Happy Birthday Rafael

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My student's birthday was last October 23. He was supposed to have a party to be attended by us and his relatives, but despite the planning, it didn't happen because his niece died due to dengue. Prior to the planning, before his niece died, his mom kept calling me asking how his birthday should be celebrated. Of course, I felt I was never in the position to tell her so I just told her that how she would like to have it is just fine. But I'd be willing to concede should she plan a surprise. She explained that her son wanted to celebrate it with a pool party, and she was asking me so much details which made her decide later on not to concede with the wished for pool party.  

Today's was not a surprise for Rafael, because what transpired today, although they are still in mourning, was a mother's promise for her son on his birthday. Not happy as he still misses his niece who was close to him after all, but I guess, somehow, his birthday at school have made it a little memorable.  

The kids had an early dinner treat during recess, of burgers and Burger Steak meals. For us teachers, we were given the huge Ultimate Burger Steak, which I have not been able to eat for diet constraints, hahahaha.. 

Then the blowing of the cake and wishes came.. 

And of course, picture taking :-)  

After that, while the kids enjoyed their meal, we had guessing games.. Questions mostly Q&A about the celebrant. This helps me know who the real friends of the celebrant are. 

Of course, before the party ended, the celebrant cut his cake, and left me to continue cutting and serving his guests.. until no cake was left.. I had them take home what's left since Rafael wouldn't bring them home anyway.. His crush got a real good portion, I made sure of that, hehehe.. 

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Tatay's Simple Birthday Dinner

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It's Tatay's birthday. If you guessed it right, then you may perhaps be reading my blogs through the years. If not, it's ok. But for us, today is a very important day. We usually have simple dinners at home with all home cooked favorites of my father plus the lechon and some sweets which we usually order to add to what we have already prepared. 

For Tatay's 65th, we decided to just go to a simple dinner at a restaurant so my mother doesn't have to prepared anything anymore, given that all of us are busy and no househelp to help her. We decided to have it at Philtown since it is just a stone's throw away from where I work. Plus, the Pansit Guisado is very good here. 

The Beef was also good, and it was tender too. Tatay loves this very much. It's his favorite here. 

For a healthier choice, we opted for the fish dish. 

And fried chicken for the kids.. 

Of course, our usual, easy to decide upon and easy to grab Lechon.. This came with Dinuguan but we didn't have it served since it was just too much already. We reserved it for the beach, which we plan to do tomorrow. 

Of course, for dessert, we had Leche Flan, River's favorite, and Tatay's too.. 

We also had Opera cake, after Tatay blew his candles and made his wishes.. 

While we were eating, we had entertainment courtesy of Lili.. Tatay enjoyed her exclusive Violin performance, it made him smile all throughout the evening.. 

Good that we were able to get the board room at such a very short notice. It is usually used for meetings and whatnots at the restaurant. For such a small party of less than twenty, we all enjoyed our simple dinner. 

Happy Birthday Tatay.. We love you to the moon and back..


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