Real men cry when watching Beauty and the Beast.
This was a special screening at the cinema and quite early on in our relationship.
Author: Nic (Page 225 of 232)
I’m not even sure what that was about…
Perhaps he was asserting his manliness with martial arts moves. I was a bit preoccupied though.
We had two weddings. One in Australia and one in Korea. Here are photos from the Australian wedding. We wanted a small wedding and went for a vintage theme. My dress was originally made in the 1920’s so was 90 years old and very delicate! My veil is from here.
I’m sorry we don’t look like what we do in the comics… (I dyed my hair darker for the wedding as well).
All photos taken by Sheer Image Photography.
My husband’s Korean name is not that difficult but Australians can have some problems pronouncing it when they read it. I’ve noticed airport staff and flight attendants have interesting ways of avoiding trying to say his name.
Another letter that Koreans have trouble saying in English is V. Often they say it as a P. That’s alright it’s not different… except in some cases!
My husband was helping the Koreans next door who are in Australia on working holiday visas. They wanted to buy some cheap winter clothes so he took them to a second hand clothes shop. In Australia there is one in particular called St Vincents which we shorten to ‘Vinnes’.
Speaking of innocent words sounding really wrong… you may have seen the video of the Korean woman trying to explain how to ask about ordering a coke in Korean. Unfortunately her pronunciation of the word ‘coke’ in English turns the word into a much ruder word. I feel really bad for this woman because many people have seen this video and laughed at her. Let this be a big warning to Koreans who are going to an English speaking country: please be careful about some words.
If you are Korean and you aren’t sure why people were laughing at that video. She is just saying the word coke right? Actually the way she is saying it makes it sound like a certain man part (think of the different meaning of gochu).
This is one of the first things I correct when Korean friends come to Australia. I warn them about walking into McDonalds and asking for a large coke (not good!). It is really tricky for Koreans so I recommend saying Coca-Cola instead. It means the same and is the proper name for coke anyway. While my husband makes funny mistakes with me, it doesn’t matter because I’m his wife and in general he has good English. But you don’t want to accidentally ask for something very different to what you actually wanted!
I was in the bathroom using beauty products and stuff and didn’t realise someone was crouching outside the door.
This is a review of the restaurant that opened officially on our last day in Vanuatu (see previous post for that story).
There was a Korean restaurant here before but it shut down. A restaurant was opened again on this site (there is a hotel as well) just recently. So probably best to ignore any reviews from before May 2012.
This is the sign that we saw when driving past that sparked our curiosity.
The restaurant is situated on a hill and has a really great view.
The inside is really nice. It opens out onto a large deck where you can see those views from. A lot of care has been taken with the appearance of this restaurant. It has a good atmosphere and the staff are lovely.
There is a menu with more western style food and another menu for Asian style food. We ordered a spicy pork and rice and a bibimbap.
So how did they taste? Pretty good actually! I was curious as it’s probably more difficult to get Korean ingredients to Vanuatu – getting anything into Vanuatu is a bit difficult really. It is a tropical paradise but when you go to the grocery store anything in a packet is out of date. However, even without Korean ingredients readily available our meals were just as good as meals in Korea or Australia. The pork was delicious and the bibimbap so tasty. Even though we had a large breakfast only a short time earlier, we finished everything on our plates. It was one of the best meals we had in Vanuatu- and there are some very nice restaurants there.
What about the price? Surprisingly it was a reasonable price for Vanuatu. Eating out is expensive in Vanuatu! You can get cheap meals at the markets and local takeaway but sitting down to a meal in a restaurant will cost two or three times what you usually pay in Australia. So we were pleasantly surprised at the prices at Sky Garden.
If you are traveling to Port Vila in Vanuatu have a meal at the Sky Garden restaurant sometime. A taxi or bus driver will know if you say “Sky Garden” to them and drive you there. If you say “Korean restaurant” they may not know. It is well worth a visit.
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