I met KJ one last time near Dongdaemun to visit her favorite silk and satin store. It happens to be a hanbok store too. I walked into a color explosion. There were rolls of fabric everywhere and I was in heaven.
The shop was tiny but it had a steady stream of customers. I chose one pattern and bought 10 different colors to make a transparent bojagi like my green one. It's part of my homework to do when I get back to the States. I didn't want to leave and I wanted to buy everything!
I came home with these and you can see how pretty the pattern is.
I was also surprised when the owners gave me this. It's silk and satin hanbok scraps and it was free. I had asked KJ a long time ago if she ever asked for scraps from hanbok shops either for free or a low price. She had not thought of that and had the shop surprise me with this bag. It's pretty big but luckily I made sure to save some room in case I bought anything in Seoul knowing that there was a good chance that I would.
We stopped at a coffee shop and she showed me how to begin my triangle bojagi. Time went by so quickly and soon it was time to go. She took a taxi with me to make sure the driver got me back to the hotel and she was going to catch the subway from there.
As we said our goodbyes, I saw tears in her eyes as she told me that she loved our weekly class and would miss me and our class very much. I thanked her for all she had taught me and told her I would always come back for a visit and we could have class. As I hugged her and walked away with my own tears, I felt so sad for the tears I had brought to my Korean friends but I feel blessed for all the friendships I had made. It has been bittersweet to be sure and there are still more goodbyes to make. It will be a hard couple of days.
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