Little Things I Miss From LA

In an effort to not break the string of one-blog-a-day i’ve been (dilligently) keeping this month, I will list things I miss about LA:

• Korean Food. Yeah, this is #1 on my list. If you have been following my blog, you must know just how much I love korean food. yeah, I know they’ve got a few korean places in Jakarta, but I doubt it will be up to par to the ones in LA. most of all I miss all you can eat korean bbq and the yummy banchan! and soon doo boo.
• Public Transportation. They have buses here too, but do I dare step inside them? hell no. i’m not that brave just yet.
• The Weather. i whine about it sometimes, but when it boils down to it LA really does have the perfect weather. It was never too cold or too hot. in Jakarta there is only two types of weather: HOT or HOT with heavy rain.
• Traffic only during rush hour. People complain so much about traffic in the 405 or the 5, but LA got nothing on Jakarta when it comes to traffic. Last weekend I was stuck in a (heavy) traffic jam while trying to get back home. It was 11pm.
• Everything happens in LA. Annual Rock & Republic sample sale? always in LA. Britney Spears drove into a bush while trying to escape the paparazzi? I used to live 5 miles away from the site. yeah i know these are really superficial… but i’m just saying.
• Watching movies the day it comes out. Movies don’t come out in Indonesia until a good 1-3 months after its release date in the US.
• Ebay. I LOVE browsing for stuff on ebay! unfortunately most sellers will not ship to Indonesia :(
• Shopping. there are TONS of malls here, but it’s been SO HARD for me to find things of good value. everything is either too cheap and low quality or too expensive with just “okay” quality… way overpriced. I haven’t been able to find the middle ground.