Day 4 - Cinnamons/Pearl Harbor/Shopping

Date:  January 18, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time:  11:16 PM

Such a long day!  Woke up at 7 as usual, went to Cinnamon's which is a great family restaurant/diner.  Got a cinnamon roll and hashbrowns. Really good!  The cinnamon roll was soft and the hashbrowns had a nice crunch to it.
Afterwards, headed to Pearl Harbor for a quick look around.  The bay is really pretty but it felt surreal to see the history behind the tragedy.  First thing to come to mind was "letters from Iwo Jima" and Nino haha!  Got me a flat penny here.  In total so far I got 3.

Picked up the bro from the airport and went to Pearl Ridge center to look around the mall.  Main trip was for the Sanrio Cafe! Got an oreo cheesecake with a cute Hello Kitty chocolate on top.  Stopped at the condo to get swim gear then back to Ko Olina villas to see the cousins.  Brought Zippys to share with everyone and just sat around, talked and planned for tomorrow.  I should actually sleep soon.  Gotta wake up extra early for breakfast at Boots & Kimo's and have a mani appointment at 9:30 AM.  Tomorrow's gonna be a long day since the wedding is coming up.

Anywhoo, gotta rest up now.  Gotta get up at 6 and I'm sure Imma need the sleep haha!
Also gotta ensure that the bites heal soon.  I got more :( and my tuition still didn't kick through.  PLEASE HELP ME!

Okay, enough ranting... sleep time!  BENADRYL KICK IN! Good Night :)
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PICSPAM:

 (Cinnamon's! My cinnamon roll and hash browns)

 (Pali Lookout.  I don't know why I didn't mention going there in my notebook, but We did stop by here.  Got lost along the way as well)

 (Pearl Harbor.  One of the maps and planes on display)

 (Sanrio Cafe. My little Oreo cheesecake cup)

Day 4 - Washington DC

Date:  August 19, 2010 (Thursday)
Time:  10:57 PM

Going to bed soon since I need to wake up at 4, but wanted to update where I went today before I forget.

So today was the DC trip.  I've never taken the amtrak before, so from the get-go it was an adventure.  Only took 30min and 2 stops.  Straight out of the station was a bunch of shopping places.  Almost seemed like an airport terminal.

Stepping outside of Union Station, I was amazed at how large everything was.  Statues, buildings, parks, monuments.. it's crazy!
Bought our "tourmobile" tickets so we get shuttled around instead of walking.  Headed straight to Arlington cemetary at around 10 AM.  Got to see John F. Kennedy's grave, Arlington - Robert E. Lee House and a bit of the changing of the guards at the amphitheater and the tomb of the unknown soldiers (from the tram though).  Headed back on the tour mobile to go to the Lincoln Memorial.  Was able to take a couple pictures from the memorial of the reflection pool and Washington Monument.  Tour mobile next was to the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.  This museum was huge!  So got a ton of pictures from there and spent a hefty chunk of time looking around.  Headed back to the station since we ran out of time.  The tour mobile only lasted from 9:30 to 4:30 with the last pick up by 4.  Forgot to mention we visited the White House Visitor Center after lunch at the Lincoln Memorial.
Also around the Lincoln Memorial was the Korean War Monument and Vietnam War.  There's so many things that I keep forgetting what we did!

From the mobile, saw the Jefferson Memorial, Capital building, White House, Thurgood Marshall's grave, all the Smithsonian Museums, Holocaust museum and a whole bunch of other things I can't remember now.  All I know is, I got a hefty amount of sightseeing done.  Before headed back to the station, went to the postal museum and bought collectible Philippine stamps from a long time ago.  That's the only souvenir I bought on this trip so far.  That's kind of sad Haha.

Anyways, I'll explain more of this trip later.  Got to sleep early.  It's 11:17 now and got to wake up at 4! Yikes! Going to NY tomorrow. Update later!

Day 4 (day 2) - Back Home

Date: June 12, 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 8:52am

Sitting here at Seattle-Tacoma Airport waiting to board the plane.  The airport looks better than when we had the stopver from Japan.  Our departure gate is also twice as big.

Just chilling here and facing me is this huge Apolo Ohno sign about that Hawaii sweepstakes that pretty much already happened.  nice to see the sign's still up haha.  At security earlier, the guard frisked me probably cuz my shirts too big haha. If it didn't beep, then what do you think i'm hiding?  My bag also went back into the xray.. or maybe they checked the person after me.. all I know is my box rolled back in haha.

So recap of Thursdays shenanigans.. After bathroom haha.

Time: 9:27am

Apparently our flight is delayed for a couple minutes since the plane isn't here.

So Thursday.. Finally.

Our day consisted of going to Tacoma and Federal Way.

Tacoma first at around 9:30am.  Went to the AAA Minor league stadium for the Mariners.  The Tacoma Rainiers @ Cheney Stadium.  Randomly, the stadium is in a complex with a high school (Henry Foss High).  Took a couple pictures, then headed toward Tacoma Dome.  Totally can't miss that thing.

... Finish on aircraft.. gonna board, I think.

Time: 10:40-ish am

On the plane and got a beautiful view of Seattle at take off.  The mountain areas still covered in snow looked so pretty.  Let me finish the recap of Thursday so I can sleep haha.

After Tacoma Dome, headed to Federal Way.  Straight to "the Commons" mall so we can grab a quick bite to eat.  Looked around a bit, but nothing special.  Kind of looks like Newpark mall.

After, drove around to all the parks.. I take back about going to the mall first.  Headed to Dash Point FIRST, then Steel Lake Park.  Both were fishing areas.  Nothing much to look at except the scenery. 

After headed to the mall, then to Pattison's West so I could take a picture of where Apolo Ohno and JR Celski used to do inline.

Couldn't stop at Powellswood, so ended up going to Redondo Beach, then to Des Moines beach.

Got lost and drove around and around looking at trees and random residential areas.  Finally headed back to Redondo Beach to eat at Salty's Restaurant.  So expensive! $40 each including tip!

After dinner, headed back finally and that was the end of the day.  I forgot to write all the details, but i'll save that for the blog writing.

As for now, the drink cart is going around.  Just waiting to see if I can get my final "Seattle's Best" coffee haha.

Day 4 - Last Day in Tokyo

Date: August 13, 2009 - Thursday (part 2)

Time: 12:49 PM

 

Today, we (Me and Deanna) woke up from ANOTHER earthquake.

WTF DUDE?

 

Got Ready ASAP.  Sent our things to Yokohama for tomorrow's hotel switch.  Then tried to find a place that sells bug bite medicine.  Took us an hour to finally find a real drug store.  Breakfast at starbucks and now chillen in the room.

 

It's 4:08PM now and we're hella wasting time but we're sore, bug bite covered and had no other plans beside Akihabara.  I think we're leaving at 6PM to go to Akihabara, then tomorrow back to harajuku for the 3rd time for the Johnny's shop and to find tickets for GLAY...

 

btw.. about the bug bites, we're completely covered in them or our legs.  And they swelled up pretty badly.  We couldn't think of where they came from and finally concluded it was the walk from Aoyama to Meiji.  Hopefully these heal soon.. they look hella nasty and it's hard to wear shorts now cuz they are so damn ugly and make us look like we have leprosy haha.

Anyways.. until later tonight after Akihabara.

[Oh wait lol.  I kept changing the channel to find dramas and kept saying stuff about all the actors and stuff.  Finally found a good drama to watch "My Boss, My Hero" is on replay.  iono why, but yeah.  Saw lots of dubbed TV as well.. like friends and Matilda haha  I just cant wait to see Yamamoto Yusuke in something (which I kinda did) or Mukai Osamu Haha.  EVEN SOMETHING ARASHI! I don't even know what the schedules are anymore.  Or what channels dramas are in.  Wow, I completely went off topic]

Time: 9:48

Back from our little adventure.  Went to Harajuku again.  Took a different, more confusing way, but still worked out.  

Shin-Nihonbashi -->Tokyo Station --> Marunouchi line --> Ginza --> Omotesando

Missed out on the Johnny's shop twice.  By 20 minutes... missed takeshita-dori too.  And couldn't find teh store that sold tickets.  No Akihabara.  Deanna's injured.

Went straight back to Shin-Nihonbashi, the same way.  My Suica card didn't work and got back tracked 3 times because of the train transfers.  Finally got back and stopped for the last time at our corner family mart.  Back to the room and put on more bug medicine.  It looks to be working.  Hope it works faster.

Off to Yokohama in the morning.

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picspam:

 Pic 1: Arashi ad found in one of the train stations, Pic 2: Family Mart. <3