Apdedey ayu!

My mother celebrated her 71st birthday on March 20 in my brother's home in LA. Here's a video of the Joaquin brood greeting her as she and her sister, Tiyang Amor, are cooking pansit palabok, kare-kare, and hipon (shrimp).



If you're wondering about the title to this post, it was how our youngest brother Allan used to sing "Happy birthday" when he was small...