The "Wedding": Four Months After the Fact

Note: This post is probably only of interest to my mother.

I borrowed Ken's camera last week to take pictures of the furniture we're trying to sell off before leaving Korea, and I found a bunch of pictures and video from our "wedding" trip to Seoul still on the camera! That fateful trip was way back in September and I had apparently forgotten the photos even existed. Ken said he is going to put them together in one presentable movie but, impatient as I am, I decided to jump the gun and post a few of them here. (Note: This is only a preview of what might take years to finish.)

Pictures first. Here we are on the KTX train heading to Seoul, clearly feeling a little apprehensive about practically eloping:

And here are the mountains of paperwork we had to fill out for both of our embassies:

The number at the City Ward's Office that terminated our single-hood (dun dun dun!):

And this:

which resulted in this:

Now time for some exceptionally boring video. It should be noted that I have a bad habit of muttering, so don't even bother trying to understand what I'm saying (even I can't decipher what's coming out of my own mouth). It should also be noted that when the camera is turned on, we both suddenly feel like we have an audience and things immediately become awkward. So with that little disclaimer, here we go....

Wandering the streets of Seoul, trying to find the City Ward's Office:

Our impromptu attempt at the wedding march:

[Awkwardness Level: High]

*So embarrassing!*

Here we are, signing our lives away (this video is unnecessarily long, so feel free to skip it all together):

Oh my gosh, my fingernails are disgusting! Moving on....

Here is our comfortably modern W Hotel room, where our official honeymoon took place:

And I apparently wasn't paying attention to the fact that Ken was recording.

Here is a picture of the fridge in our room:

Please excuse my cheap side for just a moment: Do you see the blue bottles of water in the door? $14 a piece! And do you see the tiny bottles of mango juice above the water? $12! The small bottle of champagne was $85, and the Cafri beer (one of Korea's own) was something like $20 a bottle. Thank goodness I happened to look at the price list before thirstily opening one of the water bottles, otherwise we would have been in for a sore surprise upon receiving our final bill.

And last, but not least, a picture of our first wedding present ever, given to us by one of our least favorite students:

(Not sure why Ken is topless....)

And that's all for now, folks. Geez Louise, I don't think I'll ever put videos on my blog again, as it literally took 20 minutes for each one to upload. Did I do it the wrong way, or does it always take so long??