빼빼로 데이 - Pepero Day

Its been a while since ive updated, so its time to make up for that by telling you about what happens in Korea on the eleventh of November. Instead of paying our respect to war veterens, observing a minute of silence, and generally having a thoughtful, humble day, Koreans enjoy giving chocolate covered sticks of cookie to one another. These things are called 빼빼로 or we might know them as "pocky"s



I told my teachers about what we do in Australia on this day and I found it amusing that they had to tell me that unlike thanksgiving or korea day or other important days in Korea, Pepero Day IS NOT a traditional Korean holiday! I was shocked! You mean that people buying candy for each other is just a genius marketing campaign and has nothing to do with the Fabric of Korea?? It literally is just a day designed to make people buy as many of these things as possible, and it bloody well works.

So this is an important day in the life of a teacher as you get a definitive answer as too just how popular you are. If you get none, you pretty much know for sure that your kids hate you. But if you cant fit them all in your bag before you go home, its a good indication. Im happy to report that i was somewhere in between of the two extremes, leaning a little more to the good side. I would rate it as sufficiently popular.