27 days left! As I count the days before I bid my “see you soon(s)” with my asean, korean and  african friends, melancholy abounds me… 10 months of adventure, 10 months of pure joy and learning, 10 months of laughter and petty misunderstandings… 10 months of eye-opening lectures and dynamic group works in school…10 months of traversing the roads of korea with amazing people from different parts of the world… 10 months of love, friendship and unforgettable experiences… 10 months of living my life to the fullest… why does it have to end?

Yes, I really really want to go back home. I cannot wait to hug and kiss my family and loved ones again…

But what we have here… here in Korea, in Daejeon, in Daejeon University, in the International Dormitory… is something that I cannot put into words. It is something that transcends the boundaries of race, culture, religion and upbringing. It is something exquisite and unique… It is something that we will surely treasure for the rest of our lives.

Sara, Prof Sun Kim, Anh, Me, Anna, Jingyin and Moly (Gangnam, Seoul)

Anna, Dad and I (Christmas Day)

Anna and I (Soul Sisters) <3

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Arvin, Me, Anna and Ate Yeji (1st ever samgyeopsal meal)

My Indonesian Girlfriends (Kika, Amel and Olivia)

Star, Me, Ate Yeji and Anna (Buddies for Life)

Love you, Anh <3

Me and Ate Yeji :’)

Ate Yeji, Me, Hung, Anna and Dad (Photo Sticker Shop, Downtown Daejeon)

Touy, Anh, Nina, Me and Phaerom (Gyeongbukgung Palace, Seoul)

The Girls I lLove (L-R: Anna (Filipino), Me (Filipino), Moly (Cambodian), Olivia (Indonesian) and Amel (Indonesian); photo taken by Arie (Indonesian) at a random aisle in Lotte Department Store 6/2/12)

Anna, Me and Ate Yeji (1st snow experience in Daejeon)

Touy, Phuong, Moly, Me and Anh (Sports Day at MACC center)

Amel, Arie, Me, Dad, Din, Cris (Football field in DJU)

Touy, Oz, Percy, Khwan, Me, Bonus, Fah and Jingyin

As they say, home is where the heart is… but my experience here in Korea proved me that it is possible to have two homes at the same time… I will always be grateful with this opportunity to create beautiful friendships with these people who made me a better person….

To my ASEAN, African and Korean Friends…. Let’s seize our remaining days here in Korea!

I love you and I will forever keep our memories in my heart…

Stand up and be your best right now.

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just make sure that what you gain is worth more to you that what you lose.

Truly yours,
Ralph Waldo Emerson“

You know when you’re having a laugh and you just want to take the joke further than it need to go? I was in that mood before, but my conversational partner was not. Conflict! Except not really, I just went and listened to some Gaga.

Did you know you can get soy protein powder? I wasn’t aware of this until the other day when I was having a browse of a health store (killing time to be honest) and I spotted this soy stuff. Interesting and good news for vegetarian ballahs who want to bulk up.

Ralph Waldo Emmerson is an author I’m grateful to have heard and read of. He lived from 1803-1882 so I had a laugh when I went on one of his Facebook fan pages and saw a comment that read

“I like your poem so much..”

 This comment is a lolattack on multiple levels because

1) He has not been alive for a long time

2) “Your poem” singular? Really? Oh wait, that’s right, he only wrote one.

 3) Why would you ‘like’ something on Facebook when you clearly don’t know anything about it (and therefore don’t really like it?) and then go on to prove that point by leaving a comment highlighting the fact you are an ignoramus?

I feel like unwriting that whole last bit of this post because it’s not very nice. I called someone an ignoramus! I would backspacebackspace it but I feel like it’s more of a good reminder for me if I leave it here!

YES!

“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” -Oscar Wilde

“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.” -Oscar Wilde

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.”  -Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

(The above quotes where found at www.quotationspage.com )

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” -Audrey Hepburn

“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you”- Audrey Hepburn

“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.”- Audrey Hepburn

“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.” -Audrey Hepburn

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

(The above quotes were attained from http://thinkexist.com/quotes/audrey_hepburn/)

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils…” - Louis Hector Berlioz

“Men are like parking spots, the good ones are taken and the free ones are handicapped.” -Unknown

“Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don’t generate a lot of interest.” -Unknown

“If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?”- Unknown

(Quotes from www.coolfunnyquotes.com )

“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

“Soul meets soul on lover’s lips.” -Percy Bysshe Shelly

“A fool in love makes no sense to me. 
I only think you are a fool. If you do not love.” -Anonymous 

(The above quotes were found at http://www.romantic-lyrics.com/)

Some musings about life from moi! (You can quote me. Adorability is spelled A-D-O-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y)

The quiet woman silently digs a hole, too deep for the average male to access.

There are a lot of things our government hides from us, but at the same time there is a lot of problems we don’t tell our government about. 

Nobody likes to face the death of the realtive because it forces us to face ourselves. 

Those who wish they are someone else have nothing to aim for because often times those they wish to be wish to be someone else. (Did you get that?)

To be adored is to be admired and cherished. 

Rap is not music. It has no melody and it’s lyrics are nonsense.

your own gift you can present every moment with the cummulative force of a whole life’s cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half possesion. that which each can do best, only his Maker can teach him.

-ralph waldo emmerson

- ralph waldo emmerson

every heart vibrates to that iron string.

accept the place the divine providence

has found for you, the society

of your contemporaries,

the connection of events.

great men have always done so,

and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age,

betraying their perception that

the absolutely trustworthy

was seated at their heart,

working through their hands,

predominating in all their being.

-ralph waldo emmerson