Things Akira finds new in homes here at Seattle..
- Instead of air conditioners in Malaysian's home, we have heaters with centralized automatic control.
- The built-in dish washer under the kitchen counter reminds her of the CIP(Clean In Place) system she was familiar with at her dairy manufacturing work place.
- Wooden built-up houses with every steps or water flow upstairs could be heard from downstairs or vice versa.
- Americans really do take recycling seriously with cleaning the recycled items and separating them into dedicated bins. Evey house has at least one of each green (yard waste), blue (recycle) and grey (garbage) bins.(Akira has never identified them this well before, seriously!)
- Contrary to back home, there are no traps in kitchen sinks here. Perishable items are allowed to drain down the sink into the mechanical food waste disposal unit.
- Gas to homes are supplied through centralized underground piping. Akira found out from her host mom when she couldn't find the familiar cylinder tank in the kitchen.
- It's safe to drink from the tap at home. Just fill your glass at the tap. There's not even a water filter installed.
- A toaster and microwave seems to be very useful to prepare the simplest meal - all kinds of sandwiches and burritos!
- With actual sunlight and heat available only for a quarter of the year, it comes to no surprise to Akira that her home has a washing machine and a laundry dryer which she normally see at laundry shops in Malaysia.
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