Are you… being more of the girl right now and looking at the website and thinking about the flowers and what suit you’re going to wear and things like that?
(Sheepish giggles)… what if I was?
That’s fine… I guess… you can start the binder… I’ll help out as well…
The binder??!?!!?!
Yes — every wedding has a BINDER — the binder to PLAN the WEDDING… it’s got many tabs for all the different parts: cake, flowers, celebrant, etc. There’s so many. I gave one to a friend of mine when she got engaged, from Kikki.K — an actual “wedding planner” binder.
Oh… I should start this binder… but can I just use a digital one?
I’m sure there’s lots of templates on the internet somewhere… yeah…
Who do you want to be our celebrant?
My friend.
You have a friend?
Yes… she’s Gen X… Aussie… pretty cool lady…
Okay. Tick. We got a celebrant.
(Nodding)
What flowers do you want?
I don’t know… we might have to ask Mum…
Your Mum? Why?
She LOVES flower arranging… flowers are HER thing… you have to let her take care of the flowers…
Oh. Okay. Flowers tab in the binder = “For Mum”
(Nodding)
Anything else?
Well — obviously YOU’RE planning the MUSIC?
I am?!?!?!!
Yes, please… I cannot — my brain — I don’t have time for this. You come up with the PRELIMINARY wedding set list — and it’s not for you to perform at all. Actually I have no idea how you’re going to organise it. But you organise it and show me your draft plans and then I’ll say “yes” or “no” to each track one day when we actually sit down and listen to the whole set list together. How about that?
(Nodding) Do you want… live performances?
I’m not sure… you can organise all of it. Just get the set list first, then we’ll discuss after finalising the actual songs — which ones are being performed live and by whom.
(Smiling) Okay… what else? MC?
Hmmm… That’s an interesting question…
Who do you have in mind?
I have no idea. I can think of one Taiwanese person to ask, but she doesn’t speak Korean…
Right… we might need 2 x MC’s…
Right?! Like — maybe a Taiwanese MC and a Korean MC?
(Chuckles) How will they communicate?!?!?!
I have no idea. This is too far away. You can plan it. You can plan 90% of it and I’ll look at the final parts when it’s 90% ready. This is really a SWAP of traditional gender roles. But I’m too busy studying Cybersecurity and you’ve got a lot of free time on your hands to daydream — more than people realise — while you’re on tour and supposed to be “relaxing” in between intensive concert outbursts of energy…
(Laughing)
Go. Daydream. Plan the wedding. Plan the CHASE too — plan all of it.
(Giggling because he’s so giddy)!!!
I love you
I love you, too… xoxoxoxoxox

