Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:36 pm
Greggs cheese and onion pasties and a good ol' pork pie. Sigh.
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Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 3:02 pm
I miss SKY TV and banter with taxi drivers.......
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 3:11 pm
I miss cheaper (and more delicious) food, cheaper booze, and splendid choice of beautiful beaches and islands.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 3:18 pm
Actually, in addition to hunting duck, goose, squirrel, rabbit & deer, I miss Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs!
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 3:41 pm
You're just showing off!the lynx wrote:I miss cheaper (and more delicious) food, cheaper booze, and splendid choice of beautiful beaches and islands.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 3:50 pm
To be fair, those above are not far from your reach. Just a short flight away.BillyB wrote:You're just showing off!the lynx wrote:I miss cheaper (and more delicious) food, cheaper booze, and splendid choice of beautiful beaches and islands.
Who wants a bottle of Jack Daniel's for only MYR60? That's duty-free zone in Malaysia for you.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 4:49 pm
Watch out ecureilx and nutnut!sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, in addition to hunting duck, goose, squirrel, rabbit & deer, I miss Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs!
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 4:54 pm
Not from the UK (well, other than cheap booze)!the lynx wrote:To be fair, those above are not far from your reach. Just a short flight away.BillyB wrote:You're just showing off!the lynx wrote:I miss cheaper (and more delicious) food, cheaper booze, and splendid choice of beautiful beaches and islands.
Who wants a bottle of Jack Daniel's for only MYR60? That's duty-free zone in Malaysia for you.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 4:59 pm
I miss lazing in the park on a (cool but comfortable) Sunday afternoon with tea and biscuits and Test Match Special (international cricket, for the uninitaited) on the portable radio.
I miss snug afternoons at home with the fire roaring when it's cold and stormy outside.
I miss going to a proper pub and drinking decent beer with friends in unpretentious but welcoming surroundings.
I miss the museums and galleries in London.
I miss strolling along the Thames embankment and finding some obscure historical artifact along the way.
I miss the Cornish coastline.
I miss driving out of London in a vague direction and ending up in a part of the countryside I didn't know before.
I miss being able to have meaningful, non-trivial conversations with my neighbours.
I miss snug afternoons at home with the fire roaring when it's cold and stormy outside.
I miss going to a proper pub and drinking decent beer with friends in unpretentious but welcoming surroundings.
I miss the museums and galleries in London.
I miss strolling along the Thames embankment and finding some obscure historical artifact along the way.
I miss the Cornish coastline.
I miss driving out of London in a vague direction and ending up in a part of the countryside I didn't know before.
I miss being able to have meaningful, non-trivial conversations with my neighbours.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 5:07 pm
Well, I know for the non-trivial conversations with neighbours will be a challenging mission here, if you're lucky they will entertain you, if not, a blank stare plus a grumpy face is waiting for you (even from fellow foreigner - or may be because I don't look like one, so they tend to give me that "special look").Mi Amigo wrote:I miss lazing in the park on a (cool but comfortable) Sunday afternoon with tea and biscuits and Test Match Special (international cricket, for the uninitaited) on the portable radio.
I miss snug afternoons at home with the fire roaring when it's cold and stormy outside.
I miss going to a proper pub and drinking decent beer with friends in unpretentious but welcoming surroundings.
I miss the museums and galleries in London.
I miss strolling along the Thames embankment and finding some obscure historical artifact along the way.
I miss the Cornish coastline.
I miss driving out of London in a vague direction and ending up in a part of the countryside I didn't know before.
I miss being able to have meaningful, non-trivial conversations with my neighbours.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 5:15 pm
You do know I'm talking about 'going from Singapore', don't you?BillyB wrote:Not from the UK (well, other than cheap booze)!the lynx wrote:To be fair, those above are not far from your reach. Just a short flight away.BillyB wrote: You're just showing off!
Who wants a bottle of Jack Daniel's for only MYR60? That's duty-free zone in Malaysia for you.
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 6:03 pm
Loud and clear! And you do know I'm referencing the UK in response?!the lynx wrote:You do know I'm talking about 'going from Singapore', don't you?BillyB wrote:Not from the UK (well, other than cheap booze)!the lynx wrote: To be fair, those above are not far from your reach. Just a short flight away.
Who wants a bottle of Jack Daniel's for only MYR60? That's duty-free zone in Malaysia for you.
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 2:41 pm
i miss neighbors who don't freak out on pets
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 3:04 pm
Sadly I didnt even realise my team had a game last nightBarnsley wrote:Going to the football ...
Its not easy following a non-Premier League team in Singapore.
The good news is that we won , however, I am missing watching our perennial fight against relegation in the flesh!!
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 4:24 pm
I've been totally disconnected to football match and basketball games since I live in Singapore, miss the match/games, the discussion with friends and the fun.
Back home can always watch almost every match/games (for free on TV), and if go for live match/games, the audience totally awesome, you always can talk to the person sit next to you, unlike here, if you create certain "noise" be ready to received a special "glare".
Back home can always watch almost every match/games (for free on TV), and if go for live match/games, the audience totally awesome, you always can talk to the person sit next to you, unlike here, if you create certain "noise" be ready to received a special "glare".