Brave new world

Since I've been back in the states, I've realized how long it's been since I've done a lot of things.

List of "firsts" (things I have done for the first time since leaving the states in mid-January):

• Drove a car
• Walked from a cold outdoors to a warm indoors
• Drank tap water without fear of diarrhea
• Took a hot shower without turning on a water heater
• Listened to a podcast (of course, it had to be "Wait, wait, don't tell me!")
• Took a walk without fear of getting hit by a car/motorbike/rickshaw/bike
• Read a newspaper
• Wore jeans
• Wore a tank top without fear of being stared at

Can't think of anything else. Oh, I've discovered that I'm terrible at Mario Kart on the Wii... I guess we all can't be good at everything.