Pepero Day
Korea has so many holiday, and a lot of them center around food.
Today was Pepero Day. Pepero is that little cookie stick with chocolate on it, also known as Pocky in America and Japan. On this day, women give pepero to their boyfriends, although they end up just giving it to everyone, really.
I ate too much, I love chocolate and cookies and especially pepero.
I learned something interesting, though. In Korea, its typical for the girls to chase after boys, as opposed to the inverse back home. It shows too, as the girls are extremely active and loud here, and the boys walk around with their heads down and spirits apparently crushed. If the girls didn’t, Korea would die out as the birth rate plummeted to zero.
osarah said,
November 12, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Mmm I <3 Pocky.
That’s a strange role reversal, though, with the women pursuing the men. I don’t know if I could get used to that.
mel said,
March 24, 2009 at 3:01 am
pepero day? interesting.