My birthday trivia

Age: 53 yrs

Born: November 11, 1956 November (11th month), 11th day, 56 (5+6 = 11)

November 11 is a holiday in the USA (Veterans Day), Canada & Australia (Remembrance Day), Bhutan (King's Birthday), France (Armistice Day), and Myanmar (Independence Day). Hmmmm, maka-migrate na nga sa mga country na ito. Heheh

Saddest birthdays: 2 (1981 and 1990 right after our parents died)

Happiest birthdays: 2 (when my parents gave me my first party at age 11 and when I celebrated it with 3 high school batchmates in 2007)

Cherished birthday gifts: Books, lovely loving moments (hugs, kisses and more! heheh), greetings from friends, co-teachers and students, meaningful birthday cards and prayers

Most common gifts received: next year planners

Signs of aging: receding hairline (front and crown areas), partial dentures, liver spots on face and arms, young/er persons asking for my hand: "bless po,tito/lolo," greying beard and nose hairs!

Most appreciated comment on my age: my younger brothers' friends asking them in reference to me - "Bunso nyo?' hahahaha

Crow's feet, wrinkles and smile lines: priceless!

Happy Birthday to Me

I would have celebrated my 50th birthday last year with a party. I was prepared to be a golden boy or so I thought until I learned three months before it that I had become a grandfather! And I immediately went into denial!

When I learned in August this year that two of my batchmates would be celebrating jointly their birthdays, I promptly joined in.

And so it was held on October 28. And what a lovely time it was! In the happy company of fellow golden boys and girls of my high school batch "73, we had the time of our lives partaking of the meals, tropical fruits and dancing the night away to be the pulsating beat of 70s disco music (and yes! Ursula Dudziak's Papaya was a big hit once again on the dance floor).

And was it obvious that it was a Hawaiian-inspired party?

This is the third big birthday party for me. The first held on my 11th (because I was born on the 11th month (November), 11th day & the year when the last two digits added up to 11 (1956); the second when I was in fourth year college.

So maybe, just maybe, to come full circle, I'll have my fourth birthday party when I'm 56 (eleven again?!?). I have five years to save for it.