Great Tips for the Haitian Diaspora

Sometimes, as a Haitian, you find yourself working late night and suddenly you get hungry. What you eat? What do you snack on?

For you Haitians in the Diaspora, don't tell me you go into the fridge and pull out the left over rice and beans and chicken and start eating away.

My mother in New York, she often has some Chokola in her fridge, and me I just love "Pen ak mamba" (bread and peanut butter).

My mom always keeps a couple of bags of bagels frozen in her little freezer. You toast one of them bagels and some peanut butter to it boy... You heat up that chokola and you have yourself a delicious late night Haitian snack.

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Starting May 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin strictly enforcing the REAL ID requirement for anyone flying within the United States. For many of us in the Haitian community, especially those of us living here with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or under the parole program, this could be one more layer of stress in a time when immigration issues are already weighing heavily on our minds.

This change means that any adult flying domestically in the United States will need a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or identification card, or else you won't be allowed to board your flight.

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There are many young Haitian-Americans millenials and their friends who are caught between a rock and a hard place trying to enjoy life while keeping up with the bills and repaying their debts.

They work hard everyday but most of the money they earn is being used for debt repayment.

Between credit card debts and student loan debts, there is little left to spend on what some millenials call "experiences,"spending on things that make you happy like going on vacation.

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Is constant texting good or bad for your relationship? Nowadays, fighting, making up and breaking up is all done via Whatsapp or Facebook messenger... People are texting each other more than they actually talk to each other.

If you are reading this chances are you are reading it from a cell phone and your last conversation with your partner was via a text message.

Let me ask you a question: Do you find that texting is good for your relationship is it destroying it completely?

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Topic for Young Haitian-Americans --- Let me tell you how I like to watch my favorite television series: I wait until they are streaming in services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, and I do what is called binge-viewing.

So let me ask you... What are the best TV shows to marathon these days?

My two all time favorite TV show marathons were "24" (I just love agent Jack Bauer) and Prison Break.

Lately I've been watching "POWER" and I love it.

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I just found out, premium gas does nothing for your car except cost you more money! I just read on the Federal Trade Commission's web site that buying premium gasoline instead of regular is a big waste of money! Read this...

Paying a Premium for High Octane Gasoline?

Don't spend the money on high octane gas. In most cases, there's no benefit. Higher octane helps only if you have problems with your engine "knocking."

Unless your engine is knocking, buying higher octane gasoline is a waste of money. Premium gas costs 15 to 20 cents per gallon more than regular. That can add up to $100 or more a year in extra costs.

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If you have a washing machine at home or in your apartment here is a simple tip that will save you money...

Quit washing your clothes with warm water. Wash your clothes with cold water instead.

More than 60 percent of the people in the Untied States wash their laundry in warm water. Doing that cost you more money because you are spending more on electricity to heat up that water and it doesn't really make our clothes any cleaner.

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