As I mentioned in previous sections, my life on my trip suddenly began to have a lot
of coincidences starting in Boston and finishing when a few weeks after returning to
Seattle. As I was learning more about Puerto Rico other coincidental facts about
the item fell into line with what had occurred and I had learned while in the midst of
my Puerto Rico experience. Here is an incomplete list of those coincidences.
Have eye to eye contact with a guy I had never met before on the subway train from
downtown Boston to Cambridge. See the same guy two days later in a totally
different area of town.
Assigned a bed in the Fort Lauderdale Youth Hostel which appeared to be in use
but instructed to move his belongings to another bed. Upon arriving late night to
use my bed it was in use by Rene who had just traveled the same route I had
starting in Boston, then to D.C. and then here to Fort Lauderdale.
On my flight to San Juan from Miami the gate attendant took my San Juan/Miami
ticket instead of my Miami/San Juan ticket.
My business friend Tami's husband happened to be flying to Puerto Rico on his way
to Dominica with his son the same day I need to talk to him about forming a cellular
company in the Caribbean and he also had work experience with the telephone
system (ATT).
Borinquen or Borikén or Boricua - is the word Puerto Ricans use to refer to
themselves. From Wikipedia, it was the original ’s indigenous Taíno name for the
island, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord". Is the entity the 'Valiant Lord'?
San Juan is Puerto Rico & Puerto Rico is San Juan – this one I learned within a
month or so of my trip to Puerto Rico. The full name given to the island by
Christopher Columbus (“Cristoforo Colombo" or "Cristóbal Colón") upon discovery
(if you can call it a discovery) was ‘La Isla de San Juan Bautista’ and this is how
people would refer to the island for some time. The good portage harbor was
named appropriately “Puerto Rico”. Eventually the long name of the island became
tiresome and the name of the island became simply “San Juan”. And at some point
further on for no explained reason the name of the port and the and the name of
the island became interchanged – San Juan the island became Puerto Rico and
Puerto Rico became San Juan.
Upon arriving in the “new land”, Columbus eventually was brought to meet one of
the local leader (caciqui) of the island. This leader’s name was Agüeybana. To
honor Columbus in a ceremony after meeting, Agüeybana gave Columbus the most
prized possession he could – his own name. Christopher Columbus became
Agüeybana and Agüeybana became Christopher Columbus. (I was unable to find
my reference for this so I will research further – it may have been a different caciqui
and possibly Ponce de Leon instead of Columbus).
The entity met Magdalena Maria, the police chief of the mall at which I was
detained. Upon the entity’s quizzing her on her name she admitted she had
changed her name from Maria Magdalena to Magdalena Maria.
So, what did MCI have to do with this story? I’m still not so sure of this one but my
feeling is it has something to do with the internet since MCI was and still is the
owner of the main backbone of the internet (someone out there might have a better
explanation for this than myself – please contact me to let me know). Bill McGowan
was the primary force in the creation of MCI and his favorite place to visit when he
had time was Puerto Rico. And his favorite place to visit in Puerto Rico was 'The
Reef Bar' at the east end of Isla Verda or the start of Piñones.
According to the book On The Line: The Men of MCI--Who Took on AT&T, Risked
Everything, and Won by Larry Kahaner, Bill, like myself, had become stranded his
first time in Puerto Rico during Easter week along with many others who’s flights
were oversold. He however successfully charted a private plane and sold seats to
other stranded passengers in the airport.
The city of San Juan, Puerto Rico is the southern tip of ‘The Bermuda Triangle’.
Robert & Nurettin arrive early morning (5 a.m.–ish) at the Greenbriar Hostel in
Miami Beach and are walking down the hall just as I am getting up and walk out to
the lobby. They nor I had any idea the other was going to be staying at the
Greenbriar Hostel.
Tracy Chapman song “Love is hate, war is peace, no is yes, we’re all free matches
the ideas the entity is giving me during my encounter.
The entity was searching for days for John the Fishermen after encountering
several of the other circle of men of Jesus. He encounters a man fishing from the
bridge at the exit of the Marina and greets him directly as John the Fisherman. His
wife standing not far off of the right of him at the end of the bridge is awed that the
entity would know his name for indeed his name was John the Fisherman (but Juan
el Pescador of course).
of coincidences starting in Boston and finishing when a few weeks after returning to
Seattle. As I was learning more about Puerto Rico other coincidental facts about
the item fell into line with what had occurred and I had learned while in the midst of
my Puerto Rico experience. Here is an incomplete list of those coincidences.
Have eye to eye contact with a guy I had never met before on the subway train from
downtown Boston to Cambridge. See the same guy two days later in a totally
different area of town.
Assigned a bed in the Fort Lauderdale Youth Hostel which appeared to be in use
but instructed to move his belongings to another bed. Upon arriving late night to
use my bed it was in use by Rene who had just traveled the same route I had
starting in Boston, then to D.C. and then here to Fort Lauderdale.
On my flight to San Juan from Miami the gate attendant took my San Juan/Miami
ticket instead of my Miami/San Juan ticket.
My business friend Tami's husband happened to be flying to Puerto Rico on his way
to Dominica with his son the same day I need to talk to him about forming a cellular
company in the Caribbean and he also had work experience with the telephone
system (ATT).
Borinquen or Borikén or Boricua - is the word Puerto Ricans use to refer to
themselves. From Wikipedia, it was the original ’s indigenous Taíno name for the
island, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord". Is the entity the 'Valiant Lord'?
San Juan is Puerto Rico & Puerto Rico is San Juan – this one I learned within a
month or so of my trip to Puerto Rico. The full name given to the island by
Christopher Columbus (“Cristoforo Colombo" or "Cristóbal Colón") upon discovery
(if you can call it a discovery) was ‘La Isla de San Juan Bautista’ and this is how
people would refer to the island for some time. The good portage harbor was
named appropriately “Puerto Rico”. Eventually the long name of the island became
tiresome and the name of the island became simply “San Juan”. And at some point
further on for no explained reason the name of the port and the and the name of
the island became interchanged – San Juan the island became Puerto Rico and
Puerto Rico became San Juan.
Upon arriving in the “new land”, Columbus eventually was brought to meet one of
the local leader (caciqui) of the island. This leader’s name was Agüeybana. To
honor Columbus in a ceremony after meeting, Agüeybana gave Columbus the most
prized possession he could – his own name. Christopher Columbus became
Agüeybana and Agüeybana became Christopher Columbus. (I was unable to find
my reference for this so I will research further – it may have been a different caciqui
and possibly Ponce de Leon instead of Columbus).
The entity met Magdalena Maria, the police chief of the mall at which I was
detained. Upon the entity’s quizzing her on her name she admitted she had
changed her name from Maria Magdalena to Magdalena Maria.
So, what did MCI have to do with this story? I’m still not so sure of this one but my
feeling is it has something to do with the internet since MCI was and still is the
owner of the main backbone of the internet (someone out there might have a better
explanation for this than myself – please contact me to let me know). Bill McGowan
was the primary force in the creation of MCI and his favorite place to visit when he
had time was Puerto Rico. And his favorite place to visit in Puerto Rico was 'The
Reef Bar' at the east end of Isla Verda or the start of Piñones.
According to the book On The Line: The Men of MCI--Who Took on AT&T, Risked
Everything, and Won by Larry Kahaner, Bill, like myself, had become stranded his
first time in Puerto Rico during Easter week along with many others who’s flights
were oversold. He however successfully charted a private plane and sold seats to
other stranded passengers in the airport.
The city of San Juan, Puerto Rico is the southern tip of ‘The Bermuda Triangle’.
Robert & Nurettin arrive early morning (5 a.m.–ish) at the Greenbriar Hostel in
Miami Beach and are walking down the hall just as I am getting up and walk out to
the lobby. They nor I had any idea the other was going to be staying at the
Greenbriar Hostel.
Tracy Chapman song “Love is hate, war is peace, no is yes, we’re all free matches
the ideas the entity is giving me during my encounter.
The entity was searching for days for John the Fishermen after encountering
several of the other circle of men of Jesus. He encounters a man fishing from the
bridge at the exit of the Marina and greets him directly as John the Fisherman. His
wife standing not far off of the right of him at the end of the bridge is awed that the
entity would know his name for indeed his name was John the Fisherman (but Juan
el Pescador of course).
| Section 4.3 Coincidences Revisited |
World Turned Upside Down