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Q: When you go home what are the things you HAVE to do?
What are the fun things that you do when you go home that you feel just can't be done in China?
1. Have a bath to relax
2. Play competitive hockey more than once a week/month
3. Eat a breakfast that makes sense
4. Enjoy homemade bread (toasted with butter)
5. Sit on a bus
6. Have an outdoor backyard BBQ
7. Expect beer to be cold
8. Wake up at 6am and the sun is just coming up
9. Order food and get what I asked for
10. Play baseball/fastpitch
11. Enjoy a movie in the theatre (noise free)
12. Have salted popcorn
13. Walk around the "carpeted" house without having to wear slippers
14. Get a 1/4 pounder with cheese at McDonald's
15. Go to a pro sports game (Canucks)
One of the first things i do is see a doctor. Head up the coast for a surf and fishing. catch up with mates. enjoy a bbq with cold beers with mates.
meet my mom....................and say the shit i want to say about china without being afraid
Go for a drive without being in a permanent state of road rage.
Find a decent pizza.
Turn off the VPN.
Remember how ridiculously addictive reality TV is.
Cook.
Have a real steak.
Talk with friends that I don't have to simplify my language for.
Tell a joke that people actually understand.
BBQ
Take a walk under a blue sky.
That can't be done in China? That's a tuff one... most things I do in the States can be done here, except seeing family of course. The thing is it's just done a different way with a very different 'feel'.
anyway, here are some of the things I like to do when I visit home.
1. Eat proper BBQ. Ribs, Baked beans, Cole slaw, BBQ sauce. omg
2. Eat Mexican food cooked by Mexican people. Maybe the best food in the world. guacamole, pico de gallo, refried beans, rice that has taste and flavor!, best cheese enchiladas ever,,, I lived many years near Mexico..
3. BBQ cook-out in backyard with family & friends..
4. Buy a few things off eBay that I have had trouble finding here.
5. Do all the Handyman work that needs to be done around my Mom's home.
5. Swim in a backyard swimming pool.
6. Go for Fried Catfish and Hushpuppies.
7. Have my Mom cook me Black-eyed peas and cornbread !! sooooo delicious !
Yep, I miss the food in the States. I never found too many dishes I love in China. Peking duck is pretty darn good though..
Oh, and make some homemade bread and make a pizza too ! I love those modern bread machines....
Steak, ribs, assorted beef cuts (all kinds!) Denny's style breakfast anytime (waffles, pancakes, with real bacon and sausage), rice-and-beans (Caribbean style), real Mexican food, real Italian food.
Everyone wants a real steak LOL....
I am home now..
10 more days....real bread, feta cheese, greek olives, real yogurt, not sweetened bullshit...fruits that taste better than anywhere else....all the chocolate i want...2L beers for 1 euro...all the dishes I grew up with...amazing 
manasyt:
hehe thanx man, not much left to go...going back to the same Uni so suitcase will be mostly full of food I think hahaha 
I haven't been back to the UK since I left nearly 2 years ago, and what's more, I don't intend to return unless I have to, or the situation changes. So I will answer slightly differently i.e. hypothetically, what would I do if I did go back...
1. Eat a blues rare rump steak.
2. Have a BBQ with properly butchered meat.
3. Eat a roast chicken without the bones being hacked into splinters.
4. Donner kebab.
5. Pie and Chips with gravy.
6. Vindaloo curry. (used to do phalls but probably not up to them anymore).
7. Live football match.
8. Concert without needing 5 mortgages for tickets.
9. Be cold!
10. Walk in the countryside and rediscover the different shades of green.
All of those I would do in the UK, however, I've travelled a lot so other things I would want to do.
1. Drink Guinness in Ireland (north or south)
2. Eat Pizza (Calzone) and ice cream in Italy.
3. Eat a full rack of ribs in Southern USA (I knew a place near Memphis that was awesome).
4. Ski in the alps.
5. Ride a fast bike through the Gorge de l'Ardech in S France.
Hugh.G.Rection:
I actually originally come from the midlands, but I do like some gravy. I was going to add black country faggots to that list, but I thought some of our American cousins may get totally the wrong idea on that one! 
giadrosich:
Naw. It would have been worse if you had written black country maggots! Well, almost! 
GuilinRaf:
True story:
I was with a new colleague from the UK. We had been making jokes and acting silly. Then, he suddenly tells me to "have a fag".
Immediately thinking I had indadverdently offended him, I began to apologize. Soon, he starts to laugh and tells me that "have a fag" meant a cigarette.
Ah, the joys of slang....
I'm bored out of my skull at home and I sure miss the women. I haven't had any real food cravings, had pizza, cheese cake, apple pie, bacon eggs toast, I am enjoying BBQ beef almost every night. At home the cops are always bothering me and I find there are just too many welfare bums at home.
The only thing I miss about my home is my cats and dog. If I could take them with me, I'd sell my house. I pay more for property tax than I do for an apartment in China.
The first time away from home for more than a year...And going to go back in winter, hopefully (All fingers crossed!!! )
I guess I will do as follows:
1. Hug my bro and sis first and probably start crying, then hug my soft mom for quite a long time and cry even more and then a usual weird hug to my dad, and being moved by his wet eyes....
2. Check my room and feel it's not mine anymore
3. Eat a real pizza
4. Eat an Angus rare steak
5. Eat fruit and vegetables that taste like they should
6. Check TV and get updated on novelties
7. Surf the Net and being amazed by the speed
8. Have an aperitif with those few beloved friends left
9. Wake up early to run and breathe incredibly fresh air in an extremely quite environment
10. Rediscover the beauty of my city
11. Enjoy talking my mother tongue
12. Appreciate quite
13. BBQ with my family on Sunday afternoon as we used to do
14. Drive with favorite music on
15. And then miss China and my boyfriend
