Friday the 13th

In South Korea the "bad number" is 4. Sometimes when you ride an elevator up into a building there is no 4th floor, or you simply have an alternate symbol.

Today, Friday the 13th, I tried to explain to my students, is a very unlucky day in some western countries. Some of them understrood; they knew about black cats, etc.

But it is Friday, and to me a good day, and students don't have to go to public schools tomorrow (they go 2 Saturdays a month), so they are happy too.

Plus Valentine's Day is tomorrow, so I got and gave chocolate today. (Though, technically, in asia, women give chocolate to men on Feb. 14th, and then, on "White Day", March 14th (?), men give chocolate to women.)