Good and Bad

So now that we’ve been here almost a month, we’ve learned we have to take the bad with the good and vice versa…

THE BAD: There are no Mexican restaurants here.
THE GOOD: They sell Rice a Roni “Mexican Rice” at the grocery store

THE GOOD: You can get DVDs very inexpensively
THE BAD: Your movie has Chinese subtitles and in order to find a good DVD you must rummage through at least 300 action, horror, or action + horror DVDs. If you loved Ghost Rider, then you’d be in hog heaven.

THE GOOD: Kitty Litter here rocks – it’s some combination of birdseed and scooping American cat litter, but it works great – no mess, no odor, no cat-poop-problem.
THE BAD: Cat food is a problem. George and Nolan refuse to eat dry cat food here. They love the canned food, but it’s got either pieces of fish head or whole shrimp in it, and it smells like cat poop from the USA.

THE BAD: There is no bubble gum in Shanghai…at all. It’s either Doublemint, or some flavor called Blueberry Mint. Even the “impulse section” of the grocery store is completely void of bubble gum.
THE GOOD: If you’re standing in line at Wal-Mart and the romantic mood hits you, the “impulse section” is LOADED with every size, shape, color, and brand of condom. It’s a far cry from the US where they keep them under lock and key…“Excuse me Target team members, I need a Customer Service Rep to go unlock the Prophylactic Cage for the heavy-set gentlemen in the green shirt.”