The Little Differences
Friday, November 25th, 20051. You have to ask for your check
2. When the check comes, you should be ready to pay because the waiter will stand there and wait for you until you give them their money
3. A Cat Oven is a place to have your car painted
4. Pack of smokes $0.70. Bottle of beer $0.50
5. If you don’t have exact change (say you’d have to break a $1 to give 25 cents) they won’t make you pay it
6. The McCafe is everywhere. The McDonlands version of Starbucks. not bad
7. The Crawfish, Egg and Mayo sandwich at McDonalds, rice balls instead of French Fries
8. The pace – frantic like NYC
9. Starbucks doesn’t open until 8 am, doesn’t close till midnight
10. Shopping, shopping, shopping everywhere in Hong Kong
11. Prices on “Undesireable items” – pack of smokes is $11 bucks
12. The subway is IMMACULATE. could eat off the floor
13. More malls than you can count in Singapore
14. Thais’ favorite saying “Same, Same” meaning what you are about to pay for is the same as what you really want. (it never is)
15. almost all “cheese” in SE asia is Velveeta
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