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notes from the dorm

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The Halloween weekend came and went and my university did not disappoint. It had a range of activities, including dances, trips to mazes and 'trick or eating' dorm parties.

My friends and I had been looking forward to this event for weeks as we slowly got through the midterms.

I was the most prepared, buying my costume three months in advance during the summer. While I was in Tokyo I vowed to buy a Lolita costume.

Over the years, I had seen so many variations of this romantic style of costume and was intent on going all out this year.

However, I forgot to take into account that people in Canada do not speak 'Asian' so explaining my costume was quite a challenge.

Most people thought I was dressed as a French maid, otherwise they had no idea.

My favourite interpretation was that I was a Harajuku (Japanese street fashion) girl so I ended up telling everybody that's what I was. It was much simpler to explain.

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