HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELINE!

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What a wonderful birthday celebration!

Today we celebrated Celine’s birthday; her “love” Ruben treated us to lunch at Vikings, it being still the best buffet in BF. 

The Sweet Magnolias, miss you, TESS. 

The great partners. 

We were whisked in immediately upon arrival, we just had time for a photo or two with the early birds. 

Whether one is sweet 16 or in the fabulous golden 50’s, these birthdays are worth celebrating. Today, we captured the essence of Celine’s birthday in our photos, laughter, fun and glorious food! 

Blowing candles on the cake is traditional. Did you notice that the candles increase every year until you can’t put out all of them in one blow?  For sure children love the added candles; but do we like more candles in our advanced age?  

And then the wish!  As a young child we wish for toys or gadgets; but as we age our wishes graduate to non-material things like good health, success in chosen career, peace and harmony in and outside the home, freedom, security and safety, equal treatment, respect and others not related to money. 

Except for good health, I wonder what else would Celine wish for; material things are within her grasp. She is happy everyday, so I guess we will never know. Birthday wishes are secret after all, never to be divulged lest they won’t come true. 

I’ve known Celine earlier on; but in the few weeks that I walked with her everyday, I found her very pleasant to be with. She’s funny, has a great sense of humor; she even dramatizes with humor things that we talk about that we couldn’t stop laughing. She’s so “kalog”. 

On the serious side, she is even tempered, very religious and God fearing. She is active in church activities and leads the choir; her voice is sweet, smooth and musical, so pleasing. 

This is her”love” whom she often salutes and says: “yes sir “. 

Notice the junior Magnolia. “Are you tita Tess”, she asked me.  I said “no, Tess is the pretty one, remember her beautiful home?  I’m tita Rita.”, I replied. 

Celine, your birthday party was so much fun; inli food, unli laughter, unli sharing, unli jokes, unli photos; unli catching up, truly unli everything. 

Many thanks for your party favors, interesting party loot. I love the cheeses, partillas and the sweet rambutan. All are yummy! And thank you for the wonderful lunch. 

May your birthday week of celebrations be happy and joyful. Keep the birthdays coming!