Two Dollar Bill Brings Good Luck to South Koreans

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Two Dollar Bill Brings Good Luck to South Koreans

TaraPopp on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 5:03PM

Let’s get one thing straight first: Yes, I live in South Korea, but I’m affiliated with the US military bases scattered around the peninsula, and so I have access to American moola.

With that said, I am now a proud and happy owner of a $2 bill, and I type this with a big smile on my face. See, the military bases do not use pennies except at post offices (thank goodness, I suppose), and $2 are something of a rarity to many people here. Including me. My mother has one, but she refuses to let me have hers. Ever since her blunt refusal, I’ve been dying to have a $2 of my own. More »

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Begone Evil Spirits! Fear the Power of Pat!

TaraPopp on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:45PM

I just learned a new tradition a couple of days ago. Apparently, sometime around December (I’m guessing it’s dealing with the Lunar calendar), there’s a day dedicated to eating “pat gooksoo,” aka azuki bean noodles, in Korea. While I was aware of how my mother seems to have a thing for these noodles every year, I wasn’t aware of the reasoning behind it.

The subject line says it all. My mother told me last night to eat a few mouthful of those “pat-paste covered noodles” so a ghost will not haunt my living body and soul. Since I’m not superstitious like her, I just rolled my eyes at that ridiculous idea. However, I humoured her and ate some. While it does taste good, I am not a much of a fan of pat. I do like it in bungeobbang and in patbingsoo, though!

So, everyone, eat some pat once in awhile to ward off evil spirits, ghosts, or whatever the heck you want to call those supernatural beings.

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