On Tuesday we arrived at work only to realize that we had missed the memo on an important (unofficial) holiday: Pepero Day. Pepero, a chocolate-covered-breadstick-type-product is the gift of choice for your friends and classmates—and lucky for us, teachers too. The ostensible purpose of this whole ordeal remains unclear, but you can think of it like a cross between Valentine’s Day and Sweetest Day, although this doesn’t even try to seem genuine; it’s 100% pure, Grade-A marketing ploy, and the Lotte conglomerate couldn’t be happier about it.
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I think it’s about time for a follow-up to our previous entry on the Korean music scene. We just can’t get away from the K-pop, and we thought if it’s driving us crazy, it should drive you crazy too.
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A couple weekends ago, we made a trip out to Seoraksan by bus. We’re going to post a more thorough account of that trip soon, but one side effect of traveling on a national holiday is the delays caused by the massive crowds of people everywhere. So, when we were ready to head home, the next available bus didn’t leave for 2 hours. Needless to say, we had a bit of time to kill.
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Cut
Like many other humans, my hair tends to get longer over time and needs cutting every once in a while; I knew this time would come sooner or later, though I put it off as long as I could. Yesterday I finally bit the bullet and headed down to Lotte Mart (our local mega-store that offers a wide, but somehow not wide enough array of products and services—groceries: yes, appliances: yes, hair salon: yes, chairs: no) to give it a whirl. My fear was that, like so many men I see on the street, I would leave looking like either Kim Jong-Il or Rain. (There’s one guy at work who’s sidestepping the issue and taking this opportunity to grow out his hair. I think most of you know that’s not a very good look for me…)
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One thing about KoC that we have a love/hate relationship with is their desire to thoroughly photograph and document certain events like cooking class, field trips, and birthday parties. It’s kind of a pain when they barge into class with a camera and want every kid to pose (and I mean every kid, so their parents have proof), but on the other hand, they load some of the photos up on the staff computer so we get some great shots of our cute kids.
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