Sunday, November 11, 2007

Pepero Day

Quoted from Wikipedia:

Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's 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" (Pepero means "thin like a stick"). However, it is more likely it was initiated by Lotte, the company which produces Pepero.

So last week boxes of Pepero, in various colors, shapes, and sizes decorated the shops all over Korea. I personally don't really like Pepero's taste because somewhat it's too sweet. But this would be our last Pepero Day in Korea so this year I bought one huge box of almond pepero for Hiro.



Happy Pepero Day (^_____^)

3 comments:

Benny Suryanto said...

Ohh..itu anamanya Pepero ya?..Stick stick begitu..enak nih. Kok gedenya se-Iki hehehe.

Vivi said...

HIIIHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Iki kok cek lucune puol tooohhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Moet, ganti aku yang pengen CIUM iki!!! huahahahaha...(tenang, aku bisa tahan diri kok, gak kaya orang2x korea....hihihi)

imoet said...

Nova,
Di Jepang namanya Pocky, Nov. Enak kok. Sekali makan gak isa mandeg :p

Vivi,
Kalo kamu udah cuci tangan ama kumur2, boleh kok cium hihihihi