This past weekend, I participated in the Seoul 2008 bilingual presentation of the Vagina Monologues. While I wasn't able to perform a monologue due to my absence from the country during most practices, I was still able to introduce 4 of the monologues and get to know an absolutely incredible group of individuals! There were about 30 women and 3 men involved in the production.
Saturday, we had a 4 hour practice before dinner and the performance. We had a sold out show on Saturday filling 500 seats and a crowd of 350 on Sunday. It was an incredible turnout for an incredible show AND we sold out of chocolate vaginas. We raised money for the Dasi Hamkke center which is an organization that helps women who have been affected by sex trafficking.
After Saturday's performance, one of the girls let me crash at her place, so we dropped off my stuff and then met up with Noelle, Margaret, and Jambo (a super nice Korean friend of theirs/Noelle's bf) to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Wolfhound, an Irish pub. It was packed! I drank green beer for the first time in my life!! We danced and drank and had an incredible time!
Oh, so, afterward, I made them go get food with me because I was SO hungry...even though we were also all exhausted. There were two other Korean guys who we met in the bar who came with us and a guy from Canada named James. James was entirely too creepy for my taste. He kept staring at Noelle and speaking directly to her and ignoring everyone else who was at the table. He would say, "You're the prettiest, smartest girl I have met since I came to Korea." I was like, "That's great, buddy, but she has a bf...WHO IS SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM HER." We were all getting fed up with him. Finally, I was like, "Get the hell out of here. It's time for you to leave." He had already ordered...so I made him pay for his food and said it was nice to meet him but that it was time for him to go. He said it was horrible to meet me....and I ignored him. Oh, he was such a jerk. My friend thanked me the next day for taking care of the him. Apparently the Korean guys who were with us from the bar thought James was a friend of ours. Nope! We were out until about 5:30AM. I had to find my way back to the apartment of the girl from the Vagina Monologues. She found me earlier in the night to ask if it was ok if she went home with her bf. Ha! So, I had to find my way up a few creepy alleys to an apartment I had only been to once. Guess what! Success! I didn't have to sleep on the street. I tried to get Margaret to stay with me, but she wouldn't. Instead she found a jimjilbang nearby. Noelle and her bf had to take about an hour taxi ride back to where they had to go.
Sunday, the performance was in the afternoon instead of at night. I wasn't going to stay for the after party, but Angela invited me to crash at her place for the night. I technically don't have school on Mondays currently, so I stayed. Angela, Joe (Angela's bf), Anna, and I went to a restaurant to meet up with quite a few of their friends. We ate falafel at a Palestinian restaurant, and it was AMAZING! We then went to the after party; we rented out the top floor of RMT in Itaewon. I played darts with Joe and talked to random people for a while.
It got a little out of hand when people started taking body shots off of one another. One of the only guys was basically picked up and laid down on the bar so his gf could lick salt off of his chest for a tequila shot. I felt so bad for him; he was turning bright red. And last but not least, one of the women decided that it would be an incredible idea to lick salt off of another girl's nipple before taking a tequila shot. Shortly after, the four of us decided to head back because we were all exhausted.
I headed out at 8:00 and took a 9:20 bus back to Wonju and then took a taxi straight to school. Like I said, I don't have to teach on Mondays currently, but it feels strange not to be at school when all of the other teachers have to be there. So, I go.
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