What's that you ask? What's Pepero?
Behold! The mighty and great snack of all ages!
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?
--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!
After that we played K-POPtionary (think charades, but with K-POP). So fun! Maybe you should play too!
