2007 - year of the Golden Pig

whoa!! there are just so many interesting news on the newspapers nowadays.... apparently south korea is expecting a baby boom in 2007!! errr.... i like korean girls too... they are cute, you know? =) and i could have been a half-korean, cos my dad had a korean (from the south of course) girlfriend when he was younger... hmmm... if thats the case, i would have smaller eyes!! wahahaha....

"SEOUL - South Koreans are pinning their hopes for prosperity on the upcoming Year of the Pig - but it's bad news for condom manufacturers.

Stores are reporting a marked decline in condom sales as couples plan to have babies in an especially auspicious year, the JoongAng Daily reported on Tuesday.

GS Retail reported sales fell by 15 per cent at its convenience stores in the first 18 days of 2007 compared to the same 2006 period, the paper said.

Shinsegae's E-Mart reported a similar trend while discount store Homeplus has seen a 30 per cent decline in condom sales in the first 21 days compared to the previous year.

A Homeplus buyer was quoted as saying the drop was believed to be due to couples 'who want to make 'golden pig' babies'. The pig is cherished by Koreans as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and the origin of good fortune.

Some fortune tellers have also labelled 2007 as the year of the Golden Pig, which is said to come around only once every 600 years. The year starts on Feb 18 in South Korea."

taken from an article from straits times (23rd jan 2007)