The best memory of my Birthday was when I was a kid. Mommy F is a baker and has her own bakery, so making Cakes for Birthdays was easy for her. She will cook foods and invite her friends with their kids, and I will celebrate it with them. It will be the best Birthday ever. That's how it is for me as a kid, it is indeed the best Birthday ever!
I stopped celebrating my Birthday when I hit my teens. Mom will just cook Pancit Canton, as we have the belief that noodles will make my life longer because noodles are a long kind of food. I'm not sure where they get that idea, but I grew up believing that, well, I mean, I just "ah okay," to them but deep inside, I have my doubt too, because what's the connection of noodles in life no? I mean, it can even make anyone's life span grow short because noodles are not a healthy food either. I don't know anymore.
Anyhow, my Birthday is just like a normal day for me, it will also pass just like the usual, and then it's another day again tomorrow. I am still happy during those times, but deep inside, I am wishing for a better way of "celebrating" them. I don't wish for an extravagant celebration, I only wish for a simple one with a simple dish on our table and maybe a simple desert too, like ice cream. I don't need a cake, but it's not bad either, just a slice is also good.
But that didn't even happen though, but it's okay, no biggie. But, everything changed when I Started earning my own money through blogging. I am thankful for that, as I have a way now to treat myself.
I can even gift myself of something that I want. But it is just a simple celebration, and y'all know that no matter how simple it is, it becomes extra special when it is celebrated with your loved ones. I am happy that I am still living with my family. As I get to treat them on my birthday.
There's no cake, but there's always ice cream. And I always buy food that my family loves more than what I want. For example, my Mommy F really loves Pizza, and so do I, and that's what I will buy. Mommy D loves ice cream, so I will also include that. My Mama loves soft drinks more than ice cream, so I will also have them. Just Seeing them enjoy the food we have on my birthday is enough to make me happy.
So for the question, Do I like celebrating birthdays? Yes! Absolutely!! I like it very much, but only with my family and closest relative only. Our way of celebrating it is simple, but that's how we want it to be. We can eat out if we have a choice, but we'd rather do it inside our home. We are always practical when it comes to this, but in a way that we can still enjoy it to the fullest.
That simple celebration is like a "hooray" for another year for me and for us. Because we are alive and we get to celebrate it again with the family, there's too much to be thankful for that very day, so this simple celebration will be another memory that I can add to my "collection." On that day, I had my important day celebrated with my beloved family. So hooray for another year!
And aside from our birthday, If someone invited my Mom, of course I am always included there because I am her human cane, I'd love to attend that too. Who will say no to this kind of celebration, especially with a big feast like this.
This is the time where we can try different kind of food in one plate just like this, the typical kind of feast we have. Whatever ways we ate it, it is also one of the best birthday celebration that we can attend to. Hooray too, to the celebrant.
Our Birthday only happen once so why not make it a little extra special right, with the people we love. At least, there's a little difference for it with our normal day.
So anyway, time flies really fast, August is my birth month, I still have weeks to plan what I want to do to that day, in fact, I'm already planning what to make in that day but I'm still not sure. I might just end up buying outside than to make an effort to make foods, lol. Let's just see, hehe.
