All right guys, so this is Mayor Etiquette 101.
Okay, so the first lesson, Matt said it earlier,
win in doubt, set to get out.
So can I get everyone to do a little set to with me?
All everyone, we're going to make sure that everyone can do it properly.
Matt, yeah, good one.
You guys all got it?
All right, so the only difference is for royalty, you're going to squat it out.
So for those of you who missed leg day at the gym, shame on you,
because we're going to be squatting it out for royalty,
so you're going all the way down like this, okay?
All right, so that's only for royalty.
And then for everybody else, it's just a regular head bow, all right?
I think we always knew we were going to do a Cambodian traditional wedding.
I think neither of us knew the magnitude of what it was going to be,
or what it was going to consist of.
So we were kind of going in blind from that regard,
just in terms of number of people, number of ceremonies, and that whole thing.
And it kind of just started ballooning in terms of the ceremony,
the guests, as well as the trip surrounding the whole week.
We tried to plan lots of different things.
In Bangkok, it was just more so going out.
I mean, it's a big city. You're there for like the bars and stuff.
We took everyone to Chattachak Market,
which is actually the largest outdoor weekend market in the world.
And it literally sells everything you could possibly imagine.
I was telling people, you know, you can get food, you can get clothes,
you can get bear cubs, like you can literally get anything you want there.
It's so big. There's nothing you can't get at Chattachak.
Yeah, literally you could walk around that market for a week
and not see every booth.
And it's just so fun to just get lost in that place.
It's just so fun to just get lost in that place.
All right, so the next lesson is how to behavior on monks.
So they'll be here on Friday.
I'm going to need Goose to come demonstrate for me.
So basically your feet, yeah,
feet have to be facing away from monks at all times.
So crisscross applesauce when you're sitting.
So when you go down, you're going to want to go down like this slowly.
Goose. All right.
And you're going to put your legs to the side.
Men and women need to sit like this. All right.
You guys better limber up. Limber up tonight.
Yes.
All right.
And so if you get tired and your hip starts to get tired,
this is how you switch very subtly, very quietly.
All right.
Feet always facing away from the monks. All right.
Well, I think just like going through the whole ceremony yesterday,
the past two days was just amazing and seeing Matt and Radhavi dressed up
and their like traditional outfits and just like, you know,
all of the chanting and the monks, like all of it was just fascinating.
Overall, the thing that, you know, that we've enjoyed the most was probably just
seeing everything from the beginning, being part of all the preparation
and actually being involved in a lot of the ceremonial aspects of the wedding.
I'm just kind of seeing that all come to life
and being able to be a part of it was really special for both of us.
It was kind of reflective of us.
So kind of, you know, blending the culture and the tradition
and all the ceremonies with just our friends and our family
to kind of put our own twist and stamp on it was very cool.
I mean, it was, you know, it was totally unlike anything we've done
where it felt like it was our thing.
They're both so accepting and open-minded and just ready to embrace
where they're both from and how different they are.
And I feel that there's not only an entry, but there's a love
for just finding out more about who each other is
and where they come from.
And there's a level of respect there
that I just think they set such an amazing example
for what a happy, healthy couple is.
For me, the thing I was most excited about
was really just getting, you know, all of our friends and family
over to Southeast Asia because, you know,
a lot of my family is old white people from Boston
and they would never get to Southeast Asia on their own.
So seeing people, you know, out of their element over there
was fun because, you know, it was totally new to me
when I went for the first time five years ago now
and it's eye-opening every time,
but, you know, introducing people to that realm
and that part of the world is awesome.
It was built in 967 and here we all have a roof.
The whole CM Reap part of the journey
was probably the highlight for me,
exploring around those temples.
It was just something that I had never seen before.
CM Reap, seeing all the temples was just mind-blowing.
I mean, I had seen pictures before coming on the trip,
kind of wanted to see, like, what I was getting myself into,
but pictures just don't do it justice.
There's so many temples to see in Angkor Wat.
The ones that we chose, I think,
probably the ones that were the most different,
there's some that, you know, they look, I guess, pretty similar,
but we try to diversify it a little bit, you know,
get one with, like, all the trees growing.
You know, we try to take people to somewhere,
the carvings were just really, really detailed.
The cool thing about all the temples is
they're all so unique and so different,
and, you know, when you go to see cathedrals in Europe,
for example, or churches in the United States,
they're all generally the same,
but each temple is so totally unique,
and Angkor Wat, like you said, is a must-see.
I think a lot of people, too, really enjoyed the elephant ride-up,
because, I mean, I'd always spoken about, like, you know,
getting to ride elephants, and no one really believed
that they would actually be able to do that until they got there,
so, obviously, you don't see anything like that here.
It's only in Asia that you get to kind of ride elephants around.
Thank you.
I know everyone was so excited for that part,
but I think people really, really enjoyed it.
It's not every day that you get to feed an elephant
the sleeve of bananas and then hop on his back
and ride to the top of a mountain to see the sunset.
That was definitely high on everyone's list of things to do.
The boat ride was fantastic.
I mean, I love riding on boats anyway,
but this was from the traffic jam getting out of there.
Like, no rules.
This guy just throwing it in reverse
and gunning the diesel engine, like, black smoke going everywhere.
And then you're out on this, like, brown river,
and people are trying to sell you boa constrictors,
like, as you're driving.
And that landscape out there was, you know,
a little bit scary at times.
It makes you think of kind of, like, the apocalypse now,
like cruising down the river type thing,
just, like, jungles and, like, little huts,
like, set up on the banks of the river.
And then we got, when we got out to that floating city,
and it was just perfect timing for the sun to go down,
it was one of those things that it almost solidified
the need to come back at some point.
That was a very good, a very good section of the trip.
It was definitely interesting being part of, like,
the bridal party and the groomsmen, I'm sure.
Having everything tailored for us,
that was, you know, traditional Khmer outfits
for the actual wedding, waking up at 5 a.m.
for hair and makeup was definitely interesting.
Wearing, what were the pants called?
The John Caban.
John Caban?
John Caban.
Probably pronouncing that wrong, but...
All of it was beautiful, crazy, but so beautiful.
Look at it as chaos.
Yes, a lot of chaos.
It was definitely the most unique wedding that I've ever seen.
The most grueling, but in a good way.
I mean, three days of celebration was,
took a toll on my body.
Being with, you know, the people that matter most to us
and seeing and experiencing new things together
was just so important and such a big, a big part of the trip.
Having people really make the effort to come all the way out
to the opposite side of the world,
you know, sharing with them, you know, my culture, my history.
We made the trek because we love Matt and Ratavi.
They're one of our closest friends
and they're just the most amazing people.
And when they asked us to come to the wedding in Asia,
we, like, in a heartbeat, we're like, absolutely,
we don't care what we're doing at work
or what's going on, like, we're coming.
They, like, really bring out the best in one another
and they really fuel each other and give each other energy.
They kind of feed off of one another, which is so nice.
And so they balance each other out so well.
It's not just a friendship with one of them.
It's things that they do together.
They really bring out the best in each other.
You just feel like you want to be a part of their life
around them whenever you have plans.
You want them there.
I felt it was, like, important for me to, like,
let both Matt and Ratavi know that I 100% believe
in their relationship.
It's also was just an excuse to go on a crazy, awesome vacation.
People flew halfway around the world to be with us
and to join.
So we wanted to make sure that it was going to be
a memorable trip and, you know, really incredible
from start to finish.
And I think we accomplished that.
I hope so.
Yeah.
