#5 Being a Big Deal

Finally, somewhere in the world gets it. I'm a big deal! 

I can stop a crying baby with a crack of a smile. Girls giggle and blush as I walk by. I cannot spend a night in the club without ten guys telling me I am handsome. Infants stare in amazement at my awesomeness. People ask to take pictures with me. Random mothers hand me their babies and then take our picture. Strangers try to sneak pictures of me and my friends. Basically, I'm a rockstar.

Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit. But when you live in a city that has very few white people, you definitely draw more attention. Some people just want to practice their English. But most others are just really excited to have a foreigner in their city. Everywhere we go people go out of their way to make sure we have a good time. 

People love to sneak a picture of us as we walk by. This is especially true when we are in large groups. I would say that people ask to take my picture or take a picture with me at least once a month. Four times now there has been a professional(ish) photo shoot going on where they ask me to join in. One time in public a random woman handed me her baby without speaking any English and then took our picture. Shop owners and restaurants are so excited(or intimidated) when a bunch of use white people walk in. Girls will approach me at clubs...and thank goodness because we all know I'm too much of a wimp to approach them. I mean seriously, what's going on here? Whatever it is, I love it. (BTW I think it is just because Taiwanese people are awesome and they want everyone to love their country...I do). 

In too short of a time I will go back to being a nobody. Oh well, I enjoyed it while I had it! Hopefully I didn't come across as an arrogant, conceited idiot.

Number 4 will be posted sometime this weekend.

A professional photographer was doing a photo shoot with a Harley and they wanted an American made person on the American made motorcycle.

This was early in the year. We were playing football in the park when a Taiwanese boy asked me if I would take a picture with his friend. Without knowing who his friend was I said sure. Turns out this happened....I mean, who wears clothes like that to the park?