Anpil moun ki ret Pòtoprens pa moun Pòtoprens. Menm gen on pawòl ki ta vle fè kwè pa gen moun Pòtoprens, konmkwa tout moun Pòtoprens se ta moun vini. Men lè moun vini fè pitit on kote, timoun sa yo pa gen ni de ni twa peyi: kote yo kale a, se la yo moun. Se pou sa k fè nou gen peyi manman nou, peyi papa nou. Premye sans mo peyi a pou nou, se sans kote lonbrit nou antere, kote demanbre nou ye. Se lè nou pati, al nan peyi etranje, lide peyi vin gen sans Ayiti nan tèt tout moun.
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Semenn pase m te anonse nou, nan fen dezyèm pati a, m konsidere va Minis Jistis ak Sekirite piblik Ayisyen an, Msye Jan-Jozèf Egzime, fè sou jounalis Vizyon 2000 la, Valeri Nima, jou Lendi 19 Janvye 2009 la, se on demach ‘dwèt bouwo’. Jijman sa a, se pa on pawòl ki tonbe konsa konsa: m ap mennen nou dèyè pawòl Minis la yo pou nou al fè pwòp konsta pa nou. Men, an menm tan n ap fè demach sa a, fò n tabli sans lapawoli ‘dwèt bouwo’ a klè pou tout moun. Continue reading “Pawòl ‘dwèt bouwo’ osnon pawòl ‘maladwa!’?” »
Profile: Antoine Pierre-Paul
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| Name | Antoine Pierre-Paul (Tatán is my favorite nickname, along with Pepe and Paulo.) |
| Date of Birth | May 23, 1956 |
| Place of Birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Current Location | New York, USA |
| Height | 5′ 11″ |
| Weight | 185 lbs. |
| Ethnicity | Haitian/Black |
| Hair | Black, slowly going gray… |
| Eyes | Black |
| Eyesight | Bad, very bad… from reading the PC screen and the huge collection of Sheet Music I have. |
| Primary Education | Ecole Darius Denis |
| Secondary Education | Petit Séminaire Collège St. Martial |
| Post-Secondary Education | Faculté des Sciences de L’Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Occupation | Freelance Graphic Artist |
| Favorite Software Platform | Ubuntu Linux. (I have a copy of Windows Vista for Music and Gaming purposes) |
| Computers | Various Desktop PCs running Windows 3.1, 98, XP, Vista and many flavors of Linux (Ubuntu, Knoppix, Kanotix, Slackware, etc.) |
| Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual |
| Relationship Status | Recently Widowed |
| Kids | Two daughters, Joelle and Amanda Noelle. |
| Siblings | Marie-Joseph (sister), Anthony & Henri-Robert (brothers). |
| Religion | None, I am a Yogi. (I Grew up Catholic!) |
| Religious Views | For me, Yoga is the Way. Period. (BTW Yoga is NOT a Religion, neither it’s an Exercise program. GTFW!) |
| Social Life | What’s that? |
| Drinking | No more. |
| Smoking | I quit 12 years ago. |
| Drugs | I am not retarded! |
| Diet | 75% Raw Vegan and Fruitarian. Plus Rice & Greens and Wheat Bread. |
| Hobbies | Flute playing (Baroque period, Jazz and Latin), Graphic design, Pen & Ink Drawing, Internet technologies, Graphic Software, Reading, reading… |
| Favorite foods | Fruits, Nuts, Raw Vegetables, Rice and Beans, White Rice & Greens, Wheat Bread, Green Juices, Fruit Smoothies. |
| Favorite Music | Everything but Rap, Heavy Metal and their close relatives. |
| Favorite bands | Chamber Ensembles, Mariachis and Small Jazz Combos. |
| Favorite TV Shows | Wait… there’s something good on TV? Now, this is news to me! |
| Favorite Movies | “And justice for all”, “Stand by me”, most Spaghetti Westerns and good Comedies |
| Favorite Books | Do I have to list all five hundreds of them? Only love (Sri Daya Mata), Autobiography of a Yogi (P. Yogananda), The Flute (J.J. Quantz), How to win friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie)… |
| Favorite Activities | Oh, let’s see… daydreaming, watching paint dry, holding the wall, and my all-time favorite laying on the floor in the Corpse Pose! |
| Favorite Quotations | “Tell the children the truth right now!” Robert Nesta Marley (Babylon System) |
| Political Views | All the way to the Left. (In case you did not know, the Left is actually ‘more right’ than the Right!) |
| About Me | Just an average guy who believes we should be doing a lot better on this planet, since we already have the recipe “Do unto others as we would them do unto us”. |
| Personal Goal | To be the kindest person you will ever meet. |
Dèyè Pawòl, Gen Pawòl
“Dèyè Pawòl Gen Pawòl” conjures up the idea expressed by the proverb “Dèyè mòn, gen mòn”. In short, it will be a weekly investigation into our logomachy, the words we use–words of the day, words from the past, words in synchrony, words in diachrony, all words that purport to convey some meaning about us…
Si ou renmen koze sa a, gaye li tribòbabò.
Atik sa a, se Roro ki te ekri l.
Tanpri, pa bliye fè on ti koutpye nan Lakay Graphics kote n ap jwenn on pakèt desen ak anpil lòt bagay sou Ayiti.
Ki moun
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