Well the rooftop and farewell party for Mathew didn't quite go according to plan with the way the weather conspired against us. Interesting to be nibbling at party food and chatting while holding our umbrellas in place. It'll be sad to see yet another close friend leave Korea - the constant coming and going of expats here means that keeping up a sense of community isn't as easy as it is back home. The good news is that so many of us end up yo-yoing back to Korea sooner or later. It's astonishing how many people I keep running into who have been here off and on for more than a decade. Even David on my left has outdone me with his stint of fourteen years and I mean consecutively - wow! Is that what the future holds for me?