This too shall pass

I’m the sucker who checks in uber early so the counter staff can ask “do you prefer the window seat or aisle seat”… My answer is ubiquitous. In that moment of taking off or landing, I feel like I am the true beneficiary of a capitalist economy. Kekeke. In that moment, I feel like I’m part of this cosmic human enterprise, bending the world to our whims and wishes. In a good way. For what…

I don’t even know why the thought of leaving Seoul so soon should fill me with dread. I do miss Singapore a lot and it’s not like I’ve formed any life-changing connections or integrated into the culture here? Indeed, Seoul is not the city that I’ve always dreamed of going – I have other places in mind – But somehow I’ve made it here after much pragmatic considerations and I find myself liking this city…