Braeby's Big Adventure To South Korea!

I'M BACK!

Yes, it's been 2 weeks, and I've been to South Korea and back!

Not sure what I'm talking about? Read about it here.

I would've posted a few days ago, but my jet lag has been quite weird. Anyway, I've rested up and I think I feel like I'm getting back to normal and I'm ready to post about it.

The plane ride took 17 1/2 hours to get there. That's pretty brutal. By the time I went to sleep that night in Korea, I had been awake about 30 hours.

Movies watched on the plane there and back:

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

New Years Eve

The Double

Jack And Jill

Terra Nova (5 episodes)

CSI (2 episodes)

NCIS (1 episode)

Yes, I watched a lot of movies. I was way too tired to do anything else. Now crossing the world is quite weird. As you cross time zones going backwards, it's kind of like traveling back in time, until you cross the International Date Line and suddenly you're in tomorrow. I felt like a Dr. Who companion, but in an airplane and not a TARDIS.

South Korea is beautiful. Even in my Jet Lag haze, I could appreciate how amazing it was. I was lucky enough to be there right on time for Cherry Blossom Season! 

 

Since I was a teenager, watching Sailor Moon, I've always wanted to see cherry blossoms in season, thanks to the episode "Cherry Blossom Time" 

Yes, I know Sailor Moon is Japanese and not Korean, but a lot of things in Korea reminded me of it, including the misty looking mountains and scenery.

But of course, the main reason I was there was to see Rachel and Joon get married. The ceremony took place at a Korean Folk Village, in the pouring rain. But getting soaked was well worth it. It was absolutely magical.

Don't they look amazing in their Hanboks? Very Queen Amidala if you ask me.

I'm not sure if I mentioned that Rachel teaches English at a public school in Suji. Her co-teacher asked if Rachel's parents and I would come in to speak to one of her classes, so that they could ask us questions about what Canada was like.

They asked what type of food we ate, what our national animals were, and my personal favorite; if I had a boyfriend. They were really cute.

We traveled around quite a bit, going to parks and the folk village, a tourist town called Andong and  my personal favorite; Seoul.

We had to transfer at least 5 or 6 times through their really amazing, and quite complicated, subway system. We saw a lot of fun and crazy things

The food there was spectacular, even if it didn't agree with me.

I'm quite the fan of dumplings, kimchi (top bowl on right) and ddeok (which is a a rice stick or ball). It was all so good. I can't wait to try making my own on Bake Star Wars For Me.

I also got some fun souvenirs. I won't post what I picked up for people, since I don't want to give it away, but here are a few things I got for myself.

Anyone else think these face look like Princess Leia and a very dorky Han Solo? Just me?

Yes, Barbie hair dye and styling products. You better believe when my hair grows out a bit that this will be a post.

little bear head cake pans and weird sugar cubes for BSWFM

little angel wing earrings that go really well with my Captain America shirt

Avengers Assemble! Cute shirts from SPAO.

I really love the Captain America one! So cute!!

Koreans, like me, are really into Barbie. I picked up these shirts from Uniqlo

Awesome, huh?

I know, I know, that was a lot to take in, and it's not even the half of it. I have way too many pictures to post here, but if you're interested in seeing more of my pictures from South Korea; you can check out my Facebook albums here, here and here, where you will see lots of pictures of scenery, greenery, us doing stupid things and inappropriate statues. Also, the post office that I ended up in during a lock-down drill.

Super fun!

Muppet Proposal

Sid wanted to do something special for his proposal to his long time girlfriend Sara. What he came up with blows me away. Just watch.

*sniff* *wipe tears*

How amazing is a proposal done with Muppets?

I wanted to make a movie trailer. I thought it would be great if somehow I could manage to sneak something into a movie theater and it could be shown during the regular movie trailers. I mean, talk about being caught off guard! But it didn’t end there; not only did I want to make a movie trailer staring Sara and I, but I wanted them to be Muppets. As a life long Jim Henson & Muppet fan, I got overly excited about the dream of having Sid and Sara looking Muppets star in our video. But was it possible?

When the day came, everything went perfectly. We arrived, and Kaleena had organized theater employees and her friends to enter the theater and sit down. This way, there were total strangers in the theater when we entered. Sara suspected nothing!

We got seated and I sent Dave the text. The lights went down, the first trailer started playing, and I heard minimal scuffling of people entering the theater and taking their seats. I’m telling you, that group were like ninjas when it came to sneaking in. Hardly any sound, and nothing that was noticeable!
So we watched the three real movie trailers. Then, my trailer came up.
Sara didn’t recognize herself in the first scene. She was too busy looking at the Muppet to notice that it was sitting in her chair reading her book, with her tea mug on the arm of the chair.
But when the scene of the Sid Muppet came up playing Halo in our apartment, I felt her hand get tight around mine, and she instantly started choking up and crying. This in turn made me start crying.
So there the two of us were; watching Muppet versions of ourselves on a movie screen and crying together.
And the end of the trailer, the lights came up and I told her to turn around. Suddenly she saw about 30 of her friend and family, and she started crying again! I was actually amazed at the number of people who came. I didn’t expect to turn around and see all the back rows completely filled. That made me cry as well.
Then came the applause and celebration. It was perfect.
And, yes, Sara accepted my proposal

You can read the rest of Sid's story and check out his making of video here. Take a look. It's well worth reading. Now don't you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?

Thanks to GWS for bringing this to my attention.

A New Hope Wedding Poster

Most Awesome Wedding Poster EVER!!

Could you imagine getting married and having this as your invitation?

These people must be totally kick-ass and I wish I knew them.

It’s funny, because Rob just wanted normal invites. So I started showing him some alternate-type invited but he couldn’t think of anything on his own. Since Star Wars is one of the very geeky things he likes, when I suggested the poster idea he was all over it. So I’m glad we got to do something cool (and by cool I mean painfully dorky). - Ginny McQueen (the Bride) posted on her Blog

Lucky for San Smith over at The Life Pursuit (and for us) she is a friend of theirs, which is why they commissioned her to do this awesome poster!

I don't think anyone could've done a better job than she did. Now I'm not just saying that because I'm a huge fan of hers (although that helps I'm sure), but because, well, just look at it compared to the original!

I'm just going to gush about San Smith for a moment, if you will allow.

I came across her blog not that long ago, but now I find that I am totally addicted to it!

(you can find it under 'websites I love' off to the right of the page or click on the link above)

This girl is seriously the sweetest person ever! She's always brimming with positivity and I look forward to her postings because they always make me happy. Not only do I love how she showcases her art, but also her "Things I Love Thursdays"

Plus, check out how cute she is with her pink hair!!!

(I want pink hair too!)

Sorry, I think I just had a little bit of obsess going on there. (move over Katie Cook)

Ahem... (cough)... anyway, best wedding poster ever... yes, that was my point...