my journey

Missing Me Missing You

This page was constructed while traveling around China in 2004

It's Not All Fun and Frolics

There are a number of things that I've missed while I've been in China that I though I should note down for you to go 'ahh' at and for me to observe and be thankful for at a later date. This list will not be completed until I return from China for reasons that don't need explaining at this time.

Things I Miss

• family
• friends
• my 'other family' * the family of Jesus
• my rabbit
• my cats
• sugar free Alpen with real milk - ahhh..... - I'm still enjoying it now I'm back :)
• sitting and not doing anything
• the BBC - oh the great British Broadcasting Corporation
• music of a western nature
• the British sense of humour
• comedy in general
• watching films
• a pint of cider
• having a home
• free television
• my racing bike (bikes here are rubbish)
• common sense
• a spell checker
• the ability to cue
• the ability to use escalators correctly
• cooking for myself
• freedom of thought
• spell checkers
• England - ooh controversial

Things I'll Miss

• * persecution of faith - requiring action to believe
• cheap good food
• cheap living
• cheap just-about-everything-else
• sleeper trains
• the scenery (mountains)
• the smells (the good ones)
• public squat toilets
• having no work to do
• life on the road
• meeting other travelers (backpackers)
• not being able to speak the language
• bamboo
• the lack of OTT safety precautions anywhere

Things I Won't Miss

• Chinese tourists
• bottled water (and the need to drink it)
• sweating into my eyeballs
• the pollution
• traffic congestion
• spitting
• nose blowing
• staring
• touts
• people smoking
• the smells (the bad ones)
• over staffing
• * the PSB - not nice
• not being able to speak the language
• men all wearing brown polo shirts