Things I really like

1.       My kids 

2.       Great memories of my life with Gerri

3.       A dirty Grey Goose Martini straight-up

4.       Photography

5.       A real New York Pastrami on Rye

6.       Visiting places that most tourists don’t usually go

7.       Computers (Mac and PC)

8.       A decent bagel

9.       New toys (phones, Blackberry, cameras)

10.    Working on my website

11.    Going to Myanmar

12.    Good friends

13.    Hainan Chicken Rice

14.    Dry Champagne

15.    Collecting Burmese silver

16.    Burmese art

17.    A Weinerschnitzle hot dog

18.    Australia

19.    Collecting Buddha likenesses

20.    Thai food

21.    Coming home from a trip

22.    An ice cold Heineken

23.    Crisp white sheets

24.    Living in Singapore

25.    Chinese food

26.    Winning (especially at Canasta)

Things I really don’t like

1.       Politics

2.       Many Asian drivers

3.       Liver

4.       Wishing I was younger and thinner

5.       A messy house

6.       US Transportation Security Administration

7.       Warm drinks

8.       Being far away from family & friends

9.       The thought of moving back to the USA

10.    Religious fanatics

11.    Things that don’t work

12.    The smell of durian

13.    Parents who are oblivious to their children annoying others

14.    Yappy dogs

15.    Stale crackers

16.    People opening window shades on flights so they can ‘see the turbulence’

17.    Driving in California

18.    Paperwork

19.    Tourists

20.    Waiting for anything or anyone

21.    Root Beer

22.    Cats

23.    Waiting in lines

24.    Paying dual income tax

25.    Losing (especially at Canasta)