Today is my MIL’s Chinese-Birthday, her English-birthday is on 2nd October.

This is guilty conscience speaking,: “over the past 7-8 years, because of the craziness of our retail business, we hardly join in the celebration for my MIL’s birthdays, sometimes, Allan went with the rest of the Loh family, while I take care of the stall.”

Now that we have the time and the extra cash, thinking that we ‘owe’ it to her, we gave a surprise!

We bought her this mountain of ‘Shou Tao’ – Birthday Peaches. They are not real peaches, they are buns coloured in Pink and shaped to look like peaches, they are filled with sweet ‘Lian Rong’ – Lotus Jam.

38 of them in that plate. 38 is an auspicious number for us, Cantonese people – 3 for ‘Shang’ – New Life or Growth and 8 for ‘Fa’ – Prosperity.

Being a very Chinese-traditional-oriented woman, my MIL was beaming from ear to ear! Cos’ ‘Shou-Tao’ represents Longevity. On top of that, she loves surprises (*laugh* Like me).

Never had anyone celebrated her birthday in this way on her actual date itself, unless it falls on a weekend, she usually have to celebrate her birthday slightly earlier or later to suit everyone’s schedule. Everyone is just too pre-occupied with work.

So this gesture of ours meant alot to her. Ultimately, we achieved our aim – Made Her Happy! *Yeah*