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Groceries!

June 17, 2008 on 3:15 pm | In Culture Shock!, Down Time | 7 Comments

Ah Canada! Where everyone is overweight just like me!

I went to the grocery store today to stock up. I made sure to look for things that were unavailable in Japan.

What I bought!

a large chicken (pot) pie
skim milk (the proper kind)
LeSieur canned peas
canned beef stew
package of mushroom-flavor instant ramen (for the beef stew of course!…don’t judge me!)
lemonade
raisin bran cereal
French onion dip
crinkle cut potato chips
Sensodyne (with FLOURIDE)
proper-sized toothbrush
chunky clam chowder
proper cottage cheese
granola bars
Women’s Health magazine (yes, a very odd one out)

Only one of those things is available in an average (Fukuoka) Japanese grocery store or combini. Three others are available if you go to Costco.

note: it seems one item I thought was available in Japanese stores is, in fact, not. So now, it’s 0 Japan, 4 Costco.

Care to take a guess?

Wow. I miss a few days of checking your blog, and you’re already back in … the provinces (almost wrote “the states”)

Does this mean you will be studying for the GRE and grad school?

Oh yeah, Welcome back :-D

Comment by barista — June 18, 2008 #
Maybe maybe. Perhaps that should be the topic of my next post. I guess you could say you beat me to it!

Comment by Charity — June 18, 2008 #
I can get at least 8 of those here in Okinawa. :D Even more if I go to a military base. :(

I’m glad that you got back to Canada okay. Enjoy your rest before taking on your next venture.

Comment by Jonathan — June 18, 2008 #
I would hate you more if I wasn’t too busy eating all the food in the world!

Comment by Charity — June 18, 2008 #
d00d you can get lemonade in the conbini!

Comment by kraygk — June 19, 2008 #
lies.

Comment by Charity — June 20, 2008 #
my lemonade here is made with lemons.

Comment by Charity — June 20, 2008 #