Blast from the past!
We're digging up old photos to project on our wedding. Myung Jin at age one - a wobbly beginning!
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March 04, 2007
A wedding before
More golden finds from the old photos box. Some 30-plus years ago, Myung Jin's parents were wed in Daegu, South Korea.
Myung Jin's mother walks down the aisle with her father.
At the alter
Ring exchange
Extended family photo
In "hanbok" after the wedding
March 09, 2007
Then and now
Myung Jin munching on ice cream, at around age 5 in Hong kong, with brother Taek, age 3.
Many many years later... Myung Jin about to munch on ice cream, at Al Gelato in Los Angeles, with partner in crime, Fiel.
Eric in white
Those in the know, know this is a rare sight indeed!
March 10, 2007
Shopping at Insadong
S-TA-BUK-S-CO-FFEE in Korean. We started off our morning at Starbucks at Insadong, the antique street in Seoul, where we are going to find wedding favours.
Insadong street scene.
Brightly coloured tourist trinkets spill out onto the sidewalk.
Myung Jin's cousin Yoo Yun helps her browse.
Store front
Snow falls on a "hanbok" installation at Ssamzie, a popular Insadong shopping mall.
Yoo Yun with wishing tree.
Our find of the day: miniature Korean meal magnets! All five dishes - grilled fish, kimchi, tofu stew, steamed white rice, and fried egg, are individual magnets! YUMMY... but NOT our wedding favour!
March 11, 2007
Our second date
Night time in Columbus, morning in Tokyo.
The very first date
Our first date was on April 10, 2006, on iChat. Eric was in Tokyo, and Myung Jin was in Columbus. There were many firsts that March and April; first phone call, first text chat, first video chat, first 'in-person' date, etc. We decided to call this one our first date because it's the first time we saw each other in 5 years.
Myung Jin is in the middle of packing up to go back to Seoul, hence the mess behind her.
March 12, 2007
Floats for fountain
We tested our floating candles in our bathroom sink. They're pretty!
March 14, 2007
Jack
Our great friend Jack Peng left us too suddenly and too early. If we were not meant to have him in person, we hope he be with us in spirit, at our wedding and in our lives throughout. These are pictures from a party for Jack, one month ago in Los Angeles.
Jack presides over the party.
The party was full of people who were in Jack's life. It was lively, and almost fun, the way Jack would have liked.
Eric with brother Ramon
Myung Jin and Eric
Eric and Fiel
Eric with friend Sun
March 15, 2007
From Icheon
Icheon is a city about one hour south of Seoul. For centuries, it's been known for its delicious rice and beautiful pottery. That's where Myung Jin and her father headed to last Thursday afternoon, in search of gifts for the wedding guests.
Getting off the highway.
Myung Jin's father is on the phone, getting directions.
Countyside road, on the way there.
We found the place finally, in the middle of rice field.
It's a family business; father, son, and daughter work on it.
Where they are made.
March 20, 2007
Nothing's changed
Eric's favourite Myung Jin photos.
Age one at Seoul Children's Park.