It’s pretty rare to see someone celebrate their 100th birthday but at PICS Seniors Housing Facility they celebrated three 100 plus birthdays of three women residents Thursday. PICS Seniors Housing Facility. In a special post-COVID celebration, three residents of Guru Nanak Niwas - Vrajkuvar Devraj, Harbans Kaur Dhanoa, and Gian Kaur Badiyal celebrated their 100 plus birthdays. 

 By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

SURREY – It’s pretty rare to see someone celebrate their 100th birthday but at PICS Seniors Housing Facility they celebrated three 100 plus birthdays of three women residents Thursday. PICS Seniors Housing Facility.

In a special post-COVID celebration, three residents of Guru Nanak Niwas - Vrajkuvar Devraj, Harbans Kaur Dhanoa, and Gian Kaur Badiyal celebrated their 100 plus birthdays. 

“It's pretty impressive to see a loved one live to see his or her 100th birthday, and it's certainly deserving of a very special celebration when we have three of our beloved seniors celebrating their 100th+ birthdays at PICS Assisted Living facility (Guru Nanak Niwas),” PICS said in a news release.

The three women were joined by community members and civic, provincial and federal politicians at the seniors’ facility for the special ceremony in their honour. Badiyal, according to staff, was actually turning 103, but was unable to celebrate the 100th-milestone until Thursday due to the pandemic.

Satbir Singh Cheema, the CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society, told Surrey Now-Leader newspaper it was a very special celebration. He noted the facility usually celebrates birthdays on the last Thursday of the month, and this was one of the first big ones since the pandemic halted most events.

 “It’s very rare to see a loved one reaching this special milestone of a 100th birthday,” he said. “It’s certainly deserving of a special celebration when we have three of our beloved seniors celebrating their 100th birthdays at the same time.”

Meantime on social media, leading up to the event PICS staff posted photos of the three women, along with their advice on how they’ve lived to be 100.

Dhanoa’s message was there’s “no secret to a long life, only live your life & be happy.”

Badiyal said the “key to a happy & long life is always doing something.”

And Devraj said, “be spiritual, be happy and believe in God.”