Nov. 30th (The sixth day)

It was the last day of the exhibition. The exhibition hall was quite empty compared to the previous days. Some people came to our booth and asked me about our products but they were just doing it out of curiousity. However, it was also a good chance for me to practise my speaking skills so I was happy to do it. A guy from a software company came to our booth and asked me what 4D is. I explained it to him to the best of my knowledge although I wasn't very sure if I knew it 100% correctly.:) When I was explaining 4D, I tried to say "internal organs" but suddenly I couldn't remember the words.:O I wanted him to know what I was going to say from the context but he teased me saying he didn't know the words I needed. It was embarrassing.:) Then he suggested I come over to his company's booth and he explain what his company makes. I was trying to make the most of the exhibition by meeting new people and learning about new things. His company makes software that reconstructs CT images. It was very interesting to know and I felt satisfied with myself learning more about medical industry.
The exhibition closed at 2pm and we started to dismantle the booth and pack the exhibits. As I looked around the exhibiton hall turning into a construction site, I knew that I was going to miss it after I go back to normal life. It felt odd.
After sending a box back to Korea by FedEx, we came back to the hotel at about 5pm. Not much time left for me to explore Chicago.:( As John and Kurt did enough sightseeing while I was just staying in the hotel room with Eunmi, they wanted to shop. So we walked to the city. It was very cold. When we got to downtown, finally I could feel the lively atmosphere of Chicago I've expected. Yes, I am definitely a city girl. As Kurt was familiar with the directions and the places where we could buy good clothes for good prices, John and I just followed him. I was so excited to be in downtown for shopping. First, we went to Nordstrom Rack. I learned about Nordstrom from CEO Exchange. But mostly what they have seemed cheap but out of date. So I didn't buy anything. Kurt told me to help him pick a sweat suit and took me to the women's section saying men's wear in America comes in such big sizes. HAHAHA...It reminded me of the episode from Sex and the city where Samantha freaked out when she saw the short guy she was dating because he "gives" her good sex wear clothes from boys department.:)
Kurt doesn't want to live in the US because he thinks colored people are discriminated against in America. He told me Americans ignore colored people more if their English is not good. Hmm...here's the thing I've noticed. Korean men think they are always discriminated against on the basis of race in a country like America, Canada and Australia. But I don't hear that much from Korean women. I think it's because most Korean men are shorter and have small frames compared to western guys, which is considered not manly or attractive.
After Nordstrom Rack, we went to Old navy and I bought a long jacket for Taewon there as my sister asked me to buy something for Taewon. While John and Kurt were spending more time there, I went to Bodyshop and bought the white musk eau de toilette for myself and mango body butter for my sister and myself. Unlike my sister told me, Bodyshop in America wasn't as cheap than in Korea when 9% tax was added. As time was getting close to 7 pm, shops started to close :( and John went back to the hotel. Kurt and I looked for a place to eat. I still wanted to go to Cheesecake factory so much but we decided to go somewhere nearby as it was freezing outside. We went into a small restaurant and ordered food. Again, everything except salads was pure junk but the amount of food was enormously big. I really wondered. If you are American and are not so rich, you just have to eat junk, look terrible and die early??:( It was such a pity that my camera was broken and I couldn't show the photos of food to people. I was glad that Australia is different from America.
After we ate, we were walking to the hotel and black dangerous-looking people started to come out on the street. Kurt told me not to look scared. I saw a guy stumbling along. Kurt said he must have had drug. Is it just Chicago? I don't think so. America doesn't seem like a good country to live in.
When all of us got together at the hotel lobby, we were all feeling exhausted from the exhibition as the tension released. So we all agreed just to go to sleep.