화이트데이 - reverse Valentine’s Day in Korea (White Day)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009I’m not entirely comfortable with the name of this holiday. I mean, I’m probably absolutely looking too far into the name of White Day as something bad, but I digress.
Actually, in a different ranting vein, seems that all the holidays on the 14th of each month are kind of like Love Day. White day is another one of these holidays seemingly made by the chocolate companies in order to entice people to buy sweets and candies.
On this particular demi-holiday, men give chocolate sweets to their girlfriends to let them know nothing has changed and you’re still just as cute as you were the day we met although now that i think about it you don’t try as much anymore, you make me feel bad for hanging out with my drinking buddies, and you boss me around more than your little brother but oh well you still like them.
As you can imagine, this day can get a little repetitious for older couples. Just like in America, married couples might exchange more expensive gifts on such couple days to keep with the spirit of the day without resorting the same gift as last year.
White Day should be a fun day and it’s one of the more noticeable 14th holidays (as opposed to Kiss Day - nope, I didn’t make that one up). This day is also quite predictably a couple day much like Christmas in Korea. But for those of you who get shucked on March 14th, hold your innermost emo-ness for 30 more days to celebrate how miserable you really are that you’re not alone on Black day with other dateless bums single friends.
See you in a month, fellow Black Dayers.
Jaded much? Thoughts?
Posted by Matthew in How Koreans Do It, Korean Holiday |
March 10th, 2009 at 9:19 am
… Kiss Day? There’s seriously a Kiss Day? HAHAH what do you do for that one? And if you did make that up, well, when I take over the world I’ll be sure to make sure Kiss Day becomes official.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
June 14th. believe it.
March 10th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
HAHAH I’ll have to make sure I find somone to kiss in a couple of months then.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:58 am
My fave is “Hug a Korean Day”. Saw it on facebook soomewheere.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:21 am
You sound bitter Matthew. Wowowow!
March 14th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Wow, I absolutely LOVE that photo you got for this entry! I gotta steal it and use it somewhere…
And I’m with you Matthew… I much prefer Black Day. I hate forced displays of affection… >
March 15th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Nice post Matthew. I totally agree - if there’s one thing that it’s ok to be bitter about it’s holidays invented by sweet companies.
Girls also complain as they usually only get given sweets on this day where men get chocolate on valentines day (and everyone prefers chocolate to sweets right…? I know I do anyway).
Bomb English dealt with this subject here too in their last episode here http://www.bombenglish.com/2009/02/14/%ED%8F%AD%ED%83%84%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4-18-valentines-day/
Unfortunately the project has been put on hold indefinitely as Michael is too much of a busy bee with his other projects at the moment ㅠ.ㅠ
March 24th, 2009 at 5:40 am
[…] My personal experience on the subject is lacking and although I write in a fairly sarcastic tone, in real life I usually wear my heart on my sleeve - I have been known to shed a few tough guy tears (despite total lack of toughguyness). However, dating is a complicated subject no matter the country/culture. My perspective is from a specific age bracket and includes a very specific group of people - a mid-to-late 20s American male looking for a Korean female. That alone biases my viewpoint - Korean women (like any other) look at me with different eyes than say a Korean guy of similar background, age, and physical features. This multicultural difference is especially present in Korea and has more ways to interpret than I care to try. It’s a sociocultural beast I dare not disturb. […]