10 things

10 things I miss from home:

Surprisingly I don't miss things what I would expect to. No meat, no family (sorry mummy and dad), not even hot water, but:

1. Electric toothbrush

I left mine at home considering it's weight and the fuss around it... bad mistake. Kurkuma and massala (same spice mix applied into the tea as the dishes) combination can stick on the teeth very badly, and there is no chance to remove them. Some industries could use this awesome sticky feature. 

2. Blow-dry

Yeah, luxury! My OWN hairdryer, my OWN brush. Lovely procedure, means real home for me!

3. Not-waterproof mascara

I really don't get this: why would you use a waterproof one? Do you like tearing your eyelashes from one by one or you prefer letting the chemical rotten into it? What's the point? is that a kiss-proof thing? Who kisses your eyelashes, seriously?!

4. High heels

Macadam roads. Nono, I tell you better one: Pavement! C-I-V-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N

Gluten-free food - I love when they say here, that something doesn't contain gluten, and when I ask back with a "tricky" question, they confess, have no clue what gluten or wheat means. I eat like a  cow, and start even looking like them.

5. Safe hospitals

As this culture is mixed with western and ayurvedic healing systems, I can't take them seriously, so it's better  not to be sick. I <3 EU regulations!

6. Drinkable tap water

It is not only about drinking a glass of water. It makes you paranoid - in restaurants, if the salad was washed in filtered water (NO), same problem with the ice which you can see or can't even see in drinks, worry during washing teeth, having shower, washing the dishes if you do so. My sister gave me a carbon filtered flask, but keep squeezing the water out - hello tendonitis...

7. Washing machine

Gloves, bucket, time! Such a wasting time...

8. Cooking

hoooome maaaade fooooood <3

9. Tesco's

Familiar brands, familiar food, clean toilet, bank-card acceptance - who needs more in life?! Oh yes I know: keep your shoes on. Because in India you must leave your shoes/flipflops on the street, so you have to be careful where you leave it. Sometimes shit happens. You find your sparkling clean flipflop on your return with a mature spit on it, and free to go home in that... ooor, it is possible that you don't even find them where you left. There is a funny trick to avoid that: use not matching pairs!

10. Full-size mirror

I have to use my imagination about my full size look. We will have a long introduction when I got home.