Mabuhay!

"Mabuhay" is a Filipino verb in a form of a command: "live!" It is also a wish: "may you live!" Whoever says it wishes you the great gift of a long and full life. It is both a blessing and a lusty cheer. "Mabuhay"(ma-boo-high) is such a large word that it lends itself to a wide number of secondary uses: welcome, congratulations, thanks, godspeed, hello, goodluck, cheers, posit, sante, viva, kambei, aloha, and many other expressions of goodwill. All these are a part of life; but it is a gift of life that makes them possible. "Mabuhay," in other words, is an invocation and a celebration of life itself.

Source: "Mabuhay". Philippine Airlines monthly inflight travel + lifestyle Magazine. www.philippineairlines.com

My friends (Dr. Louis, Psyche, Nasser, Angie, Janet and Harriet) were all having an amazing time at the breathtaking Labason seawall, in the province of Zanorte, showing all their warm Filipino smiles against the brilliant tropical sunset. They all truly live the "Mabuhay" spirit!

Photo courtesy of Harriet Ybañez - Audiophile and a Certified Traveler in Style