The lunch line was packed today. "People have to eat their black noodles." I'm finding it takes several sentences for me to figure out what is going on. "There is Valentine's Day, White Day, and Black Day". For a while that was all the explanation I was given. "There are a lot of single people at KIST". Imagine that. A lot of single people at a science institute. Shocking! Even in Korea where video game competitors are TV stars, scientists still struggle.
So, what exactly is Black Day? Turns out that on Valentine's day, women give men chocolate. I like the Korean version of Valentine's day, and I don't even like chocolate that much. March 14th is White Day where the men give women candies. I knew it was too good to be true. April 14th, Black Day, is for single people. "So single people celebrate today?", I asked. "Well, they eat. They eat black noodles." Doesn't seem fair to me. Fortunately, pork was in the 'dating' line.
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