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Dilemma

Tommy and I are faced with a serious dilemma of facing another galling part of our lives --- moving on and this time it means everything to us. Moving back to Korea and facing a new life there entail another 'Korean Life' is a big problem in the making. Being a wife to Tommy,  a mom to Chloe, a teacher in a foreign land, an only daughter-in-law to my in-laws and a filipino expat... all myriad of possibilities can happen. I'm worried that what we 'have' right now isn't enough. I'm worried that what we had experienced here in Bangkok (the freedom and carefree life that we have for one and a half years) would always linger in ourt thoughts. I'm afraid of the stress I'd get since Tommy decided to embark his stock trading path. I'm afraid that the Korean society isn't ready yet for multi-cultural families like us. I'm afraid of falling below the expectations of my family. I'm just so afraid of failing... and everything what stores in the future.

I'm having cold feet. Moving entails greater and dangerous risks. Responsibility is bigger than life and expectations high. Will we able to keep them? I leave everything to fate.

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