Happy Pepero Day

While November 11th is being celebrated around the world as Rememberance Day, Korea has a slightly different 'day' for 11/11. Pepero day. It's the equivalent of the west's Valentine's Day, where people give each other 'Pepero's, chocolate sticks. I was told by my adult students that the reason it's on November 11 is because the number of the Month and Date (ones) are shaped like the Pepero sticks... or maybe the Pepero sticks are shaped like 1s? Ah, it's the chicken and the egg, i'm afraid (i'm not one to start an argument on who came first - the generally recognized Calendar year, or a heavily marketed ploy to sell chocolate).

Anyhoo, I was given a crapload of the stuff by some students - two by adult students, three by my child students, and one from a random student who i'd never seen before. Maybe she just saw me on TV.

Tonight (Friday) i'm finally planning on getting a Cellphone. While it's been a pretty enjoyable three months without one, I have to admit that those suckers are useful. When you're trying to meet up with people somewhere in Seoul, and you're completely lost, it would be preeeetty helpful. The cost of cellphones here is much less ridiculous than in Canada - the initial phone is about 40-50$, but you just do Pay as you Go afterwards. Texting is free, and the most heavy uses will only cost around 20-25$ per month. Eat it, Rogers.

This weekend, i'll be meeting up with Chris in Seoul again, to go watch a Live hockey game in the south. There's evidently an Asian Ice Hockey League, and the Anyang Halla (Seoul Team) is playing some team from China. It should be promising in the hilarity department, but hey, i'll do anything for live hockey these days. Sunday, at this point, is up in the air, but there's talk of going Paintballing and Go-Karting, so it should be another pretty cool weekend. If I get a chance, i'll start my Christmas Shopping as well, since I want to try and get everything done and shipped by the endo of the first week of December.

Cheers!