Sir James bats again
Elections is at our door-step so watch out foh dem pull-it-to-kill tongue slipping.
Is like Sir James open de batting wid ah blistering start, punctuated wid ah passionate statement dat he wouldnât trust Jesus Christ if he was in charge ah de next general elections. He was subsequently rebuked but not con-dem by skipper Arm-In. In matters pertaining to Christian civil-lies-I-say-shun, Arm-In is more conscious dan Ralph and Sir James, he is simply ah God-fearing Leader.{{more}} Yuh would never hear Arm-in talking foolishness bout âde only reason why yuh should not vote foh me, is if de alternative face is de face of Jesus Christâ or âif I wuk Owe-byah, I wuk Owe-byah foh de Lordâ. De Apostle Paul dealt harshly wid ah Owe-byah man, E-lie-mus, Paul called him âah child ah de devil, an NME of Salvation, full of all sorts ah deceit and trickeryâ!
But Sir Jamesâ statement is unfortunate, after all dis is still ah Christian society way Jesus Christ is de Pillar and Pillow of Christianity. De disciple John, one of Jesusâ closest buddy, documented ah lot ah statements dat Jesus made, John quotes Jesus Christ as saying dat âthose of us who do not believe (or trust) in Him (Jesus) stands condemned already.â So Sir James, reflected deeply and was back on NICE Radio to confess his wrong, he apologized and basically asked forgiveness. Ah met him at C.K. Greaves supermarket de very next day after his Friday night-mare, we talked about his great passion and vision foh introduction of ah cocoa industry here; we talked over de infamous statement. He agreed dat what he said was out-ah-line and dat he would deal wid dat; den in his jovial, Sir Nansi-I style, summed it all up using his controversial cricketing language, still batting, he said: âMy bat hit de wicketsâ!
Ah lot ah we love to play most righteous and run we mouth pon others when dey slip as did Mitchell and Gonsalves, some ah we gone beyond mek-ah-slip, we done slide way. My personal feelings is dat more of our leaders need to have ah interpersonal relationship wid Jesus Christ. Dey need to know his feeling on matters like Elections and Obeah, and whose face looks like Jesus and de power of faith in de touching ah His garments. However deyâs hope through forgiveness foh all of us who fall short; one Prophet put is bluntly: âde Lord will listen to our cries, providing we humble we-selves and tun from our wicked ways, den He will forgive us and heal our countryâ. Sir James, who will always be seen as de Big Man in de business, has led de way, he humbled up and sought forgiveness; now itâs de time foh Gonsalves and his echo-lights to follow. Lie-Za must put in her two sense bit, she say: âAh ha, Sir James bats again, dis time he scoresâ!
AUNT JOBE IS AH REAL AUNTIE
I does get some phone calls from people all over de world is not funny. Late de other night ah Vincy lady living up North, phoned to tell me her whole life is now committed to de wuks of de Lord. She is now high in de spirit and gets serious visions. Interestingly when Buckey Boyea passed away she had de priviledge to witness his arrival in Heaven where Jesus welcomed him with open arms. Foh de benefit ah believers, Buckey had accepted Christ as his saviour before he left us foh Heaven. Ah might add dat someway up in Heaven is ah place foh Buckeyâs sister Ann when her time comes. Ann has ah heart of gold when come to giving to de needy. Ah hope Lie-Za does not read dis and go bothering Ann.
While ah dey pon de Boyeas, ah visited Aunt Jobe new Supermarket at Arnos Vale, ah brilliant effort by Ken and his son Luke, ah give dem ah 10 out ah 10. De Architect, Moulton Mayers out-did himself dis time, congrats! Things could ah bin much better foh dis country if we had more patriots like Ken Boyea. And if our people had invested some ah dem thousands wid Clico and British American, did invest dey money and create business right hey, refining our Farine and Our-root, processing and canning our Fish and fruits. I have been buying de frozen juices, Paw Paw, Mango, Sour Sop from de food packaging project at Lauders, excellent products but de business crying out foh an injection of funds.
Ah was told dat âAunt Jobeâ (deceased) is ah real person of significance to de Boyea family, Daddyâs Tantie. She was de head cook at Government House and lived someway near Grand Gate /Gibson Corner area. Kenâs father, Ole man Boyea, nephew was ah boarder at her home, ah overs Lock Roberts also lived wid her too. Foh sure, Ole man Boy must have had good nourishing food, how else do yuh explain all dem scholarship wid good looks, nah forget Mother was ah woman of great beautiful. But is Betty de Ambassador, Keith and Cally millionaire businessmen, Ann Hotelier, Ken de Maverick. Lie-Za say itâs in de diet, Papa Boyea and de Administrator uses to eat from de same pot. But Aunt Jobe was no ordinary cook, so sweet was her hands dat one Administrator wife in particular, wrote down all ah Aunt Jobeâs recipe after recipe, and she took dem back to England. Lie-Za been eaves dropping, Aunt Jobe is going far-reign too, de next stop is in Curacao. Go foh de skies Ken!
VOTE WELECTRICITY
Haz Samuel is another Ken Boyea in his own rights. His product We-electricity, ah social network dat promotes household Energy Efficiency through behavioral nudges, is ranking fifth place wid just over 2300 entries. We can increase dat number, please go on de internet and vote HYPERLINK âhttp://www.welectricity.comâ www.welectricity.com before Thursday next week. Ah vote foh Haz is ah vote foh We Vincy. And wid dat is gone ah gone again.
One Love Bassy
Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.
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