A friend turned 81 last week, and a bunch of us got together and threw her a surprise party, complete with pancit, lechon and candles on the cakes – and a hilarious 18 roses ceremony, actually just one rose recycled 18 times (good thing it wasn’t 81 roses, since we were only about 40 people at the party).
This despite her having declared that she was no longer having a party or doing anything special to celebrate her birthday, having been told that after 70, one should not make a big deal of one’s birthday.
I guess it is one way of getting around having to spring for a party or at least some form of blow-out. But hey, that’s only for the over 70s so to you bagets reading this – I still expect a birthday blow-out. Another thing, perhaps the more important reason, a birthday is a reason and a chance for old friends to get together and make merry, although I must point out that old friends don’t need a birthday as a reason to get together, but get together just because you can, and want to. A glass of wine , a pot of tea, a delicious meal shared among friends is reason enough to celebrate.
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