the final(s)...

I got my results for the final exams today. No paper slip, just a few minutes for feedback and for us to look at our papers.

I did really well though. Way, way, way above my expectations.

Reading: 97.2
Writing: 96
Listening: 94
Speaking: 92.5

My teacher was like, "Linda, you spoke well but you did better for the mid-terms." :)

And so 10 weeks of my student life came to an end ...

just
like
that.

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I've been feeling extremely lost since yesterday. No daily homework, no diary-writing ... I almost went mad with the lack of activity. Then the very one thought that I've been trying to avoid - my departure. It's so maddening sad. I feel such great sorrow at having to leave Korean behind, and yet I must.

I know I'll never get an opportunity like this anymore. The regret weighs so heavily on my poor battered heart ahaha.

Anyway, autumn is here in Korea, and the weather is beautiful. Just a week ago it was unbearably hot and this week the mornings and the nights are actually chilly. I missed autumn the last time I came to Korea, and I'm going to miss it again this time. :(

I've come to really like and enjoy Korea for what it is. Seoul is definitely not a perfect city but she does have her charms, and I am charmed. I guess it just is the way with anywhere you go. Live in a place long enough and you'll develop feelings for it.

I daresay I won't face much culture shock once I go back to SG, unlike the last time when I'd spent a similar amount of time but in a vastly different city. At the moment, I don't have much work waiting for me, which I was, and am completely ready for when I left my previous job. I have enough to last me quite a few months so no worries, people. The extravagant lifestyle I used to lead will have to be restrained quite a bit, though haha.

So, it's time to go back home.

See you soon, Singapore.

And 정말 감사합니다, 사랑하는 한국. 다시 만날 수 있었으면 더 좋겠다...