Weekend!!!!!!!!!
Hail up all crew. What a gwaan?? (Note the high spirited greeting! And nuh VX naw run yet!) Well, there’s good reason to feel in such mood. The reason is that when I drive out of the hospital dis evening, me naw go back ’till June 7th. Dis rude bwoy will officially be on LEAVE!!! 
So, as you all been hearing if you been reading here recently, tomorrow I jump on board my my favourite airline to head to South Florida. Did I hear you say that you will miss my posts? Nuh fret man…..memba seh de net is world wide. So, I will check ‘een periodically and lick a post so dat onoo will know what me getting up to……(if it can post here still…. 
) If you want, there is more…….
Last nite, I got a call ’bout 8:15 PM from a colleage. Now, I may have mentioned that I’m Secretary for our regional Derm Association. Not that I have any official Secretarial training….and no….the post pays not one fart!
Anyhow, the person was requesting a letter from the association…a testimonial in a sense. I’m sure you know the type. Called her back at about 9:30 PM to let her know it was typed, signed and ready to deliver. She was ecstatic. So, asks she, “Oh what can I do to reward such efficiency?” (Ladies, you mustn’t ask single rude boyz dem questions you nuh!) So, being my bad self I reply…..”Well, perhaps payment can be arranged in kind!”
She informs me that hubby might not approve! I let her know seh what hubby don’t know, caan hurt him!
Anyway, I settled for lunch today.
She then went on to tell me of an ordeal where she needed a letter from a government institution (instant headcahe) a few months back. You see, she is going to the U.K. to study soon.
She goes into the office where she is to request the letter. Sees girl on phone who pays her no mind. She stands up behind the counter and waits, and waits….. Eventually, girl on phone decides to come off of what is obviously a personal call.
She then releases a big yawn…..”Bwoy, mi tiyad and ready fe go a my yard now!” (I am tired and ready to go home now!) It is about 11:00 AM BTW. Eventually she reaches the counter. “Can I help?” My friend then lets her know that she needs letter….etc, etc. Girl listens and raises eyebrows. “Mek me see if I have any of the forms you need to fill out to request de letter.” She looks on a shelf behind the counter and comes up with the request form that needs to be completed…..”You lucky, is de last one I have! Fill it out, drop it in the box over there and pay $500.” So, my friend then asks when she will be able to collect it. “Heh. I caan ansa dat because the lady who type dem on leave for four weeks and de box full! Check back in a month nuh.” Yadda, yadda, yadda……One month was obviously not going to cut it, so she asked to speak with a supervisor who was decent enough to tell her to check back in a few days and she got her letter.
Bwoy, you ever notice how most public institutions are chock full of what I call ‘blockers,’ and I don’t mean to be sexist, but most of these blockers are women?! Rahtid man!!
Anyway, I have sort of strayed from my original train of thought, but felt like relating that little story that so typifies doing businesss with government agencies.
I’m now in R&R mode (am I ever in any other mode?)….so I’ll probably hit the road tonite to start the holiday right. I have to pack, but dat can wait ’till mawnin. Good thing ’bout being a man is that there’s no need to walk with your every worldy possession when travelling like…….did someone say women?? (Hush ladies, I really treating y’all bad inna dis post.) It’s just me being mi usual bad self. No offence intended at all. Last but not least, as party mode continues, I came across a little article about a yute who went out partying…..strip club, lapdances, booze, women etc. Trus me, my yute must have got some serious TLC, ’cause, his nite out set back his credit card all of US $28,000!!! Respec due Don Dadda!
I guess some man know how fe live and others….well we can just dream, seen? (My poor card would simply have been declined for such a tab!
) Anyway, let me get off to my last day at work for a while so I can work on my dream. Later!
May 21st, 2004 at 8:55 am Enjoy the vacation Doc. I can relate to the government offices but I was pleasantly surprized at the service I got at the big money management Ministry the other day. Pleasant reception and all around efficiency from parking guard to business office. ID plates so you could see who was dealing with you. I wondered if it was in JA in a gornment office. I won’t even try to get the same treatment at the schoolas ministry.
May 21st, 2004 at 9:07 am True scratchie. Went Tax Office (Constant Spring) de odda day to pay for the road licence (a so it spell) for the car which expires end of May. Decent yute dealt wid me. Informed me is $4G now for a year! I had no idea dat it raise.
May 21st, 2004 at 9:07 am Have a great time D. Are you away for the entire month!!!!!Wow, it must be nice. By the way….there is nothing wrong with being prepared for any evenutality when one travels. See, boys become Scouts to learn to prepare while us females come by it naturally ….at least when it comes to clothes, makeup, hair stuff etc….
May 21st, 2004 at 9:11 am Entire month Ciya!?
May 21st, 2004 at 2:46 pm …I’m sat here with a bottle of beer and a gut full of envy…florida…I *hate* you :^)…take me with you, please :^)… …you have a great time and some well deserved r’n'r (and some rock ‘n’ roll as well if you want)…I’m toasting your vacation…cheers :^)…
May 21st, 2004 at 8:06 pm billy….I’ll send some of the sun up to jolly ole England. But, you should be getting some rays by now eh? Everybody out in the park stripping and sunning…..
May 25th, 2004 at 2:13 pm Yow, rude yute… I have bucked up blockers too, but didn’t note the sex… I will have to start watching that.
May 25th, 2004 at 8:50 pm Have a great trip (that you are already on!)… enjoy the full 2 weeks of it! LOL… I did catch your comment about packing (and you are right, that someone like me, being a woman could NEVER wait till the day of departure to pack!)