Friends throw a surprise bachelorette party for Illy in Seoul, shopping for decorations, eating sushi, singing karaoke, and watching movies. The vlog captures natural spoken English phrases in real situations: shopping, decorating, taking photos, and Illy sharing details about her upcoming wedding in Bulgaria and honeymoon starting in Egypt.
The worst day of my life.
Let's go party! I'm on my way to Seoul to throw my friend a surprise bachelorette party. I didn't buy my train ticket far enough in advance, so I have to stand. Lesson learned. Next time I'll be more on top of things. I made it to Seoul, and the first thing on my agenda is to pick up a cake that I ordered for Illy, the bride-to-be. My friend Lorena, who's in on the surprise, is gonna meet me at the bakery. She's gonna give me a hand because I've still got my suitcase with me. Cake secured. Lorena to the rescue.
Yay!
Do you want me to carry this?
Thanks.
It got a little bit like cold yesterday.
Cake reveal.
Instead of "Life of the Party," it says "Wife of the Party" since she's getting married. So cute.
We're on our way to a grocery store to buy some snacks. And then we're heading to a liquor store to get some champagne. We're gonna pop some bottles tonight.
Woohoo!
We bought some decorations for the house so I'm blowing up some balloons. Is Mango going to pop them?
Mango?
No, no, no.
She'll pop one and then be scared of them.
Lo is hanging the balloons and streamers.
Teamwork!
Illy is on her way and we are still trying to clean up the house and get everything ready, so I'm trying to buy us time. I asked her to go to the convenience store to buy me some snacks because I'm hungry. She even video chatted me to show me which snacks are available. I'm trying to be picky just to take up some more time. Sorry, Illy.
A few moments later.
My heart is racing. I'm nervous.
I come with the snacks and everything. Girl! No way! Get out of here!
I thought I'd actually get to see it.
It's your mini bachelorette party.
This is happy tears.
Oh good, that's why I was being so annoying. I was buying time. Did you expect anything?
I thought maybe you'll buy a cake, but I was like, I hope they don't because my birthday has been like a month ago.
But did you think we were gonna do like a bride thing?
No, no, no, no, no.
Nice.
Dear Ely, in the name of love, we crown you bride-to-be.
I want to say thank you, my people.
I'm putting on her sash.
Okay, queen, let's go party!
We have to put the veil too.
Oh yeah.
So pretty! Ooh, she's a bride! The bride's out in the wild! Get us some free drinks, girl! Or some free sushi!
I'm on it!
Don't be shy, work it, girl!
Work it! I love it!
Oh, who is that?
This mystery woman behind the veil.
Ta-da! This place did not disappoint.
Free drinks!
Merci!
It's because of the sash and the crown.
Being silly.
Oh, it's very nice.
It's very nice.
Free drink is very nice.
We just had sushi for dinner, and now we're gonna take photos in a photo booth.
This is like a passport photo. Yeah, Kelly, you kind of blinked. I know. Let's just do this for fun.
Okay.
What time is it? Karaoke time!
Woo!
I gotta have you. No dancing.
It's the remix to Ignition.
Defying gravity.
Mango, what did you do?
Mango, that is so funny.
We put on our PJs, popped some popcorn, and we're about to watch a chick flick.
What are we watching?
The Family Stone.
The Family Stone. It's a tearjerker, but it's so good. You guys are going to love it.
I'm ready to cry. Yeah, we're ready.
Get your tissues ready.
Mask pack time!
Good morning! We stayed up until 2 in the morning yesterday. I'm not a night owl at all, so I'm a little bit sleepy, but Mango was my sleeping buddy. We cuddled all night and it was so cute. Now we're about to head to brunch and get some food in our tummies.
So Illy, how was the bachelorette party?
The bachelorette party was awful, the worst day of my life.
Savage!
It's going to be our hook.
Amazing.
Can you tell me a little bit about your wedding coming up?
Yes, uh, I am so excited about our wedding. It's been in the making for a lot of years now because we were planning to get married back in 2020. However, COVID hit, we had to cancel our wedding plans. So now finally the timing is right again and we are going to do it in Bulgaria. We are planning to do an outdoor wedding, so I'm excited about that. I really hope it's gonna be great sunny weather. This is the only thing I'm very worried about. Knock on wood.
Do you have any honeymoon plans?
Yes, we do. We are planning to go on a kind of a long trip. Our first destination is going be Egypt, and we are actually going there with my parents because I wanted to make them a small gift as well.
They're crashing your honeymoon?
Yes, but I love my parents, so it's going to be great. And then the rest of the honeymoon trip is going to be a surprise because we're planning to vlog it as well.
I'll link her channel so you can check her out.
Yay! Bye!
Love you!
Love you too!
I made it back to Busan, and I already miss my friends. We all live in different cities, so it's pretty rare for all three of us to get together. Usually at bachelorette parties you drink a lot and party hard, but we stayed sober, kept it pretty low-key, and still had a blast. For my bachelorette party, I went bar hopping in Itaewon with a group of friends and it got pretty wild. Planning a wedding is usually really stressful, So I think a bachelorette party is a great way to just let loose and forget about that stress for one night. Anyways, it's time to catch up on sleep. Good night!
