Monday, April 27, 2009

This weekend one of the Korean teachers at my school, Joanna, got married so I got to go to my first Korean wedding. It wasn't really all that different from a wedding in the US. Actually there were two ceremonies. The one I saw was the western style one. The traditional ceremony was just for the family. The wedding was at a big wedding hall. We got there early so we could take pictures with Joanna. She just sits in this room and people go in to get their picture taken. She looked really pretty.

The wedding was nice, but there were some things I didn't like. The doors were open so there was a lot of noise from the lobby area where people were waiting for other weddings. The photographers were everywhere too. I mean like 2 of them were right up there with the bride and groom in their faces. After the wedding was over they were taking pictures. They did a picture with all the single people and then the photographer asks who wants to catch the bouquet. So instead of tossing the bouquet to see who would catch it, they have Joanna throw it to this girl who is standing out to the side so the photographer could get a good picture. Anyway, after the wedding there was a big buffet. The food wasn't bad. They had their traditional ceremony while we were eating and after they finished, they came around dressed in their hanbok.

It was fun. I'm glad I went.
Sunday I went to church and then Abby, Katie (one of Kristina's coworkers), and I met some other people to go to a lantern festival for buddha's birthday, which isn't actually til next week i think. There was a big parade with lots of lanterns. It was good, but really long. We left before it was over and went to Itaewon for dinner at this really cute place called the Flying Pan (i think). They had really good soups and sandwiches. It was fun, but I didn't get home til close to 11:00. I was soooo tired.
Today we got our new teacher at school. I didn't really talk to him much, but he seems nice. All I know is his name is Michael too and he's half korean. We're supposed to be getting a guy from England soon too so that should be interesting.
K, that's all for now!

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