Why i'm a man

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Looking down at the broken pieces of glasses and wondering how to cover my ass, i saw my female russian colleague coming down the stairs with something that resembled a cake.. i was flattered, being my anniversary.
So i followed her into the office and there she was.. congratulating the few men in the office (thoughts running wild).. NOT for me anniversary but for MEN's DAY

For those, who are not familiar with 23rd of February tradition, here is the brief reference of the nature of the celebration:


Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russian: День защитника Отечества / Dyen' zashchitnika Otechestva, Ukrainian: День захисника Вітчизни) is a holiday observed in Russia, Ukraine,[1] Belarus and several other former republics of the Soviet Union. It is celebrated on February 23.

The holiday marks the date in 1918 during the Russian Civil War when the first mass draft into the Red Army occurred in Petrograd and Moscow. It was originally known as Red Army Day (Russian: День Красной Армии / Dyen' Krasnoy Armii). In 1949, it was renamed Soviet Army and Navy Day (Russian: День Советской Армии и Военно-Морского флота / Dyen' Sovyetskoy Armii i Voyenno-Morskogo flota). Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the holiday was given its current name.

Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women), but unofficially, nationally it has also more recently come to include the celebration of men as a whole, and to act as a counterpart of International Women's Day on March 8.

The holiday is celebrated with parades and processions in honor of veterans, and women also give small gifts to the Russian men in their lives, especially husbands (or boyfriends), fathers and sons. As a part of the workplace culture, women often give gifts to their male co-workers. Consequently, in colloquial usage, the holiday is often referred to as Men's Day (Russian: День Мужчин, Den' Muzhchin).

So i'm being congratulated for it!!!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmmmm... Is that female pretty? :O

And I am glad that you remember that today is our anniversary :D