I showed my happy birthday dessert on Facebook and received extra greetings and good wishes regarding my birthday from friends. On Whatsapp a friend sent me a birthday greeting, telling me that her birthday was the same day as mine. She had attached her cake with the words happy birthday attached.
I then realised that you could use your own picture of your birthday cake with the words happy birthday as a greeting to others having birthdays later.
Only when I copied my photo and scrutinised it, considering cropping it, did I notice that the h in happy birthday is lower case.
Why is this? I suspect it is because people going into catering and creative jobs such as art are often visual rather than academic, interested in art and pictures rather than text.
Maybe I am wrong and it is just that visuals are often copied so the small number with errors get noticed.
So, if you are using photos with text, check the text carefully. If I had noticed at the time, would I have sent the plate back for correction?
No. Firstly, I received a free cake and when somebody has taken time to please you I don't like to look ungrateful. It was done last minute in a hurry.
Secondly, I never send things back in a restaurant unless I am on the last course and paying up and will never go there again. I do not wish to upset the person preparing food. They could take revenge on me or other customers or the management. They are probably low paid staff very proud to have a new job. On the other hand I could point out the error so they improve and get it right next time.
I would be more inclined to try to correct the chocolate myself.
To conclude, you can use your birthday cake pictures from any year as a greeting card. I shall collect mine together in an album called birthdays.
A birthday card could be created showing the year's events and successes, of the lifetime of successes and travels.
Other travel pictures can be used as a collage for Happy New Year. Show highlights of your past year's travels.
Saved pictures of Valentine's day can be used for next year's Valentine's Day wishes.
Happy travels and happy greetings.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. I have other posts on Birthday meal at the Tanglin club, birthdays, Valentine's Day, New Year, Singapore, destinations worldwide. Please save links to your favourite posts.
I then realised that you could use your own picture of your birthday cake with the words happy birthday as a greeting to others having birthdays later.
Only when I copied my photo and scrutinised it, considering cropping it, did I notice that the h in happy birthday is lower case.
Why is this? I suspect it is because people going into catering and creative jobs such as art are often visual rather than academic, interested in art and pictures rather than text.
Maybe I am wrong and it is just that visuals are often copied so the small number with errors get noticed.
So, if you are using photos with text, check the text carefully. If I had noticed at the time, would I have sent the plate back for correction?
No. Firstly, I received a free cake and when somebody has taken time to please you I don't like to look ungrateful. It was done last minute in a hurry.
Secondly, I never send things back in a restaurant unless I am on the last course and paying up and will never go there again. I do not wish to upset the person preparing food. They could take revenge on me or other customers or the management. They are probably low paid staff very proud to have a new job. On the other hand I could point out the error so they improve and get it right next time.
I would be more inclined to try to correct the chocolate myself.
To conclude, you can use your birthday cake pictures from any year as a greeting card. I shall collect mine together in an album called birthdays.
A birthday card could be created showing the year's events and successes, of the lifetime of successes and travels.
Other travel pictures can be used as a collage for Happy New Year. Show highlights of your past year's travels.
Saved pictures of Valentine's day can be used for next year's Valentine's Day wishes.
Happy travels and happy greetings.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. I have other posts on Birthday meal at the Tanglin club, birthdays, Valentine's Day, New Year, Singapore, destinations worldwide. Please save links to your favourite posts.
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