Tower Of Babel

Well, I did do a post yesterday, but as I flashing Wednesday and I will definitely not be posting while I away, I seh is only fair that I leave y’all with a post today….and perhaps tomorrow if I have suppem to seh. So here goes…..guess I going give each tidbit a little title of its own….

Bring on da money!

I forgot to mention that when I got my payslip for October….somehow suppem never look right….no….it wasn’t short….I noted an increase in my basic salary. Hmmm…is what a gwaan? Now, our salaries are directly lodged to the bank….so if they made a mistake the money done credit to the account already. OK, next day at work I called my yute up in accounts and asked him how it go. ‘Cause I know seh, if it was mistake dem mek and overpay me, dem ging tek dat ra$$ back outta next month salary. Well, hear wah…..rude bwoy tell me seh it correct. Apparently they got directives from the Ministry of Finance to start paying us at the salary levels for the wage period 2002-2004…..which done long time….and we presently in wage negotiations for the 2004-2006 period. Well, if that wasn’t all the decent news….rude yute also mention that starting next month…that is November, our hourly rate for emergency duty is to be increased as well! Now, it couldn’t come at a better time…cause trus me, tings ruff. Of course, concomitant with the increase, is a proportional increase in Income EFFING Tax! People, I am now paying more for Income Tax per month, than the mortgage to rahtid! Anyway, whatever, I give thanks for it…and the retroactive pay that my yute informs me is to be paid in April ‘06.

Not anymore than anybody else…

Now, that was an answer to a question that one of my colleagues asked a patient. Last week, one of my younger teammates asked for my opinion on a patient. Sure, no problem. I went to see the yute with her…fourteen year old bwoy inna him school uniform. I agreed with her assessment, which included the exclusion of certain Sexually Transmitted Infections. So, she later told me that when she asked said yute if he was sexually active…his reply was…”Not anymore than anybody else!” Yute claim seh him started at age nine and now has two partners. I doh know, but I can defienitely tell you seh at nine I don’t remember if I knew how to spell sex. Is how dem yutes a tek on sex so early? Blame MTV, HBO, internet, lack of parental supervision…I nuh know…. Of course, the bwoy naw use nuh boots….all I can tell him is he playing wid him life.

Brings to mind the answer that a female patient gave me to the said question a few years ago….Lady tell me she not sexually active, “‘Cause she doh go pon top!” OK then, I guess she sexually passive…nuh true!?

No rain!

Well, I doh know about your corner of the blogsphere, but today was a beautiful day here weatherwsie…..no rain, blue skies and not too hot…nice weather. Right now a nice cool breeze a come een thru the window off the hill into mi likkle sanctuary where blog posts are born. Hope it continues.

Soon flash.

Last but not least, if you been reading here regula, you’ll know that I suppose to tek plane Wednesday. At the mo…all systems for that are go. I hope BWIA…which takes me from here to St. Maarten, then Bim…and then LIAT from Bim..to St. Vincent will do what dem suppose to and not delay me. I am about 50-60% packed already. I plan to spend an hour or so going over one of the two talks I doing. BTW, Kami…..what makes for good eating down in St. Vincy? Any recommendations? I man walking wid me belly…so I hope y’all won’t disappoint. Maybe I’ll bring back a sample of onoo rum as well…what’s the big name brand of brew there? Last but not least, me naw come fe nuh grey rainy weather…so put in a order for nuff sunhot! Awoah. Take it easy my crew.

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