DADDY'S 80th BIRTHDAY!

April 21st 2010 marked the birthday of my Dad, Mr George Franciscus. He was born in 1930. Wow! indeed an awesome milestone. My dad is of mixed parentage. His father was either of Dutch or English heritage whilst his mother was a Sri Lankan, from Candy, Celyon. He is a survivor of the 2nd world war. He always has lots of adventurous stories of the days of the old. Yup!..The Japanese and their invasion into the then Malaya, is our all time favourite.

He worked all his life in the Malaysian Railways. Starting from the south to the north of Malaysia. It is amazing how hard work used to be back then was as he had to literally shovel coal to run the steam engines. My dad was a natural sportsman. He was an all rounder in field and track events. I remember how Mum had packed boxes of trophies mostly in shapes of cups various sizes (being the trend then). They were stored in the attic in our house. Come to think of it, it's a shame to think if we should have treasured it, he could tell more stories to his grandchildren about his life back then.

Oh yes, I will always treasure the time when he trained me when I was about to take part in my school sports during my primary school days. Being attached to the Railways meant that we kids had to understand of the odd timing of Dad's duty. He always took his work seriously. We kid had to abide to the house rule - silence during the day when Dad was in & about to go off to his duty call.

Although he is 80 years old, he still enjoys sports and an ardent sports fan. He looks fit and sturdy for his age and can be passed off as a 60+. Usually people are taken aback when they come to know of his age. Well recently to mark this auspicious day in his life, George Franciscus had 3 different celebrations. One was with my sis in Bukit Mertajam. The second was at my home and last one was a double celebration which was organised by my cousin whose birthday is 3 days after dad's - 24th April.

Here are some photos taken at my cousin's (in green T-shirt). Hope you will enjoy getting a glimpse of my wonderful Dad! (in maroon striped T-shirt)

Cheers!

Sherry

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