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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So Greg and I had our first visitor this weekend! My dad hopped across the Yellow Sea from Shanghai and stayed with us for three wonderful days. He spent some time winning over the hearts of my kindergartners (they almost wouldn’t let him leave) and we, in turn, had fun trying to impress him in Seoul—not an easy task considering he is so well traveled. Nevertheless, we think we may have succeeded on the last day with a trip to the Noryangjin fish market and a live octopus lunch. I don’t think I can adequately describe how great it was to have my dad here for the weekend, but as always, the pictures will speak for themselves:
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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Clearly, Greg and I have been playing catch-up on these blog posts so as promised, here is one on our recent trip to Seoraksan. Greg’s birthday was a few weekends ago and it happily coincided with another national holiday ( something like Memorial day, I think). We had been to Seoul and a few few places around Gyeonggi-do, but we decided to take our last few dollars and the opportunity of a long weekend and to venture a little further in to South Korea.
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