Let me tell you about ...

A little girl of 10 who utters loudly with the naive innocence only a kid can possess:
"Mommy ... are they the Gestapo?"
She was referring to the border control officers who were inspecting our passports while we were on a train to Cologne, Germany.

The girl who graduated from high school - top of her class.

The lady who graduated magna cum laude from UST!

The woman who spent 8 years on her own working in Singapore, traveling all over the world as a travel trade journalist/writer.

The admirable woman who balances her graduate studies with the daunting tasks of her job.

My confidante, my best friend, my 'ate' even though she is 3 years younger than me!

The only person who keeps up with my stubborness, my insolence, my sarcasm, my cynical nature and my failure to pursue lofty endeavors.

She is none other than my dearest sister, Ollie.

Today, she turns a year older.

I am extremely proud of her!

Everything she has accomplished in her young life through sheer guts
and determination.

I love her with all my heart and soul.

But most of all I respect the woman she has become.

The woman she is.

And the woman she will be in the future.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Liebscien!!!