Till we meet again!

Well, by the time I am posting this... tatay and Ted were already back home to the Philippines. My hubs and I accompanied them to Nagoya In'tl Airport this early morning and they bounded to Philippines thru PAL.
They arrived to Manila this afternoon... I phoned to them already and thanks be to God... according to them... their trip was fine except for Ted that still not recovering from his weak health. He was not feeling well since this past 2 weeks. Sooo... Ted, promise to see a doctor for your medical check up... you need that badly! You're not getting young huh!

Despida night last FridayTatay and Ted wanted to extend their gratitude to all our great buddies who had been so nice and thoughtful to them!Tatay posing with his plants...
Ted... get well soon! At the airport...

To Tatay and Ted... hoping you had a wonderful trip here in Japan. Thanks for painting our roofs and cleaning our house. You did many great job! Take care of your health and hope to see you all again. We'll gonna miss you both!

Mhwaaah (^3^)

Picnic in ABE RIVER

We had a nice day for a picnic... not too warm, not too cold, and no rain. What a lovely and leasurely way to picnic in Abe River! Our picnic today was about tatay and Ted despidida party coz they'll be back to Philippines already on the 20th... and of course, the birthday celebration of Analyn!
We had some barbeques, yakisoba, macaroni, biko, fruit salad, chicken nuggets, puto and many more! Great food, lovely place, good weather, nice team work and wonderful company! What more can we ask?!!!

Bon Voyage... tatay!Kids were too excited on water!
The prayer for our picnic blessing!
Kampai to Analyn's Bday!
The birthday celebrant!
Ohhh it's Tandauy! We are having fun!
What a nice day to relax!
Cool Ryo and Yuki!
Bon Voyage Ted!
It was a big bash!Otsukaresama!
After the picnic... they invited us to U-Karaoke!

Here's the power ranger↓
Ted's version of Marco Sison's... heeelp, 4got d title! 　
solve!
All in all... it was a great picnic!

Parade of Shizuoka Festival 2008

I was able to show to tatay the last day traditional parade of Shizuoka Festival last Sunday afternoon. The event was blessed with a fine weather! As a practise, the parade started in Sumpu Castle area. The parade started in Sumpu Castle gate

The Shizuoka Queens 2008
Parade in front of City Hall

↓Here's the group of Shintori Elementary brass band . During Sachan's elementary days... she was also a member of this band. She's also marching like them during Shizuoka Festival parade. Parade along Aoba Symbol Road
Cool!


We were also invited to visit the JOB gathering in Tambayan Restaurant, so after watching the parade, we proceeded to Tambayan. Unfortunately, I needed to escape the prayer to prepare our dinner at home bcoz Sachan will be leaving for Niigata City that night! I left tatay with Sarah and company at the prayer. Of course uncle Jo and Dang with Pastor Abner were also around.

Too bad, we also missed the Yozakura Rambo Parade! What a busy day!

↓Sachan waithing for her shinkansen bound for Tokyo!

Peace to all!

Hanami in Ikeda Park

From our travel in Tokyo, Sachan went back with us in Shizuoka City bcoz she was invited to watch the Futaba brass band performance in Shizuoka Shimin Bunka Kaikan that was held last Sunday. She attended the event together with her high school friends. After the event, she had dinner with us at home and went back to Niigata City.

On the other hand... while Sachan was not around, tatay, Sarah, Yuta and I attended the Hanami birthday party of Precy's son Kouhei. I just brought a cake as me and Liza's gift to the kid. Teddy did not made it to come coz he's not feeling well that time. The hanami party was held in Ikeda Park, same to the place where it was held last year... and yes... the sakura were in full bloom!

Lovely Sakura flower

Here's mom Precy with her birthday celebrant son Kouhei who turned 8th this year.

There were so many foods and we really enjoyed our lunch especially the tuna fish with coconut milk... Precy's dish of course. Many friends came over too... kumustahan, katuwaan while nagkakainan!

This is only a part of the handaan! Many shared foods came later!

They also had barbeque?!... yakiniku?!

Some friends who joined the party!

At the mid of Hanami picnic... after finishing our lunch... we escaped (with consent!) already and toured Tatay to the parade of Shizuoka Festival.

Details are on the next episode... abangan!

Family Travel in Tokyo

How is it going?! It's getting warm lately... good for Teddy... he actually hates the cold especially the cold wind!!!

Well, as usual... I am busy catching up with my homeworks... kaya late na naman ang updating ng blog ko!

Well... to start with... umpisa muna ako sa two days one night travel namin sa Tokyo. We went by car to Tokyo last Friday and we stayed there till next day, Saturday. While waiting for Ate Sachan from her Hawaiian travel in Fukushima... papa and I toured tatay and Ted in Hibiya at the area of the Imperial Palace, then we passed to Hibiya Park. We enjoyed the blooming Sakura around!

Scene from Tomei Highway... Mt. Fuji is trully lovely while viewing cherry blossoms all the way↓

Part of the Imperial Palace, the residence of the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Nijubashi Bridge

The gate of the palace.

Part of the Imperial garden

Sakura Damon Gate↓

Ground area of the Imperial Palace

Scene of Chiyoda town from the Imperial Palace area.

Tatay enjoying the yellow flowers in Hibiya Park, the first western style park in Tokyo!

Sakura at Hibiya Park... great!

Shiopao time! Hinay-hinay lang pooo!

I have picture in this fountain... 20 years ago! Here I am now... posing after those years!

The open-air stage!

Swan reflection

We picked up Ate Sachan in Tokyo Station. Then we checked in to Hotel Nikko in Odaiba.

Inside Tatay and Ted's room.

Papie at our room's veranda next to Tatay and Ted's!

Relaxation time!

After resting... we decided to tour tatay and Ted to Fuji TV Station.

Fuji TV Program Exhibit Hall

Waratte... iitomo!

Omoshiroi pose!

Fuji TV character

We had seafood dinner at Red Lobsters in Aqua City.Yummy!Our main dish... itadakimasu!A visit to Odaiba i-chome shouten machiShooting game! Papie and Ted shot some stuffs for us!

Memories from Showa generationObake da!The Mcdonald statue... odaiba version! Odaiba at night... The statue of Liberty Rainbow bridge at night...... Rainbow bridge at day time.Having buffet breakfast at the hotel. I wonder what he is thinking of?!
Strolling in Odaiba
At the coast...

Rainbrow Bridge from the coast.Hotel Nikko in Odaiba We also toured Tatay and Ted in Tokyo Tower! Who's shoes?!
Look-down window! Lastly... we brought tatay and Ted in Harajuku. Gosh! it's people everywhere! ... it was really crowded!
Back to the hotel for check-out... and from the hotel, we went back home. I was so tired walking around Tokyo so I slept the whole drive to Shizuoka.
We reach Shizuoka at night. We proceeded to Apita to shop for Sachan's new shoes. Fortunately... we found cute pairs that really fits her.

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