It's about time!

As I was chatting via Skype this morning, I may have been prompted ever so slightly to maybe update our blog. My apologies. It has been my turn to write on the blog for a while now, so I'm finally here. Life never seems to slow down, especially in China. As my dad accurately pointed out, there's about 14 bajillion people here, so I have a long way to go to make it to the top of the male model ladder. But I keep chipping away at it. Attending walking class is not always easy, I just learned I'm not an ambi-turner. But that's ok, I still have other strengths, can you say "La tigre". For those of you wondering what sort of gag this is, wonder no longer. I have been attending modeling class. I have been working on how to walk. I will be modeling clothes next month. The way it happened: we have a friend whose attending the art college for a music major. She introduced me to one of her friends, a dude, whose majoring in fashion design. He's as tall as I am and he's a fun guy. While we were having lunch one day, I was asking him, seeing as he's a senior, if he gets to have a showcase to display his fashion for his senior project. It just so happens that he does. So I ask him if I might get a ticket because I would like to see his stuff. Well, he's only allowed a certain number of tickets and his are all gone. Jokingly, I mention I could model his clothes and therefore be able to see the show. He liked the idea, and this is how my career as a male model started. So as you can see, I have been busy trying to perfect "the walk". Whenever I get pictures of the show next month, know that I will be posting them for you all to see if you're still thinking I'm pulling your leg. 

In other news, Rachel's birthday, or shēngrì in Chinese, is this weekend and we'll be taking a trip to the beach. The beach is about a 2 hour bus ride away and we'll stay there for the weekend just camping on the beach because apparently it's legal, not to mention cheap. So we'll come back with some photos of the beach next week. All our Chinese friends are telling us that the seafood is so good where we're going, so we're looking forward to that. Forgive me if my writing seems strange. You see, when my body doesn't get cheese for a while, it stops producing the necessary component to break it down. Well, as a treat, we had some friends come over for dinner and I made some vegetable enchiladas which calls for cheese. They came out delicious, everyone loved them, except my stomach that is. It's a good thing we don't have school today, cause I would not have been going anyway. I think I'm doing much better now, but I'm still taking it easy. Well, thanks for all you who tune into our lives here in China. Below are some pictures of what the Chinese call the Bird and Flower market, but you can get much more than birds and flowers as you can see. 

For those who always wanted an albino frog.


This guy is cool. I kind of wanted him, but I'm afraid to ask how much.


Seems like anywhere you go, there's no shortage of bunnies. And they're all so cute.


Again, just so cute.

Well, thanks for tuning into this late, great update. Tune in next week when we share what camping on a Chinese beach was like. Until next time.

Jason