First Sakura - Week 15

Today marks Theo's first Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) Party together with the Association of Filipino Scholars in Tsukuba (FAST).

This afternoon near the Amakubo Pond of Tsukuba University, Mommy D, Theo and I joined other Tsukuba-based Filipino students and researchers in an afternoon of bingo, food and socials, which is a traditional year-opener of FAST. (Japan's fiscal year begins on April 1.) We also welcomed the new students who arrived on April 4 and renewed ties with those whom we hadn't met for some time.

All in all, it was a very successful activity, a bright foreboding of better things to come for the organization and its members under the new leadership.

In the photo above, Theo is seen with the very beautiful cherry blossoms and the Amakubo Pond in the background. Those who had met Theo today for the first time couldn't help but comment on how cute and handsome he is. Well, it really isn't surprising given how "cute" his father is.

(Ngek! Maybe you mean "acute"? hehe...)