I’ve returned to U.S.A.. Here, when I flip a light switch, a lamp lights immediately, not eleven seconds later, as in Malaysia. Here I can enjoy a hot or warm shower. Here toilets actually flush away waste, and they refill within two minutes, rather than nineteen minutes in Malaysia. Here I can understand English spoken in shops and restaurants and in Holy Mass. Here people don’t drive the wrong way in traffic lanes, against oncoming traffic without lights lit. Here people drive with deference and courtesy and sanity — so far. †