My dad's birthday!My dad turned 73 today - and as he mentioned, at that age... being able to celebrate and enjoy one's birthday is a gift in itself, hence his celebrating yearly. I'd have to agree... more so if you consider the fact that he is a cancer survivor (it's in total remission for year now). At his age, he still works - and he knows his best years are behind him... but that does not stop him form being an active body.
This photo is also somewhat special since it represents three generations of Syyaps - and though we're by no means complete, we're still thankful for the blessings coming his (as well as our) way.
There's another story to this event which makes our smiles that much more meaningful (meaning it's a miracle we could smile at all), since Barbie, the kids, Ben (not in the picture, since he's the one taking the shot) and I had to literally crawl through traffic to get to my dad's place. Three hours in what should have been the fast lane - the skyway, which made me quip and post in my FB that this skyway should be renamed the crawlway.
We arrived as most of the guests had already left, the caterers were in the process of cleaning up and boy... any celebratory mood we had was eaten up with th esheer frustration of the situation. Anyway... we did get to eat (and cool down), though we were unable to stay too long to enjoy the celebration, owing to the fact that it was a weekday and the kids still had classes the next day. The point is, we did arrive - and I got to take home a few samples of the dishes I liked too (one in particular dish - the callos, ended up being my dinner for two nights straight after this - and I wouldn't have complained eating it for a third night, had it not been finished by then).
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