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 A mama bear and her cubs. 

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Stanley Park in Vancouver is a beautiful park.  No wonder a lot of people visit the area. You can walk, ride a bike or just look at the marina. Life never gets boring at the park.  We took the horse-carriage.  The ride wasn't worth it.  What a great mistake it was. We advise to drive your car around the park rather than take this ride.  You'll see better of the views.

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David is passionate about village museums.  We've visited several in the US and he just cannot avoid visiting this one in British Columbia.  Here we are at the Burnaby Village Museum.  The school teacher for 38 years waiting for his pupils. An old British classroom.  Waiting for our ride by the dry good store.  Another pre-Project Runway store.  It was an exhausting ride.  Took us about 3

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We visited Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia which is near Victoria, BC over the summer last year. David has been planning to plant a little tree or bush in front of his house.  He wants it to be like this one. I have a plant like this one back home - the trumpet plant. David cannot contain his admiration over the blue hydrangea.  He has been looking for one at the public

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Craigdarroch Castle is a magnificent Victorian-type castle in Victoria, British Columbia.  David is planning to build a house like this one if the stock exchange rates go up and up and up. There's my craft room!   Sarah Palin was here? Pre-Project Runway era. Look at those pedals! In the ballroom.

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Mt. Rainier in its glory! David enjoying the beauty of nature and fresh air. I enjoyed this trip a lot! We're almost there, David. Where's the escalator?  Another scenic view!  Sometimes a man must take a rest and enjoy nature's bounty.  The lodge/restaurant.  David  finds comfort in his throne.  The lobby.  The restaurant. We both had cheese steak with au jus. Our waiter was a fine

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David waiting to get in to the IMAX Theater to watch Inception.  The world's largest electric guitar. The world's largest classical guitar.  We want our food! We want our food!

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Sea otters taking a nap. Sea otters eating lunch. It was fun, and at the same time annoying, watching kids marvel at the sea creatures. David watching the sea animals. A starfish! I believe this was a stingray egg. I think this was a clever way of presenting jellyfish. An octopus! You are actually allowed to touch the sea creatures in this area.

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David's reaction while riding the chair lift up Grousse Mountain (he wasn't afraid taking the one in Mt. Whistler though). I was happy to give him some encouragement.

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While watching the television in my hotel room this morning I came upon a news over CTV News channel about teenagers getting botox treatment.  And hooray hoorah Charice Pempengco's botox treatment was featured.  I don't know if I have to be happy or sad about the news because it was both informative and sensationalized.  So, what's wrong with Charice getting a botox treatment (although I prefer

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After our Howe Cavern sojourn David and I went to a shop/restaurant nearby called Grapevine Farms.  It's a quaint place with three floors of shops to look at.  On the first floor visitors will discover the bakery and restaurant and scented candle shop.  On the second and third floors are other shops selling handbags, beauty and skin care products, home and personal accessories, home furnishings

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While David and I were enjoying our latern tour in Howe Cavern using our  ultra hi-tech, well, lanterns when we discovered something. No, it wasn't dinosaur bones or the holy grail nor the mythical Mormon tablets. No, nothing like that.  What we saw, however, proved to be something more "valuable" though not worth to look at. Somebody, in all their goodness and glory, some not so pure and

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The ever gracious David surprised me with a trip last month.  Knowing how I loved our trip to Luray Caverns in Virginia, David took me to Catskill, NY to visit Howe Cavern.  Though I think the NY cave is not as spectacular as the Virginia cave, the former has a charm unique to itself.  David, on the other hand, loved the whole tour as it included a boat tour.  He paid for the latern tour package

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1. Dubliners by James Joyce 2. An Equal Music by Vikram Seth 3. 3 Screenplays: The Player, The Rapture, and The New Age by Michael Tolkin 4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 5. Little Black Dress by Loren D. Estleman 6. The Journey Out: A Guide for and About Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens by Rachel Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz 7. Street Dreams by Faye Kellerman 8.

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1. A Long Way Gone by Ishamel Beah 2. The Lanahan Readings in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 2nd Ed. Edited by David M. O'Brien 3. Journalism 2.0: How to survive and thrive by Mark Briggs 4. A Short Guide to Writing About History 6th Ed by Richard Marius and Melvin Page 5. Constitutional Law study guide 11th Ed by Jacqueline Kanovitz and Michael Kanovitz 6. cinematography: Theory and Practice,

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While dining at a restaurant tonight I heard a lady say to the waitress, "May I have a diet coffee, please."  Now that's a new market. 

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July 4, 2010

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It has been a wonderful tradition in Pittsford,NY by  holding concerts by the Erie canal. It's free  to the public. Ooops, senior citizens day. Camera-shy David. The band. Do the grind gram. Swing it! You've got new knees! Grampa showing gram his new hips are worth it.

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David recently became busy with crafts that he trekked the store for materials and ended up making one of these: Maybe he will have his own show in the future.  He'll compete with Martha Stewart.

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It was one of those days when you are in a building delivering something when you look at the bulletin board and see a poster.  Upon closer inspection you find yourself gasping - you see your face on the poster for the promotion of the school.  And you didn't even know it.  That what happened to me last week when we went to administration building to deliver stuff to the college president's

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David and I just felt the ground shaking.  It's an earthquake! I was watching videos on Youtube when I felt my chair being rocked.  I thought it was the computer having some trouble so I moved my chair  away from the desk, but I was perplexed that the shaking continued.  David was on his chair watching TV.  Then I informed him that we may be having an earthequake.  We heard the glass door of his

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I watched Charice on Oprah today and like most Filipinos who come to America, including myself, she has grown fat. Well, at least not as fat as me.  And on was it E.T. or Showbiz Tonight  that reported Charice will be on the next season of Glee - David's favorite show. Good luck Charice!

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Papa Nits Happy Father's Day! I love you and I miss you so much!

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Maggie Griffin, Kathy Griffin's most famous and more stellar mom, turned 90.  Got to get a copy of her book, Tip It!.  She and Kathy was on Larry King Live tonight.  She received a box of wine as one of her gifts. We love you, Maggie.  More boxes of wine for you.

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1. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman 2. Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle 3. the Assassination Bureau, Ltd. by Jack London 4. Conversations with the Fat Girl by Liza Palmer 5. don't Look Back by Karin Fossum 6. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot 7. The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte 8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 9. Clean Cut by

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May 31, 2010story and captions to follow

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May 31, 2010story and captions to follow

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May 31, 2010story and captions to follow

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May 31, 2010story and captions to follow

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story and captions to follow

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story and captions to follow

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David and I thought the building below is just an old library.  It turned out, after asking the person working at the garden, that it is both a library and opera house. The gardener even suggested to go upstairs and watch a rehearsal. It is like the old opera house we saw at the Genesee Country Museum. The performers were rehearsing a Diana Ross song. Library on the ground floor and opera house

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David said he will have a hard time being at a nursing home. He just cannot stay home.  So, today we went done Aurora, New York for our usual, what do you think, food-hunting. We were ready for a foodtrip after getting frustrated at the Outlet Mall, that is, not having seen a sale item that we liked. David wanted a restaurant overlooking the lake for some great scenery.  At Aurora, we ended up

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 This is what you will see when you go walk, eat or sit by the canal.  Rowers were practising for a competition.

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It was almost 90 degrees out today. David and I were sweating like we were being roasted. We kept on taking out cold water from the refrigerator. At lunchtime I suggested we eat by the Pittsford canal and enjoy the view and the breeze.   Asians generally hate being exposed to direct sunlight for fear of getting dark skin.  Asians with dark skin are considered belonging to the lower social status,

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David and I went to the Dansville Cemetery today to check on the lots he bought there.  He had his tombstone from Hornell Cemetery transferred.  He is also planning to have his mother, who was buried in Hornell, transferred next to his grave. We also put the bench we bought Sunday (boy, were they heavy.  It is made of carved stone) from the garden factory.  We also put flowers in the pots and

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David fell in love with the metal flowers and insects made with recycled spoons and forks sold at the Lilac Festival site.  After buying one flower for more than $30 one day, he came back to buy two more items - a flower and a dragonfly. Here he is admiring the works of art. At another booth. And here are the items in his garden. We planted the flowers, purchased at the public market, in the

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I wasn't really able to roam around the festival site for the Lilac Festival this year because of time constraint.  However, I was glad that David and I were able to look at some of the booths two Sundays ago.  Music for the weary shoppers. David testing the bench. Some usual stuff. David went gaga over these items.  They're pricey, too, but what the heck, if David wants it he'll just

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I entered three poems for the Barnes and Noble sponsored poetry contest at school.  I didn't win the first prize, but I received an e-mail from the organizers informing me that I will receive a prize equivalent to the prize awarded to the first place winner.  This is because one of my poems was close to winning the prize.  I would have preferred winning both the award and the prize, but a little

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So much has happened in the course of two months.  I just didn't have the time to post on my blog.  Well, I was blessed with five scholarships this year.  I thought I wouldn't get any.  But surprise, surprise! I had strong recommendations which were instrumental to my winning the scholarships.  Hey, every penny counts.  I was to glad David was present at the awards ceremony.  Not only did he

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Five scholarships this year!

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1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Life You save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage by Paul Elie 3.The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 4. The Conquest of Gaul by Caesar 5.Sleepers: A True Story by Lorenzo Carcaterra 6. The Gold Coast by Nelson Demille 7.The Copy-editing and Headline Handbook by Barbara Ellis

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Wanna join the NMS Club? Contact me.

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to use my imagination. I use my imagination.  I use my imagination. I use my imagination.I use my imagination. I use my imagination. I use my imagination.I use my imagination. I use my imagination. I use my imagination.I use my imagination. I use my imagination. I use my imagination.I use my imagination. I use my imagination. I use my imagination.I use my imagination. I use my imagination. I use

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Hearing nurses talking about teens and pregnancy (some of the patients started having sex at the age of 14), one of the nurses said, "Why can't they impose the chastity belt to these kids!" The other nurse said, "Honey, they will still find a way how to break those locks no matter what."

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"Hold it like you own it."

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I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy I’m happy

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David couldn't believe that he'd ever do this ride.  It was both our first time to ride the ATV at the Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii. It is not cheap though - at $63 an hour.    On the side of this mountain, where we also pass by, was the scene site for the movie, Pearl Harbor. David was all smiles before and after the ride.

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A stingray greet David at the entrance of the park. OMG, shark! Sea turtles! The sea lion beauty pageant. This is Miss Baja, Mexico. Each contestant answered they want world peace in the Q&A portion. This is Miss California who won the title. Sea lions sunbathing. Don't we wish life is just like this? Spectacular dolphin show. This is a whalphin, a

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We strolled Waikiki beach early morning yesterday.  There were not a lot of people, even surfers, at the beach at that time.  Usually the beach is pack before noon.  We are always roaming around the island and thus I have no pictures of people sunbathing at Waikiki.

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by having a car accident. David and I were on our way home from Walgreens when it happened. The light was red and so we stopped when a car behind us hit us and shoved us under a chevrolet pickup truck in front of us.  The impact was great that it knocked off my eyeglasses. There were no damages to both cars that sandwiched us, but oh boy, David's car was wrecked (see pictures below). Good thing

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HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY to LOLA NISA

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via Brockport email: “Why does God matter?” Author Christopher Hitchens to debate Rabbi David Wolpe at The College at Brockport. On December 02 at 9:15 pm, students, faculty and the public are invited to attend a wide-ranging debate centering on that very question at The College at Brockport. Christopher Hitchens, the New York Times best selling author of God Is Not Great: How Religion

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Chinese writer Su Tong won the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize.  Read report here.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA NITS I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH!                        -Manong Toto

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From the Man Asian L:iterary Prize website press release: Omair Ahmad, Siddharth Chowdhury, Eric Gamalinda, Nitasha Kaul and Su Tong are today announced as the shortlisted authors for the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize, the leading regional prize for novels unpublished in English. The shortlist, chosen by an international judging panel, was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where a

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1. Everyman by Philip Roth 2. Great Stories by Chekhov (Edited by David H. Greene) 3. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya 4. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 5. The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles (New Translation by Paul Roche)     The complete texts of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigon 6. The Waterfall by Margaret Drabble 7. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 8. The Odyssey of Homer

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1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer 3. The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen 4. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore Note: I actually saw Meyer at Barnes and Noble here in Pittsford, NY months ago (or was it last year). She was in a gown. She was walking towards the table where she signed copies of her books. She actually smiled at me. I didn't know her

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Chase TwichellWednesday, September 23PoetryBorn in New Haven, Connecticut, Chase Twichell earned her undergraduate degree from Trinity College, and her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. A recipient of numerous awards, Twichell has received honors from the Artists Foundation (Boston), the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has also earned

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Filipino Ruben Carranza will be the guest speaker in this year's American Democracy Project. The event will be held on Oct. 12, 2:30 p.m. at the College at Brockport's Seymour College Union Ballroom.Carranza, an expert in human rights and conflict issues, particularly in Asia, will address this year's theme, "The Past is Prologue: How Transitional Justice Can Help Build Democracy." He is a

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Author M.T. Anderson will be in The College at Brockport on Sept. 29. The author will talk about his book "Feed". The event will be held at the Tuttle North gym, 7:30-8:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

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I received news two days ago that I won a cardmaking contest I participated in last August. It was sponsored by Crafting Cottage, a craft store in Corning, New York. I entered a card for the August theme which is "Yipes Stripes!" I immediately came up with an idea of making a Christmas card. I incorporated fabric on my card and used ribbons as my stripes. It took me about three days to finish the

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1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe2. Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn3. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas Stanley and William Danko4. The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel by Stephen King5. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells6. The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick7. Bug-Jargal by Victor Hugo8. The Grapes of Wrath

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School opens again this Monday! And I have to finish posting my pictures from our last trip. Have to wake up early in the morning again. Classes start at 8:15 a.m. and I take the bus! Help!

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If there's one place I'd like to visit all over again it would be Luray Cavern in Virginia. I am awestruck by the beauty of the natural cave formation and the freshness of air. I kept on telling David that if the place is in the Philippines it would be filled with candles and other religious paraphernalia and people would sell the water from the cave and call it miraculous. Good thing Luray

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I recently watched "Julie and Julia". Boy, was I glad that we wereable to see her kitchen at the Smithsonian Museum of American History when we were in Washington DC. I also watch repeats of Julia Child's cooking show over WXXI's HD channel 433 called "Baking with Julia". She had Martha Stewart last time. Julia Child is fun to watch. David would tell me stories about her and the way she

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Space and Aeronautics Museum:Smithsonian Museum of American History: Dorothy's ruby shoes! Comparing the size of my hand to Lincoln's Lincoln's pictures through the years. Kids take notes for their summer history education.First Ladies' fashions. The red ballgown is David's favorite.This stunner is my favorite.Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: The longest captured squid. The "elephant"! The

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The blood-stained pillow. David loves history. Where it all happened.

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This duck just found a nice place to wade.

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Hard Times Cafe is a popular restaurant in King St. (known as Old Alexandria), but people seemed to shy away from the afternoon sun when we were there. Inside the place was packed with people, but being New Yorkers David and I decided to dine outside. It was just like dining at Pittsford Plaza or Park Ave. where you can see people walking around, looking at shops or people. Old Alexandria is a

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I was disappointed to know that there were only a few animals housed at the Washington National Zoo. It wasn't even a fourth of what Canada's African Lion Safari has. However, I was glad to see the pandas. The sloth bear. The capybara.

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Unlike the Library of Congress, this Library is packed with silence.

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The lesson is: Don't believe what your congressman told you to do. I could have had a lot of pictures taken of the Capitol if I only brought it with me when we went there the first time. Cameras and video camcorders are allowed.

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The Bob Hope exhibit at the Library of Congress.

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The congressman's letter indicated no cameras are allowed inside the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Too bad for us; we believed it's true. When we arrived at the site, after getting lost after turning at a wrong Exit again (we ended up in another section of DC across the bridge), people were taking pictures of the interior art decos. We were disappointed. However, we deligently went

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We almost missed our scheduled visit to the White House. We turned to the wrong Exit and ended up in an unfamiliar place. I am not the best navigator in the world and my competence with reading the map is not that excellent that I told David to take the wrong Exit. By the time we arrived at the parking garage it was nearly full that we had to leave the car at the entrance and left the key to

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The National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The main altar. Choir members sit at the far left near the entrance to the altar while the parishioners take most of the seat where they lead the reading of church program. Some parishioners and the choir sit near the altar separate from the other churchgoers. One of the altars. Guest choir from Cambridge waiting for their bus.

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Would you believe that this pitcher plant was from the Philippines? I couldn't believe it either. The magic poso. The malunggay and other herbs in another section.

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To David it's "Union Square". Much to the confusion of a construction worker whom David asked for direction (the station, where we parked our car for the day to take the double decker ride tour around Washington, actually was just down the road). David even laughed at himself after catching his fault. Union Square is afterall in Brockport. It's Union Station. The restaurant in the building

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I wasn't expecting to see a marvelous building when David suggested we visit this museum. I thought the trip would be boring. However, my was smitten by the architecture and layout of the museum. I even had fun going up and down the observatory. Watch out David! Above you! The shop. A sculpture made with lego bricks.

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captions to follow...

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Mr. David W. Smith and moi in front of DC's Capitol. Thanks to our Asian tourist-friends from Australia who took the pictures.

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