This is a list of what I miss from home:

- ATMs that are open all the time, and don`t close at 8pm and on holidays;

- North American pizza - not the monstrosities they make here, with wasabi, raw tuna, and fried eggs on top;

- jaywalking;

- English TV, for that matter;

- English news...it`s tiring having to guess your way through the headlines of the day;

- zoning laws;

- Taco Bell - I`ve been dreaming about Mexican food for weeks now...

- being able to walk down the street without having Japanese women check you out for being a foreigner...actually, that`s not so bad...

- televised sports that do not include sumo wrestling or baseball;

- ambulances that travel faster than the speed-limit;

- being able to walk into a fast-food joint and order a hamburger without psyching myself for a round of charades;

- the loonie and the twoonie...the Japanese don`t have cute pet names for their currency