St. Louis missings
March 20th, 2007 by cybrpunk
Here’s a list of few things I miss from St. Louis (or in some cases, Missouri or USA in general):
- Dairy Queen
The closest one I have found here is in Shanghai, China and it is SO not the same - Used CD, DVD and video game stores
I have found one tiny store in Central (the district my office is in) but no others. This could be due to most people buy VCDs at a fraction of the price of DVDs. - Baked goods
Although there are plenty of bakeries here in Hong Kong, none of them make anything like back home. Most things are dry. Except the new Krispy Kreme. That tastes almost identical. - Ted Drewe’s
I think that this concept would be beyond their comprehension here. - Papa John’s Pizza
They have this in Shanghai too and it does taste basically the same. I have a picture of the Papa John’s sign in Chinese on my camera. Have to dig that up. - Best Buy
A four story tall giganto Best Buy opened right across the street from the office the week I was in Shanghai. I of course visited and was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of televisions. And the absolute lack of video games, CDs and DVDs. It seems that there may be some truth to ths rampant pirating in China myth you hear about. Shanghai also seems to have more Western goodness thanHong Kong for some reason…. - XL
XL or extra large size shirts are not the same as they are at home. The scrawny south Chinese just don’t have much use for American sizing I suppose. So I will be getting undershirts when we come home. - Driving
Yes I miss driving. We went from having three cars between the two of us and now we have none. Not a car in the world. No we take buses, ferries, trains, etc everywhere. There’s a certain freedom in driving that just can’t be replaced easily. I didn’t realize that till I didn’t have it. We will be getting a rental when we come home. That ought to be fun.
See, I’d love the transportation part (most of the time). I hate driving. it’s only useful when you have to lug large or heavy objects around.
See, I love the idea of public transport, but I would so miss my mornings alone with just me and the iPod (and the assholes on the road).
I think even when you have a car overseas in the asian countries, you just don’t go as fast as you do here in the US. At least for japan it is. I mean, I remember my car in Japan, if you went over 100kph (about 60mph), it made the dinging sound, like when you have your door ajar with the keys in. That was nuts.
Of course the only place you could go 100kph was on the expressways, which usually cost like 50 bucks to just get on. normally the speed limit was like 40kph tops. (25 mph)
When I came back to the states, I was gripping the dash in fear when my friend was driving 55 on the freeway from the airport. LOL
Dude, all I can say is, if you get to go to a bakery in japan, go to Anderson’s if they still have any around. Love them. best ever. The only other bakery I’ve liked better is one here locally, called Wagner’s bakery. (I love it!)
I don’t know if there are speed alerts here in China but I doubt it. I would hate to see a BMW or Ferrari or Benz that dinged when you went too fast. It’s just wrong.
Driving here would be a trip since it was British. Everyone drives on the wrong side of the road.
After being here for six+ months, it doesn’t seem like the “wrong” side of the road anymore. I have a feeling when we drive the rental I am going to be gripping the dash thinking everyone is driving the wrong way.
I tell you what. where you’ll really mess up is when you turn. I totally turned into the wrong lane once when i took a left turn. (when i cam back to the states) talk about craziness hehe.
“So I will be getting undershirts when we come home.”
…that were probably manufactured in China.
Yeah… probably….
Dude, there is no Toasted Ravioli in Hong Kong or CW pizza for that matter!