So, the long weekend has come and gone, and what did I do for 3 days off of work? I went to Ottawa for a visit 
The bus ride was around 4-5 hours because we got stuck in traffic a lot… even though we left early and stranded at least 10 people because the bus was full, so I ended up arriving later than the expected time anyway.
After that, I met my friend Fang-ying and got on Ottawa transit, and … I left my small luggage bag on the bus DX . Not good, so I had to wear the same clothes all weekend which sucked, with the exception of the awesome shirt my sister got me that says “Domo Arigato” with a robot next to it. Get it? 
(Maybe ?)
Anyway, it was pretty late, so we just chilled in Fang-ying’s place on campus and the University of Ottawa (which is soooo nice, I’m jealous) and we invited Andre to come over since he lives less than a block away at a different UOttawa residence. Of course, we ended up staying up really late, and it didn’t help that I had to get up at 8:30 so that I could go watch my sister play at the National Arts Centre the next morning.
So the next day was mostly filled with watching the FRC bands play. The early performance was the Wind Ensemble, who played Incantation and Dance, Arabesque, and Eternal Father. Apparently Incantation and Dance was a disaster, but it didn’t sound that bad from the audience… I think that mistakes are a lot more obvious if you are closer up or actually in the band. The other two songs were new and I didn’t recognize them, so they could have done almost anything and I wouldn’t have known if it was correct or not.
After, I went out to the Rideau Centre with Fang-ying and her friend Michelle, and met up with some of the band members who were having lunch. Later, Andre rejoined us and Michelle left and we went to watch the symphonic band play.
In fact, what happened was that an old friend of mine named Danny who I met at Service band back in 2006 was actually one of the volunteers who was “chaperoning” the symphonic band, so it was really cool to see him again after a while.
The rest of the weekend was mostly spent walking around Ottawa. We went to Parliament Hill, toured the other Canadian mint and went to the tulip festival, but the majority of the tulips were dead… so that wasn’t too great I guess. We also went to Byward Market and had beavertails, which are the most delicious things ever . Other random stuff we ended up doing included watching “Fight Club” (which is the weirdest movie ever) and playing Mario Kart and Bomberman (which I epically failed at XD )
Tune in next time for updates on Anime North~!
