There were a few things in China that I had trouble getting accustomed to, and near the top of that list was the endless stares everywhere I turned. I am used to getting some degree of stares when I travel, but I suppose what made it more noticeable in China was that even the poorest of people owned a digital camera. It's no stereotypical surprise that Asians love taking photos. If there was ever a time in my life that I would feel like a celebrity this would be that time. Asian Paparazzi? No Big Deal.
In Shanghai....where the Paparazzi was in full force.
The first overnight train was the biggest realization that we were a rarely seen breed in China. We settled into our cabins that were in the middle of the train, and as we ventured out into the hallway we noticed that we were surrounded by a massive group of curious locals. Apparently many of them had never seen, or had only seen a handful of "westerners" in their entire lifetime.
One elderly lady thought we were from a scene of her favorite movie while we were on our moving train. In a statuesque manner she stood in front of the opening of our cabin and stared at us for a few minutes chomping on her sunflower seeds. We stared at her, confused, and she stared at us with her best poker face observing our every move.
The curious locals on our overnight train
A local trying to take a photo of my friend Chelsea without asking. I warned her so she purposely covered her face.
One day while killing time and playing cards the LMFAO song "Sexy and I Know It" came on. When it hit the chorus my friend Bess said, "Hey that's totally us!".....
So after that we coined the phrase "I was LMFAO'ed.""When I walk in the spot, this is what I seeEverybody stops and they staring at meI got a passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it, show itI'm sexy and I know it."
"We're so sexy that's why they are always staring at us!!"
Our views on our paparazzi followers started to change and we began to embrace our celebrity status.
Sometimes we took photos with the locals....
My friend Vanessa with a local in Xi'an
I pose for you and you pose for me!
8 comments:
What a funny story! I can't wait to her many more and it's so interesting to get an inside look at a land so far away-thank you for posting this! Hope all is well!
I think I'm going to head to China so I can feel famous for a minute :)
Yes, I have many more where that came from!
It will definitely be more than a minute. It happens all the time there!
Fame in China. I know the feeling, we were always getting our pics taken when we were in China, especially when we were in Tienanmen square. It really seemed to make some people's day though, so we didn't mind, although i can imagine after a week of it it can be a bit much!
Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures.
The first few were okay for us too.
I will definitely be posting more soon. I'm planning to dedicating an afternoon a week to work on posts!
LOL this is crazy - I've heard of this before but it must be so weird!! xx
Yes, and the more pretty you are the more photos you get taken of you. One of my friends looks like a model so she constantly had people snapping her photo.
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