Things I Miss

Living in China you expect to miss things back home. Obviously friends and family are the most important thing but there are other little things that I wish I had here. Here is a list of my Top Three Things I Miss:

3) My iMac. I have to restart my computer here about 8 times a day - every time I get new a new add-on, update, software or hardware. It's stupid. What idiot would design a computer that you need to restart this often? And the pop-ups, my God! They're incessant. And if they're not bad enough, every time my browser blocks one it makes it's own personal pop-up bragging about how it's prevented a pop-up. C'est stupide, non?

2) Remote controls that are in English. I find remote controls hard enough to navigate as it is...there's like a thousand buttons on them. Imagine trying to find the menu button if the buttons weren't labelled. Now imagine trying to figure out how to change the language of the DVD and turn off subtitles when none of the buttons are labelled. It's an iterative process nightmare.

1) Milk. I've said it many times. I'd give up beer before I'd give up milk. But here I have no choice. The milk is awful. I dare not think what lengths I would go to for a glass.