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When you’re away from home, there are definitely certain things that you miss. When you are home and away from another country you recently visited, you also definitely miss certain things. I’m referring to foods mainly.

While in school in the U.K., I missed boxed crackers horribly. My mom sent me some, and they quickly became hits among my flatmates from Ireland, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Then my Filipino flatmate’s mom sent dried mangoes. I was hooked. After coming home, I found out that I can get them here, but my flatmate is unable to get Wheat Thins at home. Oh, the sadness.

So, that same flatmate also recently discovered Sun Chips that her sister sent her from California. The flatmate lives in Thailand now. Now I’m sending Sun Chips to Thailand. It’s insanely happy.

Then there’s my cousin in the Marines. He’s happy with Spaghetti-Oh’s with meatballs and some ravioli in a can. So now I’m sending two cans and a car magazine to wherever he is overseas. I love that you can ship just about anything you like that with the postal system, but I don’t think I am going to like the price I have to pay for such coolness.