Everyone had agreed that me leaving was the best for the company. The other part of the plan was that SNSD would end their 13-year contracts with SM, leaving the public with news that it was becoming old and tiring and they wanted to leave. The girls were interviewed many times, and everyone came to their home to say good bye. I was released from the hospital and the eleven of us, (Minji, Yuri, Yoona, Taeyeon, Seohyun, Sunny,Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Jessica, Tiffany, and me) went to the private plane that was waiting to fly us to South Africa. I could see that we all had tears in our eyes when we watched Korea become smaller and smaller. The lights, the tall buildings, the roads, the trees, and the SM building. It was difficult to say goodbye