Shanghai Update

Here is what we've been doing lately:

Playing the Wii with some friends we met at church-these people like to laugh. We played mario cart, Guitar hero, and American Idol. Tay sang Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody and did not progress to Hollywood. Sorry Tay. (Simon was so nice to everyone else and so rude to me, I didn't get any love for doing a song with such a high difficulty level! - Taylor)

Getting our house in order-you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find hangers here! So our clothes have been laying around in the back bedroom and we've been on the lookout. Today while walking home from The Wii friends home, Tay spots this old man on a bike carrying a load of household goods, including hangers. Tay runs after him, stops him, purchases all the hangers he has, which by the way was still not enough, and bargains for nearly half the price. We then walk into an art shop and sitting by the front were the owners, and the one lady says to the man (in Chinese of course),
"Look at those foreigners and all those hangers. What on earth are they going to do with so many hangers?" Taylor turns and says to her,
"I've got a lot of clothes to hang, thank you very much!"
They both kind of giggle and gawk that a foreigner can speak such great Chinese, and they ended up becoming friends, and he offered all his artwork in the store for a low price. Even for the huge wall paintings. It's awesome that he can understand because we'll get many comments while walking, or shopping, and Taylor always understands why they're laughing or pointing.

An eventful trip to IKEA. We bought a few household items and ate lunch there as well. IKEA is just as big as it is in Utah, and their lunch menu contains swedish meatballs, some sort of egg drop soup, spaghetti, salmon wrap, and raisin rolls.

Eating dessert with friends from the church. It's quite interesting to see the kind of friends we hang out with now. They're all at least 10-20 years our senior and all well established.

Getting massages. We picked a cheaper place off the streets for our last massage, and it was by far the best. We figure it's all hit and miss no matter how much you pay. It's fun because we get a little room together and get them at the same time! (Jen was having a great time. It was supposed to be 60 min but half way through they convinced her to add another 30 minutes. Then before we left they got her a VIP membership card! - Taylor)

There haven't been too many dull moments yet. It has been nice to have Tay staying home with me the past few days; to help me get the house in order but he will be going back to work tomorrow morning. :( Now it's probably time for me to find a job...