Today was the day of Little Tiger's wedding. He is my friend who works in the office at KBU. I was so happy and excited for him, and for the chance to go to my first Korean wedding!! About 8 of us took a KBU van to the Wedding Hall.
Korean people typically get married in these huge "halls" that push couples in and out in about 30 minutes. We got to the huge building where we walked up to the 4th floor with one floor for each wedding held at a time. And 1 floor for buffet. Passing 3 other wedding parties, we came to Little Tiger's floor. It was huge and ornate with a "Bride's Room" that had a pink, fuzzy carpet and a huge chair that the bride was sitting on before the wedding. People could come and look at her and take pictures of her there. The groom was standing in the middle of the entry area with his parents greeting people and taking money envelopes.
When giving presents (only money, nothing else) to the couple, traditionally $30 is the minimum, and it goes up in intervals of $20. So odd numbers. $30, $50, $70, or $100 (not an odd number, but it's acceptable).
We said hello and looked around, then headed for the buffet. While at the buffet, I asked when the wedding was, and was told that it had already happened while we were eating! What??!! Oh no!! I'd missed the wedding for the food...I was so disappointed, but couldn't do anything about it since it wasn't my idea to eat, I was just following the flow. Hmm...I guess it's not rude to miss a wedding for the food. When we finished, we walked downstairs to see them taking pictures. They were a beautiful couple :)
While they were taking pictures, there was another wedding couple and their guests replacing Little Tiger's group already. It had only been 30 minutes!! They must make tons of money ushering people in and out in their pre-arranged wedding packages. When you rent a hall, you pay for a package of food, videographer, photographer, pastor, decorations, set-up, clean-up, flowers, makeup...Pretty amazing to not have to worry about any of that stuff. Just pick what you like!
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