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oh-kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

WHERE to start.... ummmmmmmmm


FIRSTly,
you-all STILL have time to GET down here ---- for Christmas Eve--- --- if i were you in-foreign, i'd charter a plane ASAP.

THIS PLACE is going c-r-a-z-y...!!..

i'm fastening my seat-beltS for tomorow eveing & night

today,
Lucea-town is pump-ed UP..!!!..

it's monday
and from past experiences
a Monday is usually a kinda slow day

NOT like it IS today, right-now, as we speak.

the WesternUnion line has been 'bout 40-yards loooong, out-side the office. 'Bout 100+ folks in line, waiting and waiting and waiting.

I was going to go to Digicell to check on some things, and get a new phone, blah blah ,,,, BUT the line & crowd around the counter was 2-3 people deep.

:-(

my Ja-mentor
realizing my *pain* with this no-phone issue,
swapped my chip (in old defective phone)
into her office-phone,
for me to use 'til i get my issues sorted-out.

'...land we love... la la la..'


I CAN NOT put into words what i'm experiencing right now..... i want to describe the scene and vibe, but words fail me. It's so nice, that for a moment i wanted to shed a tear of pure-JOY, 'cause i FINALLY got to be here for pre-Christmas stuff.

there're people EVERYwhere
all in cheerful moods
Ja-game-faces have been suspended

mothers & daughters & aunties walking side-by-side, arm in arm
children with moms, with dads --- all strolling along with that peppy bouncy step.

for the past 2+ hours,
i've been outside people watching
..had a Heiniken,
..a couple patties,
..come Hippopotomus strawberry cookies

for some(?) reason there're no jelly coconuts for-sale today
:-(

i dropped into Hammond's Bakery
yep
yep
there's NOW a Hammonds IN-Lucea

there's an *interesting*-ly different clientele that i-saw-today that *seems* to be patronizing that place. I'll try to explain in a later post.

the *plan* was to get a Hammond pattie ((( @ Ja$120 )))
but they were sold-OUT..!!..

:-(

while people watching,
i was sitting on this short-wall area, along with the other old-folks my-age,,,,, we were all people watching, chatting, and listen-ing to the best-est Ja-music you ever wanna hear, BLASTING from the popular local bar across the street from our sittin' spot.

music so nice that
i
HOPPED UP
and went to see WHO & HOW & where-from the music come

i saw the DJ, with is computers, click click click click-ing:::; spitting-out the tunes


mi-SAY:;;:>> '..CAN you record that music, AND play at same time...??.."

he-SAY::::>> "..Sure.."

soooooooooooooooooooooo,
when i told him mi-WANT a cd,,
he dashed across the One-Way
to the China-man supermarket
came back with a blank cd

i gave him Ja$200

mi-SAY:::>> "..I'll soon come back to pick it up.."

he nodded

1.5 hours later (now) .... i got a cd

tonight will play it
if it sound good
then
tommorow
i WILL get 2-3 more
BELIEVE DAT...!!..

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
pausing to gather my thoughts...
soon come back