Longing for home yet ???

A fellow English ex-pat, recently arrived here in Phnom Penh, asked me last night what I missed most about living in England.

Having given the question about ten seconds thought, I quickly banged out the following list, also including a few of the things that I do not miss.

What I Miss:

• Family and Friends
• The overall cleanliness of everything.
• Knowing I can cross a street without placing my life in jeopardy.
• Burger Kings double bacon cheese burger – with large fries
• The Clock Restaurant in Hanwell; The Swan in Mountsorrel
  New Years Eve
  
• BBC, ITV, Channel 4, the depth and variety of British TV.
• Spending hours perusing my favourite new and used book stores.
  
• The variety of great ethnic food – Indian, Thai, Indian, Mexican, Indian, French, Italian, Chinese, Indian, et cetera
  

What I Do Not Miss:

• The lack of free time.
• The high cost of everything.
• Seeing half of your income eaten up by a combination of; Income tax, mortgage payments, transport to work costs, et cetera.
• Paying more than US$2 for a new DVD
• The thought that you can probably never truly quit working and retire.
• Morons hanging out at Costa Coffee with laptop computers – esp. on Maddox St, London, W1… yes, you know who you are !
• The Congestion Charge – and other idiot regulations

I am sure that if I put some effort into it, I could come up with a much more comprehensive list; maybe later …