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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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 Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:19 am Post subject: Neighbour gives cake shocker!!! |
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A nice lady from upstairs, who I'd never met before, knocked my door sunday morning (usually a crime punishable by death) to give me a chunk of that white, doughy cake.
Why??
Her baby was 100 days old!
Can't wait for the little tyke's 1 year celebration....I'm expecting at least a DVD player!!!
Anyone else receive gifts for unusual reasons? |
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indiercj
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| Sharing food especialy rice cakes with the neighbors at the 100th day celebration(BaekIl) and the first anniversary(Dol) is a traditional thing. They also give away rice cakes after moving in some place. I guess that's a good opportunity to introduce oneself to the people next door. |
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kylehawkins2000
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| The 100th day celebration is a pretty big deal here. It comes from the times when there was not as much food and a very high rate of infant mortality. If a child lived 100 days it meant he/she was likely going to live.....many babies died within the first 100 days of life. |
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anae
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: cowtown
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| When I first got married, my neighbour lady often brought over food on any old day. Maybe she thought my husband would starve, but then again maybe she was just friendly or both. |
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helly
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: WORLDWIDE
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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We had a couple bring over a place of rice-cakes because they had just moved into the apartment next to ours.
Our baby's 100 Days is coming up, guess its time to go shopping |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone ever made stuff for their neighbors? |
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indiercj
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Here's one useful tip for all of you out there who want to give rice cakes to neighbors. The kind of cakes you give them is important. You should buy "Si Ru Tok": made of mutiple layers of flat base cakes covered with steamed sweet red bean crumbs. Other kind of toks won't work because it all comes down to the traditional belief about red bean's power to chase the bad luck. That's also why Koreans eat red bean porridge(Pat Juk) in winter(Dong Ji)? Remember if you want to give toks to others it should be Si Ru ones. They will always be appreciated.  |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I had to explain that ddeok is given to people when moving as a part of Korean culture..... |
I'm glad you could teach Koreans a bit about Korean culture  |
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jjurabong
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Has anyone ever made stuff for their neighbors |
My first Christmas in Korea, my roomate and I had a potluck. We cooked a chicken, and lots of veggies. So I brought some to our building security guard, and our local super who had given us lots of "service" over the year.
I don't know if they liked it or not, but bringing it made me feel like an angel. 
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| kylehawkins2000 wrote: |
| The 100th day celebration is a pretty big deal here. It comes from the times when there was not as much food and a very high rate of infant mortality. If a child lived 100 days it meant he/she was likely going to live.....many babies died within the first 100 days of life. |
I didn't even know the day my kid turned 100 days. We didn't do anything special. I am pretty much thinking for the 1yr thing I won't do anything special either. Seems like a waste of money to me, renting some place and inviting a ton of people just to see my kid drooling and whining. They can come over to the house anytime to see that 
My kid is half Korean btw.
Any other people with half korean kids skip that 1yr party? |
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