My Cherie... Blossoms

I was so disappointed that I didn't get to see the cherry blossoms in DC last year. This time though, come hell or high water, I told myself that I'd see it. Ogz's brother, along with his wife & friends, arrived last night to see the blossoms with us today. With a two-car convoy, we left Ashburn around 10ish.

After, like, less than 45 minoots, we reached the Washington, DC area via Georgetown. It's the opening of the Cherry Blossom Festival so it was pretty hard to get a parking space. The first car, composed of Pauline (Malaysian) and two Filipinas, Armie & Rachel, got a spot by waiting at Lot B. We (Ogz with bro & wife, Tina, and the knottydon) drove very far just to find a parking space. The nice thing is, it's in front of a shuttle station that gives free rides to DC visitors. We just had to wait for like 20 minoots and we're reunited with our friends at Jefferson Memorial.We enjoyed having our photos taken with these cherry blossoms (the flowers only last for 2 weeks). Flashback in 1912, Japan gave Washington, DC these beautiful trees. In exchange, the US gave back some dogwoods three years later.
Then we found a place to eat. We're so hungry that we had hotdogs first before having our pizza lunch at the Museum of Natural History. Our friends didn't wanna check out the museum anymore so we walked towards the Capitol.Next stop was walking towards the Washington Monument. There's a kite festival so we enjoyed watching kids/adults flying different kinds of kites. I saw one that looks like a dragon, a half-body in soccer uniform complete with the ball, and a space shuttle.We're so tired of walking that after taking a picture of the White House from afar, we decided to lay down the grass and get some rest for a few minoots.Last stop was the Lincoln Memorial.Ogz & I still had to attend a party at Lorton so we parted ways with our friends. They're planning to check out Georgetown.

Lorton is, like, 30 minoots from DC. When we got there, Racquel, Ogz's longtime friend, welcomed us. She and her family are visiting the US till the second week of April. Ogz and Racquel have been traveling the US separately and they haven't met in the US until now. Thanks to our new super kulit friend named Steve for taking these photos.Then it was time for dinner. Oh my god. I got a big smile on my face when I saw the palabok (noodles). Then I got some beef tapa, chop suey and rice. It was a very nice dinner. Ogz & I got a second helping too! It was fun to chat with Racquel. She reminds me a lot of my good friend, Nikks. Bubbly personality and all.

Around 9ish, the MagicSing was setup. Of course, I wouldn't say no to singing ;oP For my first song, I did "Babe". There was a slight probs with the audio though. Similar to what we experienced before with an LCD tv, the audio is slightly delayed. Anyhoo, with delay or not, I kept on singing. Got 97 on Eraserheads "Para sa Masa". Ogz sang "Kahit Kailan".

Some guy requested me to sing Journey's "Open Arms" 'cause according to him it suits my voice. Afterwards, he requested "Love Hurts" because nobody can or wants to sing it. Then for the last request, he gave me "Rosanna" by Toto. First time to sing this so I got a 93.

We truly enjoyed the food, the company of Racquel, and gained a new friend in Steve.

*** Thanks, Tina, for some of these photos