On my way from the subway station to my apartment, I picked up a cookies 'n cream ice cream bar. I'd never done that before. Now that I know they cost 500 ₩ ($0.43 USD), it won't be so easy to bypass them. I was greeted by an elderly stranger when I exited the convenience store. "Oh good! Hi!" he waved. "Hello," I smiled and waved back. And then he turned an addressed the preschool-aged boy beside him. "악수. 악수!" he instructed, pushing him toward me. The little boy looked up at me, jaw open, and stuck out his hand for me to shake. I don't imagine he was overly impressed with me, but his grandfather was pretty proud of him, and I walked home with a big, cheesy grin. Also, the cookies 'n cream bar was pretty fabulous.
Good to know! Does it change with DST?
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, no. I think they're considering observing it again in 2010.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure we are not going to start observing DST ever they love getting up in the dark to pray and go to the market.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me!
ReplyDelete...And feel free to correct me if I post anything inaccurate about Korea :)
According to wikipedia.com I might be wrong about this one. It seems like a big change to never have heard anyone talking about it. I'll have to ask my friend if she has heard anything about it.
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea observed DST from 1948 to 1951, from 1955 to 1960, and from 1987 to 1988. South Korea does not currently observe DST. As of July 29, 2009, the South Korean government is considering re-introducing daylight saving time from April 2010.