*Cry cry cry*

I am so so disappointed. =( Today was the scheduled Cherry Blossom Festival at Yokosuka Naval Base, right? Well, the weather was bad so it got canceled. The sad thing is, my partner in crime (--thanks for putting up with my lunacies, gurl) and I only knew it got canceled when we got there. So in short, we traveled for almost 1 hour and a half (one way) and paid roughly around 1000 yen (US$10; back and forth) for nothing. The fact that it was raining and cold while we were walking from the station to the base and back was not something to be happy about either. However, I'd like to thank the very kind (you're an angel) for trying to meet up with us.

When we got back to Yokohama, Annie and I roamed around because we thought that it would be a total waste to have left the dorm and just go back. We went to SOGO, and I did buy a paperback of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (I can't afford hardcovers), which was relatively cheap. Sigh. I've really been wanting to read that book, so at least that makes me feel a little bit better.

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Oh joy!

Ahehe. I'm back to blogging after a long time of... not blogging! XD

The past week has been fun, in my opinion. After almost a whole week of rain, Saturday and Sunday were sunny. And, since it's spring, cherry blossoms are now in bloom. To my surprise, there's an American Naval Service Facility (NSF) not very far from my dorm. Maybe just about a 30-40 minute walk. Back home, that distance would be from my house to the downtown area of Dumaguete, but look here now: I'm describing it as not very far. Things have certainly changed.

Well anyway, in that area called Kamiseya, there's a long stretch of street lined with cherry blossoms. Every year, the NSF which is located there holds a flower-viewing festival. I heard about this on the radio (AFN - Armed Forces Network) which I've been listening to almost 24/7 here. (Thank God for this station else I would have gone crazy with boredom!) So off we went to the festival last Saturday, and it was heaps of fun! ^^; Yay, yay, yay! (And with cute servicemen! *evil laugh*) There were booths with food for sale, some presentations, demonstrations, and the Pacific Air Force Band, which totally rocks! =)

Here are the pictures from that event:

The cherry blossoms up close. Aren't they pretty???

I love this picture! ^^; So there was a demonstration at the festival, and Annie took this picture with my camera. Look at that mouth wide open and ready to take a big chunk out! *shudder*

The cherry trees along the road.

While Annie and I were walking home, we spotted this dog in its doghouse. It was so serene that I thought it wasn't real, but it is! And look, it's even got an umbrella! LOL

Yesterday, Annie and I went back again (this time using bikes) cause we were hoping to take a picture of the trees without lots of vehicles/people around. But it turned out, there were still a lot of people in the place. I think the Japanese made it into a two-day activity. There were no more Americans around but there were still booths and people were still having picnics. This Sunday, we're planning to go to the Yokosuka Naval Base's flower viewing festival. It's a bit far this time, we need to take two trains, but it'll be even more fun, I bet!

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