Better Days volunteers, myself included, can’t help but feel overjoyed every time we get to spend our birthdays with the elderly. Perhaps, these wonderful bunch of old people exude a certain air of youthfulness (despite arthritis bouts and graying hair) that can just make you realize that indeed, age is just nothing but a number.

Last month was my turn to have my special day at Better Days, my third year to do so actually. And since I enjoy making cupcakes, I decided to celebrate my birthday by having a cupcake-decorating activity with the Better Days elderly and volunteers.

Armed with wire whisks, mixing bowls and plastic bags as makeshift pastry bags, the elderly and volunteers prepared different kinds of cake frostings: royal icing (egg whites); whipped cream; and butter icing; and piped them into choco cupcakes and donuts.

As always, the elderly and volunteers were uber-enthusiastic with their creations, sprinkling colored candies, drawing spirals and star shapes to pastries here and there.

I’m looking forward to my next birthday at Better Days. 🙂

* A very big thanks to Ms. Kaye and Doc Joan for the photos, the beautiful ladies of MMFCI for the materials, Ria, ND and the rest of HOM, Krispy Kreme and the ever-enthusiastic volunteers who joined the activity: Mich, Jing, Tita Nenette, fellow birthday girl Claire and Ivy.