Greetin’s an’ solutions fuh de New Year! No, I en mek no mistake, I mean exackly wuh I write – “solutions” – ’cause when I look ‘roun’ an’ see how t’ings goin’ in dis country, ef de New Year don’ bring some solutions – quick sharp – to we problems, befo’ long we gine be in “ducks guts”, wonderin’ wuh gone wrong, an’ prayin’ somebody got de answers to put t’ings right fuh Buhbayduss.
In couple hours, de ole year gine be gone an’ a new one step in. One resolution I t’ink we should all mek is to promise weselves not to fuhget de less fortunate – de po’ an’ ole, de infirm, de shut-ins – dat always need a helpin’ han’, but mo’ so in dis comin’ year.
As we start de counkdown to 2014, mos’ people gine be wonderin’ wuh nex’ in store fuh we – some, wid much mo’ dread dan ethuhs. I en know ’bout you, but dis year cyhan check out fas’ enough fuh me. We Bajans been findin’ it rough. As I was tellin’ my nighber, I never did like de number “13”, it always get associate wid somet’ing bad, an’ it certainly din disapp’int we, ’specially when all dem down-gradin’s start appearin’ ’pon de scene – de las’ one jes’ befo’ Chris’mas.
At leas’ we luck hol’ out in one area doh, fuh which we should be very thenkful. Once agen, we en had no hurricanes. De storms mussee realise we got sufficient to worry ’bout, an’ decide to lef we ’lone. De worl’ weathuh pattern changin’ so drastic dat anyt’ing could happen at anytime. Looka how po’ Sin Vincent, Sin Lucia an’ Dominica get “lick up” by sech heavy rains at Chris’mas, it cause people to lose duh lives.
Right now, we ’pon we knees, strugglin’ to get up. Fuh me, politicians is six o’ one an’ half-dozen o’ de ethuh, an’ ef yuh really serious, yuh would realize evahbody got to tek some blame fuh dis mess we now in. To be hones’, yuh would ’gree dat it din all “sweetness an’ light” when de Dems tek over power, but I feel duh been in long enough to stop de “blame game” an’ get on wid wuh need fixin’, ’stead o’ mekkin’ t’ings wors’.
Why it so difficult fuh dese two parties to fuhget duh diff’rences jes’ once, an’ put duh heads togethuh to try an’ fix t’ings? Ness, we in some trouble awright, an’ dah light at de en’ o’ de tunnel flickerin’ as ef de slightes’ win’ (de D-word we dread) would put it out.
Now, I en “flyin’ in guvment face”, but I could sugges’ couple resolutions duh could mek. Firs’ an’ foremos’, we would be real glad ef we could hear from we PM mo’ of’en in de comin’ year! Nex’, we tired drivin’ ’pon “holy groun’”! Dese roads need fixin’ bad enough. Onless yuh drivin’ a heavy “Big Ride”, yuh feel evah pothole yuh drop in.
Dah bring muh to de Transport Board – $18 million in debt. Wuhloss! We might soon ha’ to start “slappin’ tar”. Vehicle pollution killin’ we, do somet’ing ’bout it. Dat long’sufferin’ QEH too. When I see Philomena tekkin’ a roll o’ t’ilet paper fuh she frien’ in horsepittle, I realise t’ings got to be real bad. Wuh ‘happenin’ wid dah hotel sence de “Head Honcho” clear out? Dah should be in de twenty-fourf season by now.
Mek 2014 de “mek or brek” year fuh dah projeck. Trildrun en thenkful fuh free bus rides, duh tekkin’ advantage o’ de system. It need lookin’ at. Nex’ . . . .
Oh shoot, I got to stop hey, de pos’man outside. All dat lef’ now is fuh me to wish yuh healf, happiness an’ peace fuh 2014!
Happy New Year!
Tek care o’ yuhself
Yuh frien’ Babsie