It's My Favorite!

Inspired by Mindy, I shall start posting things that I would deem "...is my favorite!"

Boree cha is stinkin awesome. Brian and I have been drinking this for almost 2 years straight in place of regular water. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's barley tea that you can drink cold or hot. It's usually served cold at Korean restaurants. Sometimes it's barley and other times is corn. I have no preference--I consider it all "boree cha"--the tea that Korean old folks drink.

This all started because of my dislike for the taste of water. Now you might be thinking, "Wtf? Water has no taste." Precisely my point. So it's harder for me to drink it when I'm not running a marathon, which is like always and forever. The best thing I can compare it to is when you get drunk and someone tells you to drink water to sober up and it instantly makes you want to ralph. Now imagine that on an everyday basis. I'm dead serious when I say I gag trying to drink water. My sister says it's because I don't drink all day and then suddenly try to drink my eight cups before I sleep but I disagree. O.K. fine I agree a little, but in my defense I just forget, that's why. Water is so bland and blah. And that's why boree cha is awesome because it has a great flavor that makes me want more so I get my eight cups a day!

You don't know this, but in the middle of writing this post, I got up to get a cup of boree cha. :) Boree cha is my favorite!

My Heart Aches

I feel so robbed. It's not like I can redo that day. None of the joy, love, friendship, and beauty of that day was captured. A photographer's job is to make something ordinary look extraordinary. I feel like the day was extraordinary-- friends have been saying that, and might I add, it's been completely unsolicited. But the sad part is that he made that extraordinary day so...ordinary.

I feel cheated. Brian and I asked him to bring his portfolio or even some samples of his work to our first meeting. He was so unprofessional and lazy he didn't. And when Brian and I were showing him sample pictures of what we wanted, he spewed out technical terms and acted like he knew exactly what we were looking for, "Yeah yeah, got it. More environment..." I thought he was THAT good that all he needed to see were a few samples and he knew how to do it. A professional who is truly passionate (another lie) about his work would have studied each photo and asked us what we liked about it. He would have asked us to email him those photos. And most of all, he would have brought samples of his work. And on the rehearsal day, I asked him to come to the site thinking he would bring his equipment and take test shots to get the right light meter reading but instead he came in flip flops, shorts and a tshirt with his hands in his pockets with no camera to be seen. He didn't even scope out the location. I had to ask him where he thought would be a good place to take family photos. I told him all the places I wanted to take pictures by and on the day of we didn't do any of those locations. Again, I didn't say anything because I thought he was THAT good that he didn't need to do any light tests or take any test shots.

Brian and I got fooled by my sister and Arthur's wedding pictures. The thing is, Scott just got lucky with those shots because the church was so beautiful. It was pure luck. That's it. All I keep saying is he was supposed to bring us samples on our first meeting. And I should have pushed it more and asked him to even email us some. But I fully trusted him. And he cheated us, not just of money, but of the memories of that day.

Leny is thanking

I recently caved in and joined Facebook. I did it because half the time I didn't understand people's conversations-- the same reason I joined Xanga. But then I realized that Facebook is mainly pictures. Meaning, it's an easier way to upload and comment on people's pictures. But what I most like about Facebook is the reconnecting with old friends and acquaintances. I think that's pretty cool.

I'll be posting pictures soon of all the events that circled around this wedding.

But for now, I have my wedding playlist on and am writing thank you notes. :)