Pepero Day

I'm sure you're thinking to yourself, "what is Pepero?" Or if you're anything like my mother, you assume it's the Korean word for "veteran"since you all were celebrating that wonderful holiday around the same time. No, Pepero is a chocolate or strawberry covered wafer stick. In America, we call them "Pockey." Yes, Korea has a holiday dedicated completely to this delicious snack, and the students love it (as do I). So, Friday before work, Teaven and I walked across the street to the supermarket and stocked up on boxes of pepero to give out to our students. From what I understand, the person who looks most like a pepero is supposed to give it to everyone else. I assume that means whoever is the tallest and skinniest. Even though we didn't fit this category, we still bought pepero for our students, and it was so fun to receive it from them as well. The moment the students arrived at school, I began to hear, "Teacher, give me pepero. Teacher, pepero please." And so it began... and did not end until the last student walked out the door. So fun.

This is all the pepero I received. I was the selfish one who kept all of mine for this picture. Teaven gave all of his away by the end of the day.

The strawberry flavor is by far my favorite.