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Royal Guard Changing Ceremony

February 12, 2016 by greysuitcase in Seoul, South Korea, Weekend

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this ceremony was "the royal guards sure have a really cool uniform". My eyes were feasting on the colors of fabrics that the guards were wearing. I mean, how can you not, really? Plus they have really cool hats, flags, weapons, and musical instruments too. There are two royal guard changing ceremonies that you see in Seoul, one in Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁), and the other one at Deoksugung Palace (덕수궁), which is the one I went to. The ceremony itself took about 20 minutes or so, consisting of the guards marching out of the gate bearing flags and playing traditional musical instruments, the exchange of guards, and the final march accompanied by the traditional musical instruments once again. I would probably recommend checking this ceremony out at least once because it's pretty interesting. Since it's a scheduled ceremony, you can check out the time to see it here before coming to Deoksugung Palace.

Fun fact: I had to get pretty close to the guards to get the low-angle shot and when the head guard saw me squatting in front of him, he stared directly at my camera for a good minute without blinking. He's so cool for being a good sport about it. 

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The Mill SF

February 10, 2016 by greysuitcase in Cafe, San Francisco

During one of my trips to San Francisco, my mom and I managed to do a couple of coffee shops hopping sessions when we were there. Even thought we both don't drink coffee, I think we both enjoy visiting new places and be in a different environment once in a while. Plus we both have an appreciation of nicely designed spaces, such as this one. The Mill is probably one of the more popular cafe spot in San Francisco and I can see why after visiting the place. Plenty of natural light, open space, and nicely designed interiors make it a good place to just chill out or to get some work down. Try out their famous toasts and Fourbarrel coffee if you ever decided to come check out the place. 

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Year of the Monkey

February 07, 2016 by greysuitcase in Moments

Just a quick sort post wishing you guys a happy Chinese (Lunar) new year 2016 for those who are celebrating. Hoping for a prosperous great year of the monkey for everybody. And for those who are in South Korea, 설날 잘 보내세요. 새해 복 많이 받으세요 ^^

Hope everybody is spending time with your loved ones, eating lots of good food, gathering (or handing out) those red envelopes or taking advantage of this long weekend to do something you enjoy :) Cheers! 

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Timothy & Jennifer

February 01, 2016 by greysuitcase in Engagement Shoot, Portraits

Weddings were a big part of my 2015. There were lots of weddings that I attended last year and one of the highlight is easily to witnessed one of my sisters marries the love of her life. To be honest, as the eldest, you can't help but to worry about your siblings, right? Well, at least I'm that kind of person anyway. There were millions of questions and worries that went through my mind since they started dating, really, and even more so the closer it gets to their wedding day. Plus, since all of us lived in different cities at different times in our lives, I didn't really get to see the two of them interact as a couple very often, except for special occasions when we are all in the same city at the same time. (This situation didn't help either)

But this past year—especially these past couple of months—having been involved in the wedding preparation process, I think I actually get to know a lot more about Timmy and about them as a couple, even more so than the last 6 years when they were dating. I saw them interact with each other, handling various situations during the wedding preparation, and get to know more about them as a person and also as a couple through their close friends, who were a big part of their wedding day. I think I understand why God has brought the two of them together because even though they are sometimes a complete opposite of each other, but—as cliché as it sounds—they are very compatible with each other.

With that, I'm never good with words, but here it goes:

To Jenni, my beloved sister and my best friend, I couldn't be happier for you that you've met the man that God has made for you. I'm so beyond grateful that I could be a part of your big day(s). I'm sure that you have heard millions of marriage advices from others, but the one thing I hope that'll always stick with you is to keep Christ as the center of your marriage. I can only wish you a lifetime of happiness, a blessed & fruitful marriage, and so you may grow old together with Timmy. 

And to Timmy, I'm so happy to welcome you to be a part of the family and to be my brother (as you know, I never had one so I think this is exciting :P). Couldn't imagined a better man to be Jenni's life partner and I wish you'll follow after Christ to be the head of the family with Him as the center. And congratulations on finally ending the whole LDR thing :) Now you get to spend the rest of your life together with her. Yeay! 

Anyways, I think I'm better at expressing my feelings through the lens instead of words. So here's the last post for Timothy & Jennifer's engagement session. Congratulations on your wedding guys! Love you tons! :)

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Here's another video that I made with their friends, sharing about who Timmy & Jenni are to them and their messages for the happy couple on their on big day:


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Timothy & Jennifer Proposal Story

January 29, 2016 by greysuitcase in Video

As some of you may know if you follow me on instagram, my sister got married a couple of months ago. Before the big day, I got the chance to made a couple of videos with both Timmy & Jenni's friends about them as a couple and their stories. So here's one of the videos that we made, the story behind Timmy's proposal to Jenni as told by closed friends and family who were involved at one time or another during the preparation and the actual day.

Special thanks to everybody who made the time to made this video possible! :)


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