When was the last time your family members or friends organised a birthday party for you? Maybe, the kids or office mates got everybody together, bought you a cake and sang you a birthday song.
I think we all should have birthday parties. And, we should celebrate a grand birthday party for you. Dont you like to feel young or at least wanted? How about all those borned in Nov get together. Are you expecting a present from those who come to your birthday and give yo a big kiss. Or do you shudder at this horrible idea, why would I want to celebrate my birthday.
I am not sure how will SHC be, to have a monthly birthday party. I like the idea too; but Some of us would hate the idea of food, food and food, and managing our wastelines.
Or shall we go to MacDonald or KFC? How about Cher Char at the backstreets of Tanjong Pagar? Nothing firm yet.
Have you been quiet all this while? Shy to say anything. Let’s hear from you. And please respect the other person’s opinion and comment.
Terence Seah
Registration List (June Babies) (Dinner Party on 6.6.14)(at Keong Saik Road)
- Terence Seah
- Sue Chan
- Lilian Teo
- Caroline Gee
- Molly Chua
- Joan Ang
- Catherine Yeo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU LISTED HERE. ENJOY YOURSELVES AT DINNER TONIGHT. CHEERS!
Yes. I like the idea of birthday celebration. We can do a birthday month celebration. Start with april.
I dont like the idea of celebrating birthday with so many ppls – you can called me anti social for all you like. But is my birthday, I like it to be done my way – with few closest friends to celebrate with me.
My mum celebrated her 80th birthday at Sentosa resort with only our family members, no other relatives or friends invited and I must said that I like this kind of bonding.
Cheers… Dolly
Birthday celebration is fun for children, not because it is a birthday but because it is a celebration. Any event with food, drinks, games and gifts are welcomed by children, and they do not mind if you call it by any other name.
Celebrating a birthday for an adult always sounds silly to me. Every minute a new life is born so every day somewhere someone is celebrating a birthday. There is nothing special or significant about somebody’s birthday. It is his/her “problem” exclusively, and other people need not be aroused, alarmed or excited about the day that another digit was added to this world, say 45 years ago. Perhaps traditions and customs entail that people celebrate their birthdays. But I think it is the cake-sellers who want it very much. Put it crudely, what is the reason to celebrate when the cake is not big enough for 50 candles?
There are so many other things to celebrate in life
1. Your child graduated from the University
2. Your son commissioned as an Officer in the Army
3. Your child is getting married
4. Your grandchild is born (not his “birthday” every year, please)
5. You win the “Most Beautiful Grandmother” trophy
6. You scaled the highest mountain and returned with little or no injury.
7. Your lottery ticket wins the top prize
These are all one-off events that deserve to be celebrated and remembered. Friends gathered together to appreciate and congratulate you with gift or cash tokens. In return, you give them a treat because you are very happy. That makes everybody happy. And that is celebration.
Sometimes, gathering a few good friends together for food and drinks and talk east talk west is already a celebration. Call it Good Day Celebration, if we must.
(Note: this is my opinion and I respect others who may think differently).
DC
DanielC,
I find adult birthday celebrations fun, and definitelely not silly. While our lives are full of seriousness, it can be fun to be silly. Why not? I am not sure how frequent members celebrate their birthday, but I would think it would be nice to celenbrate our birthday at least once a year.
We all love receiving presents. I do. Be it a notebook, a hamburger voucher, a kiss, todays April fools newspaper copy, a night out or even a used condom, Hmm, if we celebrate our birthday. Even, an old photo taken 5 years ago in SilverHairsClub would be fun. If 30 members gather together for the birthday of the month, it will be enjoyable and fun.
Think forward, think yes, let’s have this event.
Be creative. I have another 40 years to go. Others have 20 more years.
DanielC, I would hope you help SilverHairsClub members to create more ideas when eating full and very free. The craziest the better.
Have April fools day everybody.
Te3ence Seah
Hahaha… good laughter therapy reading this thread !
DC is our ‘GK’ ~always thinking out of the box. Yippee, keep it up.
Btw, you’ve got a new name fairy godmother? viz: Te3ence Seah?
How about those celebrating their 50th or 60th or 70th even 80th birthday this year, gather together and do it among the SHC birthday members, up to the birthdays gals/guys choice, simple or one big bash but together!
I felt good and surprised when the Lohei party goers celebrated my birthday in Feb last.
I suggest this mass birthday celebration if possible to be hold at the FIRST day of the month. According to elders, birthday to be celebrated on exact date OR earlier and not later.
Tony
Tony,
I think it really makes sense to celebrate the mass birthday party on the 1st day of the month. We can note this criteria.
And Freda,
Just as well, the 50, 60, 70 and 80th birthdays are sought after dates by everybody.
From what you just suggested, maybe we can start with the 50, 60, 70, 80th Birthday this year.
We use angmoh year, can?
Terence Seah
Hi Tony and birthday boys and gals,
Seems no violent comments. I would have thought we would have objections from the ladies, because their age may be revealed.
I think MacDonald’s parties would sound “Not funny”.
Terence Seah
Assuming we have mass birthday parties each month, how shall we do it? Should the birthday girls and birthday boys be the only ones come to the party? What kind of parties should we have?
Lydia, you like the idea. In your mind, how should the party look like? Shall we organise it at the local coffee shop with kway teow and beer? Or a more expensive dinner in a restaurant at a shopping centre.
Let’s talk about the concept and structure. Once done, I think we can design our own mass birthday parties.
Terence Seah
It’s up to d majority of the birthday girls/boys who will b their guest list – I believes “birds of feather flys together” celebrate that we hv come this far n enjoy like “Seow ginnas” before we get too Old…….
Interesting song……and video
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6dbBfXCMbH4?rel=0%22
I think it should be “the other side of 70…or 80, even 90”. Enjoy
I shall start first, and hopefully set the ball rolling, to mass Birthday parties.
There are some of us that are born in the month of June. I was borned in June in Singapore, and I would like to bring all June babies to celebrate our birthdays at a kopitiam Cher Char, open air, rocky tables and good local food.
If you are a June baby, please put your name here. Let’s gather together. We can decide the exact date, once we firm up a table of 10. As in all birthday parties, the birthday boy or girl can invite his friends, uncles, aunties, children, girl friends and boy friends, obviously everybody pays, as in the tradition of seniors.
Food and drinks are pre-selected from the shop, so we know the costs. Maybe, it is good we set a figure, say $20 for members and $22 for non-members. I hope we set the tradition not to give presents. But, let’s make it a tradition to give a birthday card.
Not important, for now, all June babies, please register your name here.
Terence Seah
Registration list (June babies)
1. Terence Seah
2. Please dont be shy.
Calling all the June babies in my telephone book.
Susan, Lilian, Molly, Thomas, please be among the first few to register for the June Birthday party. Other June babies, please put your name here. Come celebrate our birthday together.
June Birthday babies, can invited their friends, children, girl friends or boy friends.
This event is open to invited guests of the birthday participants.
Terence Seah
Hi Terence,
Have you got a date in mind yet? Would like to join the ‘June babies’ for Cze Char if the chosen date does not coincide with my overseas trip..
Cheers!
Hi Sue,
I have no dates yet for our birthday celebration. But, since you are the 2nd to register, I shall let you pick the date. Let’s pick a weekday, and Fri is also ok. Weekends are too crowded. How about that? after we pick the date, then we find the place.
Terence Seah
Hi Terence,
Just my suggestion, its preferable to celebrate on a Fri evening, either the 6th or 13th June, 2014.
Cheers!
For the June birthday party, I am pleased to Confirm our dinner party on the 6 June 2014. It will be a Cher Char dinner at a local coffee shop. Not decided yet.
Please register ASAP. If you cannot make it later, say by 1 June, please let us know here.
Aiyah, I am rushing home now. While queuing to check in, I realised I could not give the counter lady my passport. Got another 1 hour to go.
Let’s have some oldies fun.
Terence Seah
Hi Terence,
You still can remember I am one of the June oldies, not baby, haha.
I think is good to have it early of the month, so that those in the beginning of the month, will be gladly to attend.
Yes, pls register me.
CHEERS,
Lilian
Terence
I am a June child too. Would like to register for the party.
Many thanks.
Caroline
Hi Terence,
Hope all is well with you. Thanks for remembering my birthday 4 days
after you. We can have fun for the June babies.
Can pls register me. Tks
Calling all June Babies, come register for our coming birthday party. Chilli crab. We need 10 Pax.
Maybe, let’s go to Tiong Bahru, Geylang, a HDB Kopitiam. Airy, where we can chat.
LydiaC, you are an April baby, try bringing up your birthday party. Not to late.
Terence Seah
Hi Terence,
I am a JUNE Babe. Please register me for the Birthday Party.
Thanks & Regards
Joan
Hi Terence,
Sue has alerted me to this June celebration as she knows I am a June silverhairscian as well so please add me to the list and the date is perfect before I leave for my month long trip in the middle of June.
Thanks and see ya soon!
Ok Terence here goes……my full name is Catherine Yeo and the reason why I had to tweak my username here is because the system informed me that the name had already been used. Hence I had to sign in as a new registrant. I did tell you that my old email had been hacked and is now disabled. Hope this info suffice and I look forward to meeting up with all June ‘babies” soon.
Based on suggestions and feedback, we will have our June Birthday party on 6th June 2014, and we will celebrate the occasion at Keong Saik Road. Participants will be informed via email. We will share the dinner.
The place is well known for its Prawn paste chicken wings, black bean fish-heads with bittergourd and spring onion and ginger frog legs.
For those born in June, and have not registered, please do join the June babies. We hope to have this occasion every year in June. And we hope to know that we are getting older each year.
Those born in other months, please organise one for your group birthday.
The date 6 June 2014. And to the person who suggested this venue, thank you very much.
Terence Seah
Hi Terence
Pls register me. Many thanks.
Btw, what time is dinner?
Carly
Hi Caroline and members,
Yes, our June birthday bash will start at 7pm. Judging from previous events, this time will allow working members to get to the venue on time.
Sue Chan has booked a table, and we can start ordering at 7pm.
See you everybody. Venue will be emailed to you.
Terence Seah
We are trying out birthday gatherings among SilverHairsClub members. Presently, we have about 7 persons coming. Where are all the June babies?
I hope no one is shy to be known as being borned in June. Not to late to register here.
I hope other SilverHairsClub members will take the initiative to organise other months. You might also want to organise by year of birth. That can be exciting too.
The birthday parties will be at a Zhi Char coffee shop, and we will continue to do this each year.
So, June babies, come join together with other June babies.
Terence Seah
Thank you Terence. Looking forward to.our makan session.
Cheers Carly