I celebrated my birthday yesterday over bottles of beer, lechon, grilled tuna “panga”, tuna sashimi, scallops, squid… and the loud laughter of friends. My buddy, Emerson called long-distance from Canada, and in a not so sober tone, informed me that he is celebrating my birthday too, over some brandy with a Scotsman. I’m not so sure if he could survive a drinking duel with a Scotch. But my best of luck to you buddy. Janet, my cousin, also greeted me from the States. She sounded alright but I could certainly hear the screaming envy in her voice when I told her what we were having on the table.
Jingo, a good friend of mine – a lawyer, newspaper columnist and boxing guru rolled into one, wrote a generous birthday greeting in his column for Sunstar newspaper yesterday. I was glad he did but I’m not sure if it was a perfectly good idea. Judging by the number of text messages containing sincere birthday greetings I got from people who found out it was my birthday from Jingo’s column, I found it a bit not too comforting that I couldn’t invite all of them.
What’s the fuss about birthdays anyway? Except for the beer and the realization that I am a year older, I couldn’t quite get the focal meaning in celebrating birthdays. Why do we celebrate birthdays? Who invented this animal? I thought it might do well if I make some quick research. Thanks to wikipedia. Here it is…
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He is Atty. Alan F. Siu - a thirty-something practicing lawyer based in Cebu City, Philippines. He also teaches at a local law school. His practice includes litigation, as well as corporate and tax consultancy. He likes to write. He just found out about blogging and decided to make it his welcome diversion. As much as possible, he veers from writing about Philippine politics (and politicians) which he looks down with utter disapprobation but ...on second thought - he might be tempted to scrawl up some lampoonery on the matter after all.
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