Background

Just thought I should do some photograhping of these critters in my yard.

PS i'm no pro.

Wendell

Job Hunting Vs. Hunting For a Job

"Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer"
- Marcia Wieder

At the age of twenty-two, I can honestly say, and in no way am I proud of it, that I have never written a Resume. Reason being; I have never had a reason to apply for a job. Do not get me wrong! I have been employed before. My first time place of employment was at a Pharmacy in Port Antonio, Portland. Then, at a Gas Station in Buff Bay, Portland. Then, Having started my business in September of 2006 in Port Antonio. Portland.
Hence, I never saw a reason to, and regardless of what I had learnt in high school about writing a resume, it was only recently I learnt what it meant to have a skill.

What does it mean to have a skill?

According to Wikipedia "A skill, also called talent, is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both." Skills can often be divided into soft-skills and domain-specific skills. In the career choices you have made, some soft skills include time management, teamwork and leadership, self motivation, communication skills and others, whereas domain-specific skills would be useful only for a certain job, or can be taught. A skill usually requires a certain environmental stimuli and situation to assess the level of skill being shown and used. So, do I have a skill and is it easily identifiable? In general everyone has a skill, however, I was unable to identify mine I now know that I have excellent communication skills, testament to the blogs I have posted. I also have computing skills and oratory skills just to name those I have identified. it can also be said that due to my creative ability, I am also resourceful and innovative. Skills are, and do play an, important role in hunting for a job. this is so because people who possesses soft skills as well as domain-specific skills are more versatile and and adaptable.

Do you have a difference between Job Hunting and Hunting for a Job?

It can be argued that there is not a finite differentiation between the two. However, it can also be argued that there is. Job hunting can be defined as random search for any available job. Which could also mean that you are selling your self as been desperate with less focus is on the quality job that you want as if you are just trying to find something to do. While, hunting for a job can more specific, keyword "A". Hunting for a job means that you put yourself in a frame of mind with the ultimate goal of getting the job you see as a stepping stone in the direction of the career choice you chose or what you are skilled in.

My desire to find a place of employment that would suit the career choice i have made, saw me job hunting and not hunting for a job, I was looking for any job available half-heartedly. The thing with job hunting is that at some point in time I would have given up on that job, seeing that I had settled for anything. Thus, my main objective would have been to make money and not learn from experience, serving little or no purpose to my advancement. On the other hand, in order to pursue other goals. having searched for a job that suited my plans for the future, whilst I would eventually leave to better myself. I would have garnered the right experiences.
Now there is the question of making money to fund cost of living but, would you sell your soul, for a penny?

Wendell Richards

Life's Questions

"What you can do, or dream you
can do, begin it; boldness has genius,
power and magic in it"
- Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe (1749-1832),

Inspired by Faust

What if you could find solutions about life by simply questioning every move you made? Questioning the reasons why god made us this way, why we are forced to make choices, then having to face the consequences of those both good and bad. How do we cope with the pluses of making good and sound choices and the consequences of making bad ones? Would it help change our life's journey; taking us from point A to point Z without having to deal with those obstacles B,C,D,E,F,G,H... you get the jist!
Changing the way we think, act, speak, relate and appreciate people, and life. Can simple questions change our lives dramatically? What if the questions we asked applied not only to our selves, but the depressed, the lonley, the weak and the confused, would that solve their problems or at least relate to it?
What is it that sets us apart, physically, emotionally and mentally? What is it that drives the common bond to pursue dreams and be motivated to aspire? What is it that lends to us thats sense of pride and joy and comfort; comfort in knowing that we are meant to be something greater that what we are expected to be, the joy and that gut feeling of knowing what we are to become. What is it that emboldens us as youths, youths of the 21st century, to want change, need change, yearn change? To put simply, what is it that makes us want not only to succeed, but make a difference?

Confused

What if you were like me young, gifted and black? What if you were like me; a young adult confused, confused about life, love and how to simplify daily decision making. Are you like me? unashemedly intelligent, inquisitive, ambitious, optimistic; optimistic about future endeavours, my creative ingenuity, innovativeness and resourcefullness, but timid? Fearful of the what the world has to offer and death?
Are you like me? with the one clear thought in mind is of the future, a future that emboldens properity and moderate wealth. someone who looks to the future with anticipation of what it holds for me, for you?
What if you were really like me, whose life is anything but perfect. The challenges of making the best decisions to secure my place in history as a leader and team player? Imperfection caused by lack of commitment; being that i have never committed myself to anything for a duration suitable for growth. What if you were like me whose education and achievements reflects nothing of that sort on paper, how would you cope?

CHEQUE ME OUT

CHEQUE THIS

now, i'm probably here talking to ma self seeing that no body has commented on ma blogs (except that person who voted).
but i'mma continue to write down ma thoughts even if it is to laugh at them l8r. uzimi.

now, cheque this. Friday gone, whch was Nov 2. big, big man like mi left portland guh a kgn guh mek three card man ketch mi! how friggin stupid!

is like mi deh a HWT a try ketch summ'n fi cum back a mi yaad, when, dem four man yah come start chat behind mi. eediot mi now guh tun roun an a watch dem. de thief dem dud nutten more than fi dare mi fi play, an de supp'n look easy eenuh. guess wah? I ended playing. guess what happen, i lost my fone and part a my bus fare. guess wah mi win? nutten!

bloodfyah star?!!!! a how mi salt suh?

TELL ME

REALITY CHEQUE PLZ.

I sat here today thinking about what life meant to me, and i wondered:
what it really means to be honest? am i suppose to tell you every truth even if it hurts you more than it does me?
what it really means to be your friend? am I suppose to suck up to you, wipe your ass if you shit? dry your tears if you cry? make you happy when you're sad? be your buddy (no pun intended)? or be you're bitch?

what it really means to be on top of my game? am i to forget those at the bottom? am i to forget my roots? am i to forget people like you?

what it really means to succeed? am i to starve to death in order to save every dime? am i to dream-out-loud; spilling my ideas for you to be better than i am, at my own game? am i to settle down and focus on what really counts, me? am i to be a self conscious prick? or is this all just a load of shit?

what it really means to be in love, be loved? am i missing out? am i going to get in something so deep i can feel my butt? (lol) sh$t! am i too damn sentimental? am i the one full of it? am i...

now wait!

will you please tell me?

oh shit jus tell me shut the f*&k up!

AHHHHHH!!!!

and get out a my head!

WELCOME TO REALITY CHEQUE

Hi,

My name,Wendell. I am a twenty two year old Jamaican yute. who sees life not as it is. but as a opportunity waiting to be had taken advantage of. the challenge; my characteristics as a human being renders me impotent in reacting to the negatives that are at times thrown in my face. call me a fool, an idiot, anything. i'll smile it off in front of you and you'd never now how much it hurts.

"I am also way too simple. too kind and too humble that i have been taken for granted. "

I do hope to share with you all the life i live; on the fast lane-the challenges too of manuevering obstacles that i face on a daily basis an how i cope. The friends i keep; how they influence my decisions, whether for better or worse. the aspiration i have; to better my self, my family, my community, my country.

I do hope i would have enlighten you as to who i am in every blog i post. i also hope that we will share some connection.