On Sunday, I went to church for the worship service at 10:00. After the service I went back to hotel, went with JC and Binh to the Vietnam War memorial for the ceremony remembering the service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice organized by Viet Heritage Society. Afterward, we hung around and took some pictures before went back to the hotel to change for the reception at the Capitol Hilton. Had a good time meeting people: Cung Le, a light heavyweight kickboxing champion, Khoa Nguyen, representing the US at 2004 Athen Olympic in table tennis, Dat Nguyen, #59 Dallas Cowboy linebacker, KieuChinh, a Vietnamese American actress who won the Emmy in 1996.

After the reception, we were invited back to Chau's house to hang out but we were tired and didn't want to drive that far so we were going out for dinner in Georgetown, on the Potomac riverfront with a new friend who is a Maryland native. But after she found out about the invitation to Chau's place, she wanted to go there. So just the three of us, me, JC and Binh went and had a wonderful time.

Monday morning, we met up with everyone at the Capitol Hilton lobby, made sure that we were all cleared by the White House for security purpose. We actually then walked to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for a briefing. We had three speakers: Susan R., a Philipino American and the executive assistant to Karl Roves, Ed M., a Chinese American and the presidential advisor for all Asian American appoinments, and Meridith M., a State Department personnel on loan to work at the Asian office of the National Security Council.

After the briefing, we met a group of people back at the Hilton and went to Eden center in Virginia for lunch. Then we were dropped off at our hotel, rested a little bit, then changed into our tuxes and walked back to the Hilton for our black-tie dinner that night. Transportation secretary Mineta was the keynote speaker of the night. Met Becky Nguyen, Dat Nguyen's wife, Dr. Eugene Trinh, the first Vietnamese American astronaut, Hien Nguyen, a Vietnamese American councilman for the city of Clarkstown, GA ...