Happy Halloween!

The first of November marks the scariest day in the 365 days that we get to have each year. Or was it October 31? I still am mislead about the whole date thing. Some say it's the November first, some say it's October thirty-first. Whichever, I still am buzzed about the whole thing. Honestly, Halloween scares the heck out of me, the same chilly effect brought about by Friday the thirteenth.

Okay, maybe I am a bit superstitious, I know. But I still am a skeptic about a lot of things, don't get me wrong. Halloween just doesn't get me excited the way Christmas does or something. Are you following?

Anyway, I know Halloween is a real fun event in other parts of the world, where they can go trick-or-treating and dress up in Halloween costumes. But in my part of the world, that awesome event was non-existent. Well, sure there were some people who followed that certain tradition, but it wasn't really that socially acceptable. Minority of the people here do that. And majority of the people find it too distressing or just not worth it.

In my part of the world, Halloween is when you visit your deceased relatives in the cemetery and pray once more for their souls. It was the time of year dedicated to the dead. It was the time where families reunited. In the economical sense, it was the time when buses and public transports were booked, carrying passengers who want to go home to their provinces and visit their dead relatives. It was the time when every news broadcast on local television was keeping track of the happenings in cemeteries in cities, on the lookout for anything interesting.

i once recall a certain story-sharing I was involved in just a few days before this marked day. Every story we shared had to be scary or creepy or macabre.

And I was surprised that there were actually a lot of stories, true stories, which the group shared. And I was just there, sitting and listening, with no story to share. I hadn't had any encounters with supernatural beings, and I didn't want to. If they were really here, I just want to leave them be, so for them to leave me be. See? Mutualism was the key.

But I realized as story after story started to register in my brain, that supernatural entities may be lurking everywhere. Some people may see them, some may not (like me, and like I said, I don't want to). But if that theory is correct, then we're not the only ones in this world. We gotta learn to share, I guess. And Halloween 's dedicated to them, too.


Happy Halloween!

x's and o's,
AERASALVATORE