Another year older

Its my birthday to day and I am a year older than I was last year. It has been a memorable year. So much has changed in my life and yet so much still remains the same. This is my first birthday as a married man but I have been celebrating my birthday with my wife then girlfriend for the past three years. It is the first birthday that I am celebrating in my new flat in Melbourne. It is the first birthday that I have recieved a present from my mother-in-law all the way from Norway. It is the fourth birthday I am celebrating away from my family in Maldives though I have already recieved their birthday wishes and promises of presents that will arrive in the mail sometime this year.

Last night Dina and I got all dressed up and went out for dinner. We went to a little but very famous Mexican restaurant in South Yarra. We found that it was a famous place because so many internation tennis stars have dined there. We saw pictures of Agassi and Leyton Hewitt. Also newspaper clips of Roger Federer being spotted there. They even had burritos on their menu named after Agassi and Hewitt. We did not order them. I ordered a Beef and Chiken fajita while Dina got the Beef Colorado. The servings when they arrived were huge and we had a little trouble trying to finish it though I did manage to eat all of mine while Dina left some of hers. The food was deliscious and we ordered one serving of caramel pudding for dessert which we shared. Needless to say I was so full I had trouble getting up. I am still feeling full and bloated more than twelve hours after that dinner but we are planning on going out to Southgate for lunch anyway.

I also got presents from Dina which were in three parts. The first part was just the card with a little post it note saying that could be exchanged for a fancy backpack of my choice whenever I felt like going out shopping for one. The second part was a novel called "Velocity" from Dean Koontz who is my favourite author. The third part was tickets to the comedy club next saturday. I am allowed to take a partnerto the show. Hmmm... wonder who that will be??

All in all it was a very good day and it is not over yet. I am hoping for more wishes and presents that will flow in from everyone so keep 'em coming guys. Ciao for now. I am off for lunch.