Cafe Seoul Episode #6: Holidaze
3 months since the first episode of Cafe Seoul and this time they tackle the many unique holidays in Korea. By the way, when I say many, I literally mean many. 100th day of everything... Valentine's Day... Black Day... White Day... (insert occasion) Day. When I was in high school, I used to have a Korean classmate who was more excited than I was when it was the 100th day between my then boyfriend and I. I didn't get it then (and still don't now) but I'm sure there are Singaporean events that she doesn't get either. Remember in my previous post about Cafe Seoul, I mentioned that they tell you about the cultures and stuff... So... SEEEEE!! Case in point! You don't need to want to go the Korea to tune in too. Let's just say you date a beautiful, radiant young Korean lady and you forget the 200th day since the first time you kissed her - she might rear her furious ugly head at you. By the way I just went to google a few holidays that are unique to Korea and found some rather... amusingly interesting ones.
August 14th - Green Day South Korean couples dress in green and take time to visit Mother Nature on Green Day. They go hiking, take a leisurely walk in a park or engage in other activities related to nature. For those who do not have a significant other, this is the day when partner-less single men and women drown their sorrows at being loveless by drinking soju, a drink that comes in a green bottle. That just sounds like an excuse to drink more than usual.
Confession Day - 17 September So guys use this day to confess to girls and vice versa and if you two actually get together, your 100th day would be Christmas which instantly makes it more romantic. Well, to begin with, Christmas is romantic anyway.
Movie Day – November 14 Couples are encouraged to go out and see a movie together on this day. But since there are no rules to this celebration, catching a flick at home is probably acceptable, too. In my life, probably every day is movie day. I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT MOVIES AND TV SHOWS. Woop!!
Cafe Seoul tells us more about the other days that are rather um... (for the lack of a better word) bizarre. Like Samgyeopsal Day, Pepero Day, Yellow Day, Kiss Day, Silver Day, Peaches Day and.... Left Shoe Day...? Tune in to find out more!
Ok, but anyway it's alot more fun to join in and celebrate such occasions (if you're invited to celebrate it) than trying to understand it. So... if you're in Seoul, just go ahead and enjoy yourself! Of course, not leaving out the rest of the Cafe Seoul crew featured in this episode; Over-thinking Jeff, Babara Oh, the staff of the Korean Board of Tourism (BOKT), the teachers from the hagwon and Idea Man makes an appearance in place he's not supposed to at! You can listen to them from the iBlug website here and also subscribe to their podcast on iTunes here!
We've got the Californian Surfer and the Georgia Peach
We're from all over and we're here to teach
We've got the Aussie from the Down Under and the Happy Canuck
But the job sometimes makes you wanna say f............
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