goodbye

Bye bye to Dong Heui,. my housemate for a year and 3 months. 

He went back to Korea yesterday. He was actually originally set to go on the tenth but he was late for boarding so it was rescheduled.

I will truly miss this friend who:

… taught me that “kk” is actually a laugh;
… humiliated himself in front of us by dancing the so-called comic dance;
… sang to me songs whose lyrics I could not understand;
… made me watch Korean movies with no subtitles (of course, he took the burden of translating);
… taught me a little how to use Photoshop;
… walked under the rain with me;
… treated me a Hazelnut latte, contributing to “the success of moi acquisition” (what-a-phrase!) of that bulky planner;
… taught me how to pour beer without creating that bitter foam;
… made me that sandwich with egg, ketchup and mustard;
… desensitized me to that pain that comes when you text someone and you get no reply;
… cried with me (and showing me his confused side);
… made me smile, laugh, (and cry) a lot;
… made me experience such extreme emotions of embarrassment and nervousness (hehe, my roommate Ape knows this story!);
.. made me understand more the value of friendship; and what words and actions must be avoided to keep that relationship.

..(at eto huling hirit).. made me hide inside his cabinet for 15 minutes.

I have developed this habit of looking at the closed door of his room every time I go up the stairs in our dorm, taking a look whether the lights are on, wondering to myself if he is inside. I don’t know when I will again have that feeling – that feeling that hurt, but that which I never complained about or get tired of.

I will miss my lonely 14s of every month, as well as the Saturdays of waiting for nothing.

I don’t know if we will meet again. As I’ve said months ago, people come and go but they never leave you the same. Ryan touched my life in ways that he probably may never know and understand. He left with me threads of moments, out of which I tried to create a beautiful story. For a while, I thought I failed. But now, I realized that I did not.

It was beautiful. It still is – .