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Sometimes goodbye's the only way.. Thursday, August 23, 2007
Ok, so here goes my first post:Today, when I was about to get up, I realized that it is now the day wherein my newly-known Korean friends are about to return from where they belong-- South Korea.
Last night, we had our farewell party in the auditorium. There were intermission numbers, audiovisual shows, food, picture takings and most of all, sad goodbyes.
Almost all of us cried and hugged each other. Even those who were not close are hugging and crying for each other. Last night, we forgot about how different we are, we disregarded our races and didn't mind what others thought. For us, it was the last night wherein we can rejoice with each other, so we did it to the highest level.
It was the Camp Eng-Land of South Korea who visited us to learn English. In one month, we had our evening friendship classes for us to know each other and had activities which made us even closer.
Evening Friendship Classes: Ate Sol, Lusia(Korean), Geraldine
Some Filipinos had crushes on the Koreans and vice-versa. I am sure that if Camp Eng-Land will stay a little bit longer, their relationships will get deeper.Even I, who personally hate other nationalities for I think that they will just discriminate us Filipinos, have set aside that and made friends with them and cried for their leave.
It was not only the camp Eng-Land who made me sad for their farewell but also Alice who is Mrs. Park's daughter. She is a Korean whom I loathed before. She keeps on calling me "Chun Ma", which means "manang" when translated in Filipino.
When I have learned that she will also leave because she will now go to Canada, I was happy since I don't want others calling me differently especially if it is some form of insult.
But last night, when I saw her crying and hugging other Filipinos and Koreans and suddenly approached me and waved goodbye, I did not control myself, I hugged her for some reason.
Maybe that reason is I have already considered her as a friend.
Maybe I'm stupid if I don't admit that.
So this post is for the Camp Eng-Land and also to Alice who wants her name to be pronounced as "Elice" and to whom I have considered a friend
The girls and Camp Eng-Land
The boys and Camp Eng-Land
Camp Eng-Land and Us!