Thursday, July 31, 2008

Funny Memories


I thought I would post some funny things that happened to us in Hong Kong. It was interesting to me how much the Chinese people loved Damon! I guess they are not used to seeing light haired babies. They would stare, point, laugh, and make funny comments. When we were in Macau, a little girl saw Damon and yelled "Hey, thats a bald baby!" in Chinese. Kyle could not stop laughing long enough to tell me what she said. And then there were the picture takers. I guess they all wanted to have a memory of this small, chubby, lovable white boy. They were not discrete about it either. They would just whip out their camera and snap a few, laughing all the way! :)
On the day we spent with my grandma, we went to dinner at a place called the Spaghetti House (just a side note, the Chinese do not make very good pasta). After the waitress seated us she brought us all some water to drink. If some of you do not know, Asians like to drink boiling water. Well, she brought grandma and I the boiling water and Kyle the cold water, even though Kyle was the only one speaking Chinese to her the entire time. I guess I look Asian enough to them! We gave Kyle the hot stuff and had her bring us something cold.
We also saw many interesting english translations on signs, buildings, and clothing that made us take a second look and at times burst into uncontrollable laughter. One of Kyle's favorites was the shirt that read, "Biten Often More Than I Can Chew".

5 comments:

Dee Dee said...

What a neat experience. I am so happy to hear that everything is going well so far. We sure love you guys and hope that the entire time there is wonderful! Keep posting the pictures! It is so fun to see your adventures!

Chaleese said...

That is so cute that they kept taking pictures of Damon! He is so cute! :)

Alisha Johnson said...

Oh Damon... He is a pretty dang cute chubby little bald baby! Fun memories Reese. The Chinese way of interpreting English is pretty awesome. Brian bought the movie "Cars" in Beijing. The entire movie has Chinese-to-English subtitles. We watched it with Aub and Book... The translations made us roll with laughter. You'll have to watch it sometime with us. =)

Justin...&...Andrea said...

Reese,

It looks like you guys are having so many good times in China, Im so jealous! Thanks for you cute comment about me being a mom! It brightened up my day...we are really excited! Hope you guys have a good trip over there. Damon is absolutely adorable! Im glad we can keep tabs through our blogs!

Shannon Masayo said...

Oh how cute! your baby boy is famous! I bet it is insane there! This post made me laugh! And I bet your grandma was so happy! she is so cute! I think Asian grandmas are the best!