Wish You Were Here

Dear Rug,

Hi. How are you?

So, I don't want to be all serious, but I really, really, really wish you were here.

Of course I feel like this most of the time, but there are some days when it really hits me.

Like today.

Maybe it's because I feel like a foreigner in the country that is my own.

Like an alien that happens to look like the natives, but talks and acts like she's from another planet.

Maybe it's because there's so much fun that could be had and the person I want to do it with isn't here.

The city is bursting with things to do, from dog cafés that serve drip and fantastic vegan cocoa, to the endless stops on the subway that leads to endless possibilities.

Maybe it's because though I'm surrounded by millions of people in Seoul.

Yet I feel as though I'm in a bubble, separated from the rest.

Maybe it's because each day, I see girls with linked arms, strolling down the street on their way to tutoring, still in their school uniforms, laughing and sharing Korean street food.

It reminds me of our adventures in Portland: getting lost, our first taste of vegan donuts, cafés and latte art, the pigeon attack, finding the Kure...

Each day I see something or someplace and think, "Hey! Emma would love that!", or "Wow, when Emma visits, we definitely have to go there!"

This leads to the never ending penciling of places I want to visit with you- the list is getting so long that if we were to do everything on that list, you'd have to spend a year here.

When I'm done with my studies for the day and am debating how to spend the rest of the day, I often decide to go out exploring (typical Soo). I wish I could call you and say "Hey Emma, I'm about to go check out that new vegan café I was telling you about. Wanna go?".

I hope that one day, I'll actually be able to say those words because you won't be thousands of miles away.

I hope that one day, we'll go visit that vegan café, travel out to a Korean beach, and film hundreds of videos and take thousands of photos together again.

To conclude, please do compile a list of things to do and places to go when I visit you (Veggie Grill better be on there!). As you can see from my letter, I've already begun mine. :)

Awaiting the day when we reunite,

Fig.

#dearemma #bestfriend