you come to an age, where birthdays are really not that significant. it's just another day. for the most part, it's a multi-celebratory dining week - receiving messages from lovely peoples all around the world, getting spammed on facebook by people you havent seen in years, meeting several groups of important friends/people to eat together.
but for what it's worth, it's really nice dining with these special people. be it going out for substandard food, going out for excellent but expensive food, or sitting by the quayside with yummy home made soba.
all that, is just blissful. makes me happy.
thank you for another year. i feel very loved.