mexico brings you floral knit dresses.
These are all examples of experiences in my and my families lives.
You know you’re a Korean when...
You are using the word, Pali, Pali which means “Hurry up! Hurry up!”
You are fighting with each other after eating in the restaurant.
You would prefer to choose “our ...” rather than “my ...”
Your child (0~6) has a green birthmark on its ass.
You have a big head.
You are tired of Hollywood film.(except some movies)
You are fighting with each other after eating in the restaurant.
You would prefer to choose “our ...” rather than “my ...”
Your child (0~6) has a green birthmark on its ass.
You have a big head.
You are tired of Hollywood film.(except some movies)
Sunday, April 13, 2008
You know you are Haitian when..
1- You know what “Voodoo” means
2- You have yellow squash soup every Sunday morning
3- The first name of at least one woman in your family is: Marie
4- You would never enter a room with a big black butterfly inside
5- You eat rice and beans or black rice everyday
6- Your parents believe that “Palma Christi oil” treats everything
7- You believe in Zombie even if you say no
My mother’s first name is Marie and I know an Haitian family of nine where every child has Marie as first name: boys and girls.
This is so true that we love rice and beans and black rice.- That we are superstitious as a nation.
Many books have been written and many movies produced about Voodoo or zombification in Haiti: some realistic, some not.
Wade Davis: “ The Serpent and the Rainbow”, 1985. (Book) and the movie in 1988 by Wes Graven.
Maya Deren: “Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti”, 1953. (Book)
2- You have yellow squash soup every Sunday morning
3- The first name of at least one woman in your family is: Marie
4- You would never enter a room with a big black butterfly inside
5- You eat rice and beans or black rice everyday
6- Your parents believe that “Palma Christi oil” treats everything
7- You believe in Zombie even if you say no
My mother’s first name is Marie and I know an Haitian family of nine where every child has Marie as first name: boys and girls.
This is so true that we love rice and beans and black rice.- That we are superstitious as a nation.
Many books have been written and many movies produced about Voodoo or zombification in Haiti: some realistic, some not.
Wade Davis: “ The Serpent and the Rainbow”, 1985. (Book) and the movie in 1988 by Wes Graven.
Maya Deren: “Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti”, 1953. (Book)
YOU KNOW YOUR A GREAT NECK KID WHEN...
You can't go two blocks in town without seeing a bank.
If you go to North, you hate South. If you go to South, you hate North.
Even though you have several friends in both schools.
Even though it's not that good, Gino's is your favorite pizzaria.
You wonder why you have to go so far to go to South when North is only about a mile away.
You don't consider Lake Success part of Great Neck.
You have family less than an hour away.
PAL soccer was something you did when you were little.
You've been kicked off the ice multiple times for no reason at Parkwood.
The thought of staying home for the summer sounds absurd to you.
You take at least one vacation a year.
You have no idea how to get to King's Point Park.
You're Jewish.
Your cell phone is always glued to your hand.
Flipflops, Uggs, and berkenstocks are worn all year round.
Nobody knows how to drive.
You see a temple on every block you drive past
If you go to North, you hate South. If you go to South, you hate North.
Even though you have several friends in both schools.
Even though it's not that good, Gino's is your favorite pizzaria.
You wonder why you have to go so far to go to South when North is only about a mile away.
You don't consider Lake Success part of Great Neck.
You have family less than an hour away.
PAL soccer was something you did when you were little.
You've been kicked off the ice multiple times for no reason at Parkwood.
The thought of staying home for the summer sounds absurd to you.
You take at least one vacation a year.
You have no idea how to get to King's Point Park.
You're Jewish.
Your cell phone is always glued to your hand.
Flipflops, Uggs, and berkenstocks are worn all year round.
Nobody knows how to drive.
You see a temple on every block you drive past
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