Hey guys! Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving break! I did. I love sleep. =u= So today we started off with showing you all the International Week suggestions we've had thus far.

Tonight is the last day to suggest songs!!!! Today, as in TUESDAY 11/27/12. We have International Week sign ups coming up so be sure to come to future meetings. Just a little quick reminder, if you want to participate in future events YOU MUST BE A MEMBER, (International Week, cooking bays, giveaways, etc.) Now that that's out of the way...We then showed TVXQ's Humanoids MV. OPPA. OMFG SO BEAUTFIUL. (Btw I'm a Cassie. hehe If you don't know what a Cassie is, I'm sorry you can't be my friend anymore. NAAAH JK)

I taught you lovelies how to say "I miss you" or literally "I want to see you." in Korean. There isn't a literally meaning for the word "miss" but it's more of the context that means it instead. Well it was "Bogoshipoyo" 보고 싶어요. You can copy and paste that baby into this link and hear in computerized Korean! :D Hooray internet!The Korean language seems very literal in what I've noticed and learned (not any formal kind of learning though). If you listen to SNSD's Gee there's a line in the chorus where they sing "Neomu banjjak banjjak nuni busyeo No No No No No" and it translates into "So bright so bright My eyes are blinded no no no no no" Notice that the word "nuni" means eyes. Now take notice that the word water is "mul" okay? Put them together and you get "nunmul" or "numuri". This word you heard so often in sad Kpop songs means "tears" or even literally EYE WATER. EYE WATER YOU GUYS, as in teardrops! Get it? Get it? In B1A4's MV "Tried to Walk" at around 2:10 you'll see the word "nunmuri" and see what I mean.

Sarah gave us a little insight on Korean dating via Simon and Martina~ Since high school students in Korea spend a vast majority studying (almost 14 hours!) every day, there isn't much socializing like here in North America. They usually wouldn't go into a bar and ask, "AYYY GUURL CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK?" They're just kind of...awkward. In Korean dramas, you'll see them go out on blind dates and such because maybe they're too awkward or shy to say anything. If you want to know more click on the above link~
We ended our meeting with 3 MVs Juniel - Bad Man, B1A4 - Tried to Walk, and Kim Sungkyu (from Infinite) 60 Seconds.

Have a nice week! No school on Friday!
- Monique Nguyen 
Korean Club President

We opened up the meeting with Son Dam Bi's long awaited comeback song "Tears Are Falling"

After, our very own vice president, Yen Nhi, gave us a recap of her experience at the SBS Concert last Saturday.

FYZZED orders also arrived today and our members are now snug and warm and all decked out in K-POP gear!

Moving on to International Week...
We showed last year's performance.

We also passed around a piece a paper for song suggestions and interest list for this year's International Week performance. 

What's that you ask? What's Pepero?

Pepero (빼빼로) is a cookie stick, dipped in chocolate syrup, manufactured by Lotte Confectionery (est. 1983). It is very similar to Pocky, a Japanese snack food, introduced in 1966 and produced by Glico, but hey they all taste good!

As of 2007, Pepero has been sold in 10 different flavors: regular or chocolate, strawberry-flavored, almond chocolate, nude (chocolate in the center), nude lemon cheese, cocoa, soft, cheese, "Woman in White" and "Man in Black", and chocolate covered pretzel sticks.

In case you were curious (YEEEAAAAH), Pepero Day is on November 11th (which is this Sunday!) because it resembles four Pepero sticks when written numerically (11/11). How cool is that? Anyway, Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea that's very similar to Valentine's Day. This contrived holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exhange Pepero sticks, other candies, and other romantic gifts. According to one story, Pepero Day was started in 1994 by students at a girls' middle school in Busan, where they exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero".
--ULTRA FUN FACT TIME! 
Did you know that Lotte does about 55% of their Pepero business in November every year?

Okay, moving onto other matters, we opened up the meeting with SM's dance sub-group Younique and their title track, "Maxstep".

Then, we played Girl's Day's comeback song "Don't Forget Me". 

Be sure to attend the talent show to see our lovely officers Monique and Sarah sing and dance to TaeTiSeo's Twinkle! Pre-sale is $5, at-the-door is $7, so buy early!

After that we played K-POPtionary (think charades, but with K-POP). So fun! Maybe you should play too!