For my birthday this year (January 2005), so many people did so many thoughtful things. Zhengzheng and Charlie came over (left) and the next weekend Haiyan and Zhengzheng took me for a delicious brunch of dim sum (yum yum) (I think our picture taker's finger is on the lens :)
Patti made this a totally awesome birthday for me. When I got out of bed that morning, I was greeted by 30 penguins all staring happily at me!
Below is THE CAR!! It's a Mazda MX-5 Miata GT. It's a two seater, convertible with a 6 speed manual transmission and air conditioning. The interior is black leather and the exterior is candy-apple-red (Zhengzheng, Haiyan and Zhenpeng all now know this word - it wasn't on the TOEFL :). The sound system is 6 speaker Bose. She is called a roadster and is meant to be driven for the sole joy of driving.