02:45 AM, 15 minutes before our flight, I called Charles…

Me: Charles, I’m leaving.
Charles: Where are you going? Why are you crying?
Me: To Korea.
Charles: When will you be back?
Me: Never again.
Charles: Nice, you called me in the mid of my sleep just to prank me?
Me: I’m serious.
Charles: Ricci, please, let’s sleep now. We still have school later.
Me: I hope to see you soon, love.
Charles: R-Ricci? Where are you?
Me: I love you.
Charles: Hey, whe----
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I hung up. 
I can’t talk to him anymore. I can’t… I can’t stop my tears from falling down.

We are really leaving.
I’m leaving all behind.
My school (again), my friends, my boyfriend, my citizenship, my past life.

We’ll be migrating to South Korea and we will stay there permanently, my dad promised me.
It will be a new beginning for us.

Good bye, Manila.

08:45 AM… oh crap. Timezone…
09:45 AM, KST.

Hello, Seoul.
Annyeong, Hanguk!