11 Nov is a special day for couples in Korea??

Heyo... Sorry have not been updating my blog wif exciting or fun stories nowadays...

And once again another backdated blog.... hehe... and more to come... Had a busy yet fun wk.... so stay tune to my backdated blog!!

Yes, back to my topic.... Do any of you know what day is 11 Nov? Apparently people in both Korea and China celebrate this day.... erm... not exactly a BIG day that its a public holiday or so bt just that its quite cute and something funny happened so decided to log it here...

It is known as "빼빼로 날" (pronounced as BAE BAE RO) in Korea... So what exactly is 빼빼로 날?? 빼빼로 is a kind of tibit, long and thin stick normally coated with chocolate, strawberry etc (we called them Pokky sticks in Sg). As quoted from my teacher this is a day where single guys will declare their love to the gals they admire... It is yet another gimmick made up by Lotte company to earn more profit...

Why do they choose to name it 빼빼로 and why on 11 Nov? Erm... a smart thinking... simply because if you write 11 Nov in numeric it will be 11-11 which looked exactly like 빼빼로 and it resembles singles. I was told by my China friends that they have similar day in China too... And its quite popular....

So to me, to Koreans this is a day where single celebrates and Valentine day is a day where couple celebrates... Its so busy in Korea and so many days to remember... hahaa....

So I didnt really take it to heart or memorise the day until closer to the date, I started seeing beautiful packagin of 빼빼로 out in every convenient store. The packaging were really very nice and you got to see so many variety of 빼빼로 ranges from big ones just like a baseball bat to the normal pokky size... There were cute ones with cartoon characters etc and most of all the packaging r really so beautiful which you just want to buy and keep....

So just someday before me, junwoo, hakki and tiff walked into a convenient store and I saw this very cute packaging which I wanted to buy and keep but was then dragged out of the store without buying by Hakki... Me totally in a blur state not knowing why he dun allow me to buy the cute 빼빼로 for keeping sake.

So on 11 Nov, Junwoo had to work so we didnt get to meet... but truely speakin I forgotten that it was 빼빼로 day until Junwoo called when he ended his work and told me that he was sorry that he was busy and it was 빼빼로 day... but we MUST meet the next day...

Thought that its only a day for singles so I didnt understand why he insisted to meet the following day to celebrate a belated 빼빼로 day... haha ... just told him if he finished his work early tomorrow then we shall meet...

So we meet up on 12 Nov and he brought me a 빼빼로... I was kind of surprize and asked him isnt it a day for singles? He then explained that its Korean Valentine day!! Almost fainted when I argued him isnt it a day for singles only, as I believed what my teacher had said??

Hence after that then I realised why he keep apolgnizing the day before that he was too busy and insisted on meeting the next day no matter wat.... haha Cute.... and man what wrong information my teacher gave to us...!?! It got me all confused and I even asked the auntie of my boarding house wat is 빼빼로 day?! So which means Koreans celebrated 빼빼로 day and Valentine day too.... Busy ah busy!

Hey so guy if you wan to see varies pokky sticks you can try visiting Korea closer to 11 Nov... Hahah its a spectacular sight which will not b introduced in normal Korea tourist guide bk....