Sunday, July 17, 2005
and another...



Well, Joe and Grace's wedding went off without any hitches this past Saturday, and even though I was briefly delayed, I arrived with Steph and Simon on time to catch the entire beautiful ceremony at a cozy church in Westwood.

They held the reception at a Korean-Chinese (or Chinese-Korean?) restaurant in K-town called "Dragon". The banquet had the typical events such as speeches by the best man and the maid in honor, tossing the bouqet and garter, along with a performance of a cool Korean wedding tradition to show respect to the parents of the groom & bride, paebaek, which reminded me of family tea ceremonies at Chinese weddings.

The night eventually ended with a small gathering of close friends at hotel lounge for drinks, which I was nicely invited to. The original planned venue got overbooked though, so it got moved to a fancy hotel at Santa Monica which was charging $9 for a single shot of JW on the rocks! Needless to say, my poor self opted for just a $5 Guinness instead which was plenty for the short evening... no late nights out, fully toasted and passed out on an LA curb.

Congrats again to Grace and Joe!

.:.

Today was pretty chill. I went with my cousin to his church, Grace Community Church, a huge church out in Sun Valley. The college service alone featured a huge congregation, which was diverse but mostly white and Asian (a Christian phenomenon in "multi-ethnic" churches that I have several thoughts on, none of which are probably too popular or uncontroversial). The sermon was different from what I'm normally used to in that it was a hard-core Scriptural exposition of eschatology, focusing on the argument of pre-tribulation Rapture. Not the most seeker friendly topic, but it was interesting.

Post-church, my cousin took me to a nice sushi joint in Japantown, where I had another flashback to Japan when the staff yelled "Irrashai!" as we walked in. After lunch, we also got to check out the Giant Robot store, where I was solely tempted to buy a cool t-shirt or even a Domokun keychain, but the lightness of my wallet reminded me again of my poverty and I had to go without. Oh well.

Tomorrow is my last day in LA and it's back to Seattle.

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Comments:
delay...again...so me. :D
 
steph - haha.
 
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1. The act or an instance of inscribing.
2. Something, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
3. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.
4. The usually informal dedication of an artistic work.
5. Jeremiah 31:33

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ethnicity/nationality. Chinese/American, 4th gen.
location. Sea-Town, WA, USA Kawanishi, JAPAN
occupation. less-cynical poor grad student
age. younger than you think, older than you know

 



 

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