Life is sooo Good!: A picture is worth a thousand words...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I believe that some pictures need the words that go along with them. Here is the story: Our branch took a temple trip to Taipei and decided to take a trip to the Jade and Flower markets. While meandering through the flower market, I was taking dozens of pictures- esp. the orchids, which are my new favorite flower. I came upon one vendor that had some particularly beautiful orchids that cascaded down in a line. I took out my trusty camera and began to take a picture of said beautiful orchids when I was descended upon by a cute old Taiwanese man- the apparent owner of the flowers. He started to point at the orchid and said beautiful- then he pointed at me and said beautiful- then noticed that Lindsay and Wendy had walked up- and pointed at them and said beautiful. He then pointed at his cheek repeatedly while saying friends father, friends father. He then grabbed my arm and pulled all three of us over, took my camera from me, and took a picture of us. He then pulled Lindsay and Wendy out and took a picture of me- and proceeded to do individual shots of them as well. Then he grabbed some random Taiwanese person watching all of this and told him to take a picture of the four of us. He also grabbed his camera out of his bag and had the man take another of the four of us. While all of this was happening, he continued to repeat what may have been the only English words- and I also noted that we had gathered a small crowd that was watching and laughing a bit. Once the photo shoot was over, he grabbed Lindsay by the face and kissed her on the cheek. He then proceeded to kiss Wendy and myself on the cheek. It was one of the most random and funny things that has happened to me so far, and I enjoyed every bewildering minute of it. I was laughing out loud by the end, as were those who had stopped to watch. I love cute little Taiwanese men!