Saying goodbye..

I really hate saying goodbye to people.. You go to another country, you make great friends, you even fall in love, and then it all just ends.

Yesterday we had a farewell barbecue for our Irish friend, John, who will be leaving us on Wednesday. He's going to the Philippines to go live on the beach as a bum. He says he's going to get his diver's license..

It was a great day. Even the weather played along beautifully. It's been cold this entire time and then yesterday when we went on the roof it was just perfect. Early this morning (it might have been last night), it started raining and it hasn't stopped once. Now that the snow is gone, the rain is starting. It goes well with my mood. At least I know for a fact I'll see my good friend John again, but saying goodbye to everyone else in 90 days, especially Brian and Jersey, is going to be awful.

Goodbyes suck.

Oh Korea..

As of 18 minutes ago I have 95 days left in Korea. I can tell you right now that I'm NOT the same person I was before I came here. Before I came to Korea I think I was a lot more naive than I am now. Now I'm a more serious (less happy) individual that will probably be a lot more cynical about anything, everything, and everyone. I don't really know if that is because of Korea or because of the people I met here. Whatever it was, I'll have to see how that affects my life when I go back to South Africa.

So far the plan is as follows:

• Go home and visit the family.
• Have meeting with my school and pay my first installment.
  
• Find an apartment in Cape Town.
• Find a job so that I can actually eat. I guess not having enough money for extravagant (read: lots of) food will make me super hot/skinny at my sister's wedding.
• Work hard, study hard!
• Save as much money as possible.
• Go to America for my road trip or for work.. We'll see what happens. If I don't make enough money I'll just put America off until I do have enough money to go. It's not as if I'm in a rush to get there anymore.
  

After that I'm not sure what will happen or what I will do. My plans never work out the way I want them to, so I'm not getting attached to any of the above mentioned plans. Except of course for the first six..