Thank God for Holy Days and Holidays...

Today is a holy day here in the Philippines ...in honor of and in celebration of the Eid, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Although the Filipinos are (if i'm not mistaken) at least 85% Christians, lately we've been celebrating this day to show our solidarity with our Muslim brothers ...in much the same way as they share with us the Christmas holidays. If only everyone, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, etc., would accept, respect, and tolerate each other and live each day according to the spirit of these holy days, then i believe this world will be a better place.

Being a holiday today, jon and i were able to go out and party last night until past 2:00 am. Actually, it was a despedida (going away) party for a friend who's going abroad to work. The wife and her sister are also going abroad to source things for their business but they're coming back... so the party last night was for all of them. Generally, i don't particularly like despedida parties because they usually mean that the honoree(s) is/are going away and i will be left behind... especially if he/they are going away "for good" ....which means that the dynamics of our relationship/friendship will be physically altered.

Of course, when one goes away (voluntarily) that means that it is for the best ....and so, to our friends who are leaving in the next few days... happy trip, good luck, Godspeed, ....and make sure you keep in touch!...

i don't have photos of the party, jon took care of that! ... but i do have photos of me which i took while my friends were busy with their videoke singing (yep! i don't do karaoke or videoke!) ...and here they are... the latest of my self-pics...