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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Tuesday is Pepero Day |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepero_Day
For those who are new to Korea and new to hagwons, you'd better have something for the kiddies.  |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I completely forgot. Some school supervisors are coming on Tuesday, maybe I should have some ready for them! Re-gifting is the go at public schools. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Tuesday is Pepero Day |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepero_Day
For those who are new to Korea and new to hagwons, you'd better have something for the kiddies. |
The kiddies always bring me stuff!!! 
I'm not giving them sheeet. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| By the end of the day my desk is always piled high with peppero crap. Man, i don't like that stuff. I'll be giving it back to the kids bit by bit for weeks. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| And for those of you Commonwealthers, you better be wearing a poppy. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| And for those of you Commonwealthers, you better be wearing a poppy. |
why???? what if you are a catholic nationalist from Northern Ireland who had members of their family killed by the british army and the sas in the 70's/80's/90's....should they wear one to honour the sodiers who died while on "duty" in a place they never should have been?? |
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Whirlwind
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| What a worthless, commercial fucking day. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Fu*k Pepero Day.
Don't be a consumer sucker. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it probably helps the economy and makes kids happy (or at least gets 'em high on chocolate and sugar...)
Here's the Wikipedia article:
Pepero Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day or Sweetest Day. It is named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on November 11, since the date "11/11" resembles five sticks of Pepero. The holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts.
According to one story, Pepero Day was started in 1994 by students at a girls' middle school in Busan, where they exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero"[citation needed] (Pepero means "thin like a stick"). However, it is more likely it was initiated by Lotte, the company which produces Pepero.
In Japan, a similar Pocky Day was held on November 11 in 1999, which was the 11th year of the Heisei era. The date, 11/11 of the 11th year, resembled 6 sticks of Pocky.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
Pepero
White Day
List of Korea-related topics
Contemporary culture of South Korea
Armistice Day
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santafly
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Ha!!!!
pepero is a copy of pocky (Japanese of course) - I greatly enjoy telling my co-workers about how things they believe to be Korean are actually copies |
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Bread
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| santafly wrote: |
Ha!!!!
pepero is a copy of pocky (Japanese of course) - I greatly enjoy telling my co-workers about how things they believe to be Korean are actually copies |
Haha, I clicked that link, looked at the picture, and said out loud, "That's fucking Pocky!" Korean snack indeed. |
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aboxofchocolates
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
Location: on your mind
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| Oh yeah, thanks for the heads up!! |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| I tried it and didn't think the extra calories were worth eating more of it. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Fu*k Pepero Day.
Don't be a consumer sucker. |
I never said I liked it.
Go ahead and TRY to ignore it. Kids will expect it. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Kids don't expect ANYTHING. They give it to YOU! |
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