Happy Birthday Dad.

Yes, October 25, 2008. That's the day we celebrated dad's 79th birthday.
Last saturday, we all managed to gather at my younger brother, Tom's house in Ayer Molek, Johor for the birthday celebrations. There were five of us children and our families plus my parents. My sister, Julia, couldnt make it back from London, she was here last June for a month taking care of mjy mum when she went for her by pass surgery. Yes, we missed her of course.

This blog will help update her.

Well, we had to cut the cake early, cos' there was no electricity for a few hours and the durian cake couldnt have lasted till the dinner so we opted to have the cake cutting done at 2.30pm.

It was delicious and I must tell you, the candle was special too. It was shaped like a lotus flower and when lighted, opened and held 8 small candles on its petals. Ingenious artistry! We videotaped the event so it will be available as video on demand.

Then of course, I get to see my daughter, Jenny, it has been a month since we last saw her as she joined us from Singapore where she is studying. So glad to have her with us on this joyful occasion. So the three of us, including my other girl Joanne, decided to have a photo taken. We look good together eh. Then, the five of us also took a family photo.

Well, the dinner was held at a well known restaurant and we had relatives from JB and Singapore joining us. My dad was happy with all the attention and also to meet with our near relations other than during CNY. Have a view of the photos taken so you can see for yourselves all the delicious food we ate that night. There goes my weight watching for the week!

Yummy! All great tasty food.

Delicious stuffed tofu with black mushrooms, broccoli and abalone.

Steamed white promfret.

Delicious, yummy 'birthday' pau presented to my father from a cousin. 100 pieces in all.

Roasted chicken with 'keropok'.

No dinner will be complete without the legendary sharks fin soup, only thing is, since my brothers have become environmentally conscious and championing the cause of ending the sharks fin extinction, this soup was made from crab and lobster meat. (See the 'lobster' there).Tasted even better. Believe me, you have to try it.

No dinner would be complete without the warm and cold dish or 'four season' dish as they call it.

No birthday celebration would be complete without the 'birthday lifelong mee'. It was also good and tasty.

And so another birthday celebration has passed. We hope we will be celebrating his 80th year next year this time too.

This photo is of my sister, Anna, myself and my parents.

We stayed the night at my brother's place and reflecting on it, it was a nice gathering.

We made the timeto be there even though all of us had commitments cos' it isnt everyday that your dad is 79, right.

Well folks, it was a weekend well spent and I hope our parents were happy with the whole occasion. As children, it's about how much quality time you can spend with your parents now they are old, not about how much money we have or wat kind of material comforts to give them.

I am glad that we are all doing our part as best as we can.. May God Bless my dad on his birthday and throughout the years. May my parents be happy and be blessed by God always.

Special thanks to my brother Tom for organising the dinner and to all my brothers and sisters and their families for being there as well and support each other. Thanks guys. Cheers.