To Dennis.. who made my birthday a less depressing experience

Yesterday, I took some pictures of our quite dinner of my favorite food - Japanese food! I was home all day because Dennis had to go to work. I was feeling down as my birthday draws near... feeling like I haven't accomplished much. I am Thirty! Like seriously 3-0... and I was not at all happy about it. I tried to start my day as ordinary as possible... I painted our home (which took half of my day already), answered all my wall messages - birthday greetings (thanks to facebook, my friends can now remember my birthday, and I'm happy about that, I mean even George (Lim) who has been busy with Lakers and Celtics game dropped a note. That's really nice. I just opened my computer and its a day after my birthday already and I have tons more to reply. Anyways, after painting, I baked for the first time cinnamon rolls. The last I tried to make bread, it was terrible - stone hard terrible! It was 2 years ago I think, and I figured its my birthday and I always want to do something new... something like overcoming fears/challenge and what not. Well, I wanted to overcome my fear of failing to make a bread ... and the cinnamon rolls was fine. I mean it wasn't perfect but it was edible. I even had the courage to give my in-laws a tray of cinnamon rolls! I had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and lunch. As I was saying, we had our dinner close to where we live at 9pm. I took some pictures of our dinner at Sakae Sushi - a Japanese Restaurant at Jusco Bukit Tinggi. The ambiance was nice and the grilled squid stuffed with rice is so good... but that's about it.I have to say that Sushi King at Tesco Bukit Tinggi is far more superior, affordable, and delicious. Although the ambiance is not that nice ... i mean the view is the parking area but the food is really delicious. Anyways, it was still a good dinner... we stuffed ourselves with sushi!
I woke up quite late this morning, went swimming and then had brunch... and then answered more facebook greetings. I also had to finalize my students grades before Monday. Anyhows, I still haven't started memorizing their names and their faces. It's a bit challenging to memorize Chinese names and let alone say it properly! My students would always laugh at my pronunciation of their names... and they don't mean to be rude. It's just the culture. But anyhows, I'm so excited for school to start because I have been preparing student-centered lesson plan for them that I hope will work for them. So excited!
Overall, my birthday was well spent and thanks to my dearest D, he made it less depressing by just being with me and listen to my endless woes of 'aging crisis' and being 'childless'. So there... I spilled my innermost striving. By the way, no amount of comforting words can really appease my soul... so please don't leave a comment that says, "Oh Joanah, you're still young... some married couple takes about 5 to 10 years to get pregnant". I shall thank you forever if you will leave a comment about the squid we ate or about my stunning husband who never cease to amaze me.