Just when I thought Jamaica was keeping its head above water, here comes another wave.

Like many people, I was shocked to hear that we were getting a $5,000 note. Wha! $5,000? Wi tun Zimbabwe now! It's only a matter of time before we get a $10,000! I am no financial expert, but mi nervous bad!

Soon you'll hear people asking, "Yuh have change fi a Shearer?" Never thought we'd get another note! But then something else bothered me. We have yet another note and Bob Marley ain't on it! The Rastafarians and reggae lovers must be upset again. If they were fuming about Nanny getting the $500 note, imagine what they're saying now. Not pleased.

That incident was just the last of a short list of things that got me mad, Hulk-like, last week. After successfully calming down after a previous rough month, mi mad again!

Dual-citizenship issues

First, the Labour Day projects in constituencies with Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidates who just happen to have dual-citizenship issues. Now, even if this is mere coincidence, dat look fishy bad! It pass fishy, actually; it downright stinks!

Before the West Portland by-election, the Opposition made mucho noise regarding 'constituency projects'. I thought they were being mischievous then, but this time I have to agree; this one is hard to ignore. So the Government named another national project in a PNP-run constituency to 'nuh mek it look so bad!' Tsk!

Then, I pick up the paper on Tuesday to see Usain getting the cheque for his banged-up Bimma. Insurance cheque come already? When my mom's friend had a fender bender that was nowhere near the disaster of Bolt's car, she didn't get her cheque until six months later! Worl' nuh level at all!

I understand Bolt's case was a somewhat special one. But if (God forbid) somebody ploughs into the back of my car, the only thing I'll get two weeks later are promises. And when the cheque finally comes, it not going to be on TV!

Okay, so with my veins close to popping, I make like Bruce Banner (the Hulk's alter ego) and tried breathing techniques to keep calm.

But then I saw the debacle of a performance that the West Indies put in for the first Test of the hastily-put-together series against England. We couldn't catch a cold (much less edges to slips) and we bat about the same way I do under any condition.

I still didn't blow a fuse until I heard about the 'Shearer' though. Think I should stop recollecting now. My veins are expanding again and I haven't cleaned up the mess yet! Later.

Get mad at daviot.kelly@gleanerjm.com

Mark Thompson (left), president of Advantage General Insurance Company Limited, looks on as Sophia Smith, claims manager, presents a cheque to Usain Bolt on Monday, May 11, just 12 days following his accident. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer