I rarely celebrate my birthdays. This is by far the biggest celebration I ever had. The celebration started in the office. Just had some snacks before lunch with the officemates and Karen who has the same birthday. In the picture below, she tried to make herself look smaller because I'd definitely look like a midget next to her if she didn't.
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| with Karen (we share the same birthday "but many years apart for sure" according to her) |
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| pizza and ice cream, perfect combination |
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| with the officemates. can you tell who's not palauan aside from karen? :) |
In the evening, we had another small celebration at home. It was originally intended for my badminton friends who greeted me on my birthday (I kept my birthday a secret so whoever greets me gets an invite).
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| part 2 of the celebration at home |
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| what the heck is going on here? |
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| with my badminton peeps |
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| with the badminton boys |
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| the entire 1st batch |
After a few hours, I was surprised to hear a knock on the door and four of my church mates came, the boys' group. They had a guitar with them and sang to me. Sweet, eh?
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| serenade from the 2nd batch |
A few minutes after, another batch of boy friends came, a mixed group. My friend jokingly asked where my girl friends are and I said I don't have a lot. Then he said it's so obvious that I'm actually a boy (I hit him with my slipper). I'm a tomboy (for my Filipino readers, a tomboy is not a lesbian), obviously even until now that I'm a grown woman.
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| with mah boys ;) 3rd batch |
Still later, someone knocked and a bigger group came and they brought cake with them, the bigger group Filipino group from my church.
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| from my loving church mates :) |
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| final batch |
On Sabbath day, I went to church and surprise, surprise...my girl friends are all wearing black too!
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| we all wore black to church, not planned |
Ate Elba, baked me a cake and she even prepared 27 candles for me to blow!
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| 3rd part of the celebration after church |
We had our potluck in Palau Mission Academy open gym. They tried to make it really special, they even picked some flowers from their yard to be centerpiece.
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| a feast my loving church mates prepared for my celebration |
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| home made cake (gift) |
These are the gifts I got on my birthday. So nice!
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| 2 cute skirts, 1 sarong, and a pair of clogs |
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| 2 palau shirts and 1 palau mug |
I really felt special the entire week. Unlike most people who dread getting old, I am always thankful and proud whenever someone asks for my age. Not all people get to live as long as I am living right now. I am happy with everything I have in my life and I know that more surprises still await. I have God to thank for everything! I missed my family though but thank God for the internet, it somehow bridges the gap the distance makes.
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