Hello everyone! Sorry it's been about a week or so since my last post. Life has been a bit slow the past week. No school last week, except for 2 days, gives me far too much time to myself. I spent my time studying a bit of Japanese, cooking and playing some games. I This week has went by quite fast so far. Tomorrow (Friday) is a national holiday. Of course I don't know which holiday it is, but I'll take it anytime! It so happens that tomorrow is my co-worker/friend's wedding party. I am looking forward to the wedding party. This will be the second wedding party I have been invited to since I have been in Japan. I think that I am considered a pretty good friend of my co-worker. Actually, I don't even consider him my co-worker anymore, just my friend.
If you have been following my blog over the last year and a half, then you remember when I blogged about the last wedding party. If you are new to Japanese style wedding parties then let me give you a short description. First of all, you are given an invitation to the wedding party, on this wedding party invitation is, as you might expect, a map, directions, description of who is getting married and the price. Yes that's right, the price. You basically have to pay to go to the wedding party. Now to an American or a Westerner, this would somewhat seem quite strange. And in a way, it is. However, if you think about it, most of the time at an American wedding, the guest will bring a gift for the couple, or leave money on the money tree. So I guess it comes out to be the same. The wedding I am invited to has a hefty price tag of about $90 US. I'm looking forward to going to the wedding party tomorrow, I'm guaranteed to be the only foreigner there!
Well I will be back soon with an update! Thanks for reading.
peace
vince
If you have been following my blog over the last year and a half, then you remember when I blogged about the last wedding party. If you are new to Japanese style wedding parties then let me give you a short description. First of all, you are given an invitation to the wedding party, on this wedding party invitation is, as you might expect, a map, directions, description of who is getting married and the price. Yes that's right, the price. You basically have to pay to go to the wedding party. Now to an American or a Westerner, this would somewhat seem quite strange. And in a way, it is. However, if you think about it, most of the time at an American wedding, the guest will bring a gift for the couple, or leave money on the money tree. So I guess it comes out to be the same. The wedding I am invited to has a hefty price tag of about $90 US. I'm looking forward to going to the wedding party tomorrow, I'm guaranteed to be the only foreigner there!
Well I will be back soon with an update! Thanks for reading.
peace
vince
p.s.- Today I was riding my bike and it wasn't so cold, and I felt a small bit of moisture on my body! Hence the strange title! haha Just so you know!
