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This week, hubby and I attended a very special celebration organized by one of our readers and friend, Helen Yin Starkweather, for her wonderful mother, Lily Liu‘s birthday. We all gathered around 5:30 pm on Thursday at the Hong Kong Alley’s Kitchen, 10663 East Colonial Dr.,  Orlando, FL 32817, 407-969-0886. It was a group of family and friends from different parts of the country, getting together to celebrate Lily’s reaching another milestone of health and happiness. It was quite comforting to be among the Eastern way of reverence and respect for the elderly and  the adorable way that every one was trying to wait for others to be seated first. Even though many of us have just met for the first time, the conversation at our table  was a mixture of Mandarin and English, with topics ranging from arts, energy, regulations on businesses, to environment and comedy. We ate, drank, sang, and chatted late into the night. Helen thought of every details from laser-cut name cards for each and every one of us and hand-wipes in case we ended up with sticky fingers. Hong Kong Alley’s Kitchen manager/owner was very accommodating to all of the guests and did a fantastic job selecting the banquet menu items. Needless to say, we thoroughly enjoyed the dishes throughout the night.

 Among guests of Lily’s peers, there are prominent figures and entrepreneurs from various fields, such as Frances Chu of finance/banking, Lisa Lu , a Chinese American actress and singer who won the Golden Horse Awards three times in the 1970s and appeared in classic films such as The Last Emperor, Noble House, The Joy Luck Club and many other Asian films.

Now, for those of you who are wondering who Lisa Lu is, allow me to share a photo of Lisa Lu in the 1960,

to the left and the trailer of The Joy Luck Club (see if you can find Lisa Lu in this trailer), below:

At the end of the night, we all thanked Helen and John for hosting this lovely birthday celebration for Lily. With Lily’s friendships that had lasted more than half a century and such close mother-daughter relationship, one can see that Lily Liu must have been a woman of much warmth and kindness. We wish the best for Lily and her family.

Photographed, gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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