AAGGGHH!!
Today, I come into work, and in walks Jamie, clicking her high heels with a little more bounce in her step than usual... and it would be mere moments before I find out why.. She found out her official end date with us at CDI Ansan. August 20th.
I don't know what I'm going to do here without her! She was my first friend here in Ansan. She was the one who took me in.. took me out, showed me where to go, how to use the subway.. She took me on my first Myungdong trip, showed me where Homeplus was.. (And if you don't know how much I love Homeplus, you don't know me at all!) Basically, she's very important to me here.
And she's leaving. Along with pretty much everyone else I care about here in Ansan. (i.e. Audrey..) And I'll be here for another three months with only new teachers to play with.
I guess it's about time I introduced you to my closest friends here.
Meet Jamie:
She's Chinese-Australian.. Born in Hong Kong, raised in Ghana, moved to Australia to live with her younger brother. She's got an accent that's a mix of Australian and Chinese, uses words like "heaps" (which i've become quite fond of..) and uses "biscuits" to describe cookies. "Jumpers" to describe jackets. She's part tomboy, part girly-girl, and she's almost constantly painting her nails. She has some of the most beautiful legs I've ever seen, and I've adopted her as my girlfriend in Korea. (hahaha i sound totally lesbo) She'll totally share her pack of digestives with you, even if it's the only thing she's brought with her to eat. Everyone loves her because "she's always down for anything."
Also, she's one of the kindest, most open, and most welcoming people I've ever met.
Meet Audrey:
Typical southern girl from South Carolina. =] Previously hails from Virginia, I believe.. She's got blond-brunette hair, which she dyed blonder a few months ago..(her roots are showing..haha) She plays guitar, writes songs. Listens to bluegrass but has a long list of hiphop and rap on her ipod. She's going to spend the next year leading fellowship/biblestudy/counseling for a campus Christian ... community..club? After she gets back home. She likes to cook. She's the kind of person you wouldn't mind sharing ice cream with. soft serve. And she feels no hesitation about pulling off a piece of cheese with her fingers and sticking it in your mouth. (haha) That's just the kind of person she is.
She's extremely warm hearted and loving, always gives you the benefit of the doubt, always tries to see the best in people.
I consider myself super lucky and truly blessed to have met these two girls.. Girls who will invite me over to watch Grey's Anatomy at two in the morning..They'll cook dinner for me just because they can. Girls who will go out to eat with me even at eleven o clock, after work. Girls who I can have bible study with.. Girls who I can share my feelings/problems with, and I know they'll comfort and pray for me, rather than judge me.
One of my coworkers said to me a few months ago (mike, this is you) that he believes in something like an international friendship barrier. When you meet someone abroad, the factor that seals in whether or not you'll keep in touch for a long long time, even while living in separate countries, is if you visit each other. Now, I think I am going to visit one or both of them.. either on the east coast, or in Hong Kong or Australia.. but I honestly can't imagine not keeping in touch with them, even if we never do get to meet up again.
So these are my girls in Ansan.
So to Jamie and Audrey.. DONT LEAVE ME! YOU CAN LIVE WITH ME! RENT FREE! I'LL EVEN PAY FOR UTILITIES!
::ahem:: i mean.. Girls, I love you lots, let's make the most of our last month together. =] And you guys are always welcome at my place.
