Good and Bad
Published 2006-09-11
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
| Slightly sweet popcorn | Slightly sweet beer |
| Owners of small dogs | Small dogs |
| Old guys doing inexplicable Chinese exercises like walking backwards uphill while slapping their necks | Young guys doing 7 sets of 20 reps each on the Smith press for half an hour |
| Seawater lake (incoming tide) | Seawater lake (outgoing tide) |
| Strangers who want to practice their English | Strangers who won’t attempt to understand your Mandarin |
| Dried salted fish | Reconstituted dried salted fish |
| Fish, rice, peanuts and cabbage for ¥ 10 (US$1.25) | Coffee and a croissant for ¥ 75 (US$9.50) |
| Cabbies who have no idea where you want to go but are game to try | Cabbies who know exactly where you want to go but won’t take you there because their shift is over and it’s not on their way back to the garage |
| Being stared at | Being stared at while eating |
| Funny-smelling restaurants | Funny-smelling shoe stores |
| Cold green tea | Hot soy milk |