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Last Friday night I  with Brian, Claire and their Conversation Partner, Dohoun. It was a great night, which included getting to know in depth more about a culture in which I will probably be immersed in the next couple of years (South Korea) as well as exposing Dohoun to a Tallahassee staple - First Friday! We started off the night at Claire's home. Take note of how I referred to it as a home and not a house, place, or pad. It's extremely quaint and cute and feels just like a little home. We drank wine, listened to vinyl, and talked about some things that were different in South Korea. I think the funniest tid-bit that we picked up from the conversation was the differences is the "club scene". In South Korea, there are some clubs where the men sit down, and women are LITERALLY dragged by the wrist to the men by bouncers at the club. The men then tip the bouncers, who will bring more women who are attractive relative to the size of the tip they received. We were all laughing at how absurd this sounded, but Dohoun insisted that the women wanted to be treated like this - "they wouldn't be there if they didn't want it to happen." Once we got to First Friday we walked around and watched a couple bands play as well as checked out a couple of art exhibits. It was great getting to know Dohoun in more depth and pick his brain about a country in which I am most likely going to move to. We discussed many things about Korean history, and he informed me that Japan ruled Korea as early as 100 years ago. We also talked about the relations between North and South Korea. He said that for him personally, he has nothing against North Koreans and he actually feels that there is a sense of brotherhood between the people of both North and South Korea. It is only the politics of the governments that get in the way of there being a healthy, prosperous relationship between the two countries. Dohoun hopes that one day the two will reunite in harmony, but he doesn't foresee this happening in his life time. Lastly we talked about food. I told him about a famous South Korean movie which I loved called Oldboy and how during one of the scenes the main character eats a live squid. I mentioned to him that I wanted to try this and he said that he personally has and that it is rumored to increase your "stamina." He also told me about how they serve dog in South Korea, usually in soup, and how this also increases your "stamina." I plan on eating a bunch of great food if and when I move to South Korea, but live squid and dog might take some courage to attempt!