This is a very very very late blog post.
I have forgotten to upload my birthday blog early this year. That day was a literal chaos. One of our production plant had a fire incident the night before and so the day started amidst a flurry of emergency meetings and conference calls left and right. We were huddled the entire day in what we called the situation room. And uncannily, three of us who were meeting and talking together the whole day, were wearing black!
I am not really big on (my) birthdays. Often, it is a quiet family celebration over dinner. I never needed a flashy, fancy celebration. Just being alive and happy, surrounded by few but important people in my life, is enough to be thankful for and I keep it simple as that.
I am also grateful for friends at work who made it extra special and ensured that I will not be spending my birthday boxed up in the "situation room" over soda and takeaway sandwich (my go-to meal if I had to work over lunch). Or worse, missing your lunch during your birthday. Which happened to me three (or four) birthdays ago! Not by choice.
So they cajoled me into having a Japanese lunch.
But being a certified sweet tooth, I did enjoy so much the Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting. It's a neck to neck favorite alongside a mean Chocolate Cake.
I left a bit later than usual that day, still huffing and puffing when I arrived home for the family birthday dinner, with all my favorite dishes cooked up by my better half, as requested!
And somewhere in the back of my mind, hoping that the next birthday would be a more 'regular' day than it has been.
I have forgotten to upload my birthday blog early this year. That day was a literal chaos. One of our production plant had a fire incident the night before and so the day started amidst a flurry of emergency meetings and conference calls left and right. We were huddled the entire day in what we called the situation room. And uncannily, three of us who were meeting and talking together the whole day, were wearing black!
I am not really big on (my) birthdays. Often, it is a quiet family celebration over dinner. I never needed a flashy, fancy celebration. Just being alive and happy, surrounded by few but important people in my life, is enough to be thankful for and I keep it simple as that.
I am also grateful for friends at work who made it extra special and ensured that I will not be spending my birthday boxed up in the "situation room" over soda and takeaway sandwich (my go-to meal if I had to work over lunch). Or worse, missing your lunch during your birthday. Which happened to me three (or four) birthdays ago! Not by choice.
So they cajoled me into having a Japanese lunch.
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| The SNO Team, the PS lunch regulars |
But being a certified sweet tooth, I did enjoy so much the Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting. It's a neck to neck favorite alongside a mean Chocolate Cake.
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| My Birthday Carrot Cake |
I left a bit later than usual that day, still huffing and puffing when I arrived home for the family birthday dinner, with all my favorite dishes cooked up by my better half, as requested!
And somewhere in the back of my mind, hoping that the next birthday would be a more 'regular' day than it has been.
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