Happy Valentines Day!

MaLt- · Tourist Joined: Feb 08, 2005 Posts: 12

Happy Hearts day everyone!

how do u say Happy Valentines Day in Korean?

french_vanilla · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

Happy Valentine's day for you too !!!!!

actually, we don't have any word for valentine's day
the way we celebrate it is quite different.
on this day the girls give chocolates to the guyz who they like
and there is White day on 14th of march and on that day, guyz give candies to the girls.
i guess white day is only korean stuff and is a very commercial trick from those companies which make candies.. watever. but yeah that's the way we celebrate

the funny thing is since valentine's day and white day were made and became so popular, all the other companies want to use this trick to the young, so 14th of every month has the name.
can't remember all of them but like there're rose day, kiss day, cookie day etc
some young girls celebrate them but not as much as valentine's and white day .
with valentine's day and white day, pepero day is famous.

there is a famous korean snack, called pepero and it's a rod-shaped snack. that's why the day is 11th of november.

it's 11th month, 11th day. 1111 ->rod-shaped lol
apparently it's the trick of the pepero company but it gets great income on november

so.. hope this helps you to learn about one of the korean teen cultures !!!!

Zenridge · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks French Vanilla, my girlfriend recently told me about white day and i thought she said wife day lol, but now i know its white, best i go get them candies, she gave me chocolates already.

Didn't know about the others, but thanks for the info its quite interesting, I'm sure we would have many more if we let the companies get away with it, kinda sad what they try just to get people to part with their money.

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Asthmatic_Ant · Korean Linguist Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 158

Nah, in Japan its the same as Korea, the girls give boys chocolates on Feb 14th, and the guys give girls chocolates on March 14th. I did rather well this year Very Happy

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darkmafiaguy · Tourist Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 17

lol i got chocolate from my korean friends 2day..all the other girls didnt give much..it make sense now..

and i have more krn friends and like no jap friends that are girls..it all fits in
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french_vanilla · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:42 am Post subject:

i'm sooooooooo glad that this info helps u guys to understand korea !!

COOLNESS !!!! Razz

and i got the info too about japan lol thanx guyz

Lostintranslation · Tourist Joined: Feb 13, 2005 Posts: 13

damit... the girls at my work all told me , since your american you have to get us chocolates on Valentines day. Didnt think much of it so got my nu-na's some big ones and the rest small stuff. They better not tell me, now since your in Korea on white day you have to get us more chocolates.
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mai_anne · Beginner Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Canada

we sort of do the same in my school. the guys annonymously buy a girl a cupcake then the people incharge of the cupcakes give them to the girls on valentines day. And in march its the girls turn. I'm happy i got one though. Smile

Nexus · Tourist Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Sweden

I don't intend to be a true jackass now, but I hate Valentine's Day. All it does is making lonely guys and girls feel even more lonely, and people who are not lonely, even more appreciated, and I hate that for the sake of the poor lonely guys and girls.
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darkmafiaguy · Tourist Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 17

thats why it is also known as "single awareness day"
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Asthmatic_Ant · Korean Linguist Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 158

I never used to be a great fan of Valentines Day, just another day when I had to spend MORE money! But now I'm in Japan and on the receiving end it's all good. Laughing

It's a nice feeling getting heaps of chocolate from lots of cute girls. Wink

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Zenridge · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:

well and this goes to specifically goes to Nexus, 8if you think its bad being single try being totally in Love and yet your girlfriend, a korean, is in korea and you are stuck, as i am in england with no hope of seing her till May trust me if i did not love and worship her as much as i do, i would prefer to be single especially on that day!
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Nexus · Tourist Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Sweden

Zen, if I had a girlfriend in Korea and lived in Europe, I would consider each day away from her to be a painful, not just certain days because people happen to give away flowers on that day. Also, I almost think you can consider yourself to be lonely in this case, since you are physically lonely, if you know what I mean.
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Zenridge · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:40 am Post subject:

i know what you mean, it is very hard, but she is coming back soon by the sounds of things Very Happy

, and we speak every day for as much time as we can.
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