Today we posted a happy 23rd birthday message for our friend and colleague Sela. However – after we posted the birthday message we found out he is actually 26!!! Below is his kind response to our totally embarrassing Happy birthday message…
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Dear April
I am so sorry about my age. I did not mean to tell lies to all of you. Actually, I was born on Tuesday, September 10, 1983. When I started primary school I was on of the only oldest boys in the class. It was very late to start grade one when I first moved to Siem Reap after the civil war in my village. So the teacher had an idea that I can reduce my age to the younger age and told other kids that I grew up faster than my age. Now I can not change it. It is legally used for all my paper work, birth paper, CV, ID card etc.
Today I am 26 years old. Thank you so much for putting me on the blog and thank all of you.
Thanks,
Sela Chham
Happy 26th Birthday Sela! Here are 23 (oops! I mean 26) things we like about you:
1. You work hard
2. You care about people
3. You are a great teacher and role model
4. You are a wonderful host
5. You have a great smile
6. The way you dance
7. You let Brandon pick you up by your head
8. How proud you are of your wife and baby-to-be
9. Your silly sayings on skype
10. That you hate social injustice
11. Your amazing life story
12. That you aren’t afraid to fight Toung (you’re the only one!)
13. How frugal you are
14. Your outfit for the 50 cent concert
15. Your silly hair
16. How much you care about your mom
17. How organized your calendar is
18. How small your handwriting is
19. You know Loc Lac should have a lime with salt and pepper
20. You have more energy than just about anyone
21. You are a great waiter
22. You are funny
23. You have a great heart!
AND…
24. Picked up Quickbooks faster than anyone….ever
25. The funny sentences you make up to teach grammar
26. Changing his age is not the weirdest confusion he has caused…we all remember the gardener formally known as Jam.
Happy Birthday to Sela indeed. But call me crazy, I believe he is actually 25, not 26. Seeing as I was born February 8, 1983 and I’m 25, pretty sure that means he too is actually 25. Sela, how can this be when you are so good at petty cash and Quickbooks?!
By no means should one of the reasons we love Sela be stricken down… Keep them all up! The extra one is for good luck.
-Bear