Celebrating Our Friends' Milestone Events in the GTA, Canada

It was a very busy weekend for us as soon as we got back home to Canada. We were invited to celebrate Dr. Liem's 60th birthday in Waterloo. Dr. Liem is a much beloved professor admired by his PhD students whom he supervises in their higher education and reseraches. Beisdes his busy career as a scientist and a professor, he also leads a weekly men's group giving them lot of support and assistance consistenlty. A humble man, instead of celebrating his milestone birthday in an extravangant way inviting his frineds in high places, he rather celebrated this milestone event at church with his church family and friends. The celebration began with sing and prasie at a church service, followed by some sharing by his wife and families. It was a joyous and thankful event! After the celebratory service, a church dinner followed. There were much delicious dishes and yummy desserts for everyone. I was glad that we were back in Canada to enjoy this wonderful event!

Another special event we went to was Bea's performance in a young people's theatre show. We were invited to watch it and cheer on her. That was exactly what we did! It was a Saturday morning, we made plan to meet and had breakfast together before going to the play. It is interesting to note that since we live more to the central east of the city, we hardly ever go to the other side of the city. For us, it seemed as if we went to a different city. We enjoyed a nice breakfast together encouraging Bea before her performance in the play.

The small studio was not very big and my hubby and I were seated in the front row of the studio. I could tell that Bea was not comfortable with us being so physically close to her. I wish we could have sat a little furthr from her. But the play went well and we were proud of Bea's performance as she articulated each word clearly and remembered her lines quite well. She was natural in front of the audience. It was fun watching a young people's show which we have not done for a little while. Watch out, Hollywood, a new star will be coming your way in the future! RT, Greater Toronto Area, Canada