Believed to be CanadaB次元官网网址檚 oldest man, JaHyung Lee celebrated his 111th birthday at the Surrey retirement home where he lives.

In Newton on Sept. 23, LeeB次元官网网址檚 party featured a choir performance, music by saxophonist Jong Hwan Chun and Korean dancing by Rainbow Group, according to .

Before a cake-cutting ceremony, LeeB次元官网网址檚 family offered congratulations, and the birthday B次元官网网址渂oyB次元官网网址� spoke about enjoying life at 111 years of age.

B次元官网网址淭he secret to celebrating a 111th birthday is to exercise daily, smile often, surround yourself with good people B次元官网网址� friends and family B次元官网网址� practice your faith, and try not to get too stressed out about day-to-day life,B次元官网网址� Lee said, according to the news release.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 lucky to be celebrating today alongside my friends and family.B次元官网网址�

Party guests included Senator Yonah MartinB次元官网网址檚 chief of staff, Michael Chang (ambassador of Seoul), Woo Seuk Lee (president of KoreanB次元官网网址檚 Veteran Association) and Dr. Peter Chung (president and CEO of Primacorp Ventures Inc.).

PICTURED: Guests celebrate the 111th birthday of JaHyung Lee, seated, at his Surrey-area retirement home on Sept. 23. (Photo: facebook.com/amenidahomecare)

Lee was born on Aug. 27, 1910 B次元官网网址� the year of the first public radio broadcast, , and when the very first horror movie (Mary ShelleyB次元官网网址檚 Frankenstein) was released in theatres.

The Now-Leader attended LeeB次元官网网址檚 109th birthday party in 2019. That day, with a tip of his fedora hat, Lee smiled and thanked a room full of people for helping him celebrate.

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In Korea, Lee operated a jewelry store until his retirement four decades ago, when he moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for about a decade, before the cityB次元官网网址檚 pollution proved too much.

B次元官网网址淗e told us he wanted to live in a nicer country,B次元官网网址� his granddaughter, Eun Song Choi, recalled in 2019. B次元官网网址淔rom what I remember, he visited Canada and also Australia, and he decided Canada would be his home, in Vancouver, and now in Surrey. He came here (to Canada) when he was around 80 years old.B次元官网网址�

Last January, Lee received his COVID-19 vaccine at the age of 110, making him one of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 oldest residents to be inoculated.

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