Two days before J&B organised and celebrated Carnaval we celebrated the birthday of our Cid, the Captain, as they sometimes call the person who runs a bar on behalf of its owners in their absence, or presence. Cid is also to previous owner of J&B Bar. And more importantly for us, he's Kik's very dear friend! Now, how old did he become, you ask.... well, I am free to say he turned 29 years old!
On the pic (right/above) you see me offering my congratulations and well wishes by putting a white piece of rope around his wrist, which is a very traditional THai way of congratulating a person and wishing him well in and for his futur!
On his request Kik organised a traditional Thai birthday party and to be more precize, a traditional Isaan party, from the North East of Thailand.
Ofocurse for everyone comming to the bar there was free food, and later in the evening we had two special little perormances of traditional Thai songs and dances...... and ofcourse, partly performed by Kik.
Around midnight the birthdaycake ceremony took place. I had bought a big chocolate cake from the Coffee Corner here in Paradise Complex, and I must say, it tasted pretty good...... gues in futur it will be their chocolate cakes we will purchase if we want to, because sofar that tasted far way the best ;-)

Ofocurse we had announced to our customers that we would celebrate a traditional Isaan birthday party, and that the music played would all be in that style and in the honor of Cid..... some customers though are not used to that style of music so aftera pretty long time they came asking if a more western tune could be played.......... in the ned we gave in ofcourse (customers are customers) and we played a few pieces of music the average farang allways knows how to appreciate.

All in all, allmost none of the customers who stopped by our bar or came to celebrate, left before we finished the party, so all in all it was, also for them, a very pleasant and happy party!

It was after 2 am when we finally closed the bar after having had a succesfull celebration of Cids birthday.......and ofcourse, totally in his style it was followed up elsewhere in Patong with Isaan Karaoke in his favorite Isaan karaoke bar.

Cid: Happy Birthday and a long and above all a happy, rewarding and prosperous life, you deserve it!!