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This was the final wedding, and much larger than in the US. Ramon and Wendy had an idea of what to expect, but not much more than that. It took place in two rooms – the ceremony itself was done in a room full of tables with family and closer friends. There was a second larger room with a lot more people that didn’t see the ceremony, but showed up to eat.

Wendy’s high school teacher performed the ceremony. It was almost all in Korean, though Wendy’s cousin translated some of it over a microphone. The rest of the time, Ramon stared at the teacher while he spoke for a long time in Korean. They exchanged rings, bowed to the parents, and then cut a really tall fake cake that nobody ate. Ramon was laughing while doing it, because they gave him a good-sized sword to do the cake, and it had two candles like a birthday cake. Then the smoke machine and bubble machine kicked in, the wedding ended, and everyone went to a really good buffet of typical Korean food and sushi.

After the wedding, we went out to a bar with Wendy’s friends and kept drinking, which at this point has become the norm to get hammered every night. Apparently it’s tradition to do a shochu (Japanese vodka-ish alcohol) shots with the groom, and while Ramon walked around talking to everyone he ended up having to do a bunch of shots. Once we left the bar, he was done.