They say that when you look at the clock and it reads 11:11, you should make a wish and for some reason it will come true. I didn't remember how I knew about this but everytime I catch the clock on that time, I would make a wish. For the last couple of years, I've been wishing for the same thing and for the same person. But as unfortunate as it is, it never came true. Everytime a hint of having that wish come true occurs, there's always another thing that gets in the way. So I decided that on 11/11/11, if nothing connected to my wish happened, I would let go of it already and accept the idea that maybe, it was never meant to come true.
On the lighter side, being here in Korea gives me a different way of celebrating 11/11/11. If you guys don't know, Koreans celebrate Pepero Day (빼빼로 데이) on this day. During this day people give Pepero sticks to each other most often couples, friends and family. Its not actually a holiday or whatever because not all Koreans acknowledge this celebration. Some thinks its just a marketing strategy of the Lotte Company (the company that sells the Pepero) or are only for couples. Anyways, since its my first time to experience this day, I thought it wouldn't hurt if I try to celebrate it to. ;) But I added a little twist in celebrating this day. Because I don't have a boyfriend to celebrate it with, and my bestfriend is miles away from me, I just treated myself for a change. Haha :) So here's how my 11/11/11 went:
I had another pancake fix breakfast at Angel-in-us cafe because I've been wanting to try that place since it opened in Yeokgok and I've heard they have great waffles (pancake places are far from here :|) so yeah, good way to start my day!
On my way back, I dropped by the convenience store to buy Pepero for some friends. If you have seen my Korea to-do List you would see that I've included in it giving out Pepero boxes today. ;)
And as the saying "Give it all away and it'll all come back to you." goes, I received Pepero boxes too from my friends and other unexpected people. I was more happier when I counted it and realized that I received 11 Peperos! Yay! So much for 11 huh? ;">
And I know its too early to buy yet, but being the eager one as always, I headed to Starbucks after class to buy myself the Starbucks 2012 planner already. I think they might ran out of stock after a few weeks so to be sure, I already got mine. Hehe I picked the half size because I don't want a bulky one anymore and it has stickers included as well so I don't have to buy separately like what I did this year. Hihihi B>
So there, that's pretty much how I spent this day. You, how did you spend your 11/11/11? ;)
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