Laura just celebrated her 22nd birthday, her first celebration back in Malaysia since 2019. It was a “big thing”.

Birthdays have always been a “big thing” in our family as an acknowledgement that we have been blessed with a year gone by and blessed with great health and many, many more great years ahead. So, yeah, birthdays are an important feature on our family calendar.

I decided that I wanted to put up an essay that would show some photographs of her and us, her parents; Jeannie and myself 😉 during her 22 years. Some pictures you may have seen before, some you may have not. It was quite a feat. Admittedly, our hard copy or physical photographs are not meticulously catalogued according to date or events. Ours are catalogued in an order only meant to confuse. Sort of a jigsaw puzzle that keeps the interest high. Haha.

When the treasure hunt began, I did not realize that we had these many photographs, perhaps in the thousands, gathered over the years. These photos include our growing up years, at our workplace with colleagues, our many travels, both local and abroad. As I was going through them; they brought many wonderful memories back. Then, I sidetracked many times looking for photos of an event or a trip we went on. A thought just crossed my mind to set up a photo gallery event, showcasing the thousands of photographs. That would be fun.

“LITTLE GIRL” is one of the pictures I have kept as important. This picture was drawn using my Samsung Note 2 (phablet). At age 10, she showed how easy it was to use the “S-Pen”. This picture was done in a short time.
Attention to detail:
Face: the thick black eyebrows, eyelashes, reflection on the square spectacles.
Hair: the reflection of light creating highlights and different shades of color. There is a hairclip in front, on her left.
Dress: Simple
Sign-off: Title of this art, signature and date.

Laura had the day off from work. Jeannie took a day off from work so that we could celebrate Laura’s birthday with her. Laura did some shopping with Jeannie. We had lunch and then, dinner later on. It was great to have been able to spend some quality time with her on her 22nd birthday.

Looking ahead, my birthday is fast approaching, just around a couple of corners. Already bought myself a birthday present – the bass bumpers😁😂. Superb sound, these earbuds seem to make all music sound good.

As I end this essay, Christopher Cross singing “All Right” is playing over the Google home mini.

Photographs and pictures seem to rarely last three generations before they are forgotten. While they are with us, take a moment or two or more to enjoy. Good memories.

NOTE:
1. “Big thing” : something that is prominent, important, or in wide use. 
/ a future trend.