Today, one of my roommates went back to China. Yesterday night, we laid on grass of the center square to drink, talk and sing, in order to memory that moment we will never forget. After today’s farewell lunch, he left. I once wanted to skip my last class in KU so that I could see him off at the haven, but finally I gave up. I just turned back with a slight “good-bye”. I know it won’t be easy to see again so I tried to hide away from the sadness. It’s not the first time to make farewell and it won’t be the last. We live in our own cycles while many people pass by, together with the bless. So let me just say good-luck instead of good-bye; friendship makes us together as if we were yesterday.

After a few days, I will leave Seoul also, going back to my hometown. When I first arrived at this new country and new city, I found here nothing special with Shanghai. All the sceneries were similar, only with the words’ difference. Now if I am asked to choose which city I want to stay, I will still choose Shanghai, definitely. It’s my hometown, the one where I was born and lived for such a long time. No other place around the world could be said better than it. But Seoul is also unique. It’s the first place where my first experience of getting abroad belongs to. It cannot be substituted. So when it comes to leaving, everything seems to be difficult. There are so many places I want to see while the time is so limited. Whether will I come back again is never certain, just as the life should be, but I hope it will not be the last time to feel the familiar ground here under my feet.

—— 2006.6.17

저는 고려대학교 교환학생이에요.
2006년2월21일에 중국에서 한국까지왔어요.
여기서 친구하고도 혼자도 많이구경했어요.
그리고 한국말을 학교에서 공부했어요.
이쩨 혼자 시장에서 쇼핑할 수 있어요.
한국음악, 음식과 영화배우를 아주 좋아해요.
2006년6월21일에 중국까지 가요.
그래서 요즘 기분이 너무 슬퍼요.

—— 2006.6.18