Funny how being alone could be so therapeutic.

The rest have left for Jeju, leaving me by myself for the day.

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Visited the Children's Grand Park today,

and for once throughout the entire Seoul trip,

I feel completely at ease.

For the entire trip so far, it has been all about materialistic pursuits.

Shopping, eating, drinking, partying..

It kind of feels as if I've lost myself.

Yet today, watching the kids frolic happily in the park made me understand how simple happiness really is.

Happiness to a kid is just being able to run freely, swing as high as she wants, go as many times on the slide as he desires..

The smiles on the children's faces when they play around in the fountain, trying futilely to catch all the water droplets genuinely warmed my heart.

Sitting on an old bench and looking at their faces through the lens of my camera,

I live vicariously through them.

And the Seoul Museum of History!

The model of the city was breathtaking.

Standing on a glass panel right above the representation of Seoul and gazing at the lights,

time stood still at that very moment.

Contentment is such a simple thing.

Just me and my camera, following where my heart desires.

Just for today, I'm just an ordinary girl in a big city with her little hopes and dreams.

No troubles, no fears, no worries.

That feeling when even though you're alone, you don't feel lonely at all.

Somehow, the people around you understand you.

Language barriers and communication problems, everything can be absolved with a smile.

Just a smile from a stranger, and you feel as if he/she knows you.

That we're all kindred spirits.

Strangers are, after all, friends that we haven't met yet.