[WE-165] To Celebrate My "Day" with My Family, Like Always, is What Makes It Special
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.
I think the same with noodles too. For me it's not a healthy food so instead it shortens the life 😅. What a great way to celebrate birthdays. I love how you do it with closest family. It becomes more meaningful.
Right? Haha, our beliefs are kinda ano talaga ee kakaiba din, lol. Really a great way to celebrate, mas nagiging masaya kapag woth them talaga ee.
Same madam .. I like to celebrate my birthday with my fam.. Thanks it falls on the 2nd of January, so may leftovers pa from new year..lage may handa 🤣.. Buti kpa nasave pa photos when you were a kid.. Sakin wala talaga ni half 😅..
Ay maganda din date ng bday mo madam. And masaya kasi woth family din. Masaya din naman ecelebrate woth friends pero iba talaga kapag woth fam ee. Yes madam, kapag binabaha kami tinataas ko, at mahiram na sayang din to abaw. A lot of memories din
Noodles and the belief that they can give a long life? I suppose that every culture and tradition has its own beliefs, for example, in my country, they say that it is good to consume rice, lentils and peas around New Year's days as it can bring more money for that upcoming year :D
I think it doesn't work hahahaha 😂
It is nice to celebrate birthdays with family, or with close friends. Especially if children or if it is our parents or grandparents. For me - I somehow skip making a big celebration but with my husband and son, we go out to eat or have a little cake/or ice cream. No candles on the cake though :D
Yeah, I suppose. So even in your country, they beat science with those beliefs existence. But i'm wondering how they think of that, where they base it 😆
Ours too, I think it really doesn't work 😆
Right? With the childrens, they are really fun to celebrate with especially you can see how happy they are with it. The cakey, cake is really a must in a birthday, it hits different with it. Its okay too even wothout blowing candles 🤩✨
As i grow older, my birthdays became sadder hehehe. Although I already expect that nothing special will happen, I'm still disappointed. Heheh
But if want too, we can still choose to be happy on that day, but, I guess its still depends on the situation we are in. Pero sana happy ka ngsyon, uwu
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on birthdays. Although the noodles are not healthy it sounds interesting how you put it, I had never heard that and I liked that "they extend life".
I remember when we were pandemic, December 24 was my birthday and I was alone with my partner stuck in a different city than where my family lives and no money to buy a cake or anything birthday. The idea I came up with was to make a cake in an electric skillet, it was like a big pancake, I remember it and it was funny, but if you came to feel that even if there was no way to make the big birthday, you made an attempt with what was available.
There are big birthdays and then there are not, it will always be our special day, even if it's with something simple 💕.
Haha, yeah, but also sound unconvincing 😆
Oh yeah, during those times, life during that time is hard but thanks heaven we get by and now we're free from that, I hope nothing like that happen again. We didn't celebrate much during that time. We just eat inside our home, its enjoyable coz we are thankful too that we are safe during that time.
It was a difficult time :(
We are now in a new era and there is more chance for our birthdays to be as we would like 🤗.
Pancit is life tlga during birthdays nho, same here in our house. Infairness yung gown ang ganda, taray nka off shoulder😁. Pero nagutom ako sa foodangs sa table tska yung chiffon cake tlga napansin ko with matching lagayan pa hehehe.
Much better tlga magcelebrate ng bdays with the family kahit simpleng salo salo ay okay na. So advance happy bday sayo, soon😁.