That Most Hated Of Seasonal Duties

I thought I'd be safe enough from being roped into it this year but, nay.

We were provided with company cards and I had to write them for my homerooms.

I'd like to point out that we only get Christmas Day off from work so this card thing seems just cruel.

I think I'll pass...

It could be artificial. It could be genuine. All I know is I don't want a smoothie.

Let the Lawyers out of the kennels...

Welcome to Lotte World!! The happiest place on, on...................oh dear.

This seems like something that won't end well.

Buena Vista's gonna sue somebody.

Lotte World. Where copyright goes to die..................and be flogged afterwards.

Unhallowed book of summoning...

Beneath a glass case in the depths of the unhallowed castle of copyright theft there lies a book of mysterious powers.

The mysterious satanic powers can only be sought by those who can interpret the language of the sixth circle and can enunciate it in the most peculiar piercing accent.....oh wait, this is why the others had me stop reading it.

Yes, it's accurate sizing.

I think this is a Japanese brand. Either way, the English is hilarious.

An Unexpected Invitation

I had the opportunity to attend the wedding of a co-worker. It was..... an experience, to say the least.  Mostly, a slightly confusing one.

It was, definitely, the shortest wedding I'd ever known of. It was interesting to see how different it was from 'western style' ceremonies. Alex did wear a white dress (later exchanged for another flashy ballgown) and her husband a full tux (gloves and all.)
Their Fathers wore suits but their Mothers wore traditional hanboks (and looked great.)

There was no priest, but there was an announcer. We were surprised when a friend of theirs got up to sing a Whitney Houston-style number during the ceremony. He could certainly sing but we were slightly bemused. We had no idea what was going and since it seems that it was a mixture of traditional and non-denominational with four tenors in the balcony in Korean.  

Look, everyone looked fabulous and the music was great. The ceremony was short, the photos were longer and the reception was brief.  

Very brief indeed for the newly-weds. They had time for a costume change, a visit to every table and then they were gone. (Not even a dance, shame that. Wait, there was absolutely no dancing whatsoever.)

The meal is the end of the wedding, for us at least. 

The only problem was that this took less than four hours to go and come back. All dressed up and no where to go. what a shame. 

Chai tea latte

In Shinsegae, Busan, I purchased a chai tea latte.
It tastes remarkably like hot apple cider. (Delicious in other words)

  

Also note how I only challenge myself with intensely difficult high brow literature.

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