gecko_pikachu

Originally Posted by gecko_pikachu

I miss EVERYTHING in the Philippines:

1. the countryside
2. the real pinoy food
3. my family
4. the jeepneys (ie. getting jeepneys going to the town)
5. the wet market and seeing all the fresh seafood and vegetables
6. market is always packed with lots of bibingka and mais
7. karaoke anytime of the day
8. the lovely sun
9. watering the plants at home
10. i miss listening to different tsismis (gossips)
11. brushing all the leaves at the front and back of the house
12. the noise of the crickets and frogs singing after the rain
13. fiestas
14. buying meriendas or cooking oil at the sari-sari store across the road
15. looking out the window waiting for the cars, jeepneys, trucks and tricycles to pass on the road
16. sitting at the front house after tea to have fresh air
17. going to my auntie's house and get some starfruits and raw mangoes
18. fresh bagoong
19. neibours playing loud music
20. my mother's nag early morning hehe!
21. going to the beach every weekends
22. the spirit and true meaning of christmas
23. fireworks all over the place on new year's eve
24. going to the mall
25. jollibee
26. seeing my father drinking with his mates
27. seeing my granny rolling her big tobacco
28. climbing trees
29. doing my stationery shopping in National Bookstore
30. having something to eat in SM's food court
31. the chaos of Manila
32. washing clothes with my bare hands
33. feeding the chickens
34. radio stations usually playing music from the 80's (love songs)
35. eating in carinderia
36. going to talipapa
37. late shopping
38. children coming home from school
39. never-ending soaps or tele seryes on tele
40. All Saint's Day celebration
41. cooking rice by wood
42. kids and teenagers are well-disciplined (no anti-social behaviours)
43. saying po and opo

I love the UK because:

It's an English country and I don't need to study the language before coming in weeeehhhhhhhhh!!!!
1. it's trillion times cleaner than in the Philippines
2. no floodings (apart of course some places that get flooded but so far, i've never experienced it yet since i came here, hope to God, not!)
3. the benefits (NHS, maternity grants, child tax, DLA, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Carer's Allowance, etc.)
4. free prescriptions
5. more job offers
6. charity shops
7. car boot sales
8. nice cars
9. beautiful countrysides
10. lovely and well-maintained parks with very safe children's playgrounds
11. British films
12. sexy and posh accent
13. fish and chips
14. fashion
15. no school fees
16. getting the bus and pressing a button to get off..don't need for me to shout "para"
17. digital tv
18. fast internet connection
19. no mud
20. street lights
21. well-maintained gardens
22. market day
23. window cleaner
24. Victorian houses
25. museums
26. steamed trains
27. spring time ... love to see colourful flowers everywhere
28. collecting different things from freecycle rochdale area
29. there's hoover to clean the house, washing machine, dishwasher, cooker, oven, dryer and microwave to warm up leftovers
30. no drink driving