PetroCaribe Challenge: The challenge with, one too many challenges.

How successful can the Petrocaribe Challenge really be? Read on to find out.

Nice for what?

These past couple of weeks I've been having to make decisions and have conversations which are making me realize that I'm going to or have been settling. Settling for an environment I don't want to live in, for relationships I don't want to be in, for friendships I'm forcing, basically for a way of life …

Relationship: Check yourself before you wreck somebody else.

Let’s take relationships for a minute and think about them, it makes an awful lot of sense to say that although each person in the relationship is only 50% of the relationship, they should both contribute 100% of themselves in order to see and make it work right? You should definitely be your partner’s number …

Depression: 5 tricks that have helped me get out of bed.

When dealing with depression, whether it’s seasonal or not something I’ve often had to push through was getting out of bed, taking a shower, getting breakfast. Just getting my day going... I would lay in bed, literally all day and not do anything. Now as simple and not too dangerous as that sounds, it’s important …

Ofisyel

The “”Ofisyel/Patron/Boss” phenomenon is one that I’ve lived with all my life. What’s annoying about it is the fact that it provides immunity for each and every person in that practice. I define it as the habit of Haitian government officials to do as they please and break every good rule society has established based …

Let’s talk about sex, baby!!

This article is long overdue but I took a month off from everything and everybody so now that I’m back let’s dive right into it! A couple of weeks ago i had a conversation with a friend and we were discussing “the friends with benefits" phenomenon; he was trying to convince me that casual sex …

In the mind of: Jean Claude Michel

Jean Claude Michel is a very dear friend of mine. He grew up in Haiti and started photography in 2010. I decided to interview him to better understand the work he does and how but most importantly through what other artistic branches he plans to expand himself as an artist.  He is someone who is …

Yes, privilege exists… even in the first black republic.

I would like to first take the time to clear the air and say that this article is meant to shine a light on a privilege a lot of people enjoy in Haiti, not just for the heck of it or to pick on some people. It really is meant to help people understand that …

In the mind of: Bastik (Anick Jasmin)

Anick Jasmin is a Haitian artist and entrepreneur, she is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal. I came across her work for the first time on Instagram (thank God for social media!), through her handmade jackets. They reminded me a lot of Basquiat's work and anything that's close to Basquiat has to …

5 things that left me shook in Maya Angelou’s “I know why the caged bird sings”

Hello and welcome back to my blog! I took on the task to read in full a book that I had always read through extracts, recommendations and reviews. Maya Angelou's "I know why the cage bird sings" is the first of seven autobiographic novels. In this book, she tells the tale of her childhood up …