Upon arriving in Busan, despite the enjoyable trip down, our fun times were then interrupted by an overly tied-up-tight representative from the cruise line who insisted on monitoring our camera's every move... for practically the WHOLE 2-day trip! Mini Min joked and asked me to upper cut the representative. I joked and said "I'm a professional -- nothings for free", to which Mini Min added "I've got money!!!"
Finally after much debating with the representative, we boarded the cruise. I was definitely thrown off when I was greeted by English-speaking cruise crew members. There were four female foreigners working on the cruise, all of which I think were Russian. They loaded us up with welcome goodies: balloon flowers, cookies, and even a full-sized cake. Later, after the meet-and-greet, we were escorted to our room, a deluxe suite with a great view of the water.
Not too sure what they were thinking with the double beds though. I joked with Snickers and called shot-gun on the bed beside the window, we both knew there'd be no way he'd let me sleep alone though.
One thing I found particularly interesting were all the Japanese vending machines on the boat. I love Japanese snackies but I'm not too sure about these late night snacks -- frozen food dishes. Hmmm.... no thanks.
We passed on eating any Japanese frozen foods and instead feasted away in the dining room on the BBQ buffet they had arranged.
From the moment we stepped out of the Arirang crew van our every movement was monitored by two accompanying cameras and our every sound was recorded via the microphones they had wired our shirts with. So with Snickers and I being stalked with a six member crew, we definitely stirred up a lot of attention. Other visitors on the cruise took pictures of us and I met a cool Korean man who spoke English and was from Toronto. He told Snickers he was a very lucky man to have a "Bloor West Village Girl" as a wife. Snickers has yet to experienced the wonderful world of Toronto's Bloor West Village but he soon will. It's funny cause I'm not even from Toronto actually. I'm from a small city about an hour outside of Toronto but it wasn't until I moved to Toronto for university that I feel I actually grew up and came into my own.
Almost missing the sunset was quite the hilarious situation that involved a lot of running on deck, major posing for the camera, and lots of laughs.
But it was worth it. The sunset was breathtaking and beautiful... and it reminded me of the sunset we watched in Bali when we went fishing on our honeymoon.
After the sunset, we watched an amazing fireworks show. The cruise had arranged a lot of shows for us actually. Let's see, there was the magic show, a dance show, a traditional Chinese mask show, and the musicians' shows. It had been quite an entertaining day and evening but the strongest memory I'll take away from this cruise experience will be the karaoke show.Snickers may be all game for showing his so-called ADD behaviour around friends and family and he may be into making a fool of himself for the sake of making me laugh, but public singing is not his thing. He is definitely one of the rare Koreans that you'll never find in a karaoke bar. He sings to me all the time but ask him to sing in public and with a mic, forget it!!
The director of Arirang had pre-arranged with the cruise crew to call us up to sing in front of everyone on the cruise! When he informed us of this our jaws dropped and I pleaded with him not to make us do it. By that time we had been wearing our microphones for most of the day, so I totally forgot that they were listening in. I whispered to Snickers to excuse himself from the table for a bathroom break but to meet me up top on the deck instead. Well, of course they caught us before we could even go through with our plan.
What happened was Snickers ended up getting on stage!!!
Yup, it's true. Snickers got up on stage, was handed the singing mic and then I was pushed up on stage to dance beside him! The VJ for the show introduced us to the crowd and was delighted to have me snap back with some funny Korean lines when he mistook me for not knowing any Korean. "My wife's a professional boxer, so be careful" Snickers told him, and with that the crowd went wild. They loved the fact that we were newlyweds, too.
Then the music came on; it was time for Snickers to sing.
He had picked a funny song and, despite being super shy in front of the crowd and hating every second he was on stage, he acted out the song. I've never seen this side of him so I was so incredibly shocked. I didn't do much of dancing but instead stood there with my dropped jaw and giggled the song away in shock. He was nothing short of awesome!
Later on we ventured back up again to the top patio for some outside BBQ time. Earlier on, after the fireworks, they started a huge group dance. Snickers got pulled into the middle of their dance circle but I was quick to jump in and rescue him. Singing in public is certainly not my thing but I think I'm a pretty good dancer. Pulled out some silly moves and introduced them all to my version of 'the Sprinkler'... hahaha!!!
Despite being in the south part of South Korea, it was super cold. My Polish tush was practically frozen. Snickers is no stranger of PDA (public displays of affection) though, so his PDA kept me warm. QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Have you gotten your daily dose of PDA?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Make love, not war.
-- Author Unknown
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