Of course my uncle was joking! And we were on the lake anyway, not out in the ocean. My husband did take the life-jacket off after a while though, because he realised that the only ones wearing life-jackets in other boats were children. Legally life-jackets don’t need to be worn on smaller boats like this and we were in very shallow water anyway. They were just for emergencies.

So he did manage to relax on the boat and have a nice time.

ALSO: HAPPY NEW YEAR! My husband was working so we couldn’t be together but I was with some friends and we watched the Sydney fireworks. Because for Korean age, everyone’s age goes up on New Years, everyone was checking their ages and asking “What age are you now??” Although my international age is 29, my Korean age is 31!!!! Ahh!