Happy 28th Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Momee and Papee!

Well, it was actually yesterday - May 30, 2009 - but today was the day we as a whole family celebrated it. (Haha yes, my parents had their 'own celebration' by staying at a really awesome resort...) (;

But today we celebrated their 28 years of marriage - and i'm so ridiculously happy for them.
I mean, TWENTY EIGHT YEARS. THAT'S A LONG TIME!

Their love is truly inspiring. I mean, they say that after that initial high of being overwhelmingly, ecstatically in love, that sort of 'euphoria' that comes with a new love, they say that it goes away after, perhaps two years? And so, according to Captain Corelli's Mandolin, (as well as probably millions of other people) love is really not just that initial euphoria, but the way you feel after that high and obsession has gone.
In other words, the reason that you remain together for so long is because of real, true, and undying love.

And with the case of my parents, that's exactly right.

But what's amazing is that they seem to still be in that euphoria and 'high-on-love' sort of stage. Their hands still find each other and hold on, they still look into each others eyes and smile, my mom will still cuddle up to my dad on the sofa...
Even after 28 years of marriage, and several more from dating.
I guess what I wanted to say was that you're both truly inspiring. And I couldn't have asked for better role models to show me what true love really is. You've both been through so much together, and I just know that both of you were truly meant to be together. (Otherwise, my siblings and I wouldn't have been born!) But not just that though. We really can see that love is present and real, and that it can last between two people.
No matter what, Mama and Papa, you're the hope and guiding star, enabling me to always believe that real love exists.

Thank you for that.

I love you both so much.

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But, just how did we celebrate today?

By eating JAPANESE BUFFET!

Finally, I get to start an eating section in my 'Eat, Pray, Love' categories. (:

But yes that's right! My family and I, we're major japanese-food fanatics. Every weekend we'll eat either japanese or chinese cuisine per se, but it doesn't mean we don't have variety! We'll eat other cuisines like italian, vietnamese, korean, filipino (obviously) and just many others. You'll see.

But moving on - we ate at TENJI Japanese Buffet - a restaurant in Solaris, Mont'Kiara.

And it was soooo good - I'm pregnant with a food baby.

Here are some photos:

The sign outside the entrance. I love how they added, 'gourmet sensation'.

Pictures of the interior.

Quite nice actually - Tenji is known to have great ambiance.

My parents with my brother.

A close-up of their card.

An after-meal-shot. We're all full and satisfied. (:

Some pictures of the food.

I didn't take that many - sorry. I'll be taking plenty more when I put up more posts about other restaurants/gastronomical adventures.

Haagen Dazs' Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is so delicious.

My brother and I took just one bite and immediately said, 'Oh. My. Gawd.'

Just a little bit of the sashimi + sushi they had to offer.

Coconut drinks (:

They had these really adorable ice-blended lemon juices/dragonfruit juices.

It was fun to take pictures of them...

So that ends the first of many more celebrations on my blog, as well as the first of many food-adoration posts.

It really was quite a good day!

It ALMOST made me forget about the terror that keeps looming over my head...

Exams.