Happy Valentine’s Day All. Yes the Koreans do celebrate many of the same holidays as we do back in the States. However, there are some differences, for example: generally only the men receive gifts on Valentine’s Day. And yes, I did receive quite a lot of candy from my female students. It was very nice. Don’t worry ladies; you have a day as well, its called White Day. This is the day that women receive gifts from men. Also, we can’t forget about those of us that are single, we celebrate Black Day. Basically, this is where we go home by ourselves and eat 5 gallons of ice cream while sitting on our couches, but, if it happens to fall on a weekend it's usually one of the biggest bar nights of the year. Everything is still going well and I hope to get outside of
14 February 2007
Valentine's Day
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The Japanese have a similiar practice actually. The girls give chocolate to the guy that they like. And at some point later, the gut is supposed to 'choose' one of the girls or something like that. I'm a little hazy on how it works cuz I was half asleep at the time I was learning about it. Anyway....
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I eat 5 gallons of chocolate ice cream every day. I'm so pathetic! Take lots of pictures out there. Whens a good time to come over? Will you still be there during the first of the year in 2008?
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