NeaR the End

It's unbelievable how times fly so fast when you are not looking. My time here in South Korea felt like such a long time when I first got here but now, it's only 1 day left til I go home. It's sad. I felt like I've made a life here in S. Korea...school, friends, my favorit restaurant, the cheapest place to shop...this chapter of my life is really closing.

Like I said before, South Korea feels like a "moment in time" where I got away from the realities of life for just a moment, and now I'm forced back into the worrying-about-my-future- plans again. Here, in South Korea, I can relax and learn how to appreciate and observe things that are happening around me. At home, I'm so caught up in school and family that I lose myself. It' s funny how it takes going miles away from home and comfort zone to find yourself.

Walking the path I took to school everyday, riding the blue bus 171, and walking the steep stairs of Yonsei brings a "wuff...back to waking up 5 minutes before class, wearing sandles and running over, and still be 2 minutes early" kinda of feeling. But then, I'm going to miss the pond with the goldfish, or the ahjumanies stealing acorns, and definately sense of style (heels....hehe). I've made great friends here in South Korea. The saddest part about leaving is saying goodbye to the people that you've gotten to know deeply. Goodbye is the hardest words to say because you'll never know when you'll meet again.

Finals is done and over with! The most stressful final was Korean Language oral examination. Wow....!! It was just dang hard. I'll be so nervous for it that I won't pay attention to the writing exam until my oral is done with. Yep...it's that bad. I adore my Korean language professor. I realized that she was the only one that knew our study habbits, our personalities, etc. We see her everyday for two hours- and it's sad because out of all the people here in Korea, she probably knew me the most.

The thing I love about S. Korea is that students can have hang out with the prefessors. The professors actually invite you to have tea, lunch or dinner with them. Some of the students even went to a prof's wedding. Now how cool was that. I and a classmate went for a brunch with my Modern History Korean prof and then my whole Korean Langauge class went out to dinner with our Korean Language professor at an Indian restaurant in Sinchon. It's cool to see the profs out of their teaching norms and just be people with the students. Profs' personalities here are so very cute. Everything about S. Korea is very cute! The interesting part about taking exams here in S. Korea is that the prof don't show up for the exam itself but has a random student give out the test. An exam day is like a prof's day off! So the sucky part of it is that if we have questions while taking the exam then basically we must fend for ourselves.

It's sad, so sad. One more day left in S. K.