Sharon, my roommate during training week, studied Women's Studies at X three years ago. She and I hung out a bit last week but we didn't really get to know each other to well. I wasn't so sure if we had much in common. Last night I was bored so I took the subway to the downtown area and met Sharon for beer at a jazz bar eighteen floors up(the view was amazing), and I was thrilled to discover that we're both shocked and awed by the same things in Korea(namely the beauty culture). Sharon wants to do her Masters in Women's Studies in Halifax but before that she plans on studying comedy writing at Second City in Chicigo.
Obviously Sharon rules.
I'm pretty excited to meet someone with somewhat similar interests and before we left she convinced me to borrow on of her favorite books-The Female Eunuch, by Germaine Greer. This weekend I'm venturing in to Seoul to check out this weird Eastern spa where little fish eat your dad skin cells and then I'm going to meet fellow Islander Dave Mahloney for dinner. On Saturday Sharon and I are going to meet up and go to a Women's Studies Film Festival that's taking place in Seoul. I'm not sure what to expect from a Korean Women's Studies Film Festival but I think it will be pretty interesting!
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