MinJungKim.com Braindump v 6.0 Gah. I’m still doing this?

Jimminy.

I was talking to my friend the other day about my (yet again) pushed out plans to go to Korea. She kept on extolling the fact that shopping was going to be phenomenal there and that I would have a blast.

And then she paused, looked at me for a second and said with hesitancy,

“um… yeah… you’ll have to be shopping in the large or extra large size section”

Which pretty much makes me want to clothesline and tackle, kick and generally bowl over all the uber-fey and extraordinarily thin girls there who would likely look at me, call me ahjoomah, call me fat, and recommend that I get eyelid surgery.

ENOUGH ALREADY.
I GOT ENOUGH FUCKING ISSUES.
MY OWN NEUROSIS HAVE OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDERIES FROM CHARMING TO BORDERLINE DEBILITATING.

Korean Women Among Region’s Most Insecure: Poll
Korean women are among the most insecure about their looks in Asia and thus the most open to plastic surgery, a survey suggests.

The poll of 2,100 women across Asia by Unilever showed only 33 percent of Korean respondents satisfied with their appearance, the second lowest among nine countries surveyed following Japan. Of Korean respondents, 43 percent said they were overweight.

Hey, it’s not just the ladies. From what I understand, there’s quite a market for men’s cosmetics in South Korea.

I have to admit though, I’d get even fatter if I got to eat delicious Korean food every day.

Don’t take it too personally. I travelled to China recently, and had difficulty finding clothing, in my size, even though I am more thin than the American standard. People in Chengdu Sichaun, at least, are skin and bone, and not very tall. Also, I am better off if people’s issues do not become my issues.

Honey, you’re beautiful. Stop angsting, OK?

Eh, I was none too impressed by the shopping scene there. And the girls didn’t seem all that thin either. Or as tall. Or as pretty as I was promised. But then, real life is not a Korean Drama, so that could be it.

*stoically stares in the distance with clenched fist, with rising theme music*

Oh.. girl… put it out of your head..

I just turned to Diane and said.. this is nutty… Have you EVER thought of MJK as “a big” girl? …or even ahjoomah? We both responded with a definite NO..

Woman, the only thing “big” as far as you are concerned are those red smooches you plant on everyone you see.

My sister and I know that if genetics are any indicator (with regard to size) we are doomed. Until this doom sets in, we are fighting it tooth and nail, as well as joking about how we are both headed for shopping at the plus size stores, which motivates us to fight harder.