So late Saturday night, we are bummed about our hostel situation, we are starving because we haven't had dinner yet, and we are in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. We walked about two miles and much to our surprise ran into the most amazing thing ever: a free outdoor concert! When we got there it was just barely starting so we had a pretty good position in the crowd. I noticed a few things while at the concert:
1. More people were staring at us than at the performance.
2. We were not following Chinese concert etiquette. When we clapped and screamed after a song was over, we got the same reaction that we would have gotten had we clapped after a song in Sacrament meeting.
3. The singer was absolutely thrilled that Americans were at his performance. His back up singers carried him on a piece of wood off the stage and over to us so that we could touch his hands. Later, he gave Tiann a ring and he personally put it on her finger. It was hilarious!
4. I recognized one of his songs! It was the Chinese rock version of "If You're Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands". Except I don't remember being taught as a child to do a pelvic hip thrust when I'm happy. He threw that little shocking twist in himself. Please watch and enjoy this as much as I do:
We left a little before the show was over because it was after nine and we still didn't have dinner. A backup singer ran after us when we left, gave us his number, and told us to call them in an hour when their show was over so that we could get drinks together. Well, we didn't call. We were too afraid of the pelvic hip thrust. Unintentionally getting it on video was enough for us.
We went to a restaurant and we were thrilled because they had American food! I got pizza but it tasted like quiche. But the quiche tasting pizza didn't not taste like noodles or rice so I was very happy and satisfied.
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