Merry X'mas to you all. We had a Christmas party at the Digital Divide Data Laos office.
Well, my Christmas this year was untypical. I worked during the day since Christmas was not an official holiday in Laos. Unfortunately, because of multinational businesses' taking advantage of law in countries like Laos, they have to work on Saturdays, meaning Christmas was a working day. :-)
However, we had a nice little Christmas party after work even though most of the staff were Buddhists and didn't know anything what Christmas meant. I didn't know if one of the Laos Christians explained about Christmas because everything was happening in Laos. All I know in Laos is how to say "I am hungry", "how much is it?" and "I love you" :-) I am picking up more words, though :-)
Well, the weather here is, of course, not snowing. A perfect Fall day, you would say, if you are from the Mid-west of America. The weather in Bethlehem was not snowing, either :-) 42 F with clear sky recorded in Jerusalem today according to CNN.
Even though most people in the office are Buddhists, they celebrated Christmas for fun :-) Here is a picture of a Buddhist shrine with Santa.
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