Yvonne and I watched Usain Bolt smash the world record in Beijing this morning in the 100M dash. We were shopping in a store in Savannah la Mar. "Sav" is our regional shopping center and Parish capital. The whole country came to a standstill to watch the race. It was very emotional watching with Jamaicans. They love this man and Track and Field. We were surrounded by a rasta about 50, a Chinese-Jamaican store owner, about 6 store workers ranging in age from 15-30 and maybe 3 or 4 other customers. We totally bonded with them.
The town was abuzz after the race. We really feel like we experienced something special. BTW-there were 6 Caribbean runners out of the 8 finalist in the race. Jamaica took 1st-5th-6th in the race. Yahoo Jam-Rock pride!
I feel privileged to be here in this land of "Wood and Water"
laita
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