弟弟生日快樂

#2022-0924

We celebrated Little Shine's birthday in Hualien for the first time today.

(Note: Little Shine is a pretty good name I gave my second grandson, 小宣; his official English name is John, though.)

Before we came to Hualien again yesterday, Little Shine had asked his grandma the same question several times via video call: "September 24th -- do you remember?"

"Of course I do," Jean replied on the videophone. "Grandpa and I have already booked Puyuma train tickets and will arrive in Hualien the night before, to celebrate your birthday!"

You see, we have fulfilled our promises: The three generations of us went to Wángjì Chápù (花蓮 王記茶鋪 明心店) for dinner, and then returned to the vicarage to throw a simple and happy Birthday Party for the 8-year-old boy.

By the way, I noticed that on the coffee table there was a Wéndàn pomelo with eyes and a mouth drawn on it. I thought it was one of the six masterpieces made by Little Shine and his brother during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, but it was not. If you compare the "face design" of this pomelo with those of the six pomelos in the picture on the right, you'll find that this is a new creative work.

我看見茶几上有一顆文旦柚，上面畫了眼睛和嘴巴。原以為是去年中秋節兄弟倆人的《柚子臉》傑作之一，結果不是。只要把茶几上這柚子的「臉」與舊照片中六個柚子的「臉圖」對比一下，你就會發現，這是全新的創意之作啊！

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相關文章 (See also)：

1)  Happy Birthday to Little Shine     (2019)

2)  Happy Birthday to You, Little Shine     (2018)

3)  《話 / 畫 / 化》     (2021)