Onboard the Disney Magic

Brian drop us off outside the terminal while he was returning the rental car, I was thinking to wait him here outside but it was cold and Benjamin is just wearing T-shirt. So, we went ahead and go inside the terminal. The kids look funny, I asked them that Mommy will take some of them background with the boat. They were sitting down, thinking that I cannot take photo of the boat. Cute kids!!!!
My cutie girl Mary, she is so excited and is wearing her princess sunglasses.
My sweetie Benjamin. Excited to go onboard the ship.
Benjamin and Mary love to have photo with Pluto, photo were taken infront of the Ship

Flying to Iwakuni, Japan

Today is February 22, 2010, we flew to Iwakuni Air Force Base for one reason. We will catch the plane bound to Seattle the next day. We left here in the house around 7am by driving head to Yokota Air base. We got there on time before the roll call which is so good. The plane arrived and few people got out. We dont have any problem to get on on the plane. When we arrive in Iwakuni AFB, Brian checked in for the next day flight, just to keep us up ahead to everyone. The lady was so helpful, we found out that our paperworks need to be reinstated our destination and so we are elligible to fly the next day for Seattle. Brian called his office and straigthened everything, we are so lucky the people working in the office did not left it yet or else we will be doomed (AGAIN).

After that, we went ahead and checked in at the visitors quarters. We thought the building that we were stopping for the checking in is the building where we are going to sleep. Oh, I am wrong. We rode a taxi to get to the visitors quarters and dropped all our bags, we are the second floor. Bringing 3 suitcases, no fun at all.


This is their visitor quarters. The place is cozy, we have two twin size bed with full kitchen. Oh big refrigerator. I will say American refrigerator since I am using Japanese ref which is so small hehehe.
I asked Brian that we are going to pick up a few bottled water at the store. Their Exchange store are much better in Yokosuka and it might be in yokota. It is just like a small mall the way they displayed their items, it is a two storey store. It is not crowded. We picked up also a headphones and a splitter for my ipod to keep the children entertain while we are on the plane.


This is a Japanese hangar for the fighter plane back in WW II.... they preserved it but it was closed when we got there.

This is their exchange store, it is like a little mall..

Travelling EML flight bound to USA

Brian and I laid our plans in getting on on the plane Friday evening bound to Seattle WA. The plane was from kadena air base in Okinawa. The people that has orders are the priority to get on on the plane.


We are so excited for our trip. We rode a shuttle bus for Yokota air base and checked in. This trip is considered a "lucky" game seating. At 1800, they announced that there is no available seats but only to those people that has orders and they are category 1 in priority sitting. I saw at the arrival area that there were two families came out/get off on the plane. We are category 2. A couple that their son went to Seika Kindergarten, they offered us a lift back to Yokosuka. They bought a plane ticket and we were trying also. I immediately think our roof in our house in Washington needs to be replaced and so we could not afford it. If not then we could of. I am so glad the bank refused the online purchasing that Brian made because they activated the fraud protection. My bank suspects that there is someone hacking our account.

We are back around 10PM here in the house and trying to figure it out. Brian did the cancelling of our reservation at the Navy lodge in Sub-base Bangor and also our rental car.

The bad thing, we bought our plane ticket already from the Seattle to Florida and when we will get off in the boat. We purchased already our plane ticket for Massachusettes then back to Seattle. We reserved already a night stay in Animal Kingdom lodge, one of the Disney Resort in Orlando, FL. All our vacation plans were all set already :( and now we are here stuck in the house.

So tomorrow, we will repack our bags and then try to fly for Iwakuni air base on Monday. At least we have a little more chances that we can get on on the plane because of our category. We reservd again another stay there for a night. We are hoping. I know God has all the reasons for everything. I always have faith on Him.

If ever we did not get on then we already told our cousin if they can make a last minute arrangement vacation in Bahamas. We reserved two inside rooms for our Disney cruise. It is better off to give it away rather no one is using it.

Brian asked me if I want to go by myself and the kids and left him behind here in Japan and fly commercial. I don't wanna go without him. I wanna use the EML flight and all of us will go (if ever).

If we cant get on on the plane and we are already in Iwakuni area then we will take the kids some good places there and buy toys. We will try to pamper this two little kids. We knew that the Grandpa is so excited to see them and they gonna meet up their cousin Lori and see our friends there. We are going also to miss the opportunity to see my sister.

New 9/11 Attack Photos Released - AOL News

New 9/11 Attack Photos Released - AOL News

A new Release photo from 9-11 incidents

An AOL News:


These aerial images of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, were released by ABC News on Wednesday, showing the attacks from new angles. They were taken by the New York City Police Department. Here, smoke billows from one of the towers after being hit by an airliner as part of a coordinated terrorist attack.



The upper floors of one of the towers burns after the attack. A total of four jets were hijacked by Islamic terrorists on Sept. 11. The al-Qaida-affiliated hijackers slammed two of those jets --- American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 -- into the Twin Towers that morning. Some 2,975 people died in the attacks.

The towers collapsed as huge fires caused by the impact of the plane crashes spread. About 2,600 people were killed in New York alone.

Both towers collapsed within two hours of the attacks, which began at 8:46 a.m., bringing down nearby buildings with them.

The towers collapsed as people inside them tried to escape. Some plunged to their deaths by jumping out windows before the buildings fell.

Smoke and ash from the skyscrapers engulfed lower Manhattan.

There were two other attack sites on 9/11. One airliner was flown into the Pentagon, killing 125 people. And the fourth plane to crash that day went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa. The official 9/11 Commission report said the hijackers crashed the plane as passengers tried to seize control. Here, smoke fills lower Manhattan after the towers collapsed.

ABC News obtained these images after filing a Freedom of Information Act request last year with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST collected them as part of an investigation into the collapse of the towers. (Sources: AP, ABC News)

Christmas Day and Winter Illumination

One of the finest structure in Japan. This is my best shot I took the Tokyo Tower.

We are staying two years now in Japan but never been there. I took this photo while we were in Raponggi Hills Mall last December 25, 2009 as we were looking for Winter Illumination. We got to the mall early and we were staying there until dusk.



We are really in Raponggi. Now, I am wondering the pubs and bars that they are talking about. But this place is packed with people.



This is the Winter Illumination is Japan. But watch for more....



As we were waiting, this is what we get. Did you see the spider? I love it. Pretty darn big.


They had stage shows, singers sing Merry Christmas songs. It was fun though, remembered the old days. Oh they sing both in Nihonggo and English songs.



This is one of their spectacular display. The light is illuminated in the water. I think Samsung is the main sponsor for the lights since they are also handing bracelet light thing for the kids...and oh...for everybody

Toys R Us in Japan

Japan Toys R Us is located in Yokohama in Road 16. To get there, need

The place where we live in Japan