Malaysia vs Canada

Here are the following similarities and differences I've noted between my homeland and my current location of presence.

1. SIMILAR: Bowling is a popular pasttime that is beloved by young and old for its stinky communal shoes and good clean fun type of atmosphere. Smack-talkery, gutterballs and after-strike dancing are also practiced here (all by me of course). Also similar, I still suck at bowling in Malaysia (I thought the change in longitude/lattitude might help me get an advantage. No such luck).

2. DIFFERENT: Hair stylists don't care to listen to you when you say you want 2 inches trimmed and your layers redone. Something barring the effective communication may be the fact that I only know how to say "Thank You" in Malay. She must have thought she was doing a damn good job with all those thank you's I was throwing out. It'll grow out soon I'm sure.

3. SIMILAR: McSteamy still beats out McDreamy by popular vote. CSI is on 24 hours a day. Fixing Dinner, License to Grill, and Family Restaurant are apparently the Canadian flagship programs that represent us to our global neighbours. Please note that Fixing Dinner in no way represents the creativity of most Canadian household cusine. Who the hell makes that many casseroles in a week?

4: DIFFERENT: Protests in the capital city will shut down the entire town and prevent tourists from wanting to enter. In Canada, the cops throw out some tear gas at the 30 protesters, grab a Timmies and call it a day. Here, a few people die (including a cop), hundreds are thrown in prison and my parents give me a call first thing in the morning to tell me not to go to Kuala Lumpur. Oh Whitney, we'll meet one day.

5. DIFFERENT: Snake Temples. Need I say more?