daeboreum is a national korean holiday. it is the first full moon of the year for the chinese lunar calendar. we celebrate it by doing some events like having a special breakfast and greeting people by saying some special words. we also eat some nuts which have a hard skin.. like walnut or chestnut.
later in the evening i went out with my nephews. they played with some cans with fire inside and then later we went for ice skating where i fell really hard and hurt my back a little. doh
Valentine’s Day in Korea is a bit different than the North American tradition. on february 14th, women are supposed to give chocolate to the men. then on march 14th the men are supposed to return the favour and that day is called White Day. then on april 14th, the men who did not get anything on february 14th get together and eat jajangmyun and this day is called Black Day.
sikander sent me lots of stuff.. lucky me ^_^. take a look. maple syrup, trident gum, twisted straws, kinder bueno, ferrero roche, a very nice card, and a very nice teddy bear sitting in water which i have to hide from my niece otherwise she would steal it. there is a small wheel under the teddy bear heart water ball and if you turn it, it looks like this. best of all, i got Chicken Little sunglasses which i will definitely wear to work everyday.
thanks thanks for an early valentine’s day gift. now sikander, according to korean tradition you have to send me something on march 14th. and guess what, you’ll have to find a restaurant in canada that has jajangmyun. start looking ok? :):)
while sikander was having fun in ottawa with his ottawa number 1,2,3,4,5…., i went out with my friend sunny to have fire chicken at a restaurant. it is a very very spicy chicken dish. its name in korean is booldak but we call it fire chicken. the restaurant serves it with fish cakes so we can calm our tongue when eating the spicy chicken. it was delicious but oh my god, so very spicy. i had tears in my eyes and my face was all red. i don’t think i will be having it again anytime soon. this person had the same experience when eating fire chicken. here is some more information but it is all in korean: 1 and 2
also, on the way to the restaurant, we saw a sign for a “Modern Toilet” and we went inside to see what a modern toilet is like. it wasn’t so impressive at all. in fact, it was even a bit disappointing.
