After a
successful missionary quest in Cuba in 2009, Frances has
embarked in a new Mission: Mexico, where she's teaching deaf
and mute children. She needs your financial help! READ STORY
The Great
Rafael Hernández Rafael
Hernández was one of the great Puerto Rican songwriters of
popular music. Born on October 24, 1892, he was the author of hundreds of popular songs in the Latin
American repertoire. He specialized in Puerto Rican and
Cuban styles such as the canción, bolero and guaracha. Among
his most famous compositions are "Lamento Borincano", "Capullito
de Alhelí", "Campanitas de Cristal", "Cachita", "Silencio",
"El Cumbanchero" and "Perfume de Gardenia".
READ STORY
CHEBO'S HEART OF UNBELIEF When
I was a kid our neighbor gave a party and invited the whole
barrio (hood). Once at his house, I noticed my friend Chebo
was outside by the window, peeking in.
"Come on in, Chebo" I said.
But he said: "No, I wasn't invited." I replied: "But, the whole neighborhood was invited, come
in."
But Chebo insisted: "No, I wasn't invited." So he stayed
outside.
Chebo's heart was hardened by the deceifulness of his own
heart. He lived a life of jealousy, envy and bitter remorse
because he didn't always get what he wanted, but hated those
who did.
"See to it that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief
that turns away from a living God." —Hebrews 3:12
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Jíbaros.com About This Website by Don Jibaro Orlando Some time ago, I was playing guitar in a restaurant in Los Angeles,
where I met an intelligent young Puerto Rican man who, as we sipped
some espressos, told me about his struggles with the duality of the
ethnicity of Puerto Ricans in the United States. By the inflections
of his speech, I understood that to be "what you appear to be" to
society and "what you are in reality" were to different things. From
then on, I kept seeing the phenomenon of identity as a virtual
necessity to express that ethnicity.
As part of the Diáspora, we take the Christmas, Easter and most
holiday seasons too deep to heart. That's good. Our rich cultural
traditions dominate the essence of our thinking... a cuatro...
guiros... pasteles... La Plaza del Recreo...!!! Ah... We can't help
but to have a couple of "pasteles" and maybe a cup of "coquito" in
the back of our minds. Unfortunately, after January, all seems to
fade away.
Like other ethnic groups, we, as Hispanic immigrants into the
U.S.A., rely on that identity to establish our position in today's
society. It's vital for us to accept it, since the world urges us to
recognize ourselves as it recognizes us, not as we really are or
anything else.READ MORE
The Puerto Rican
Status by
Don Jíbaro Orlando The Puerto Rican territorial issue has been a debate for
decades; still without a feasible solution. So another
referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico was held
in Puerto Rico on June 11, 2017. The referendum had three
options: becoming a state of the United States, independent
or maintaining the current territorial free association. Those who voted overwhelmingly chose
statehood by 97%; turnout, however, was 23%, a historically
low figure. This figure is attributed to a boycott led by
the pro-status quo PPD party.
READ REPORT
Identity Today
by Don Jíbaro The Cultural Quest for Identity is an incredible phenomenon.
It has been the theme of countless works of science, art and
literature. One's personal identity can be manifested in any
part of the world. All you need is behavior. You are who you
are no matter where you stand. We are Boricuas when we
behave like Boricuas; otherwise we're John Does. Some live
at home and some live abroad. Some behave, some don't...
but, what makes one a Boricua?
The answer to that question is so deep that I'd need to
write a book to convey the many aspects of the human
character that makes us who we are. Suffice it to say that
the right to be Boricua can't be imputed by others nor
monopolized by those how feel they have studied more or
display more of the traits that would characterize a Puerto
Rican.
Identity is a state of mind in where there's an urge to
manifest one's origins. That urge is prompted by many
sociological and psychological factors... the most common is
being absent from the Island surrounded by different types
of peers from all parts of the globe. Another factor lies
deep beneath the personality traits we show. It is simply
the fact that we've been a colony, a protectorate, a
territorial possession , et al... for over 500 years. Did
you hear that? FIVE HUNDRED YEARS!!! More than any other
land in the world. MORE
¿Are Thou Politically
Correct? Political correctness or political correctitude (adjectivally,
politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is an
attitude or policy of being careful not to offend or upset any group
of people in society who are believed to have a disadvantage.
You
and I know that every one passionately strives to be "cool,
avant-garde, and, of course, politically correct." You can hardly
say anything to anyone anymore, because they might get "offended" if
a tiny speck of boo-boo falls in their politically correct 'botella
de lechita'... or better said, "lacteous nourishment container."
How about "homeless" becoming —"outdoor urban dwellers"?
Hearest thou an Amén?
Nowadays, children hit and disrespect their parents and you
can't spank 'em anymore, cuz they lock you up! Prisoners now sue
their victims... and as my Tio Genaro used to say "Birds shoot back
at the shotguns." Gasp!! I know no' mo'.Read More
Just a Note: Because of the failure in the enforcement of laws people are
doing whatever they want, rather that what they should. Such
lawlessness will backfire and prompt the government. to say
"THAT'S IT! --- No more freedom." This will lead us
to a totalitarian degraded world where you will have a
microchip embedded in your wrist in order to be able to buy,
sell or go about your business. So obey the laws of the
land.
"It's better to have loved. Period."
Don Jíbaro: Who Dat Man? Interview by Les Rivera
One of his quotes from jibaros.com reads: “A Puerto Rican shall not be
boring.” so,
to describe Don Jibaro as anything less than
riveting would be an understatement of his own
philosophy.Don Jibaro is the owner/operator
of some of the world’s busiest Puerto Rican websites,
Over the years, Orlando (his real name) has also left a
legacy of volunteer work in the Los Angeles area... Read Here
"It's better dry bread in peace, than a feast in a house
full of fighting." Prov.17:1
Why Are We So Tired? Research by Don Jibaro tired (tīr'd) adj. — in need of sleep or rest; weary. FATIGUED, exhausted,
worn out, weary, fatigued, dog-tired, dead beat, bone-tired,
ready to drop, drained, zonked, wasted, enervated, jaded;
Have you ever noticed that you are just so tired and do not
know why? Medical Fatigue is not tiredness caused by running
a mile or two. Fatigue (exhaustion, tiredness, lethargy,
etc.) is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct
from weakness, and has a gradual onset. Unlike weakness,
fatigue can be alleviated by periods of rest. READ MORE
HOW TO SPEAK AMERICANO pt.3 ¿Dumb Oxymorons?
Edited by Don Jibaro Along with the Spanish, I studied proper English and it's
literature in the schools of Puerto Rico from 1952 to 1964.
My teachers made shure that the phonetics and dictions were
executed flawlessly.
However when I came to USA in 1973, I found that English was
spoken much different to the stuff I had learned. They had
stuff called "SLANG that could be used to fit on any
lirterary exchange. But that's another story. Behold! I now
bring you the American Oximoron, a set of words dedicated to
and spoken by the idiots that roam the land... READ MORE
Worries? It has been said that there are two days that people worry most about but should
actually worry least about: Yesterday and Tomorrow. We worry about yesterday -
the mistakes we've made and what we would like to do over or differently. Yet,
there is nothing we can do to change yesterday. Our worries are wasted.
We also worry about tomorrow - the problems it may bring and the challenge we
may face. Yet, we cannot control tomorrow. It is out of our grasp. So again, our
worries are wasted. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. —Matthew 6:34
Origins of Spanish names All our Hispanic names come from Spain; different regions
where families ruled towns or haciendas. If you live in
Hacienda Rosa you'd be Fulano De La Rosa... and so on...
Spanish surnames developed from four major sources:
Patronymic & Matronymic Surnames - Based on a parent's first name, this
category of surnames includes some of the most common
Hispanic surnames. These Hispanic surnames originated as a
way to distinguish between men bearing the same given name
by specifying the name of their father or mother.
Grammatically, Spanish surnames may sometimes be an
unchanged form of the father's given name, with the
difference in pronunciation. However, Spanish patronymic
surnames were most often formed by adding suffixes meaning
"son of, such as -es, -as, -is, or -os (common to Portuguese
surnames) or an -ez, -az, -is, or -oz (common to Castilian
or Spanish surnames) to the end of the father's name. (Leon
Alvarez - Leon son of Alvaro).
Geographical Surnames - Another common type of Hispanic last name,
Spanish geographical surnames are often derived from the
location of the homestead from which the first bearer and
his family came from or resided in (Ricardo de Lugo -
Ricardo from the town of Lugo). Medina and Ortega are common
geographical Hispanic surnames, as there are quite a few
towns in the Spanish speaking world bearing these names.
Some Spanish geographic surnames refer to landscape
features, such as Vega, meaning "meadow," and Mendoza,
meaning "cold mountain," from mendi (mountain) and (h)otz
(cold) + a. Some Spanish geographic surnames also feature
the suffix de, meaning "from" or "of" (Desoto - of soto, of
"the grove").
Occupational Surnames - these Hispanic last names are based on the
person's job or trade (Roderick Guerrero - Roderick the
warrior or soldier).
Descriptive Surnames - Based on a unique quality or physical feature of
the individual, these surnames often developed from
nicknames or pet names (Juan Delgado - John the thin) or
Chucho El Roto (Chucho The Broken)
Ivonne
Figueroa... is one of my inspirations for Internet work
concerning Puerto Rico, its culture and its people.
She's an internet pioneer with her website about
Puerto Rican folklore dating back to 1995...
Both her website and her monthly magazine are
dedicated to our descendants, the children of Puerto
Ricans, so that they can remember our culture, learn
about their roots and history, and be proud to call
themselves Boricuas and Puertorriqueños. EL BORICUA,
see her work HERE
www.elboricua.
Just a Note: "I could complain, talk rhetoric and show the virtues of my
narcissistic self; but the world is too complicated today to
empathize with a just another soul. Instead, I come to
encourage you to do good, have mercy and love one another.
Show the world that we are not giving up hope and all things
beautiful."
Gravity Kills A 22-year-old Reston man was found dead after he tried to
use 'occy' straps (the stretchy little ropes with hooks on
each end) to bungee jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle,
police said. Fairfax County police said Eric A.Barcia, a
fast-food worker, taped a bunch of these straps together,
wrapped an end around one foot, anchored the other end to
the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped... and hit the
pavement. Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said
investigators think Barcia was alone because his car was
found nearby. "The length of the cord that he had assembled
was greater than the distance between the trestle and the
ground," Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of
death was "major trauma." An autopsy is scheduled for later
in the week. ¡Ay Caramba!
True Story A medical student doing a rotation in was toxicology at the
poison control center. A woman, Maria Montes, called in very
upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The
medical student quickly reassured her that the ants are not
harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into
the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the
conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter
some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. The student
told the mother that she better bring her daughter in to the
Emergency room right away.
SPAM
& EGGS SPAM - Unwanted Email... Clogged Bandwidth and the problem with “Cutesies”
Special Commentary By Don Jibaro My
friend from Bayamón, Chebo and I no longer share the
philosophy of life through email anymore. Now he just
sends me "forwards" that he collects from the Internet
or that people send to him. What once was a profound
exchange of "nuggets of truth" between friends has
become a bombardment of "cutesies". Cutesies (cute
things) are those snippets that you get forwarded from
someone who got it forwarded to him by someone who...
well, you get the idea, don't you?
READ MORE
The Art of
Pleasing Others
Oh, I've gotten Hell on Earth for voicing my opinion
here and there... Sometimes I feel like I need to buy me a
shotgun and shoot the computer.... ...and just go back a notepad
and a pencil. But you know, I can't live by myself, I'm too
gregarious to not even have a dog that I could boss around... "Mira, apéate del sofá, sato asqueroso..."
Consequently, I compromise... I go to my psychiatrist who
teaches me the two arts: the art of conquering misanthropy (no
offense) and the art of fitting into an environment I don't like
it!!!... My neighbors, they all wanna lock me up. So what do I
do? READ DONKEY
We must stop perpetuating gossip, half-truths and detrimental
bitterness just because we crave sympathy.
Never be bitter about the things you deserved but
didn't get, but be grateful for what you got that you didn't
deserve.
Never fear your critics... They're just people who boast
themselves of being hard to please because nobody tries to please
them.
"Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather
determine this-- not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a
brother's way." Rom 14:13
Don't answer some fool according to his foolishness,
or you'll be just as foolish as he is. —Proverbs 26:4
"So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is a transgression." James 4:17
"Everyone has two opinions: The one they really
believe in and the one they want the world to think they believe; and they seldom merge into
one." ----Don Jibaro
Love yourself... just in case nobody does.
Don't spread rumors, good or bad; instead SPREAD Love and Kindness
Hola! Welcome to a virtual Puerto
Rico! “A Puerto Rican shall not be boring.”
A glimmer of hope... The strength that comes to you when
you know you have to move on forward, beyond your
inabilities and obstacles, towards that prize of
satisfaction of a job well done.
Our lives are determined by our choices. We must
then, choose wisely. Wisdom comes from knowing how to use
the information and experiences for our own good, Most
people are not wise. The Scriptures offer wisdom by giving
us advice and telling us about how fools make the same
mistakes over and over (ex: Book of Proverbs, Psalms,etc).
Folks don't want to be told what to do or how to do it. They
repeat their mistakes. I choose to give encouragement and
motivate my friends towards a better life. We all can use
that kind of friendship. Most people appreciate and respect
me. That's encouraging. Someone who's there that makes you
feel comfortable telling them your problems, listening to
you.
The world is not going to change to my liking, so I HAVE TO
LEARN TO LIVE IN IT... with all the idiots and crazies...
and wise men (if you can find them). My wife and my children
are happy and successful because we have always make time
for them.
There's no greater love that a man laying down his life for
a friend. I want friends like that, and when you find them
TREASURE them, because they are rare!!!
The
Birth of Fake News by
Don Jíbaro Orlando In the 1960s Jimi Hendrix wrote a song about
extraterrestrials visiting Earth... He quipped: "Thank you.
As you well know, you just can't believe everything you see
and hear, can you?" So today, we hear and see about wars, rumors of wars,
people dying, discoveries and a myriad of news. The term
"fake news" or "alternative news" comes to mind. It's
everywhere and we have to do a bit of research before we bet
our lives on them.
News is a big business and news people must have
something to say in order to sell information. Some news
sources have opted to fabricate news in order to sell
sensationalism. Sometimes you read about some celebrity that
"bought a new rug" !!! Time Magazine recently twitted an
article about what some famous people eat or breakfast
Let's live, therefore, to lift up the reputation of our
culture through GOOD works... The culture that others sadly
continue to defile. It's up to US to thrive and bring back
the Honor and Respect. Think about it. HONOR and RESPECT.
Ask
Don Jibaro
Dear Don Jibaro, Why is it that there are some Boricuas that think they are
white even though 94% of us are mulatto, trigueño, negro, or taino. I know we are a mixture of 3 races (African, Taino,
and Spaniard). Many Boricuas are ignorant of their roots.
What do you think? —Thanks, Jesse Ramos
Dear Jessie... WELL... White is erroneously equated with "better", and I
noticed that you've anglicized your name which is probably
José, right? Anyway, my mother (RIP), who was from Corozal, PR was blond,
had green eyes and had no idea what a white person is, as
opposed to a brown or black, et al. It's all in the
upbringing. If your father told you that you can go
"through" walls, you're gonna end up with a lot of bumps on
your forehead and a broken nose many times over (unless you
get the hint) You are what you are, and what you are is
based on how much you know about your roots, more than your
upbringing... I wrote an article on Puerto Rican Identity
that will shed some light on this dark matter. (pun
intended)
READ ARTICLE HERE
On Dreams by Tony Alicea PLEASE allow me to tell you an old anecdote that I
wrote years ago about dreams... I have always been able to
fly like Superman in my dreams, possibly because as a kid I
was a devoted Superman comics fan. Last night, after the usual discussion as to how these dudes
and dudettes did not exist except as chemical reactions in
my brain, suddenly I said "but wait! I can prove it!". It
had not occurred to me in previous dreams...
READ MORE
My Incredible
Tío
Genaro “Yo conozco el Buey Que Faja y La Víbora Que Pica.”
("I know the bull that charges and the snake that bites) by Don Jibaro Orlando veryone has an uncle or member of the extended family that
stands out from the rest. Whether it’s the “barrigón” bachelor
uncle who drinks a lot of beer or the church going purist aunt
who doesn’t shave her legs, we all have one. Well, I have one,
too! And if you allow me say it, my uncle Genaro was very
special. Read on…
The memories of my Uncle Genaro go back to 1956, when I was
eight years old living in El Barrio La Cambija in the town of
Bayamón. His name was Genaro Reyes Vázquez and he was blind, but
he wasn’t always blind. Before suffering glaucoma, the eye
disease that blinded him, my uncle was a picturesque man that
knew everyone in town and everyone knew him. He never got
married. Instead he traveled about the island of Puerto Rico by
bus or “pisicorre pública” (sort of station wagon taxi that many
people share in one trip). He loved to go to the town’s “plaza”
and watch the old timers play dominó… while holding his chin
with one hand, elbow with the other hand and muttering “Mmmm”
occasionally. He seldom played, but he knew a lot of “tranques”
(blocks).
READ MORE
La Mentira Se Levanta en
Puerto Rico Por Dr. Edgar León Es una vergüenza increíble que en estos momentos tengamos
pueblos de la montaña como Orocovis, Morovis y Adjuntas en
la obscuridad total. Es una violación de derechos humanos
tengamos el 90% de los ciudadanos de la isla sin energía
eléctrica. Que tengamos miles de familias y pueblos sin agua
potable a casi tres meses después del huracán.
Continúa aquí
HOW NOT 2 GET BEAT UP by POLICE
"If the police stops you, for whatever reason,
SHUT your mouth and follow their instructions."
Worst Hurricane to Hit Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Never before was the Island hit as
hard as this... Two days after Hurricane Maria
flattened this island of 3.5 million people, knocking out
all its power and much of its water, the rebuilding of the
services and structures needed for people to resume some
semblance of ordinary life was lookingmore complicated by
the day.
See more pictures
DOUBLE TONGUE DEPT.
Spanish: To Speak or Not To Speak
By
Don Jibaro Orlando As a Hispanic or Latino parent... ¿Am I frustrated,
checkmated, forlorn, discontented, discouraged, embittered,
flummoxed, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, thwarted
and ungratified because my children won't learn Spanish? No!
Let me explain...
I once I had a visitor who brought along his daughter so he
could play with my daughter while he visited. I noticed that
he gave instructions to the child in Spanish, to which the
daughter responded in Spanish...
READ it HERE
LET MY PEOPLE GO TO FLORIDA
DEPT.. The Puerto Rico That Was Not
by Don Jibaro Barbablanca
ith
the Internet phenomenon, I have found that most of my
pals of the R&R youth years are still doing well... in
Florida. Although many Puerto Rican rather have the island's
landscape beauty, others feel the economy there is
detrimental for the kind of lifestyle they want. College
grads, policemen, teachers, artists and a slew of other
professionals are seeking Florida. WHAT happened? Is the
local economy THAT bad? Where's the money gone? (Please
don't say the Governor's shoes)
READ STORY
The irony of this photograph is that you
can see this type of carriage in Latin America, specially in
Cuba where time stopped for decades.
Antes de brincar el charco por Dr. Edgar León Es una pena ver a las familias de Puerto Rico mudarse a los
Estados Unidos de Norte América porque en la isla perdieron
su trabajo. Muchos pierden la esperanza de encontrar otro
trabajo similar al que tenían y se dan cuenta que ya las
cosas económicas de la isla son diferentes y la época de la
bonanza se fue con Los Panchos.
Is
Vulture Hedge Funds
Killing PR? by Don Jibaro The continual Exodus of Puerto Rican into the United States
has created a fear in the USA investors that basically
control the local economy. This is because there will be
less people to suck the blood out of. Nevertheless the
Island is in bad shape with a multiBILLION debt that doesn't
want to go away.
Puerto Rico's, now defaulted, $72 billion debt crisis is based on the
principle of CAUSE and EFFECT. The CAUSE is, of course, the
politicians who dress themselves with $1,500 shoes and
$3,000 suits. Multiply that by 78 towns with 78 mayors and
city councils and you get a lot of political "magician's
sleigh of hand" making a lot of promises and fulfilling none
of them.
READ MORE
The Pedro Albizu Campos' Sad Story Pedro Albizu
Campos (September 12, 1891 – April 21, 1965) was
a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and the leading figure in the Puerto
Rican independence movement. Gifted in languages, he spoke six; graduating from
Harvard Law School with the highest grade point average in his law class, an
achievement that earned him the right to give the valedictorian speech at his
graduation ceremony.
However, hostility towards his mixed racial heritage would lead to his
professors delaying two of his final exams in order to keep him from graduating
on time.
READ MORE
Puerto Rico 1941... If you traveled through the
countryside roads you could stop at these small markets (colmaditos)
with zinc walls and signs of the merchandise they sold.
R.I.P. Dave Valentin,
...a Grammy Award-winning Latin jazz flutist who recorded
dozens of albums and performed on six continents, died on
Wednesday in the Bronx. He was 64.
The cause was complications of a stroke and Parkinson’s
disease, said his manager, Richie Bonilla.
ABOUT DAVE
How to Understand The Bible
This is still an easier way to learn about the Bible and
introduce it to others, done in simple terms. 1.
Observation - what the Bible verse says. If a verse says
that "they broke bread," you're primarily concerned with the
fact that they broke bread, took a piece of bread and broke
it, period, whatever that might mean. So, what it says, is
actually the words that you read...
READ MORE
With tears in my eyes, I stopped! The words were too sad, so sad that I had
the image flashing in my head while my heart was
pounding in my chest. I was "living" the story... the
empty bed... I was so brokenhearted that I had to
translate this tango into English and share it in my
website. The sadness lies in "the fallacy of friendship"
and the fact that the words of the song are so true...
so moving that you can't avoid "living" the story.
READ the FALLACY
What Love Really Is by Don Jibaro Orlando Parenthetically speaking, the love we share with others goes with an invisible
clause that makes us believe that such love will be returned or reciprocated.
That fallacy makes us vulnerable to be hurt WHEN IT'S NOT. Is it possible then
to love and expect next to nothing or not much or very little?
We make mistakes and then we HURT inside; pain that we cause
ourselves by not knowing how to LOVE one another. YES, not
knowing. You might say, "Nonsense".... but what I might not know
in practice, I do know in theory. Love is the gracious
(unmerited to others) self-giving of ourselves as unselfish
human care. NO debate needed. READ ALL ABOUT IT
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see over the centuries that flattery, lying,
pretending or living on borrowed glory has created a way
of life for most people who honestly believe that must
not be all that bad.
Bitterness
and Resentment Edited by Don Jibaro Bitterness is the response of anger or hatred toward the
perception of unfairness of wrong done to or FROM
people; triggered by anger, spite, and contempt directed
toward a perceived higher-status; or a perceived
equal-status that differs from one's opinion. Contempt
plays the part of anger directed toward a perceived
lower-status individual who's OK but not as good as
one's status.
People who tend to be bitter do so without realizing the
damage that it does to self. Imagine having your brain
tied in a knot or kicking your foot against a big thorn
or an anvil. READ
MORE
Don Jíbaro's Daughter:
Missionary in Mexico
DON
JIBARO'S NOTE: Frances, after a successful missionary quest
in Cuba in 2009, has embarked in a new endeavor: Mexico,
where she'll be teaching deaf and mute children.
Here's her story: "At the age of 18, while listening to a missionary speak
at a youth camp, God touched my heart and opened my eyes to
a broken world that needed to experience His transforming
love. At that moment, I knew I wanted to "travel the world
for Jesus" and the mission field would be my goal. It would
be at age 30 where I would be spiritually mature enough to
take that first step of faith towards making it a lifestyle.
Little did I realize that I have been taking steps of faith
throughout my life preparing me for this moment. I believe
this is an act of obedience to the Lord and a huge leap of
faith to pursue such an opportunity.READ STORY
Hypocrisy:
Do We Hate Phonies? by Don Jibaro hyp·o·crite —ˈhipəkrit/ noun a person who indulges in hypocrisy — synonyms:
pretender, dissembler, deceiver, liar, pietist,
sanctimonious person, plaster saint;
A simple Definition of
hypocrite: a person who claims or pretends to have certain
beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that
disagrees with those beliefs Many Puerto Ricans who are born
outside of Puerto Rico get a real thrill when they finally
get to visit the island for the first time. It's like
"seeing the bride that you've been betrothed to all your
life." READ MORE
DROP the
RICAN ACCENT Dept.
To Be Understood in the USA, You Must
Kill the Words as You Pronounce Them
In
the early 1950s, Puerto Rico had just become an official
"Commonwealth" of the U.S.A. and we, as children,
learned English as a supplemental way to enrich our
horizons. Inasmuch as it was mandatory in public
schools, we didn't "need" to learn it, but when we did,
we learned the "classic" verbiage. We read "Dick and
Jane" ad learned to pronounce the words properly in case
we ever needed to come to the States.
"Run, Spot, run." —said Jane "Run fast, Spot." —said Dick Well, we came to the States and nobody spoke like that.
Everyone spoke... idioms, slang, dialects, lingo,
mumbo-jumbo... etc.
Today we kill the words in the English language... which
is nothing new. We kill the words differently than our
ancestors did. Shakespeare spins within his grave.
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Glossary of Boricua Cooking
Terms (Thanks to Hector Valera) A Caballo - a folkloric
expression that means a plate of rice and beans with a
fried egg "mounted" on top. Aceite con Achiote - annatto oil. Aceite de Maiz - corn oil Aceituna - olive. The olive most
used in Puerto Rico is the manzanilla, which is a pitted
green olive stuffed with pimiento. Acelga - Swiss chard. Used to make
caldo Gallego (Galician Soup)
Acerola
- West Indian or Bardados cherry. This fruit is best
known for its high vitamin C content. Traditionally it
was used to make refresco de acerola, or acerola juice.
Achiote or Achote - annatto seeds. Achiotera - a container used to store
annatto oil with its seeds. The oil is heated every
time it is needed so the seeds can release their
yellow color.
Let Jesus Christ
into Your Life by Don Jíbaro Is Jesus Christ really part of your
lives or is He just an Icon at Easter and Christmas?
We "talk the talk" and more
often than not, we "walk the walk." It's consequently and imperative
that we get to know that part of our culture that our ancestors staked the
essence of their existence on... their faith in The Lord Jesus! Yes, Jesus
Christ is Lord to at least 2.35 BILLION humans throughout the world, even
respected by those who don't even know Him. There's no doubt, we distinguish
The Lord Jesus from other "deities". Your grandma knew that!
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The Amazing Power of Gratitude
There's Always Someone Worse Off Than You!
----by Don Jíbaro The Gospel of Luke, chapter 17, tell us that Jesus passed through a village
where ten lepers, men with a very serious skin disease, met Him. They stayed
at a distance because they were not allowed to approach anyone who was
healthy. From a distance they called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, master,
have mercy on us!” As He told them to go and show themselves to the Priest,
all ten men were healed, but only one returned to give thanks. “One of them,
when he saw that he had been healed, came...
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"The proof of the pudding is not merely in the eating, but in how you feel after you've eaten it."
— Don Jibaro
The Flag Of Puerto Rico The origins of the current flag of Puerto Rico, adopted
by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952, can be
traced to 1868, when the first Puerto Rican flag, "The
Revolutionary Flag of Lares", was conceived by Dr. Ramón
Emeterio Betances and embroidered by the great Mariana
"Brazos de Oro" Bracetti. This flag was used in the
short-lived Puerto Rican revolt against Spanish rule in
the island, known as "El Grito de Lares".READ MORE
El Valle de Collores Poema de Luis
Lloréns Torres 14 de mayo de 1876 — 16 de junio de 1944,Juana Díaz, PR Cuando salí de Collores, fue en una jaquita baya por un sendero entre mayas arropás de cundiamores. Adiós, malezas y flores de la barranca del río, y mis noches del bohío, y aquella apacible calma, y los viejos de mi alma, y los hermanitos míos. READ MORE
¿Why
Do We Worry? by Don Jibaro t
has been said that there are two days that people worry most
about but should actually worry least about: Yesterday and
Tomorrow. We worry about yesterday - the mistakes we've made
and what we would like to do over or differently. Yet, there
is nothing we can do to change yesterday.
Our worries are wasted.
Meaning? Give way to anxiety
or unease; allow one's mind to dwell on difficulty or
troubles. a state of anxiety and uncertainty over actual or
potential problems.
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DON JIBARO Dear Jibaro What does it mean "turn the other cheek"? Curious
Dear Curious: FIRST, It's Don Jibaro, oite?... Good question! It certainly doesn't mean
that you go around gathering gasnatá handmarks on your face or be a dummy
for all to abuse. The spirit of the remark, as stated in Luke 6:29, means
that you don't have to pay evil for evil or seek revenge when someone wrongs
you. That you can let one slide, or two or maybe three times if necessary. I
know that's unusual but is not that difficult to do. I've done it and I
still have my whole face. Don Jibaro
The Amazing Gospel of Garlic!
To use the word “gospel” is no heresy… after all, the word
"gospel" just means “Good News” by Don Jíbaro When I was a... ten year old child in Puerto Rico sometimes I’d
eat dinner at my friend’s house next door, if I happened to be there at
dinner time. My friend’s mother cooked the most delicious “arroz y
habichuelas colorás” that I had ever tasted. Yummee! That lady could cook!
Her rice and beans needed no meat! When I asked her how did she cooked such
tasty beans and if I could learn to cook like that, she said her secret was
“culantro y ajo” (coriander and garlic) but the main ingredient was garlic.
I was turned on to the marvelous world of Garlic by a
passage in the Bible where the Hebrews don’t want to follow Moses anymore
after he has given them the Ten Commandments. Instead, they want to go back
to Egypt where, as slaves, they were kept strong for making bricks for the
Pharaoh's pyramids with a diet of “garlic”.
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Dangers of Anger
By DonJibaro My son and I were at the local market when and we heard a
toddler crying loudly in the next aisle. I left my son with
the cart and went to see... Well, there was a lady comparing
the price of two items AND a 3 or 4 year old boy kicking the
shopping cart and screaming "I want that toy, I want that
toy NOW !!!"
I rushed back to my son and said something like: "Somebody
is taking over." Of course... I meant the kid over his mom.
"That kid will definitely have major issues with self
-control when he grows up," --I added. You see, I am not a
psychologist by trade but in 61½ years I've had a great deal
of anger related experiences; both with family and
friends... to the point that I have created a need to
understand anger, oppression and even death.... READ MORE
Breeding Ethnicity By Mrs. Don Jíbaro n our house, everyone knows that there is a
Puerto Rican father living here. The neighbors know it. The congregation of
our church knows that there is a Puerto Rican among them. My relatives know
that I am married to a Puerto Rican. Even the people at my job know it! What
does that tell you? He is who he is and he’s proud of it. In our house we
eat Puerto Rican meals.
There are Puerto Rican flags in the living room along with wood photo
plaques of typical country scenes adorning the walls: ceramic coquis, wooden
pilones, lace fans and a three by one foot wooden clock in the shape of the
island.
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Pasteles FILLING two pounds boneless lean pork meat six tablespoons sour orange juice. In a pilón, crush and mix: 4 sweet chili peppers,w/o seeds 2 large cloves garlic, peeled 2 tbsp whole dried oregano 1 tbsp salt 4 fresh culantro leaves Cut into cubes 1 lb lean cured ham 1 green pepper, seeded] 1 onion, peeled 1 can garbanzos, inc. liquid = 1 cup water 24 green olives, stuffed with pimientos, 11/2 tbsp capers 6 tbsp Achiote
Wash and dry pork meat. Cut into very small cupes. Mix meat with sour orange
juice. Add the crushed chili peppers, garlic, oregano, culantro leaves and salt.
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The Ponce Massacre of 1937 was
a police slaughtering over a peaceful civilian march, taking place in 21 March
1937 at 3:15 pm, in Palm Sunday, Ponce, Puerto Rico, that killed 19 people and
wounded over 200 others. It is the largest massacre in Puerto Rican history. The
march had been organized by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to commemorate
the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico by the governing Spanish National
Assembly in 1873. The march was also protesting the U.S. government's
imprisonment of the party's leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, on alleged sedition
charges. READ MORE
Don't spread rumors, good or bad; instead SPREAD Love and Kindness
Don Jíbaro’s Keyboard Shortcuts Windows System Key Combination Tips F1: Help CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs ALT+F4: Quit program
SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently Windows Program Key Combinations CTRL+C: Copy -- CTRL+X: Cut -- CTRL+V: Paste --
CTRL+Z: Undo CTRL+B: Bold -- CTRL+U: Underline CTRL+I: Italic
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Bingo The Dog Plays The Drums
Who Was Juan Tizol?
The Puerto Rican Trombonist that Made up Duke Ellington's Band One of my favorites jazz tunes of all times is "Caravan"
but I never knew that the composer was a Puerto Rican.
Juan Tizol was born in San Juan Puerto Rico on Jan. 22,
1900, started music lessons early, was trained as a
valve trombonist and as a teenager played in the San
Juan Municipal Band. Tizol moved to the U.S. in 1920 and
became valve trombonist in the pit band of the Howard
Theatre in Washington DC, was a member of the Marie
Lucas Orchestra, Bobby Lee’s Cottonpickers, and the
White Brothers Band. His big break came in August of
1929 when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra...
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Our lives are determined by our choices. We must
then, choose wisely. Wisdom comes from knowing how to use
the information and experiences for our own good, Most
people are not wise. The Scriptures offer wisdom by giving
us advice and telling us about how fools make the same
mistakes over and over (ex: Book of Proverbs, Psalms,etc).
by
Don Jíbaro Orlando
Ask
Don Jibaro
veryone has an uncle or member of the extended family that
stands out from the rest. Whether it’s the “barrigón” bachelor
uncle who drinks a lot of beer or the church going purist aunt
who doesn’t shave her legs, we all have one. Well, I have one,
too! And if you allow me say it, my uncle Genaro was very
special. Read on…
La Mentira Se Levanta en
Puerto Rico
DOUBLE TONGUE DEPT.
ith
the Internet phenomenon, I have found that most of my
pals of the R&R youth years are still doing well... in
Florida. Although many Puerto Rican rather have the island's
landscape beauty, others feel the economy there is
detrimental for the kind of lifestyle they want. College
grads, policemen, teachers, artists and a slew of other
professionals are seeking Florida. WHAT happened? Is the
local economy THAT bad? Where's the money gone? (Please
don't say the Governor's shoes)
Is
Vulture Hedge Funds
Killing PR?
Pedro Albizu
Campos (September 12, 1891 – April 21, 1965) was
a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and the leading figure in the Puerto
Rican independence movement. Gifted in languages, he spoke six; graduating from
Harvard Law School with the highest grade point average in his law class, an
achievement that earned him the right to give the valedictorian speech at his
graduation ceremony. 
This is still an easier way to learn about the Bible and
introduce it to others, done in simple terms.
Bitterness
and Resentment
In
the early 1950s, Puerto Rico had just become an official
"Commonwealth" of the U.S.A. and we, as children,
learned English as a supplemental way to enrich our
horizons. Inasmuch as it was mandatory in public
schools, we didn't "need" to learn it, but when we did,
we learned the "classic" verbiage. We read "Dick and
Jane" ad learned to pronounce the words properly in case
we ever needed to come to the States.
used in Puerto Rico is the manzanilla, which is a pitted
green olive stuffed with pimiento.
There's Always Someone Worse Off Than You!
t
has been said that there are two days that people worry most
about but should actually worry least about: Yesterday and
Tomorrow. We worry about yesterday - the mistakes we've made
and what we would like to do over or differently. Yet, there
is nothing we can do to change yesterday. 
ASK
DON JIBARO
Pasteles
was
a police slaughtering over a peaceful civilian march, taking place in 21 March
1937 at 3:15 pm, in Palm Sunday, Ponce, Puerto Rico, that killed 19 people and
wounded over 200 others. It is the largest massacre in Puerto Rican history. The
march had been organized by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to commemorate
the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico by the governing Spanish National
Assembly in 1873. The march was also protesting the U.S. government's
imprisonment of the party's leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, on alleged sedition
charges. 
