1) Tabasco is not served in movie theatres.
So if you ask for some to be put in your popcorn, be
prepared to look stupid to the people behind the
counter.
2) Italian food restaurants here on the mainland do not
serve rice with their spaghetti. So you better bring a
tupperware of rice with you if your buds take you out to
Pietro's Pasta House.
3) Red light means STOP! No ifs, ands, or buts.
4) Don't be frightened, the shower is not going to blow
up on you, the water pressure out here in the states is
usually that high.
5) Power outages here are extremely rare. So you better
come up with another excuse if you don't have your paper
done the day it is due.
6) Instead of pickled mango, pickled papaya, and daigu in
stores you'll have to settle for nachos, big gulps, hot
dogs, and twinkies.
7) That white stuff on the ground? Oh, that's what the
people out here in the states call …. SNOW.
8) Yes, smoke normally comes out of your mouth when you
exhale outside on a cold day. Don't worry it's normal.
9) Out here, Coke means just that… COKE. The cola only.
Nothing else.
10) These people out here do not know our meaning of
ichiban. So you're better off using their term.. ramen
noodles.
11) Kentucky Fried Chickens out here DO NOT serve
finadene and red rice.
12) Last but not least, for some weird reason, the people
out here lack our affection to Spam. Thus the price of our
beloved canned meat is actually higher out here than on the
island. Better bring a caseload of the stuff from Guam when
you get out here. [I know for a fact one such person who did
that]
