I've been back in Chicago and in the daily grind these last two weeks.  After spending the last leg of our trip in Hawaii, it's been a little difficult being back in Chicago.  The weather's been awful - cold, gloomy and wet the last two weeks.  Yuck. 

As soon as I returned from our trip, I receive an email from a guy who received my info. from the Korean Matchmaker.  I don't reply within 3 days and the K-Matchmaker calls my mom asking her what's going on, who in turn nags me to death to reply to the guy.  UGH. UGH. UGH. Now I have not one but TWO ajummas meddling in my life. 

I hate everything about this old school system.  Apparently the mens' families view my picture and information and decide whether they're interested.  WTH is that?  And the ONLY information they have of me is my job, my education and my picture.  I feel like women are goods that are appraised by the potential in-laws.  I never consented to this and my annoying mom had to sign me up. And now I don't even know how to get out of this. 

I understand my parents want me to get married, but I wish they would just chill.  And I admit, if you had asked me when I was younger where I'd be now, I would've predicted to be married with kids by my age.  But funny, as I got older, marriage seemed less and less appealing.  Strangely, I feel like my parents are more pressured to get me married than I am!! (And especially since all my older cousins are married...I'm next in line so to speak). 

But honestly, I don't know if I want to get married.  Is that SO weird or abnormal???  I witnessed my parents' miserable marriage throughout my life and I really wonder why they're so desperate to get me married. 

So after a week of nagging by mom, I responded to the guy in a very generic email - didn't make it too interesting or ask him too many questions, and I responded a whole week later.  I didn't really expect him to reply or be interested based on my email, but what do I find in my inbox this morning?  Yup, the guy replied....uh oh.  I guess I wasn't subtle enough!!! :/

the last few days have been rough. been battling fever, cold chills, nausea and severe diarrhea the last few days.  i felt like i was dying :( 
man, maybe asia is just too much for me.  the crowds, the fast pace, the night life...it's all very dizzying. 

last few days in korea were all a blur.  relatives kept feeding us and i could barely keep the food down -_-

arrived in tokyo on sunday, but was too sick do do much sight seeing.  from the little i've seen of japan, i really enjoyed it.  the people are so kind and polite, the city is pristine, there's order here and people follow rules, and there's much more diversity so anything goes really~ it's kinda refreshing.  also, girls here aren't as skinny as i thought they would be and i don't feel like such a freak =P 
i feel sad i didn't get to see as much of tokyo as i wanted, but i definitely would like to come back and stay longer next time. 
leaving for hawaii today and hoping i can enjoy my stay there~ keep your fingers crossed for me!!