Peanut Butter

Want to make a Peace Corps Volunteer ecstatic? Give them peanut butter. I found Skippy peanut butter in a large grocery store downtown. I think I could trade it like cigarettes in prison for goods and services amongst my fellow volunteers. Of course I shared for free.


Other American stuff I love:

Fountain Diet Coke
Cheese
My Bed
Family and Friends
Directness
Cold Drinking Water
Hot Showers
Confidence
Clif Bars

Chinese stuff I love:

Garden-fresh fruits and veggies daily
Dumplings
Neat Paper and Calligraphy
Technological goods
Instant Friends
Hopefulness
Jasmine Tea
Public Markets
Neighborliness