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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the facts.
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