Ohanami!

Saturday was cloudy, the sakura trees at the park nearby were in full bloom, time for a good lunch under the trees! We first trooped to the nearby "fridge" (a 5 minute walk to the supermarket) to get food and cold beer. Then off we went to look for a good place to eat. Of course it was difficult since some people have staked out the choice spots as early as yesterday! One might see suit-clad youngsters in the weekend
staking out choice spots. The office newbies are usually assigned this job and all they have to do is to make sure that they get a great spot for the whole section to party after office hours. Of course they have to stay there all day to guard it!



So far wala pa naman nababalitaan na nag-saksakan, barilan o patayan dahil sa sakura. Buti na rin lang walang sakura sa Pinas ano?!



We found one bench smack under a tree heavy with blossoms, BUT there was a pesky flock of pigeons above so we had to move away, the birds won. A few more minutes, another bench, minus the birds but a group of smokers infront of us. Hmmm, we stood our ground, they would not be smoking always we reckon. Besides they also have cute dogs. On our right were a group of Japanese and Thai, and the smell of Tom Yum simmering away in a camp burner just made hungry again!