People. Places. Moments. Seoul.

There was just so much everything in Seoul. I had high expectations and found myself being impressed anyway. How could this place be perfectly Asian and perfectly American? Of course I had some dark times and anxiety and loneliness, but I also found amazing food, lifelong friends, my three idiots, a new culture, a new home, a new happiness. I will definitely miss Seoul, but I don't feel too bad. I love it enough to know I will come back. This isn't goodbye.

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People.

• Oliver

• Anna

• Elisha

• Grace

• Ibukun

• Thomas Shi and Teresa Shi

• Jonah and Sydney

• Hansot Couple

• Gimbap Ajumma

• Nikita

• Dong Jun (Daniel)

• Han

• Tanna

• Jun

• Quan

• Hannah

• Mansi

• Fama

• Dragon

• Daniel H

Places.

• Hansot

• Haneul Inne

• Cafe's Oliver

• Gimbap Restaurant

• SXP Office

• The Dumpling Place

• The Restaurant Street

• Gangnam Unlimited Korean BBQ Place

• The various Subway Stations

• Myeongdong

• Itaewon

• Helios

• That one McDonalds in Itaewon

• Namsan Park

• The Chimaek Restaurant

• Jacoby's Burgers

• Namdaemun Market

• Dongmyo

• The Art Market

Moments.

• Late night walks with music

• That weather tho <3

• Late night frozen yogurt from the Ministop

• Gimbap by myself

• Birthdays and eating till you can't breathe at the unlimited Korean BBQ

• Thursday Nights at Helios

• McDonalds after

• Wine Nights

• Watching Gran Hotel

• Making "Minervans that are ___ " lists

• Chatting till 5am

• The perfect roommates

• Grace's sleeptalking

• Warm showers with music

• Smoothies from Oliver's

• Cafe Mocha

• Watching Han smoke

• Bingsu with Daniel

• Tripping over the stupid rez hall stairs

• When they brought in two unnecessarily large rocks for the Haebang Tower

• Myeongdong adventures with Han

• Philosophy with Hyun

• Halloween in Itaewon (Ayyyyooooo)

• Dancing till 5am in Itaewon

• Free beer in Haneul Inne and Thomas Shi shenanigans

• Hongdae

• Getting all dressed up with my babes

• Ibukun literally being a queen

• Our cooking group that turned into an eating out group

• Singing my heart out in Namsan Park

• Starting BTL in M23

• Vick's New York Musical Moments

• SXP event set up

• SXP bondings at the KBBQ, Fish market, and Itaewon

• Kpop lessons in the common room

• ArtCon

• BTL falling apart

• Being there for friends who don't reach out anymore

• Fama Civic Project Adventures

• Getting Hansot after class

• Losing it and calling Mansi in the middle of the night

• Korean skincare and face masks

• Thrift shopping at Dongmyo

• That one iconic mirror selfie at Helios

• Grace trying to play the flute on a beer bottle

• Turning 20 and livin life at the LINK fundraiser party

• Birthday Tiramisu

• Writing songs in room above Caps

• Ending up in Gangnam every time Millie does directions

• CU Gimbaps

• Strolling down the restaurant street

• Fireworks and drinking games with the SAY gang

• Hating Korean chopsticks

• Leadership retreat and hangin with Tanna

• Chaperoning my mom and sister in Korea

• Getting to wear sweater and blazers and big jackets

• Speaking broken Korean and impressing locals

• That one night you all just sat with me in silence

• Feeling loved so much that it hurt