I HAD TO TAKE A MORNING FLIGHT ON MY DAY TO GO BACK TO NEW YORK. MY FRIEND ARNIE RODE WITH ME TO AQUINO AIRPORT-PICTURED ON THE RIGHT. AS THEY SAY - PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW!
JUST BEFORE WE LEFT THE HOTEL TO LEAVE FOR THE AIRPORT- I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS ON TV IN THE HOTEL ROOM. I SAW A STRANGE SIGHT INDEED. IT SEEMS HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS AT A MANILA JAIL WERE PAYING A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON. THEY WERE DANCING IN UNISON IN THE COURTYARD OF THE PRISON. THEY WERE DANCING TO A STRING OF JACKSON'S HITS THROUGH THE YEARS.. WOW- THAT WAS NICE OF THE PRISON AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW THAT- I THOUGHT TO MYSELF. THAT WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED BACK IN THE STATES!
THAT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE SINGER, THAT EVEN PRISONERS WERE PAYING HOMAGE TO JACKSON AFTER HIS DEATH.
I HAD TO BOARD MY FLIGHT AT MANILA AIRPORT- SO MY FRIEND AND I PARTED COMPANY BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS- WE SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN IN HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER.
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