Tower Of Babel

Today has been pretty quiet (so far). Not that I’m complaining. I had some soup for lunch and went out on the back patio where my fish tank is to watch them swim in their little aquatic world. I don’t know how many of you keep fish, but I have been since I was a child. I find it very relaxing to watch them. I noticed that one of my Red Cap Orandas (basically a sort of white goldfish with a red spot on their head….very pretty) was looking a bit poorly, just sitting at the bottom with his fins all clamped. So, knowing that this is not a sign of a healthy fish, I took a closer look to see what a gwaan wid him….I hate it when my fish get sick…long before I became a doctor. Well, close inspection revealed some fine white spots on his fins! Him have ick to rass! Looking around at some of the others who were swimming quite happily I realize that a few of them have become afflicted as well! So, when I go down the road likkle later, I will have to stop at the pet shop as I don’t have any ick medicine….it has been a while since any of my fish got dat shit!

Anyway, I continued to watch the others swimming around and fed them too. Next thing I knew, post prandial alkaline tide (oddawise known as nagaritis…..no offense to anyone intended either) set een and I fell alseep out there and actually started to dream. (I did say that I find watching them relaxing…. plus the sound of the water trickling into the tank from my power filter is also very soothing.) Very strange dream too.

Apparently some major mishap was occurring in the airline industry and this resulted in planes being diverted to the skies over the Caribbean, as this was the only place in this part of the world where it was safe to fly. So, there I was standing on the driveway watching in amazement as whole heap o planes were flying (quite low too) in the airspace above my area and circling as they waited on clearance to land. All sorts of airlines that I recognized and others that I had never heard of. Quite a spectacle.

I woke up a bit startled and began to think how odd the dream was. What it could mean. In addition, there was a problem. Where de rass would we be able to accomodate this vast amount of aircraft? Anyway, in dreams anything can happen, so why worry over trivial things eh? Any dream interpreters or Miss Cleos out there? (Remember she? Caaal me nuh!)

I watched a little National Geographic TV later and saw a very good story about how much our weather and the ocean currents are affected by the ice caps and icebergs from Antarctica. It related that due to global warming, larger icebergs were breaking away from the ice there. In fact, they reported that the largest iceberg on record, broke away from Antarctica last year. If I remember correctly they called it B15 or suppem like dat. Guess what? They showed the size of the iceberg……it is the size of my country…Jamaica! Dat big nuh rass people. Jamaica is by no means a small island….we are over 4,400 square miles. The documentary also said that B15 holds water (though frozen) equivalent to FOUR years flow of the Mississippi River in the US. Mind boggling isn’t it? They are fearful as to what will happen when it starts to melt, as it could cause sea levels to rise and drown lowlying countries. We do live in a wondrous world, don’t we? (I know some of you may not care a fart about my scribble here, but I find this stuff interesting.)

Went down the road in the evening to do some errands and get a haircut….not quite as short as my last mark you. Picked up my ick medicine and then came back home. Went walking…just under an hour I might add (feeling quite proud o miself) and came here to blog after.

In reading the Gleaner on line. I came across an article by Tony Deyal. He is a Trini who contributes articles to the Gleaner regularly. If you hail from the Caribbean, you will find the article a good read (as most of his writings usually are). So, if you want to get a little peice of home and are in some far away land where it is still cold and grey, give him a read. I rather liked the article and endorse what he tried to impart about the way folks from Belize speak. Trus me, Belizeans are pretty cool and laid back people. (Wah you a seh Pete? You done de bokkle o VX yet?)

Last but not least, everyone has a sleepless night every now and then. Not a nice thing really. When last did you get kept awake on account of the neighbours mekking noise while getting Vit S?? That’s about what I have to share today. Tek it cool nuh.

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