You know you have raced though Asia
when:
1. Its easier to find green mango’s
than than ripe ones.
2. A woman who looks like your
grandmother tells you that she prefers crickets, but they are more of
a snack than a meal. Just think potato chips.
3. When you realize that rice is
bread, and that apples are exotic fruit.. as opposed to…
say, dragon fruit.
4. When you spend significant amounts
of time fantasizing about what you would love to send home.
5. When you legitimately believe, (and
can not convince yourself otherwise)- that 6$ is a really
expensive meal.
6. When they charge your extra for the
bugs in your food.
7. When you realize there are probably
more hipsters in Asia than the US,
and more mullets in Malaysia than
Mercia.
8. When a roach runs across your table,
and no one thinks its odd.
7. When the dinner entertainment is
watching a rat steal a dogs food.
8. When you understand that all
American foods like corn on the cob and watermelon- are popular
everywhere.
9. When feet in your face is worse than
the middle finger.
10. When you can’t read half of your
news-feed.
11. When coconuts are cheaper and more
available to drink from than Coca-cola (Cambodia)
12. You realize that when the bathroom
floor is wet, it just means someone took a shower.
13. You know how to use the hose
14. You are part of a spontaneous dance
party in the middle of a factory workers protest.
15. You literally get lost in an Asian
mall. And can not find your way out (The thing is, the
malls (which are huge in themselves), often run one into one
another… This creates immense maizes and begs the question: is it
a coincidence that we were searching for cheese?)
16. When your host suggests you might
shower up to 3x per day.
17. You realize that 7-eleven, can be found in every country. (And
McDonalds, KFC, and Starbucks in all but one or two.)
18. Sometimes the floor is clean enough
to eat off of. And sometimes you do just that.
19. You feel a strange kinship with
Walter Mitty.
