Posing with Ms. Diplomat at our balconyLast weekend, my very dear friend Karen, came by to see me in LA.  She was on her way to Virginia for a product standards conference and decided to drop by.  Time was limited, but every moment spent with good friends are precious moments.  Even with the 3 years since we haven’t seen each other, nothing really changed.  She is still the same Kikay that I knew in college.  By accident, I saw that she had a red passport.  I then wondered if passports these days now come in red.  But much to my innocence, it was because she is an official of the Philippine government and thus is considered a diplomat.  “Ay, kahilas!”